The Blake Superior Snappy Headline Thread
by Steve Perrin on Oct 15, 2009 11:25 AM PDT
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PrintCitizen sqrebck wants snappier (apparently funnier) headlines for the Blake Superior thing. So leave your ideas in the comments.
Blake Superior Makes a Big Splash
Spurs Drown in Blake Superior
Blake Superior Making Waves
Clippers Sailing Along with Blake Superior
The Rising Tide of Blake Superior
Toxic mercury levels found in fish caught in Blake Superior
You get the idea.
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"ClipperSteve flooded by Blake Superior"
Everything starts out New, Gets Old and Dies or is Destroyed.
Should have stuck with your gut
and stayed away from the “lake” metaphors.
The point of the nickname is the “superior” part, not the lake.
Don't worry...
This thread was a goof, I have no interest in snappy headlines. I thought it would be funny. Obviously it was a major miscalculation. My thread has run aground on the rocks of Blake Superior.
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
by Steve Perrin on Oct 15, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
"Kill Your Darlings"
That’s the best advice I ever received, from my magazine writing professor at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. It means we writers/editors get too attached to our own clever turns of phrase, and are often best served by going back through our work looking for those things that may make us smile but don’t do anything for the reader. It served me well through two decades at large-circ national magazines, including the only three-peat winner of the National Magazine Award for General Excellence (the Oscar of the mag biz). And I’m sorry to have to say this, Steve, because I really love most of your work, but…it’s time to kill your darling. It’s a clever turn of phrase, but it doesn’t work as a nickname, and your insistence on clinging to it is causing you to lose respect in many of your readers’ eyes.
by boltsfan21 on Oct 16, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Ouch
And I thought the shot that Jax took at me yesterday was painful. That one hurts. Boltsfan means well, and he’s not saying anything that SP doesn’t know. The BS nickname is comedy at this point, it’s going to find its niche or not, and we’re getting a lot of mileage out of it during the pre-season lull. I’m more concerned about all of the time spent on nicknames and the relative lack of substantive player analysis and team comparisons, but there’s no rush.
All hail the Blake!
by citizen zhiv on Oct 16, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
and your insistence on clinging to it is causing you to lose respect in many of your readers’ eyes.
Surely this can’t be correct. I can’t imagine anyone caring enough about this topic such that it would force them to lose respect for the author.
by Michael White on Oct 16, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
OK, then maybe it's just me
I don’t care about the topic that much, but I do care about good writing that much. And this reminds me of a bad sitcom repeating the same bad gag over and over for the length of its 22 minutes, or worse, of that guy at a party who tells a not-funny joke, hears the inevitable silence, and then sets about explaining it to everyone in the misguided hope that people will think it’s funny once they “get it.” To me, right now, SP has become that guy when it comes to the nickname issue, and I feel like I have to pound my drink so I can use the “time to get myself another” excuse to escape. Which is a real shame, because, as I said, I really like most of his work and am a big fan of the site.
by boltsfan21 on Oct 16, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
The Clipper Ship is in full sail, on Blake Superior!
'Cause how you play, is how you'll be remembered. PLAY LOUD!
by CLiPPz WeRD 12 on Oct 15, 2009 12:47 PM PDT reply actions
G1000 pretty sweet (Blake Superior ) WACK
by Westball3r98 on Oct 15, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
The spurs had their Blake and ate it too?
by AtotheZ on Oct 15, 2009 12:56 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
+1
That is a good one! LOL
'Cause how you play, is how you'll be remembered. PLAY LOUD!
by CLiPPz WeRD 12 on Oct 15, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Why do I feel like we're setting ourselves up for a
“Clippers Sink in Blake Superior”?
Been a STH too long, I guess (1990).
Blake Superior Drowns Ron Artest
Who would guard Artest? I was thinking it would have to be Blake or Smith.
Lakers frozen over by Blake Superior
Roger Sterling: To my knees, Don. They're bringing to my knees!"
It is official ,
Blake Griffin dislikes the “Blake Superior” Nick and is called,
B.G.
Rook
B. Geezy
by his Teammates and they are the Real People that should make up his Nick.
Everything starts out New, Gets Old and Dies or is Destroyed.
G1000 has more of a ring to it.
Makes sense too because he is a terminator that is adaptable and morph his role depending on the situation and position.
by Newton Pham on Oct 16, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I wasn't asking for a link, HVYDRT007
I was providing one (the word “Link” is linked to the article).
The kids are alright.
Hmmm...
“I asked Blake about “Blake Superior” and he’s too humble to take that on." Not the same at all as ‘dislikes.’
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
by Steve Perrin on Oct 15, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
What's he supposed to say?
To the guy who coined the name…
Imagine if Minnesota or Milwaukee drafted Blake, he’d definitely be superior.
Yup
I think he was just trying to be polite.
by MannyA on Oct 15, 2009 10:43 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
for Clipsnation it's a good name.
For Chanting at staples, no so much.
For a Veteran calling you Blake Superior, not so much.
it’s kind of a d-bag name, if you think about it. I am Blake Superior!!
Imagine chanting...
Geeee ONEE THOWWSAANNNDDD!
G1000
The Terminator G1000
by Newton Pham on Oct 16, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah....
Just being the humble and polite guy that he is….
If it was me, I would be like…“Guy is trying to call me whaaat?! Get that sh*t outtaaa heeeere”
by Newton Pham on Oct 16, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I asked BG after the GSW Home game when he was signing autographs by the TEAM LA store,
about the Nick “Blake Superior” and he just looked at me with an, Are You Serious look and then said he had no comment.
We (my son and I) also told him how glad we are to have him in LA and that the Refs. need to call the game better.
Everything starts out New, Gets Old and Dies or is Destroyed.
IT's too long
The Quake is perfect for a so. cal. player
no, that will be the June headline on all newspapers at the end of the post season this year!
hahaha! just kidding, that’s too optimistic!
Not a good nickname
I still can’t figure out why SP is so in love with it. I guess unconditional love applies to nicknames as well.
Since we’re trying to be punny, I propose that when Blake throws down a monster jam we refer to it as a Blake Quake or Earth Blake.
FA in 2010.
Too long
I agree with those who think the nickname is too long. I think it’s clever enough, but it just doesn’t roll off the tongue well. How about some situational alternatives:
When he makes a good move: Shake ‘n Blake
When he’s running the floor: Fast Blake
When he’s down on the floor, fighting for a ball: Blakedancer
When he blocks a shot: Anti-Rock Blakes
If he gets injured (god forbid!): Akey Blakey
Oh man oh man
I actually like all of these. How’d you come up with “Anti-Rock”? LOL.
yeah
it would make sense if there were some connection between Griffin and a body of water half way across the country.
HOWEVER this aquatic motif should be invoked against certain teams near bodies of water. So, Blake Superior is fine against teams in states bordering Lake Superior such as the T-Wolves, Bucks, Pistons, and maybe the Raptors. Against the Jazz, Great Salt Blake. And against the Bolivian national basketball team? Blake Titicaca…
"I've hacked into your brain. You're throwing a party and no one's showing up."
Snappy headlines, eh?
Two can play that game.
griffin's nickname
Should be Kush cause he really is so amazin’
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