Charlotte Hornets - The Brand Returns!!!

Marvel · Post #481 » by **Marvel** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 12:37 am

Bring back the Hornets.

ohara · Post #482 » by **ohara** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 12:39 am

I laughed so hard when I heard the Pelicans. So be it. The Bobcats will be the Hornets within the next couple years.

JT2006 · Post #483 » by **JT2006** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 12:41 am

Bobcats isn't even a bad name, but Pelicans is. Cardinals are at least noble looking birds. Blue Jays are at least aggressive and kind of badass for that reason. Pelicans are a punchline to a joke about the sea.

amcoolio · Post #484 » by **amcoolio** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 12:45 am

With overwelming community support for the Charlotte Hornets, its gotta be a no brainier decision now. Bring back the Hive!

amcoolio · Post #485 » by **amcoolio** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 12:47 am

_tijo_ wrote:Honestly think that the update in colors to the light blue/dark blue/grey/orange color scheme is in preparation for a switch to Hornets 2.0. Same logo as past, but updated colors, with the light blue replacing the teal, the dark blue replacing the purple, and having the orange and grey highlights.

I agree, but I think we keep teal/purple and add the current light blue and faint orange highlights. When I get home, I'll mess around on photoshop to show you what I mean. It still looks sick nasty and by far the best colors/logo in the league

JT2006 · Post #486 » by **JT2006** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 12:52 am

can we switch rosters as well?

actually it would be more of a sidegrade than an upgrade, nevermind

MPM · Post #487 » by **MPM** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 1:05 am

Pelicans?!?!? Oh, well. I liked Krewe or Brass. Pelicans sounds like a cartoon baseball team full of lovable fat kids.

Although I haven't been singing in the 'Bring Back the Hornets" choir, I was there at the first Hornets game, and definitely not opposed to bringing the Hornets back to Charlotte. I like Amcoolio's proposed color scheme.

Post #488 » by **fatlever** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 1:13 am

i kinda dig the name pelicans. its offbeat. i like that.

HornetJail · Post #489 » by **HornetJail** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 1:30 am

I got the notification on my phone during class and let out a very audible "Holy sh**... f*ck yes!" Got some strange looks and then about three other people did the same thing. :lol:

JT2006 wrote:Bobcats isn't even a bad name, but Pelicans is. Cardinals are at least noble looking birds. Blue Jays are at least aggressive and kind of badass for that reason. Pelicans are a punchline to a joke about the sea.

Disagree. Bobcats is probably the second worst nickname in the league next to the Knickerbockers.

amcoolio wrote:With overwelming community support for the Charlotte Hornets, its gotta be a no brainier decision now. Bring back the Hive!
_tijo_ wrote:Honestly think that the update in colors to the light blue/dark blue/grey/orange color scheme is in preparation for a switch to Hornets 2.0. Same logo as past, but updated colors, with the light blue replacing the teal, the dark blue replacing the purple, and having the orange and grey highlights.

I agree, but I think we keep teal/purple and add the current light blue and faint orange highlights. When I get home, I'll mess around on photoshop to show you what I mean. It still looks sick nasty and by far the best colors/logo in the league

I don't know how I feel about the orange. I actually really like our current color scheme sans the orange. Add enough purple and teal to make it look Hornets-esque but not 100% Hornets.

fatlever wrote:i kinda dig the name pelicans. its offbeat. i like that.

I like it as well. I don't know how to describe it, but I do like the name.

This will be incredibly confusing for basketball fans waking from a ten-year coma.

doc.end · Post #490 » by **doc.end** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 1:53 am

Is it a legacy to birds caught in the oil spill?

Post #491 » by **fatlever** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 2:08 am

doc.end wrote:Is it a legacy to birds caught in the oil spill?

ouch

SWedd523 · Post #492 » by **SWedd523** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 3:32 am

fatlever wrote:i kinda dig the name pelicans. its offbeat. i like that.

Honestly don't have a problem with it either, could be funky (in a good way) if they did it cartoonish sort of like the Baltimore Orioles logo

JGib23 · Post #493 » by **JGib23** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 3:37 am

It's sad that I'm laughing at my own post but, this is funny to me.

My dedication thread that I will start to the 6% of anti - Hornets fans that prefer the Bobcats name when we are officially the Charlotte Hornets again.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3KskO3_2YQ[/youtube]

amcoolio · Post #494 » by **amcoolio** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 3:51 am

This is by no means professional, but...

Original

Recolored in current color scheme

My combination of the two

The light blue doesn't work as well with the teal like I had hoped. I used a richer purple and a lighter teal for the recolor. I'd prefer purple to navy blue, but I could see the Bobcats going with navy blue/light blue. Just too much memphis grizzlies for me.

vorbis · Post #495 » by **vorbis** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 6:42 am

i dig the pelicans nickname. the colors look pretty pedestrian though. i am looking forward to a resolution of the hornets issue, one way or another. ready to move on

MPM · Post #496 » by **MPM** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 10:50 am

As a Cats fan, I think my favorite suggestion thus far has been the New Orleans Lottery Balls.

hotrod · Post #497 » by **hotrod** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 1:13 pm

Is Jackie Moon part of the ownership group of the Pelicans? Sounds like an ABA team to me. I like it.

Stun704 · Post #498 » by **Stun704** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 5:19 pm

amcoolio wrote:This is by no means professional, but...

Original

Recolored in current color scheme

My combination of the two

The light blue doesn't work as well with the teal like I had hoped. I used a richer purple and a lighter teal for the recolor. I'd prefer purple to navy blue, but I could see the Bobcats going with navy blue/light blue. Just too much memphis grizzlies for me.

The ball should be orange in the new second logo, and the laces should be gray.. otherwise i like it

KembaWalker · Post #499 » by **KembaWalker** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 5:40 pm

I will be pissed if we half-ass this switch and have to sit through awkward Bobcats/Hornets explanations or keep bringing up the Bobcats name when we switch. I've leaned on the side of no change, I like the Bobcats. But if we do go with Hornets, sit down with Benson and negotiate a deal for EVERYTHING Charlotte Hornets, history, records, logos, colors, jersey designs, court designs, whatever they own that is tied to CHARLOTTE Hornets should be ours. They can keep whatever New Orleans garbage they want. If we're gonna be the Hornets I wanna be THE Charlotte Hornets, the ones with Dell, Muggsy, LJ, Mash, etc. Not the Bobnets. I'm sick of the identity struggle in this franchise. I want the game to be called by the leading scorer in CHARLOTTE HORNETS history, Dell Curry, not all time leading PELICANS scorer Dell Curry.

If we can't get that deal then stick with the Bobcats, come out and say that we cannot be the Hornets and squash this thing.

Stun704 · Post #500 » by **Stun704** » Wed Dec 5, 2012 5:56 pm

KembaWalker wrote:I will be pissed if we half-ass this switch and have to sit through awkward Bobcats/Hornets explanations or keep bringing up the Bobcats name when we switch. I've leaned on the side of no change, I like the Bobcats. But if we do go with Hornets, sit down with Benson and negotiate a deal for EVERYTHING Charlotte Hornets, history, records, logos, colors, jersey designs, court designs, whatever they own that is tied to CHARLOTTE Hornets should be ours. They can keep whatever New Orleans garbage they want. If we're gonna be the Hornets I wanna be THE Charlotte Hornets, the ones with Dell, Muggsy, LJ, Mash, etc. Not the Bobnets. I'm sick of the identity struggle in this franchise. I want the game to be called by the leading scorer in CHARLOTTE HORNETS history, Dell Curry, not all time leading PELICANS scorer Dell Curry.

If we can't get that deal then stick with the Bobcats, come out and say that we cannot be the Hornets and squash this thing.

What do yall think about a alternate logo with The Hornet doing the air jordan pose? :lol: