GreatCanadian
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Jets fan from New Brunswick
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Post by GreatCanadian on May 31, 2013 5:11:54 GMT -6
The name was leaked on a website yesterday.
Thoughts on the name?
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Post by grumpy on May 31, 2013 5:32:58 GMT -6
It'll be polarizing...
I'm okay with the name.
The logo is another story. It's downright ugly.
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GreatCanadian
2nd Line Winger
Jets fan from New Brunswick
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Post by GreatCanadian on May 31, 2013 6:17:17 GMT -6
I'm actually the opposite.
The name is brutal, but the logo is nice. Reminds me of the old Rough Riders... which I think they wanted to preserve at least some hint of the old team (along with the colors).
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Post by jetsorbust on May 31, 2013 6:39:45 GMT -6
Polarizing? Doesn't polarizing mean some people love it, some people hate it?
Who could love "redblacks"?! That's just two freaking colours!
No name is loved by all, especially when it's first announced but I'm sorry, REDBLACKS is just stupid. Who are they paying to come up with these ideas? First they think they can just pick on of other 8 teams and double up on names, then they just slap two colours together and think that is a good name?
I hope this team succeeds because I want the CFL to grow, so I honestly wanted to try to be positive about whatever the name is... but I just can't bring myself to do that with REDBLACKS.
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GreatCanadian
2nd Line Winger
Jets fan from New Brunswick
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Post by GreatCanadian on May 31, 2013 6:54:50 GMT -6
Worst part is, the other 4 "finalist" names weren't that bad:
- Ottawa Rush
- Ottawa Rivermen
- Ottawa Nationals
- Ottawa Voyageurs
Of those five names, HOW IN THE HELL did they choose RedBlacks over those four?!
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Post by jval07 on May 31, 2013 7:04:42 GMT -6
RedBlacks is a horrible nickname for a football team... or any team for that matter. Would have rather they gone back to a second RoughRiders team.
Awful choice.
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Post by phillymike on May 31, 2013 7:12:04 GMT -6
I wish their uniforms were blue and white! That would be classic!!
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Post by grumpy on May 31, 2013 7:20:56 GMT -6
Polarizing? Doesn't polarizing mean some people love it, some people hate it? Who could love "redblacks"?! That's just two freaking colours! No name is loved by all, especially when it's first announced but I'm sorry, REDBLACKS is just stupid. Who are they paying to come up with these ideas? First they think they can just pick on of other 8 teams and double up on names, then they just slap two colours together and think that is a good name? I hope this team succeeds because I want the CFL to grow, so I honestly wanted to try to be positive about whatever the name is... but I just can't bring myself to do that with REDBLACKS. Good lord, lighten up. It's JUST a name man. My interpretation of polarizing means to divide into very sharply critical groups versus simple differing opinions. |
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Post by grumpy on May 31, 2013 7:23:37 GMT -6
There are sooooo many team names that are just colours: White Sox, Red Sox, Reds, Browns, All Blacks... I'm sure there are many others.
Team nicknames have often been controversial and some of the older nicknames have become legend over time. Hell even the conflict over the Jets (2.0) name was controversial.
At the end of the day it is just a nickname and it should have zero impact on the success of the team.
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Post by grumpy on May 31, 2013 7:25:14 GMT -6
"First they think they can just pick on of other 8 teams and double up on names"
Wow, you've zero appreciation for the history and evolution of the CFL.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2013 8:20:18 GMT -6
Polarizing? Doesn't polarizing mean some people love it, some people hate it? Who could love "redblacks"?! That's just two freaking colours! No name is loved by all, especially when it's first announced but I'm sorry, REDBLACKS is just stupid. Who are they paying to come up with these ideas? First they think they can just pick on of other 8 teams and double up on names, then they just slap two colours together and think that is a good name? I hope this team succeeds because I want the CFL to grow, so I honestly wanted to try to be positive about whatever the name is... but I just can't bring myself to do that with REDBLACKS. Good lord, lighten up. It's JUST a name man. My interpretation of polarizing means to divide into very sharply critical groups versus simple differing opinions. You say it's just a name, but could you imagine if our hockey team ended up with a name like Polar Bears? I'm sure we wouldn't have the "it's just a name" mentality. Anyway, who cares about the Redblacks. My favourite CFL team is the Bluegolds. |
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Post by grumpy on May 31, 2013 8:44:12 GMT -6
If the Jets were named Polar Bears I would have embraced the team every bit as I did, and still would have purchased season tickets, and subscribed to TSN "Polar Bears"...
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GreatCanadian
2nd Line Winger
Jets fan from New Brunswick
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Post by GreatCanadian on May 31, 2013 9:12:34 GMT -6
The Roughrider/Rough Rider name, to explain it once and for all, was because Saskatchewan and Ottawa played in seperate leagues (the WIFU and IRFU respectively) for 46 years.... from 1912 to 1958.
Ottawa's name is related to the Rough Riders of the Spanish-American War
Saskatchewan's name is related to the North-West Mounted Police
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Post by jetsorbust on May 31, 2013 9:35:57 GMT -6
Polarizing? Doesn't polarizing mean some people love it, some people hate it? Who could love "redblacks"?! That's just two freaking colours! No name is loved by all, especially when it's first announced but I'm sorry, REDBLACKS is just stupid. Who are they paying to come up with these ideas? First they think they can just pick on of other 8 teams and double up on names, then they just slap two colours together and think that is a good name? I hope this team succeeds because I want the CFL to grow, so I honestly wanted to try to be positive about whatever the name is... but I just can't bring myself to do that with REDBLACKS. Good lord, lighten up. It's JUST a name man. My interpretation of polarizing means to divide into very sharply critical groups versus simple differing opinions. I really didn't mean to criticize your language at all, and yes it's just a name but a name is pretty important to a sports team. I'm just saying RedBlacks is terrible! Don't worry, I won't lose sleep over it but honestly, if I lived in Ottawa I probably would! |
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Post by jetsorbust on May 31, 2013 9:41:37 GMT -6
"First they think they can just pick on of other 8 teams and double up on names" Wow, you've zero appreciation for the history and evolution of the CFL. I understand it was their name before, etc etc but at the end of the day to have 2 teams with the same name in a 9 team league is just silly. My statement on how they came up with the proposal a few years ago is obviously somewhat tongue in cheek, I know they put a lot of thought into it but sometimes you can "overthink" something, and that is certainly what they did with the Rough Riders name proposal. I also get that there are many teams with colours in their names, but are there any teams that are just two colours thrown together into one pretend word? Not that I know of... it's just an awkward sounding terrible name IMO. And I would hazard to guess 9 outta 10 people's opinion in the general public. But hey maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's just me. I never have been able to appreciate "abstract art" or whatever those pictures are that look like a blob of random crap. |
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