Logo Rebrand (Everything Huskies/Raptors) Megathread

joeyt618 · Post #61 » by **joeyt618** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 3:27 pm

An interesting read about how teams got their names: http://www.nba.com/hawks/feature/behind_the_name.html

pharring · Post #62 » by **pharring** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 3:41 pm

ForeverTFC wrote:
pharring wrote:I'd be interested to find out if this divide between "Huskies" and "Raptors" is age related. In other words, if people on this board grew up with "Raptors", they are defending it, while older people with no particular tie to the name are in favour of "Huskies".

I'm in the latter camp. "Raptors" is a cartoonish name. Always has been. Always will be.

Older in what sense?

It seems to me that the younger posters (teens) are in favour of Huskies, while the older posters are in favour of the Raptors remaining - though I only extrapolate from the user's join date. (I suspect that my method of identifying posters may be more valid than yours which was derived from your own experience only.)

Unless older signifies 40 and above, in which case, shouldn't they have more things to worry about than how "****" the Raptors name is?

Interesting. I was speculating. I might be wrong. I was just curious as there is certainly a divide and I was wondering what the demographics of the divide might be.

And no... those over 40 can worry about the team name as much as anybody else can. They gotta watch this team too.

pharring · Post #63 » by **pharring** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 3:47 pm

Rhythm043 wrote:
pharring wrote:I'd be interested to find out if this divide between "Huskies" and "Raptors" is age related. In other words, if people on this board grew up with "Raptors", they are defending it, while older people with no particular tie to the name are in favour of "Huskies".

I'm in the latter camp. "Raptors" is a cartoonish name. Always has been. Always will be.

are you only saying this because of the first jerseys that the team had?

Because the word raptor has nothing to do with a cartoon otherthan those terrible jerseys

Word "raptor" is not cartoonish. Means Bird of Prey. They have some pretty cool raptor demonstrations each year at the CNE. I wouldn't be opposed to "Toronto Raptors" being in reference to a Bird of Prey. I like Huskies better, but a Bird-of-Prey Raptor would be cool.

Unfortunately, the "Toronto Raptors" is cartoonish and was chosen at the height of popularity of Jurassic Park.

HinduKush · Post #64 » by **HinduKush** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 3:58 pm

TIL that we're not the only sports club named Raptors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden_Raptors

goodjoey · Post #65 » by **goodjoey** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:26 pm

HinduKush wrote:TIL that we're not the only sports club named Raptors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden_Raptors

SoulJah · Post #66 » by **SoulJah** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:40 pm

WalterCronkite wrote:This is what Raptors really looked like,
http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/artic ... 84.jpg?v=1

NO, this is what Bosh actually look like

kmatrixg · Post #67 » by **kmatrixg** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:52 pm

Sick of seeing all of these floating around the middle of nowhere, here's the place to get them all in one shot.

If I miss one, just post the link in this thread and I'll edit it in. Mods, can you sticky?

If you haven't started your own thread, rather, just popped your submission in an already existing thread - post the image here!

Huskies:
_venom_: viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1255729
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1254978
Los Manos: viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1254842
Hansari: viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1254601

Raptors:
NIQUE24: viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1255079
Toronto Rapture: viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1255079&start=90#p36110943
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1255079&start=105#p36113366
goodjoey: viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1255961

Star Submission Thread:
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1254134

Turbozone:
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1255432

Polls (Husky v Raptor):
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1254613
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1254870

Post #68 » by **pbj** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:04 pm

You missed all my entries, but that's ok, I'll consolidate them all here:

Spacing · Post #69 » by **Spacing** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:10 pm

Rapskies AINEC

Post #70 » by **Rhettmatic** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:10 pm

Thanks for doing this. I added a link to this thread in our forum directory in case it falls off the first page.

TorontoRapture · Post #71 » by **TorontoRapture** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:13 pm

Under the Raptors section...
TorontoRapture:
http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1255079&start=90
http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1255079&start=105

KobeDwightPau · Post #72 » by **KobeDwightPau** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:33 pm

I lol @ people who want a name change to transition into a winning culture. It will be even worse if we are calledd the huskies and suck, i rather be called the raptors. Timberwolves vs huskies sounds great for us.

kmatrixg · Post #73 » by **kmatrixg** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:07 pm

Updated, thanks TR

JJ From Deep · Post #74 » by **JJ From Deep** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:19 pm

Hansari's Huskies logo is absolutely awesome. Coolest one i've seen on here.

Courtside · Post #75 » by **Courtside** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:34 pm

While I commend the work being done by some talented posters, it doesn't change my opinion on the matter itself. I posted this very late in a different thread, but am re-stating my thoughts here.

With every ounce of my being, I f****n HATE the idea of changing the team's name.

HATE IT.

DO NOT DO IT.

It would be the most amateur, puerile move the team will have made yet - and would seriously have me questioning my loyalty to the franchise.

If an actual name change is being considered, Huskies seems the obvious choice in order to grasp at the extremely tenuous link to history, but choosing the name Huskies would be flat out awful and wrong.

DO NOT WANT a name associating with winter and snow and cold.

Re-brand / re-image fine, but keep the name. Please keep the red (do NOT want Blue).

If they win, Canada will adopt them as their team. No marketing ploy will ever do it, and will only serve to cheapen the brand and expose the new ownership pairing of Rogers+Bell to be completely wrong minded about what needs to be done.

JustWin · Post #76 » by **JustWin** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:36 pm

Courtside wrote:While I commend the work being done by some talented posters, it doesn't change my opinion on the matter itself. I posted this very late in a different thread, but am re-stating my thoughts here.

With every ounce of my being, I f****n HATE the idea of changing the team's name.

HATE IT.

DO NOT DO IT.

It would be the most amateur, puerile move the team will have made yet - and would seriously have me questioning my loyalty to the franchise.

Huskies is flat out awful and wrong.

DO NOT WANT a name associating with winter and snow.

Re-brand / re-image fine, but keep the name. Please keep the red (do NOT want Blue).

If they win, Canada will adopt them as their team. No marketing ploy will ever do it, and will only serve to cheapen the brand and expose the new ownership pairing of Rogers+Bell to be completely wrong minded about what needs to be done.

+1000000000000000000

DO. NOT. WANT.

Huskies sounds like some amateur team name. Changing the logo's and jersey's is one thing, but the name? NO. Raptors is fine, Huskies sounds soft as ****!

StMikes31 · Post #77 » by **StMikes31** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:45 pm

How about Toronto Treadmills? lol

RyanW · Post #78 » by **RyanW** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:19 pm

The Toronto Colangelos

TheGoodDoctor · Post #79 » by **TheGoodDoctor** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:29 pm

Los Manos' submission has by far and wide been the best one but I would like to see the same thing done with the Raptors' brand not Husky.

joeyt618 · Post #80 » by **joeyt618** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:34 pm

Courtside wrote:While I commend the work being done by some talented posters, it doesn't change my opinion on the matter itself. I posted this very late in a different thread, but am re-stating my thoughts here.

With every ounce of my being, I f****n HATE the idea of changing the team's name.

HATE IT.

DO NOT DO IT.

It would be the most amateur, puerile move the team will have made yet - and would seriously have me questioning my loyalty to the franchise.

If an actual name change is being considered, Huskies seems the obvious choice in order to grasp at the extremely tenuous link to history, but choosing the name Huskies would be flat out awful and wrong.

DO NOT WANT a name associating with winter and snow and cold.

Re-brand / re-image fine, but keep the name. Please keep the red (do NOT want Blue).

If they win, Canada will adopt them as their team. No marketing ploy will ever do it, and will only serve to cheapen the brand and expose the new ownership pairing of Rogers+Bell to be completely wrong minded about what needs to be done.

Cannot agree more. I've posted on a different thread with this same thought. I hope the whole Huskies thing is just picking up speed in this forum, and this forum alone. We lose as the Raptors, and we win as the Raptors. No other team name would be the same.