McCoy Picks A New Nickname: Geraldini
June 2nd, 2010
Screw GMC or manbeast-in-waiting, Gerald McCoy has his own take on what his new nickname should be.
McCoy tells The Oklahoman, his hometown paper, that he prefers “Geraldini.”
JC: So, if you could rewind and ask The Commish to use a nickname for you, what would it have been?
GM: Geraldini.
JC: Geraldini?
GM: It’s like Houdini. A lot of guys think they got me trapped just like they had Houdini, but I always find a way to get out of it.
Joe’s not planning to honor McCoy’s request anytime soon.
In the Q&A, McCoy goes on to talk about car shopping, big house shopping, and building a home for his dad.
As Joe wrote yesterday, nobody’s looser than McCoy. And that’s all good. Joe just hopes he earns an intimidating nickname on the field. Brees-stomper would be nice.
June 2nd, 2010 at 12:02 pm
I kind of like GMC. He’s a big truck that cannot be stopped by conventional measures.
June 2nd, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Joe…This question is unrelated to this article, but I’m hoping you can shed some light.
McCoy and the rest of the rookies are not under contract yet, what happens if they were to be seriously hurt during OTA’s?
I have always wondered about that….Thanks for keeping me updated out here on the West!!!
June 2nd, 2010 at 12:52 pm
I like GMC too, but he’s in for a rude awakening. This ain’t college.
Best Wishes
June 2nd, 2010 at 1:02 pm
We could call him The Penetrator. HAHAHAHA Of course, Ward might think he’s dating a Kardashian.
June 2nd, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Steve From Oregon:
Joe will look into it as he doesn’t want to post misinformation. Joe will make a full post about it. Thanks.
June 2nd, 2010 at 2:36 pm
I like Gerald McCoy, but dude has to stop hamming it up on camera. He is gonna look back on that and see how geeky he looks, plus, when all his predictions of greatness dont happen in year one, a shot down to earth will manifest. I think he will be great, in time.
June 2nd, 2010 at 2:55 pm
This guy needs someone from OneBuc place to tell him what to do and not to do everyday. He seems way too overconfident and cocky for a rookie, gonna be in for a rude awakening.
I just hope for all of our sakes he is not the Ryan Leaf of the two DT’s.
June 2nd, 2010 at 3:00 pm
@ AllMaddenMonkey
I agree GMC is coming across as too cocky, but he’s no comparison to that a-hole Ryan Leaf. I was in San Diego when Leaf got there, and right off the bat Leaf started fighting with his teammates, and it went downhill from there for him. I don’t see GMC doing that at all. He may get put in his place once the season starts, but I don’t see GMC turning on his teammates like Leaf did.
June 2nd, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Steve from Oregon
Drafted rookies in these mini-camps are not contracted, they get a stipend and the team is expected to negotiate a good-faith contract with any pick that gets injured in the rookie camp.
Tyrone McKenzie (USF local!) was injured in Patriots mini camp last year and tore his ACL but the pats still signed him to a 4 year deal.
Heres a quote from NFLPA on the issue because “Good-faith” is simply just that and not all teams will be willing to do that.
““Any player being asked to participate in offseason activity, including the minicamps, should demand that the club agree to the protections contained in a workout agreement before committing to participate,” said NFLPA Staff Counsel/Regional Director Tom DePaso. “The higher the draft choice the more you have to lose by not doing so.” The NFLPA has draft language to help a player and his agent in negotiating the language for this document.”
June 2nd, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Let’s not jinx McCoy by calling him “Beast in waiting”.
We all remember how wrong the last “_____ in waiting” moniker turned out.
June 2nd, 2010 at 6:25 pm
I just hope he drops the 12 year old childish act when he is on the field. He’s such a goofball it’s hard to be intimidated at this point.
June 2nd, 2010 at 7:14 pm
He may become a great player, but he aint no Mr. Blutarsky on the nicknames.
June 2nd, 2010 at 10:01 pm
I hope he wasn’t referring to Flip Wilson…………….
June 3rd, 2010 at 7:10 am
He’s immature as hell and he acts like he’s already a superstar. If only he realized how badly he is going to get his ass handed to him by pro gaurds in this rookie year….