Guest Human Fly Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 On PTI today they said a firm got paid $100,000 to come up with these names. They should have just asked the fans for suggestions and it would have been free, and better.
Guest CED Ordonez Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 They needed to pay some company $100,000 to come up with those names?
Guest ISportsFan Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 I chose the Dragons (well, I would have if I accidentily didn't click on the null vote button). But they're all terrible. Jason
Guest MaxPower27 Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 They could call it the "Charlotte Naitches"
Guest LaParkaMarka Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 They're all pretty sucky names. I mean, "Flight"? That's just sad. Almost as sad as Bobcats. Human Fly is right, they should have gotten fans to do it. That firm must be laughing their asses off though. I think, for contrast, they should be the New Orleans Sinners.
Guest GameCop Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 If I were paid a 100,000, I'd come up with these names: Charlotte Flairs Charlotte Assassins Charlotte Henchmen Charlotte Hoodlums Charlotte Scholars Charlotte Geniuses Charlotte Agents Charlotte Heroes Charlotte Radar Charlotte Hunters Charlotte Hearts Charlotte Ghosts Charlotte Zombies Charlotte Beasts Charlotte Spies Charlotte Detectives Charlotte Tycoons and finally, The Charlotte Charlatans
Guest Vern Gagne Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 From Tony Kornheiser Charlotte Brothers. Flight would be my pick. Because of the Wright Brothers.
Guest MarvinisaLunatic Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 What happened to Spiders? I had heard that was like the leading frontrunner. Maybe the author or whoever owns the rights to Charlotte's Web threatened to sue. I like flight the best, but Charlotte is kinda far away from the Outer Banks where the Wright Bros. flew for the first time.
Guest GameCop Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 Charlotte Webs would be better than Charlotte Spiders
Guest razazteca Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 The Charlotte Web Charlotte Spyder Charlotte wackie tobacki
Guest Vern Gagne Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 Spiders is good. Robert Johnson has the final choice, and I could see Bobcats being his pick. Similar to Paul Brown naming the Browns after himself.
Guest Human Fly Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 All the names suck, but I think Flight is the best name, but I think Dragons would be more marketable, so that is what i chose. If they pick flight what kind of mascot do they get? If they pick Dragons they can have the mascot be the logo. Bobcats gave me too much of a minor-league baseball feel.
Guest Vern Gagne Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 They could still have a Dragon be the mascot if the nickname is Flight. The logo could look like the North Carolina license plates.
Guest CanadianChris Posted May 7, 2003 Report Posted May 7, 2003 $100,000? Where do I sign up?? I could think of names at least that bad.
Guest the pinjockey Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Go with a write in vote for the Charlotte Horsemen Charlotte is horsemen country but to the rest of the nation and non-wrestling fans it still comes off as a real name.
Guest Choken One Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Flight has an Historical connection that likely only 10% of Carolinas even realize... Still Sucks... Bobcats? Why not Bearcats or Wildcats? or Georgecats? Dragons is an marketable name but it is still bland... If they go with Dragons that can allow them to return with the Green/Blue scheme. Why Not Charlotte Demons (Jordan might not fly with that though) Charlotte Rebels (Carolina would like that Why not call it something CAROLINA Dragons? Carolina is a big market...why limit it to Charlotte?
Guest Lethargic Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 All names suck when you first hear them. Hornets sounded stupid when it was first said, a few years later I couldn't imagine it not being the Charlotte Hornets. Raptors is the stupidest name in sports history but after a few years, it's the Toronto Raptors and I don't think anything about it anymore. The Tennessee Titans' mascot is, for some reason, a raccoon. So I don't think the name really has to match the mascot. I vote for Flight because there I can see a lot of marketing potential in that name. All kinds of slogans about taking "flight" and crap.
Guest CED Ordonez Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Go with a write in vote for the Charlotte Horsemen Charlotte is horsemen country but to the rest of the nation and non-wrestling fans it still comes off as a real name. I'd seriously buy a Charlotte jersey if they went with the Horsemen, number 4 with "Enforcer" on the back. Ahhhh yeah, that'd be slick like Ric...
Guest Eagan469 Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 *thinks about it for grand total of 10 seconds* Charlotte Skyhawks boom - there it is sounds 100x better than "Charlotte Flight"
Guest crandamaniac Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Why not the Charlotte Cougars? Our old ABA team was called the Carolina Cougars, so why not just name it that?
Guest The Czech Republic Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Skyhawks is cool but then you have the Just Plain Hawks that screw that up. Charlotte Spitfires Charlotte Vipers Charlotte Darts Charlotte Pumas Carolina Carolinians Charlotte Triple-X (They're the 30th team) and finally... North Carolina Arn Andersons (a.k.a the N.C Double-A)
Guest The Czech Republic Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 I think it's worth mentioning, with all this new name talk, that NO team name will ever reach the level of confounding bizarreness as "The Saska Tunes."
Guest Space_Cowboy Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 They're all crap, that would have to be the easiest $100,000 ever made.
Guest alkeiper Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 If I were paid a 100,000, I'd come up with these names Well, you weren't paid $100,000, and you still gave them away, SUCKER!
HurriShane Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Those names all suck, but I voted for Dragons.
Guest Zero_Cool Posted May 8, 2003 Report Posted May 8, 2003 Why not just call them the Charlotte Nature Boys? Hell, instead of hearing "defense!" we could hear "WHOO!"
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