I can't stop laughing over that Rougarou video. Hell, why not. I'm on board.
I can't stop laughing over that Rougarou video. Hell, why not. I'm on board.
I want Rougarou!!! stuff pelicans
So let me get this right..... Some of you would welcome the name change from the Hornets (a giant flying stinging insect) to a Rougarou (a urban legion like werewolf) and we expect to get a better reception to the Rou then to the Pelicans (local ties and state bird.......savage killing machine) nation wide????
Somebody help me understand....lol
Anything besides pelicans or Mosquitos.please. God
I actually kind of like Rougarou lol
I'll ask again, why do we need a re-brand?
why not gators then? new orleans gators? theres no professional sports team called the gators
From what i read the NBA is gonna chose from these five names not benson... ****
Hahaha...ok ok. It is probably a ploy to make Pelicans seem more palatable. I don't hate Pelicans, VooDoo, Spirit, Soul or SwampDogs (Dawgs for short).
I honestly believe the HORNETS belong in Charlotte and like most of you, I believe the rebrand should have been immediate. But it's going to change and we (who are loyal) should support the team regardless to the name.
Squid billies......lol
I don't give a damn what people think nationwide, frankly. A lot of those people think we should be happy with just our little football team and that our team should go to some place with a bigger market. So whatever.
And still, even with Rougarou being the most awesome name ever, it'll become just noise in time. It kinda is noise already. :huh2:
I am not the typical international fan as I have links to New Orleans, but when I started supporting the Hornets it was during the Charlotte days so I will try and give some perspective.
This is a team that has come to New Orleans and we have experienced horrible ownership/threats to leave/no ownership. This team had no identity to the New Orleans region, and while changing the name isn't going to make a million new fans in the region - its something that everyone can call their own.
The team was never secure until we finally got new ownership and a long term lease but for some the stench of the previous regime remains, the Hornets name is the only thing that is linked to the past where we had Shinn as Owner/Threats to move to OKC/Bower as GM/Floyd as coach..... and hundreds of other poor moves not to mention that we still get called Charlotte by a lot of people. Changing the name removes the stench for some people and gives them a fresh start with an NBA team.
Now not everyone see's it that way, some people just think Hornets and Teal are dumb, others like the name - each is a valid opinion. The one that counts is Benson though, and he said the name had no identity to New Orleans and a lot of local and some international fans feel the same.
the nets almost became the swamp dragons in 1994 and because it got such a bad review (kind of like pelicans) the owners decided to keep it as nets. So maybe theres still a chance.
"....Hornets don't mean anything". ___Tom Benson
"Tonight, in Madison Square Garden, the mysterious swamp creature faces off against the underwear!"
I love it. Sign me up.
I think we need a another poll with these 5 names.
Anyone know how to start one?
The NBA has to sign off on it, they have final veto on the name. But I really don't think they can actively choose the name.
http://www.nola.com/hornets/team/135...-defer-to.html
Jimmy Smith article. I read it as, we have filed for the pelicans and it's up to the nba to decide if they approve.
Too bad other fans would call us the kangaroos :hihi:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...stern/1749585/Quote:
"If it works for them, it works for me," Stern said. "I don't have any objections to anything that the Hornets want to do name-wise because I'm sure it'll be sensible. … I'm sure whatever it is, it'll be good. If (Pelicans) is what it is, that's fine. … I think everything sounds good. I think Lakers, have you seen any lakes in Los Angeles? There's the same amount of lakes in L.A. as there is jazz in Utah, or grizzlies in Memphis. I'm out of that business. Whatever works for a team works for me."
He babysat the team when they were the leagues' team. They're Benson's team now.
Haha I love the Rougarou. How about just Roux though? Our mascot could still be the rougarou and people would think of gumbo too so, good double meaning. The "-ux" is recognizable nationally. I've always been a fan of "Crescent City ____" too.
Anyone else here call it a "Loup Garou?" And I always thought of Loup Garou like a swamp-boogeyman rather than a straight-up werewolf. I'd never even heard of "Rougarou" until I saw that silly Cajun Justice episode a few months ago.
Why wasn't the "Alligators" ever thrown in as a possible name? I mean that sounds way better than anything I've seen so far. IMO
By the way those five names are ALL horrible and if it's the best Benson and his price marketing department could come with then we're doomed. Marketing is a BIG part of a successful franchise.
The book I read where I learned of it said loup-garou too.