Pete Maravich goatee ;)
the rest sound right.
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I'm firmly on the black & gold color scheme bandwagon no matter what the name is
Neonights.
Not a fan of Dukes at all
Dukes is pretty good. I could get behind that.
If it's Dukes, can this guy be our mascot?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndYT-SF7b_0
Dukes could be branded like Knights only the name Dukes fits New Orleans much better. Pretty sure no Knight stepped foot in New Orleans other than perhaps Sir Elton John...but an actual Duke has (leave David out of this). Again, it's all about the artwork as will be the case with any name. Crappy picture I know but perhaps could serve as a guide? Here is the The Duke of Bourbon...notice any familiar symbols? What about blue and gold?
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But of course, how could I have neglected Gladys, the Knight whose name this re-branded team could bear?
My top choices are:
1) Navigators- It represents the city's status as global destination, both historically and presently.
2) Creoles- Especially as Crescenty City Creoles, it sounds like an old jazz band, and could look nice with some faux-retro styling.
3) Mojo- Has its roots in voodoo, but is also a blues reference.
4) Krewe- More of a fallback option to me, but I wouldn't be at all upset about it.
A Duke is a monarch ruling over a duchy usually right under the King (or Queen).
A Knight is a warrior who upholds a code of chivalry related to the values of faith, loyalty, courage and honor.
I'll take the honorable elite warrior over the pansy robe wearing brother of the King. Just saying.
Knights!!!
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich attended the 1872 Mardi Gras celebrations, where he was guest of honor reviewing the inaugural Rex parade.
All Dukes are knights, but not all knights are dukes. Also, many of the pansy robe wearers also fought in various battles, but when having a portrait painted, it was frowned upon by adversaries to wait for the artist to finish painting before continuing to fight.
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quick question: My uncle told me that there was a New Orleans Knights team a while ago. He didn't remember what sport it was, but was pretty sure we had a minor league team with that name. The only thing I can find is the Southern Knights. Does anyone know anything about this?
Wow, we might as well use the Knights.
Dukes of Dixieland have been in New Orleans a few times.
Also, my friend was a Duke in Thoth. Another guy was a Duke in Endymion. I think Rex has Dukes as well.
this is all fun and games, but I would be almost shocked if either Knights or Dukes emerged when it really counted... I especially wouldn't be a fan of the Dukie and Duchess remarks that would surely accompany one of the names... :)
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich might be the best I can come up with but it shows some historical significance with the city whereas Knight has none. I'm not suggesting we become "the Duke" in honor of this guy. I provided him as an example. The Dukes, has many tie ins from more than one angle. Knights is like the name of a team from an after school special. They do still have those right?
Not even going to lie, I don't like Dukes. Doesn't seem too New Orleans-y and it just plain isn't that cool of a nickname IMO. But I could definitely live with it. The only name that I would even consider my fanhood over that I have heard thus far is Reapers. I would follow the team still of course, but its way too dark. I wouldn't want ot buy any of their merchandise and I would almost be embarrassed to say I followed a team called the Reapers. I would follow them because they are NOLA, but I might take a step back from fanatic to casual.
what about if you took the duke costume and put it on the worlds fair pelican
Well Mr. West, I would consider that progress. I know you you realize that there was nothing exclusive about Saints either. I'm sure many on here would have turned it down had it been put to a vote. Perhaps a vote would have produced the New Orleans Etouffees of the NFL? Dukes has a uniqueness about it that could be tied to the city and personified properly...accomplishing both is hard to do.
New Orleans Pilots
Crescent City Coyotes
Lol
The Harry Potters
Considering that he picked Purple, Green, and Gold as the colors of Mardi Gras...yea, I'd say he was pretty important. His visit also stirred up some serious pro-Royalty feelings in New Orleans -- ever wonder why our krewes have balls, courts, kings, queens, princesses, princes, dukes, duchesses, etc? This guy helped to spark that.
What about The Derps instead of The Dukes?
I enjoy the celebration of Mardi Gras but never enjoyed the imagery of self-entitled royalty throwing non-valuable goods to their peasants. And as a libertarian principled individual, I despise the monarchist ideals of those involved with the "Krewes". Therefore the idea of having our team named after some royal lackey makes me sick to mu stomach. But that is my personal opinion, of course.
Even as imagery you may be taking the royalty thing a bit too far. In the end it's just a party. I've never considered myself a peasant while watching a parade nor did I ever view a krewe member as being actual royalty. As a Catholic cheering for Voodoo could send me to hell. And yet I entered the Graveyard.
Wow Gamebreaker, I never thought of it that way! It's kind of messed up in that sense. And then you could go even further by saying that even still, clout, connections and money are some of the main way's you can even get into some of these Krewe's. Makes you think....
I agree with the whole Krewe thing. Was never a big fan. Wasn't creative and wasn't the right fit needed for a rebrand.
I'm ok with Brass. Not a great name, but not a bad name either. VooDoo would be great, but we'll see what happens with that. Other than VooDoo, no obvious choices.
New Orleans Dukes designs, added in the New Orleans flag to the first one, the second is a more simple alternative, and then some uniform ideas
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Those are pretty good.
Good effort!
The New Orleans Bigdubs!
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Love seeing concepts. Wish I had the skill set to do one. Thanks.
Got to admit, I really like those Duke designs there.
agree our fans would look like a bunch of goths, voodoo is kinda dark too...go breakers! Attachment 3670
You like Breakers even though it was a holdover name from Boston? The name didn't even stop in New Orleans...it went with the team when they moved to Portland.