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re: Is Guardians the worst nickname in American pro sports?
Posted on 4/3/24 at 7:19 am to SportsGuyNOLA
Posted on 4/3/24 at 7:19 am to SportsGuyNOLA
quote:100% this.quote:That or Commanders
Is Guardians the worst nickname in American pro sports?
are these both the 2 most recent rebrands? To go from Redskins and Indians to something as stale and boring as those nicknames is a reflection of today’s divisive woke corporate America. those previous nicknames were awesome throwbacks meant to honor native Americans.
go poll the Seminoles or any American Indian tribe. There’s been many cases where they’ve defended the old team names and brought petitions to bring the names back. Only soft lily white pussies were offended from the get go
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Posted on 4/3/24 at 8:10 am to BigPapiDoesItAgain
Yes, followed closely by the likes of ‘Commanders’ and ‘Red Hawks’…
Posted on 4/3/24 at 8:15 am to Who_Dat_Tiger
Back to the Cleveland rebrand...if they felt they absolutely HAD to rebrand...they should have went back to the original Cleveland Spiders. That rebrand could have been very successful. The apparel that was already starting to circulate was generating some legit buzz and had a very unique look.
That would have been a VERY solid rebrand as the Spiders name has history in Cleveland...blending the past name with the current colors, for a solid rebrand....but nope...they went with this instead...
That would have been a VERY solid rebrand as the Spiders name has history in Cleveland...blending the past name with the current colors, for a solid rebrand....but nope...they went with this instead...
This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 8:34 am
Posted on 4/3/24 at 8:31 am to peaster68
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Charlotte Bobcats was pretty terrible BTW.
To me the Bobcats were the worst. Especially because Bob Johnson, the original owner, went with that name because he wanted to name the team after himself. Charlotte franchises collectively have had the worst ownership groups of any town.
The Lakers are pretty terrible and should have renamed themselves once they moved from Minnesota. Same goes for the Jazz.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 8:58 am to BigPapiDoesItAgain
I’ve always thought it’s funny people make fun of Pelicans when at least it’s a reference to Louisiana.
A lot of sports nicknames are terrible but Pelicans took a bunch of unique heat. Ducks, Magic, Wild, Browns
A lot of sports nicknames are terrible but Pelicans took a bunch of unique heat. Ducks, Magic, Wild, Browns
Posted on 4/3/24 at 9:03 am to The Boat
Best thing tHeya Hoyas gave us
Posted on 4/3/24 at 9:23 am to The Boat
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Ducks, Magic, Wild, Browns
2 of those are just disney references too.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 9:49 am to SirWinston
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Logo and colours are as important as the name itself.
I think Commanders, Guardians, and Pelicans have all been very below average rebrands (especially coming at the major league level).
Commanders logo and uniforms are awful. Guardians name is awful, especially given what it replaced. Pelicans colours and uniforms suck balls.
Washington Football Team was pretty damn awesome. Not keeping that was a huge mistake. You don't replace Redskins because it is irreplaceable, you just have a void where it was, and a unique void at that. It was perfect.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 10:19 am to BigPapiDoesItAgain
Guardians and Commanders are the worst - agree that WFT was a missed opportunity
Utah Jazz never should have stayed when they moved
Bobcats was awful
I don't like the Pelicans, nor the color scheme, but at least it is unique and they've done a good job with a meh idea
Any MLS team that is "Real" "United" or "FC" is fricking stupid and I hate that European copycat shite. Part of the reason why soccer here will never reach full potential. At least most of the original MLS teams had names - most of which now have been reduced to FC or bullshite.
Utah Jazz never should have stayed when they moved
Bobcats was awful
I don't like the Pelicans, nor the color scheme, but at least it is unique and they've done a good job with a meh idea
Any MLS team that is "Real" "United" or "FC" is fricking stupid and I hate that European copycat shite. Part of the reason why soccer here will never reach full potential. At least most of the original MLS teams had names - most of which now have been reduced to FC or bullshite.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 10:44 am to Mason Dixon Swine
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My friend in Cleveland calls them the "'Dians"
It would seem that the "rdians" portion of the name factored into the decision on the name change. At first glance, and especially when players are turned a certain way, the "R" looks like an "N", and the overall script looks a lot like the "Indians" script...at least on the uniforms.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:09 am to metallica81788
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don't like the Pelicans, nor the color scheme, but at least it is unique and they've done a good job with a meh idea
Fits the city well and allows for "WE FLAP THEY LOSE".
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:10 am to BigPapiDoesItAgain
No, Texans is..
Posted on 4/3/24 at 1:16 pm to metallica81788
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Any MLS team that is "Real" "United" or "FC" is fricking stupid and I hate that European copycat shite. Part of the reason why soccer here will never reach full potential. At least most of the original MLS teams had names - most of which now have been reduced to FC or bullshite.
Name of the city followed by ‘FC’ is most desirable to me and inoffensive. I hate corny sounding nicknames like ‘Dynamo’
Posted on 4/3/24 at 1:16 pm to metallica81788
quote:its the most cringe thing ever
Any MLS team that is "Real" "United" or "FC" is fricking stupid
Posted on 4/3/24 at 1:16 pm to QJenk
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If I'm being honest, the Lakers are a pretty terrible nickname
It wasn't when they were the MINNEAPOLIS Lakers.
The name "Arizona Coyotes", given what a coyote is as it relates to the Mexican Border is probably not the best idea.
This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 4/3/24 at 2:14 pm to metallica81788
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At least most of the original MLS teams had names - most of which now have been reduced to FC or bullshite.
Those names were awful. Kansas City Wiz?
Posted on 4/3/24 at 2:19 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
quote:There's plenty of 4 legged coyotes in Arizona as well.
The name "Arizona Coyotes", given what a coyote is as it relates to the Mexican Border is probably not the best idea.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 6:02 pm to Murph4HOF
Cleveland should have been the Spiders. That merch looks pretty sweet.
Phoenix should have been the Scorpions.
Phoenix should have been the Scorpions.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 6:58 pm to SirWinston
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Pelicans colours and uniforms suck balls.
Pelicans name is legit and I have no idea how that can be worse the 85% of the bs out there other than it is newer.
Also the city edition uniforms have been solid. The crescent city basketball is solid. The standard uniforms are ok.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 8:26 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
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name "Arizona Coyotes", given what a coyote is as it relates to the Mexican Border is probably not the best idea.
The Arizona Coyotes have one of the best names and overall branding looks in sports. It's perfect. The fact that their AAA team is the Tucson Roadrunners is cherry-on-top perfect.
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