I'm not crazy about the name, but oh, well. Bring on the hoop.
I'm not crazy about the name, but oh, well. Bring on the hoop.
Well, crap.
It could have been a lot worse. New names are just getting really thin.
La ola es mía.
So Rus called it, that's the official name?
Eh, it's not bad. It's not great, it's not horrible. Those outside of OK will probably think it's a generic team name and those in the midwest will know there is more to it than just a generic name. The marketing folks can probably do a lot with it it. Good luck to them, I noticed they signed their first free agent recently.
My Stampede idea never grew legs. This is all my fault.
Well, crap.
Any team name was going to be met with a general 'meh'.
After a few years, no one with think different.
Titans, Ravens, Grizzlies, Raptors, Bobcats, (Devil) Rays, Diamondbacks, Rockies, Marlins...most, if not all, are second nature now.
There is always a thin implication in his posts that he is familiar with the parties involved, so I just thought.....
Maybe even a bit more than thin......
Well, crap.
I thought Diamondbacks and Rockies, even Ravens were pretty decent. Raptors would be good, if the team was decent. But it's easy to associate suck with the name. I mean, seriously... ...Lakers? ****ty name, but a championship history worked wonders for them.
But yeah, great team names mostly are mostly snapped up at this point. I still think they should have paid Tulsa a crapload for Drillers. That name is ****ing awesome, and would be even better for a hoop squad.
Well, crap.
It's decent. What's the logo though? and colors? Black and Gold I hope.
OKC THUNDER. Rolls off the tongue.
Ownership just went with Thunder because they were huge AC/DC fans, and they wanted to try for exclusive licensing for Thunderstruck for player intros
"The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat." - Sam Snead
That'd be cool...especially for the Finals.
You got a fan over here in Atlanta. I might even go to a Hawks game now.
I haven't seen it. I just had a friend who definitely is in a position to know call and confirm the name. But most of the talk I have heard has been people talking about just how tight-lipped everybody has been on this. Generally I can get some great gossip (downtown is just like a small town), but (supposedly) even the Mayor and the President of the OKC Chamber didn't have confirmation on the name as recently as last week.
Well, crap.
With the spurs being Black and silver, black and gold might be a longshot. Maybe Crimson and Silver? Blue and Silver?
I think it would alienate potential fans in Tulsa if they just used the name without some consideration. And frankly, if they were going to use it I'd think it would work better if the Tulsa baseball team changed their name, which they wouldn't do without a whole lot of money to make it worth their while.
Plus -- and I'm no expert in law, much less copyright/trademark law -- but I'd think a team located in Oklahoma would have more of a case against another team in Oklahoma using the same name than a team in another state would. I know when I have gotten company marks more attention was paid to in-state than out-of-state.
Well, crap.