Darius Morris = "Butterfly"???
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Why the HELL does Doyle of the BTN refer to Darius Morris as "the Butterfly?"
December 14th, 2010 at 11:09 PM ^
He made it up himself and he thinks if he says it often enough, it'll stick. Because Morris came out of his cocoon this year, see.
December 15th, 2010 at 12:20 AM ^
But it just fits so well! Watch the butterfly spread his wings as he goes up for the jam!
December 14th, 2010 at 11:10 PM ^
December 14th, 2010 at 11:12 PM ^
Because Doyle's a cocooner.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:42 AM ^
but Doyle=Pam Ward is becoming more and more defensible.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:50 AM ^
I was always creeped out by Doyle's leprosy-type marks all over his arms and legs when he played. It was one of my most vivid Maize Rage memories from seeing opponents up close and personal.
I feel bad making fun of the dude, but it didn't look normal.
Arm seen here - http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/04hxgDU3iY2UU/340x.jpg
And here - http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0aVl6OO7t27Wf/610x.jpg
December 14th, 2010 at 11:14 PM ^
The hallocinogenic effects of absinthe are still up for debate, so Doyle-watchers are not entirely clear where he got the name...That said, I don't mind Doyle. He doesn't say too much dumb crap.
December 14th, 2010 at 11:35 PM ^
You had better not be the same Sparty troll from the other night who posted a bunch of crap before promptly receiving the banhammer...
His/Her user name was DisIsSparta, or something like that.
EDIT: And you definitely are the same Sparty troll... man you give good Spartans a piss-poor name.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:23 AM ^
I actually had to google "idk" because I couldn't figure out what the hell it means. -1 for making me work for it.
December 14th, 2010 at 11:16 PM ^
going with his intense Monarch fetish.
December 14th, 2010 at 11:30 PM ^
I'm giving your robot chlamydia.
December 14th, 2010 at 11:36 PM ^
+1000 cocktails to you for The Venture Brothers reference.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:28 AM ^
I hear he spends all his free time at the botanical gardens.
December 14th, 2010 at 11:21 PM ^
It's absolutely awful.
December 14th, 2010 at 11:22 PM ^
It's not a bad nickname. It's unique.
Oh. It's not? You're saying we should call him D-MO instead? Genius!
December 14th, 2010 at 11:37 PM ^
Hoop Denard?
Dar-lithium?
Dariusity?
Dari-assist?
December 14th, 2010 at 11:37 PM ^
Because he floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee.
Remember?
December 15th, 2010 at 7:56 AM ^
that would be a butterbee...
December 15th, 2010 at 12:22 AM ^
I mean if you watched the game tonight he does flutter around the court quite a bit, and he has those wide ears that look like butterfly wings...along with the cocoon metaphor, I think it makes sense
December 15th, 2010 at 12:22 AM ^
Because no one ever suspects the butterfly
December 15th, 2010 at 1:58 PM ^
I quote that all the time. Most people have no clue.
December 15th, 2010 at 12:31 AM ^
I can't hear the word 'butterfly' without thinking about the theme song to Reading Rainbow. So I spent the majority of the game humming "Butterfly in the sky, take a look, it's in a book". For the love, we can not let this nickname stick. Anything but the butterfly.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:28 AM ^
wrote a little for thomas the tank engine, too.
December 15th, 2010 at 12:35 AM ^
"Butterfly" is a terrible, terrible sports nickname.
Admittedly "D-Mo" is a pretty mediocre nickname (especially with a J-Mo on the team), but until something better naturally comes up it's what we have to use.
December 15th, 2010 at 12:44 AM ^
I think D-Mo would be a pretty sweet nickname. In the mean time here's a koala.
December 15th, 2010 at 12:47 AM ^
Worst nickname I've ever heard D-Mo must be pissed
December 15th, 2010 at 1:00 AM ^
Because Tim Doyle is a fucking unwatchable nightmare.
December 15th, 2010 at 1:23 AM ^
What's even more annoying is that he made a far superior analogy early in the Utah broadcast (to Super Mario eating a mushroom and then getting the star), only to apparently forget about it and go with "butterfly."
December 15th, 2010 at 1:35 AM ^
thats because the co-anouncer thought that super mario was too lofty a comparison. meanwhile its not too early to make comparisons to evan turner. apparently super mario is f'ing awsome at basketball.
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December 15th, 2010 at 1:43 AM ^
Mario's vertical leap is 3-6 times the actual height of his body. Without the raccoon tail.
December 15th, 2010 at 11:23 AM ^
"Butterfly" might work for a female basketball player, but not for a guy. The analogy I had thought of was Popeye after eating a can of spinach. Popeye, good. Mario, good. Butterfly, no.
December 15th, 2010 at 4:42 AM ^
I'm going to need some new wallpaper. I can see it now, Darius Morris with butterfly wings.
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<br>I have no art skills and it's finals week, but if anyone is feeling ambitious...
December 15th, 2010 at 6:07 AM ^
December 15th, 2010 at 9:53 AM ^
I would rather call him 'First Team All-American', but that's just me.
December 15th, 2010 at 6:51 AM ^
December 15th, 2010 at 7:26 AM ^
I was even more disturbed by the frequent use of the term Baby Blues to describe our team.
December 15th, 2010 at 8:27 AM ^
After McLimans made a 3 at the end of the game, he looked at the bench and made a butterfly gesture with he hands and laughed, so there is at least some sorta joke with it within the team.
December 15th, 2010 at 9:42 AM ^
It was a butterfly hand signal. I just thought the dude was a huge Wu-Tang Clan fan. Makes more sense now...
December 15th, 2010 at 12:15 PM ^
Wasn't it a bird sign? His nickname is Bird, and the Maize Ragers do a bird flap everytime he makes a good play.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:18 AM ^
I photoshopped Darius Morris's head onto Mariah Carey's picture from Butterfly. It was terrifying. I don't want to share it with anyone.
December 15th, 2010 at 1:08 PM ^
Of his metamorphisis as a player from last year?
December 15th, 2010 at 2:02 PM ^
So after having to listen to "the butterfly" the whole damn Utah game, it made it's appearance again last night. Difference was, my wife was watching last night. After the third time she says,"why does he keep saying "the butterfly", is he f---ing stupid or something?"
Also, did you see Darius' response when Doyle interviewed him after the game and called him the butterfly to his face? I was hoping he would punch him, but that wouldn't be very Michigan like now would it.