winghaz Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Heck, just have the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz trade names. Los Angeles Jazz and Utah Lakers? Makes a lot more sense than the way they are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj32 Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Macon Whoopee - I actually like the play on words, but it is bad.Utah Starzz - everything that is wrong with team nicknames today. It is based on the defunct ABA Utah Stars, whose name (like "Jazz") came to Salt Lake City when the team moved from Los Angeles. Since "Stars" has an 's' on the end (and is already used by Dallas' NHL franchise), we'll just stick two z's on the end. Fortunately, this WNBA franchise moved to San Antonio (who changed the name to Silver Stars - with an 's'!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMMF Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Montreal Canadiens- The only way this name survives is the local spelling. If it had been spelled otherwise, it would be so uncreative it would be like an American team known as the Americans. Nowadays, that would be uncreative. Rochester Americans, anyone? New York Americans? Don't forget the Tri-City Americans (WHL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMMF Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Two words.Montgomery. Biscuits. But their logo is so cute. And since my name starts with M, it gave me a great hat to wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampman Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 I don't have a problem with two word team names, if they make sense--as in Polar Bears for example...As for the Islanders, I remember a spoof where the Islanders were cannibals... Comic Sans walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve your type here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean84106 Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Being from New Orleans, the Utah Jazz bothers me. They aren't even allowed to have fun in Utah, much less Jazz. Give us our team name back please. You had your chance to keep the team, but you didn't support it well enough. So pfft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napoleon Dynamite Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 blue jackets is a pretty dumb name. bobcats isnt so great either. sounds like a girls softball team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshSteeler Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 MLS had (has?)some awful ones -Tampa Bay MutinySan Jose ClashDallas Burnand fron the NASLOakland StompersNew England Tea MenMiami GatosCalgary Boomers The Right will always be wrong,Conservatives-Dragging the world kicking and screaming into the 19th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twi Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 MLS had (has?)some awful ones -Tampa Bay MutinySan Jose Clash I remember going to Mutiny games. I could never understand why they weren't pirate based, with a name like Mutiny and the obvious tie-ins with the stadium they played in (Raymond James, with the pirate ship). Instead it was some freaky little mutant bat. I think Mutiny was a good name for this team, but executed very poorly. As for Clash, just no. What's Clash got to do with a scorpion anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Roanoke Dazzle. I could understand if this was a team in the WNBA, but a mens basketball team. How girly!Almost every team that puts Ice before the rest(Ice Pilots, Ice Gators, IceHogs, Ice Cats, Ice Dogs, Ice Bats, Ice Bears) However I can live with teams that are simply the Ice (Indiana Ice) Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJR Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Winston-Salem Polar TwinsAll the other ones I've got a problem with have already been mentioned. FantasyHockeySim.com || DetroitHockey.Net || DetroitHockey.Net FHL || cjr.dev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrbaseball Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 And I change my mind -- even worse than the Utah Jazz in the area of worst sports team name would have to be the...Syracuse OrangeIt's a singular color name. Pathetic.There is precedent and tradition for college teams to use singular color names:Harvard CrimsonStanford CardinalDartmouth Big GreenCornell Big Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilaLogos Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 how about that AFL team the Voodoo? WTF is up with that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Wouldn't this have been so much better?1974- New Orleans Jazz founded1979- Jazz move to Salt Lake City, become Utah Raptors1995- Toronto granted NBA franchise, given name Huskies i like that. it ties in the new toronto franchise with the original one (the first ever nba game was between the ny knicks and the toronto huskies). PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 How about the ABA's Gwinett Gwizzlies... You don't see Grizzlies that much, if ever, in Atlanta, much less Gwizzlies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockchalk Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 How about the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. It isn't bad enough that the University of Tulsa sports teams are named after a weather phenomenon that has never occurred within about 1000 miles of Tulsa, but there also isn't an "S", it's just Hurricane. I've decided to give up hope for all sports teams I follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0dotcom Posted October 17, 2004 Author Share Posted October 17, 2004 Wouldn't this have been so much better?1974- New Orleans Jazz founded1979- Jazz move to Salt Lake City, become Utah Raptors1995- Toronto granted NBA franchise, given name Huskies i like that. it ties in the new toronto franchise with the original one (the first ever nba game was between the ny knicks and the toronto huskies). It would have been so much cooler IMO with the Huskies monaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilbert Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 How about the ABA's Gwinett Gwizzlies... You don't see Grizzlies that much, if ever, in Atlanta, much less Gwizzlies When they named the team they were origionally to be the Gwinnett Grizzlies, but when making the announcement, there was an error and the name said Gwizzlies instead of Grizzlies. They liked the incorrect spelling so they kept it. Signature intentionally left blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 And I change my mind -- even worse than the Utah Jazz in the area of worst sports team name would have to be the...Syracuse OrangeIt's a singular color name. Pathetic.There is precedent and tradition for college teams to use singular color names:Harvard CrimsonStanford CardinalDartmouth Big GreenCornell Big Red True -- but the Orange don't have tradition to blame for their crappy name.Atleast 'Big Red' and 'Big Green' aren't one word color names and use the color as a noun, Harvards name is just as bad and Stanfords is actually tolerable, for whatever reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffles Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 And I change my mind -- even worse than the Utah Jazz in the area of worst sports team name would have to be the...Syracuse OrangeIt's a singular color name. Pathetic.There is precedent and tradition for college teams to use singular color names:Harvard CrimsonStanford CardinalDartmouth Big GreenCornell Big Red True -- but the Orange don't have tradition to blame for their crappy name.Atleast 'Big Red' and 'Big Green' aren't one word color names and use the color as a noun, Harvards name is just as bad and Stanfords is actually tolerable, for whatever reason. In defense of my school...They were the Orange, informally, in things like chants (Lets' Go Orange) and t-shirts. It's not like it came out of the clear blue sky...I wasn't crazy about the name at first, but I love and completely understand the name now, and really, once the basketball team hits the court, I won't care what they're called anymore.But Discrim is absolutely right about the other teams here in Syracuse (Crunch, SkyChiefs, etc.) Their names suck, and the change from Chiefs to SkyChiefs sucked. I loved the old Chiefs logo.Another name that bothers me...the USC women's teams being the "Women of Troy"...just bad. Hell, call them the "Trojennes" or something silly like that...anything but "Women of Troy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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