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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 16, 2020 23:35:45 GMT
Yes, but isn't that still a dumb name? It'd be like if the Indians became the Cleveland Clevelands. Not trying to nitpick here but Philly is like a nickname for Philadelphia. What you’re suggesting is just saying Cleveland twice. I’m not saying that “Phillies” is as great a name as, say, the Tigers or Pirates, but it’s better than Texans and Packers and Browns. I'd say it's worse than Texans. Philly is a nickname for Philadelphia so it is indeed like saying it twice, but making it a plural for no good reason at all. At least Texans refers to the people from Texas. It's a bad, thoughtless name, but at least it makes sense.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Dec 16, 2020 23:43:42 GMT
Not trying to nitpick here but Philly is like a nickname for Philadelphia. What you’re suggesting is just saying Cleveland twice. I’m not saying that “Phillies” is as great a name as, say, the Tigers or Pirates, but it’s better than Texans and Packers and Browns. I'd say it's worse than Texans. Philly is a nickname for Philadelphia so it is indeed like saying it twice, but making it a plural for no good reason at all. At least Texans refers to the people from Texas. It's a bad, thoughtless name, but at least it makes sense. fil·ly /ˈfilē/ Learn to pronounce noun a young female horse, especially one less than four years old. a lively girl or young woman
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 17, 2020 0:00:44 GMT
I'd say it's worse than Texans. Philly is a nickname for Philadelphia so it is indeed like saying it twice, but making it a plural for no good reason at all. At least Texans refers to the people from Texas. It's a bad, thoughtless name, but at least it makes sense. fil·ly /ˈfilē/ Learn to pronounce noun a young female horse, especially one less than four years old. a lively girl or young woman That's 'filly' ... with an 'f' Also not a name I'd want for my team, but at least it would be some sort of something or something. Instead of the nothingness that the name of the Philadelphia baseball team is.
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Post by millar70 on Dec 17, 2020 0:14:22 GMT
Said it on here before but the Cowboys will not stand much longer... That will be the next thing that the unhappy will go after, any team name that is male-oriented. Then it will be the different animals. Why Eagles? Why Cardinals? Aren't all birds important, why single out just those? Why Bengals? Why Panthers? ALL CATS ARE IMPORTANT!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2020 1:45:54 GMT
Packers - if that team never existed and a new expansion team came along called “Packers” we’d all think it was the worst name in sports history. Admit it. In that sense yes it is a stupid name. However it's my teams stupid name therefore it is awesome. I like teams that give some originality to there names. Imo there are too many birds and too many cats. Names like that are lazy. The team name that annoys me more than any are the Browns. Its everything about it. I associate it with shit. Also, your name is the Browns but your logo is of an orange helmet. Fuck right off with that shit. Baseball has some pretty dumb names imo. I hate the Washington Nationals, San Diego Padres, Oakland A's. Padres being the worst. Basketball has some bad ones but mostly because relocation screwed up the names. Raptors. Pelicans. Timberwolves. Not a fan of those. Im sure there are more but I blank on NBA things in general.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Dec 17, 2020 2:27:12 GMT
New Orleans to Utah Jazz Minneapolis to LA Lakers
Atlanta to Calgary Flames is ok though.
Is naming your team for a tragic event that good even though it may sound cool? Chicago Fire, San Jose Earthquakes, Carolina Hurricanes, Colorado Avalanche, Atlanta Flames.
NY Islanders... so the Rangers could change their name to the Mainlanders?
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Dec 17, 2020 2:38:25 GMT
Lakers, Kings, Phillies, Jazz, Nationals. Nationals should’ve stuck with Expos. Lakers should’ve changed to something else entirely when they moved, same with the Jazz. Kings would work if the franchise was actually any successful. Phillies is pretty stupid. It’d be like if the Indians became the Cleveland Cleves. Also soccer clubs that go with Real, SC, or FC... in the MLS, at least. And the Red Bulls. Can’t believe there’s a soccer team named after an energy drink. MLS honestly has a lot of dumb names. Only the Galaxy, Crew, Sounders, Timbers, and Fire have good names. It's not a modern contrivance to name North American soccer teams 'FC.' It went on a century or so ago but with soccer's demise for a few decades it didn't renew in the 1960s with the rise of the NASL, teams instead using nicknames. I will say that Sporting KC, Real Salt Lake and Inter Miami are stupid.
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Post by NJtoTX on Dec 17, 2020 2:55:43 GMT
The New York Knickerbockers, The New York Metropolitans
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Post by twothousandonemark on Dec 17, 2020 5:38:38 GMT
Nuggets - it's juvenile, always has been always will be.
Blue Jackets - it's a minor league niche name, but as a big 4 team having to be serious about their branding, it's a miss.
Nets - my #1 uninspired nickname in big 4 sports. The alliteration is no more, & that was barely mediocre.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Dec 17, 2020 7:45:11 GMT
Montreal Impact. ![](https://s26.postimg.cc/ntbgu109l/odd.gif) There's talk of changing it to Montreal FC - which might pose a problem for the language nationalists, since "FC" is English. In French it would have to be "CF". I just saw that. Weak. As for FC/CF, they'll surely be using both, or maybe just CF on their crest. Impact isn't any grand nickname, but it is unique & tied to that city's top flight club for decades now.
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Post by sdm3 on Dec 17, 2020 7:57:34 GMT
Not trying to nitpick here but Philly is like a nickname for Philadelphia. What you’re suggesting is just saying Cleveland twice. I’m not saying that “Phillies” is as great a name as, say, the Tigers or Pirates, but it’s better than Texans and Packers and Browns. I'd say it's worse than Texans. Philly is a nickname for Philadelphia so it is indeed like saying it twice, but making it a plural for no good reason at all. At least Texans refers to the people from Texas. It's a bad, thoughtless name, but at least it makes sense. Please welcome... the Cincinnati Cincies!!
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Post by GiantFan1980 on Dec 17, 2020 8:01:06 GMT
One name I never liked was The Senators.
Naming a team after politicians. Feh! I don't exactly hate the team, but I'm not a favorite of the Capitals either.
If it wasn't for the die hard fan base, the Browns should have died out decades ago when Paul Brown was chased off.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Dec 17, 2020 8:55:49 GMT
Said it on here before but the Cowboys will not stand much longer... That will be the next thing that the unhappy will go after, any team name that is male-oriented. Then it will be the different animals. Why Eagles? Why Cardinals? Aren't all birds important, why single out just those? Why Bengals? Why Panthers? ALL CATS ARE IMPORTANT!!!! Ha, that's true - never thought of the feminist angle, "hey, why not cowPEOPLE?!!". And then you could have the vegans chiming in with, "Hey, cowboys are part of the enslavement of animals. We shouldn't be celebrating them!". But was was purely thinking of the cowboys vs Indians angle. Once all John Wayne films, etc have been banned from public viewing due to the distress and suffering caused, the football team name will be next!
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Post by damngumby on Dec 17, 2020 10:59:46 GMT
The best place to find out what sport team names need to be changed is at the local university safe-space facility. This is where left-wing students go to curl up in the fetal position when they encounter something that violates their delicate sensibilities. I’m sure some of them have already compiled a list of name change “demands”. In crayon. Versus right wing adults who curl up in the fetal position and cry any time anything that was once one way gets changed. They are both equally idiotic. Ah, the ‘ol “I know you are but what am I” retort. Didn’t really work all that well in the playground. What makes you think it would work here? The SJW crowd wants to destroy this country, which they hate. America is evil, you see. Inherently racist in every element of modern life. Today it’s sport team names, tomorrow they’re removing all references of great Americans, like Abraham Lincoln, from schools ... wait, no, that’s happening today as well. They’re the book burners of our era, trying to eliminate all offensive (as they see it) content from society. And if “right-wing adults” object, you think it is somehow equivalent? Are you freakin’ daft? If you give those idiots an inch they will take a mile. It’s time to tell the kiddies to fuck off, grow up, and grow a pair. Or you can roll over and let them run roughshod over everything we how dear. Your choice, mate.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Dec 17, 2020 13:35:10 GMT
I'd say it's worse than Texans. Philly is a nickname for Philadelphia so it is indeed like saying it twice, but making it a plural for no good reason at all. At least Texans refers to the people from Texas. It's a bad, thoughtless name, but at least it makes sense. Please welcome... the Cincinnati Cincies!! And the Minneapolis Minnies! Also the Los Angeles Angels, oh wait...
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Dec 17, 2020 13:48:21 GMT
I don't know if the Edmonton Eskimos have changed their name yet but Roughnecks would be a good 'job' nickname that suits the city. 2 problems would be there's already a team named the Roughriders so maybe too similar (even though the league went decades with 2 teams with the same nickname) and the cost of rebranding the 'EE.'
Maybe going the 'shorten the city name as the nickname' route. The Edmonton Eddies. How much would it cost to use Iron Maiden's Eddie as the team mascot?
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 17, 2020 13:56:27 GMT
Please welcome... the Cincinnati Cincies!! And the Minneapolis Minnies! Also the Los Angeles Angels, oh wait... At least Angels makes sense. It's pretty obvious and on the nose, but it's at least something. Minnies would result in a lawsuit from Disney... those litigious fucks.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Dec 17, 2020 14:44:51 GMT
Versus right wing adults who curl up in the fetal position and cry any time anything that was once one way gets changed. They are both equally idiotic. Ah, the ‘ol “I know you are but what am I” retort. Didn’t really work all that well in the playground. What makes you think it would work here? The SJW crowd wants to destroy this country, which they hate. America is evil, you see. Inherently racist in every element of modern life. Today it’s sport team names, tomorrow they’re removing all references of great Americans, like Abraham Lincoln, from schools ... wait, no, that’s happening today as well. They’re the book burners of our era, trying to eliminate all offensive (as they see it) content from society. And if “right-wing adults” object, you think it is somehow equivalent? Are you freakin’ daft? If you give those idiots an inch they will take a mile. It’s time to tell the kiddies to fuck off, grow up, and grow a pair. Or you can roll over and let them run roughshod over everything we how dear. Your choice, mate. Hilarious coming from the guy who used to beg admin to ban DC Fan for picking on Marvel movies. Yeah, you're definitely the adult in the room, and you don't want to eliminate content you disagree with at all.
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Post by WullieFort on Dec 17, 2020 16:08:04 GMT
Buffalo Bills
It's not just discriminating against all the Williams around but also offensive to Buffalos. As are Broncos Dolphins Rams Seahawks Cardinals Falcons Panthers Eagles Colts Bears Lions Jaguars Ravens
Who does that leave?
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Post by tristramshandy on Dec 17, 2020 17:06:52 GMT
Versus right wing adults who curl up in the fetal position and cry any time anything that was once one way gets changed. They are both equally idiotic. Ah, the ‘ol “I know you are but what am I” retort. Didn’t really work all that well in the playground. What makes you think it would work here? The SJW crowd wants to destroy this country, which they hate. America is evil, you see. Inherently racist in every element of modern life. Today it’s sport team names, tomorrow they’re removing all references of great Americans, like Abraham Lincoln, from schools ... wait, no, that’s happening today as well. They’re the book burners of our era, trying to eliminate all offensive (as they see it) content from society. And if “right-wing adults” object, you think it is somehow equivalent? Are you freakin’ daft? If you give those idiots an inch they will take a mile. It’s time to tell the kiddies to fuck off, grow up, and grow a pair. Or you can roll over and let them run roughshod over everything we how dear. Your choice, mate. No, there is a middle ground too where we don't coddle butt-hurt old white guy who complains about every fucking thing that has changed, who fucking freaks out and throws a hissy fit when they make a new Ghostbusters with females or talks about having a black James Bond or, God forbid, somebody wishes them "Happy holidays!" instead of "Merry Christmas!". You fucking grow a pair. It's a goddamn name for a sports team, not somebody losing their life in a chokehold from police that you are undoubtedly not throwing a bitchfest about.
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