I don't know what happened here, why this post pooped up this high on the Thread-list with its last dated activity almost 2 months ago--and why I never saw (and hence never commented on) this thread at ALL) until EARLY THIS MORNING!!!
Anyway, although I am WITH LF on the idea of a nickname for Elam, his unusual fiery kind of leadership, and that established hyper-crazy-non-stop-MOTOR being his trademark, AND a factor in an angry kind of on-field "leadership" that invited SOME special label be bestowed, even here at the end...However: I have some qualms (even at this late date, when it is mostly moot) with the ones suggested here:
"H0neybadger" IS "already taken"--we can come up with our OWN, thankyou very much.
"Sandman", while OK, doesn't really capture HOW Matt plays, which is so much of what makes him unique.
No, we have to so better...At first I was thinking something like "Wildman", but that is too generic. Then I HAD it:
How about "Hurricane", as in the way thy NAME these storms?--You know, how they start out "Tropical Storm (whatever)", and they keep that name until they progress up and die off--so that here we have, Matt "Hurricane" Elam. THAT would have been COOL, with maybe the national announcers picking it up (they ARE both lazy AND copy cats in the way they do this) in calling a game, with "...And "Hurricane" Elam takes him down!", or "Matt "Hurricane" Elam knocks him OUT--forcing the fumble!" Whatta ya think? I welcome a better one...but that's what I came up with (however late-in-the-"game").
