Sam
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Post by Sam on Aug 2, 2011 6:08:25 GMT -6
I was wondering what other people were rooting for if we weren't called the Jets?
I know there was a lot of support for 'Falcons', and I was also hoping for 'Whiteouts' although I knew this was never going to happen. I was looking through old Winnipeg Hockey team names, and there were a lot; I found a big list but I appear to have lost it, but some names I remember were Monarchs, Victorias, South Blues, Warriors, Blues, Saints & Braves..
Do you think any of these would have been used? What were you rooting for if not the Jets? and what other names did you hear being thrown around?
Thanks
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Post by newjets on Aug 2, 2011 7:21:22 GMT -6
Other than Jets, I didn't mind Falcons and thought that there were some cool possibilities as far as logo and jerseys were concerned.
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Post by rusty on Aug 2, 2011 8:13:33 GMT -6
I liked Manitoba Maroons
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Post by hobble on Aug 2, 2011 10:10:12 GMT -6
I always liked Manitoba Voyageurs  The idea of everyone cheering and wearing red toques and ceinture flecher always made me laugh! |
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Post by Best Jets Fan on Aug 2, 2011 11:54:46 GMT -6
I wanted Jets with the old logo and jerseys with a new alternate jersey and alternate logo.
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Post by Guardian on Aug 2, 2011 14:15:45 GMT -6
It would be interesting to learn from TNSE what other names were considered.
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Post by Douggy-D on Aug 2, 2011 16:08:58 GMT -6
The 4 choices for names were Jets, Moose, Falcons, and Polar Bears. If the team wasn't called the Winnipeg Jets, my next choice would've been the Manitoba Jets. I remember Hendrix (or Alex) saying during the Winter that it was a 100% chance that the team would be called the Manitoba _____. I was of course surprised that they chose the Winnipeg Jets.
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Post by ianwpg on Aug 2, 2011 18:26:20 GMT -6
I have it on very good authority that Chipman REALLY wanted the name to be Manitoba Polar Bears. The thinking at Tue North from some of the other employees was that Thomson was the driving force behind the final Winnipeg Jets moniker. Personally I could have lived with any name, but glad its the Jets.
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Post by rockafella on Aug 2, 2011 20:18:39 GMT -6
I agree. They could have been called the Dancing Sausage Monkeys and I still would have bought a jersey.
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Post by ducky75 on Aug 2, 2011 20:38:09 GMT -6
Rebellion was always my favourite alternative (Either Manitoba or Red River).
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Post by jval07 on Aug 2, 2011 22:39:41 GMT -6
I heard somebody once mention River City Rebels and thought that was awesome.
Manitoba Chill... as in "The Chill iced the Flames 3-1 as Evander Kane notched a natural hatrick"
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Post by bottsy13 on Aug 3, 2011 4:32:54 GMT -6
I liked the Falcons just for the fact that i play on a team called the Falcons |
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Post by shanbo13 on Aug 3, 2011 5:47:16 GMT -6
they decided not to do falcons for the liberty of the Atlanta fans. That is their football teams name.
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pank
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Post by pank on Aug 3, 2011 6:14:25 GMT -6
they decided not to do falcons for the liberty of the Atlanta fans. That is their football teams name. Pretty sure there was an article mentioning about copyright issues for everything but Jets and Moose. So they went with the popular choice. I don't think the NFL Falcons had anything to do with. |
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Post by funkybullwinkle on Aug 3, 2011 7:56:29 GMT -6
The Winnipeg Hockey Club or The Winnipeg Reds.
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