Squirrel or No Squirrel

[Kathy]

Since there are some who insist on using 'Squirrel' as a nickname for IW
I thought a poll might be in order.

 

[Get a Job]

I don't mind what other people do, but I will be telling tale of Squirrel to my children and grandchildren for years to come, and referring to him as such.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Pork Chop.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

No. Gotta be something better. Not crazy about Pork Chop either, though. If he were a hockey player it would definitely be Whales.

 

[Durks07]

Pork chop is better

 

[YearoftheHusky]

I really like Killer Whaley.

 

[McLovin]

The Condor was a pretty good one the announcers threw out there today

 

[JonnyRI]

Porkchop

 

[uconnblueinky]

Players on the team are referring to him as , "Zay".

 

[Huskybass]

Zay it is, methinks. One of the best development stories I can remember. So happy for this hard working young man.

 

[phillionaire]

You know what?

maybe.

 

[LStudfellow]

Definite NO. "Squirrel" has a negative connotation when used in slang terms:

TOP DEFINITION (from urbandictionary.com)

Squirrel
A promiscuous man-whore, who constantly seeks sexual pleasure which he calls a "nut".
I was beginning to think you were unlike the other cheating men of my past until you hit on my sister. You're nothing but a Squirrel, just like all the others!

I have also heard it used in a slang term to disparage a person who is supposedly acting in a passive-aggressive manner (like the proper noun of squirrelly).

Either way, Isaiah Whaley is not like either of those definitions. Not. Even. Close.

Find something that actually describes him and his meteoric rise better.... MUCH better.

Edit: From what I have read he seems to like Pork Chop (the meat as well as the nickname), so if no one is able to come up with anything better, than I definitely choose that over Squirrel.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Seriously what dope came up with “squirrel” for him

 

[JamesinGR]

Players use Zay, seems logical we follow suit.

 

[HuskyBoi]

Tupac

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I’m gonna call him scratch off aka lotto

 

[gtcam]

It started as Pork Chop so Pork Chop it is
or Zay as JA always called him from day 1

 

[joober jones]

5pac

 

[Chin Diesel]

Dude had his grade school teacher give him the name pork chop because it was his favorite food.

No need for fans to force something new.

 

[Get a Job]

Seriously what dope came up with “squirrel” for him

My buddy came up with it when we observed in his first game at the XL that he in constant erratic motion like a squirrel. Have been calling him Squirrel ever since.

Edit: He's also been my favorite player since that day.

 

[Rocktheworld]

My buddy came up with it when we observed in his first game at the XL that he in constant erratic motion like a squirrel. Have been calling him Squirrel ever since.

That is incredibly lame

like indescribably terrible

 

[Hoophound]

How about we call him Chipmunk? That’s cool.

 

[husky429]

His nickname is porkchop. It has been for 15 years. Squirrel is an idiotic nickname and very close to "ok boomer" territory

 

[Waterbury]

His nickname is porkchop. It has been for 15 years. Squirrel is an idiotic nickname and very close to "ok boomer" territory

ok boomer

 

[Get a Job]

That is incredibly lame

like indescribably terrible

Almost as lame as getting worked up about it on a message board. Call him what you want.

 

[Palatine]

T-Bone.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Almost as lame as getting worked up about it on a message board. Call him what you want.

Who’s getting worked up?

 

[MexicoHusky]

Basketball knicknames used to be good. Like The Round Mound of Rebounds, Air Jordan, Hakeem The Dream.


Maybe come up with something that rhymes. That's always a good start.

He's playing great and deserves a better nickname

 

[RF79]

His momma call him pork chop. I’m gonna call him pork chop.