Moving to PelicansReport.com & a few other site notes

Things have been pretty smooth here in the past couple years. I just want to thank everyone for being part of the community, keeping the conversations lively and entertaining, and being so respectful of your fellow posters. Sometimes it's hard to keep in mind that there are actual people, with feelings and stuff, on the other end of the internet. We do a pretty good job of remembering, in my opinion at least.

We've been through a lot of turmoil and drama in regard to the Hornets organization, and it would have been easy for a lot of us to give up hope for the future, to become enraged at the team, or simply to lose interest. Some have, and it's been tough to lose them. Fortunately they've largely been replaced by new fans, eager to be part of the beginning of what could be the next great basketball dynasty.

Thinking back, it's hard to say exactly how many less fans would have meant that we lost our basketball team, but make no mistake-- there was a number. That number might have been 5 less great fans from 2007-2012 or 5000, but that a number exists in indisputable. I tend to believe that the number was on the low side, and I also tend to believe that if not for a community like this one, the Hornets would have had a much harder time surviving long enough to draft someone like Anthony Davis, to find an owner like Tom Benson, and to be rebranded as the Pelicans.

I look west to Sacramento, a city that has long supported an inferior product, and wonder how it is that we came to survive a fate such as that.

I tend to believe that it's largely because of you.

Thanks to all the guys and girls who were here in the beginning (saywhat, ian, harvey, grandadmiral, and the rest) for creating something that in my opinion truly made a difference in the world of sports, and in New Orleans as a whole.

Thanks to all the posters who hated Jeff Bower, and those those who defended him.

Thanks to everyone who think Anthony Davis will lead us to the promiseland.

That should cover everybody, right?

All the mods deserve a lot of praise. HunnyB in particular deserves a ton of credit for moderating the heck out of this board. Thanks to her specifically for all the work she does keeping this place clean. If you've never said thanks to her before, or if you've cursed her name after she deleted your cuss-filled post, this might be the time to say... something.

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In the next day or three we'll be moving over to PelicansReport.com and officially rebranding to Pelicans Report. It's going to be a whole big thing. It's possible the site will be down for a few hours and that a few posts will be swallowed up by the internet.

Our email issues will also be sorted out in the next day or two. If you've had a problem registering because you never received your confirmation email, I've manually approved you. You're good to post. This applies to anyone who has registered in the last 750 days unsuccessfully.

If it's been longer than that you'll have to register again. I deleted your previous unsuccessful registration, you so can re-register with any email or username. If you do it in the next two or three days, shoot me an email at [email protected] and I'll get you approved manually.


For the rest of you, say goodbye to Hornets Report while you still can.

Thanks for all your work. I'm a newbie here and looking forward to being part of the new PelicansReport.com. Getting in on the ground floor!

Big News. Pelicansreport here we come!

Do we have to change the address we type in or will it automatically re-direct us?


In other words, do I have to change all my bookmarks? :)

Woohoo! Great work Joe and everyone else.

Byeeeee Hornets Report!

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Really have grown to love this site. I spend lots of my days on here. There are lots of absolutely great members committed to this site. Ready for Pelicans Report! :2thumb2:

Great job guys! I'm really excited for the new forum. Fare the well, HornetsReport.

Daily Ritual reading Hornets Report. Thanks.

I'm gonna lose all my hard earned posts and have to start anew as a forum noob. :(

Da well.

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I assume Hornetsreport.com will automatically forward to PelicansReport.com? at least at first?
Just wondering.

Just really a lurker. But thanks for all the work everyone puts into this site.

Definitely one of my go to forums.

Excited for the Pelicans era!

Thanks for all that you do guys!

And thanks HunnyB :heartth:

And sorry for my cuss filled post you had to delete, PELICANFAN :hihi:

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

I'm gonna lose all my hard earned posts and have to start anew as a forum noob. :(

Da well.

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Pretty sure posts are not starting over Eman5805.

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

I'm gonna lose all my hard earned posts and have to start anew as a forum noob. :(

Da well.

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I don't anything will be lost. It'll just redirect you to here.

Awe man this soooo awesome. This board has been through its share of ups and downs and I'm glad to witness and be apart of it all. I've been never been on a board like it and it'll be hard to find it, talk about class. Anyone else is kinda sad that hornets will be no more?:crytear:

Remember when I was a kid and we got the Hornets to come to the city. We loved watching Baron Davis and Wesley, PJ and Jamal. Great memories.

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Awe man this soooo awesome. This board has been through its share of ups and downs and I'm glad to witness and be apart of it all. I've been never been on a board like it and it'll be hard to find it, talk about class. Anyone else is kinda sad that hornets will be no more?:crytear:

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Not one bit actually. The hardest part will be saying Pelicans when talking basketball now.

Good bye hornets report.. Good to know ya might still be able to go the hornets report for the bobcats... Any who thank you all

Damn this is crazy! Feels like everything has gone so fast.

Been a good ride HR. Let's get an even better one on PR!!!

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

I'm gonna lose all my hard earned posts and have to start anew as a forum noob. :(

Da well.

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Nope. Same names and history, just different domain name. One day it will just say PelicansReport and look a little different.

There will be a redirect from HornetsReport to PelicansReport

Thanks for all the hard work you guys do! Looking forward to a great new era of Pelicans basketball in NOLA! I've always enjoyed getting my Hornets fix from HornetsReport!

Joe....y'all do a great job and provide a top notch avenue for people like me to express themselves.....I sincerely want to thank you and the others for providing us with this opportunity....I have to believe that Hornets Report by any other name................................

Vaya con dios HR.com.

farewell HR.com...

HR.com, the end of an era. The fresh start of something new.

Looking forward to it.

Bye HornetsReport, I'll miss you. We need to start preparing our minds to say goodbye to the Hornets too.

PelicansReport.com FTW!

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While I don't get to post nearly as often as I'd like, having that Charter Member under my name means a lot to me and I have loved this site from the very beginning. I look forward to lurking and (hopefully) posting more frequently at PelicansReport!

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While I don't get to post nearly as often as I'd like, having that Charter Member under my name means a lot to me and I have loved this site from the very beginning. I look forward to lurking and (hopefully) posting more frequently at PelicansReport!

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11+ years on a site is impressive.

Props to all the charter members.

R.I.P. Hornets Report. I discovered this site at this time last year and its been feeding my hornets obsession since. Thanks to Joe, and to the charter members and anyone else who was here way longer than me to keep this great site running. And goodbye hornets, my childhood team since they moved to NOLA. Alot of great memories, a few bad ones, ups and downs, wins and losses, joy and heartbreak, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. This team means everything to me, and I can't wait to start a new era, one that will be filled with rings and banners, the era of the pelicans.
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Although not a regular poster, I visit to just see whats going on with the Hornets. Now, 11 years later, the Hornets will become the Pelicans and soon HornetsReport will become PelicansReport. I remember when it was rumored that N.O. was in the running to get the Hornets. Even the late Buddy D. thought it was a long shot... well, the long shot made it and N.O. was back in the NBA. Congratulations HornetsReport on a fine job and best wishes with PelicansReport.

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The Pelicans do have a nice logo.

Aweesommeeee! Looking forward to this!

IM going to miss the Hornets and HornetsReport :(

Time for the era of the Pelican!

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Well, i need a new haircut :hihi:

As a part time poster and full time lurker, thanks for HR.com. It'll be strange those first few weeks trying to rememeber to type pelicansreport in the url bar.

I guess it's time to tweak the avatar just a little bit.

I don't post much but have been reading the board since 2002. I am extremely excited about the direction of the Pelicans. I am one that at times had a hard time embracing Hornets. Mainly because I didn't feel a connection and then the whole OKC bull. But now I finally feel 100% that this team is here to stay.

Peace out...

Always good reads! Excited about PR!

I have lurked from the beginning, but a while back I finally became a registered lurker! Yaaay. Farewell HR.

This is still happening. Our host is backlogged a little bit so it might be one or two more days.

Been here since the beginning. Looking for to fresh start as the Pelicans. Been great, and will continue to be.

I think I have been on here for almost 9 years. There have been lots of up and down, highs and lows. Thanks everyone for all you do.

Man oh man. Sometimes I don't realize how much of a hardcore fan I am, but I friggin love it lol I know I atleast got banned once for loving it a little too much lol. I can't wait till this all gets kick started!

Been here for a while since the beginning pretty much. R.I.P. HR!!! Let's geaux PELS!!!!!!!!!