bellagiobob
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Have lost all faith in this organization, so fully expecting a really lame generic name.
I'd stick with Edmonton Football Team so that we pay via EFT's and don't bounce cheques like the OilersWhere's your suggestion?
Well, even though it means abandoning the "EE" handle I like the name "Huskies" because they are sleek, beautiful animals that excel in the cold weather when others are trying to stay indoors.
I hate the name change forced upon us by the SJW's (a new one pops up here every now and then although I suspect its just one person with a number of different handles) but that said its time to move on.
The CFL won't look the same anyway so the name change won't be as hard to swallow in a new era-- if indeed the league can continue at all.
They will always be the "Eskimos" to me but at least in public they will need another handle-- Huskies sounds pretty cool.
Have lost all faith in this organization, so fully expecting a really lame generic name.
Just as I thought - a flyby troll loser. Have never him before, and will likely be the last time. Until he does another flyby. Like all the twits that popped out of their wormholes to throw some darts during the name dropping discussion. Only to disappear into infinity. BTW, where is the pickle boy these days?Thanks for the input, but I've made suggestions in the past. What is your suggestion?
Just as I thought - a flyby troll loser. Have never him before, and will likely be the last time. Until he does another flyby. Like all the twits that popped out of their wormholes to throw some darts during the name dropping discussion. Only to disappear into infinity. BTW, where is the pickle boy these days?
Well, even though it means abandoning the "EE" handle I like the name "Huskies" because they are sleek, beautiful animals that excel in the cold weather when others are trying to stay indoors.
I hate the name change forced upon us by the cry-about-everything SJW's (a new one pops up here every now and then although I suspect its just one person with a number of different handles) but that said its time to move on.
The CFL won't look the same anyway so the name change won't be as hard to swallow in a new era-- if indeed the league can continue at all.
They will always be the "Eskimos" to me but at least in public they will need another handle-- Huskies sounds pretty cool.
Hey, and Iveson is hitting the road too--a great day I say.
I like the name as well if it weren't for the attachment to the EE.
If we got rid of all Eskimo references, mascots, etc, and went with the simple Esks or Eskies, which probably aren't even real words or have generic meaings, would that not fly? Not sure how someone could be upset with those names, if they are taken literally.
Hopefully, they call them anything but Elks. That has to be the stupidest suggestion I've ever heard.
39 posts and the guy joined in July too at the height of all that nonsense. Not too hard to figure out what he’s about.Just as I thought - a flyby troll loser. Have never him before, and will likely be the last time. Until he does another flyby. Like all the twits that popped out of their wormholes to throw some darts during the name dropping discussion. Only to disappear into infinity. BTW, where is the pickle boy these days?
After the name change and mandrusiak debacles I’m fully looking forward to watching this organization fail spectacularly.
39 posts and the guy joined in July too at the height of all that nonsense. Not too hard to figure out what he’s about.
I can’t say I’m looking forward to it, as they are my team, and I’d rather not witness these screwups, but here we are. The scary part is this is all under new management, so not much faith in the new guy going forward, based on his first year on the job.
I can’t say I’m looking forward to it, as they are my team, and I’d rather not witness these screwups, but here we are. The scary part is this is all under new management, so not much faith in the new guy going forward, based on his first year on the job.
Worst part of this whole thing is they needed to wait all of about a week longer (NBA, MLB and NHL were all starting right around the same time) for the news cycle to move on, which it did. You no longer hear a peep about the Indians, Chiefs, Blackhawks, Braves, etc. when everyone was all over them at the same time.
Had they waited a week they would have had time to collect themselves and come up with a coherent response (ie Blackhawks). Instead they lost a sponsor, panicked and now they have damaged their brand, potentially permanently. It's not like the CFL in Edmonton was a hot product to begin with, and now with this they have alienated the people that truly care. I'd also make an assumption that the "EE Football Team" fanbase isn't too fond of overboard political correctness to begin with.
Say what you want about Len Rhoades (and he was bad), but he at least got ahead of this when the winds around this blew up a few years ago. He engaged with Arctic communities and mostly did the right thing. This crew just threw the baby out with the bathwater.
All the people complaining about the name aren’t buying season tickets, they aren’t going to games or buying merchandise and they aren’t about to start now that the team has changed its name. On the flip side I could see many season ticket holders and supporters turn away from the team because of this and I’m one of them. In regular times it would of been a gamble but likely manageable, in the midst of a pandemic where they’ve now lost a season and teams are in pretty bad financial spots with so much uncertainty, it was a massive miscalculation on the teams part and I’m sure that behind closed doors they are regretting it with how things have unfolded for the league.
Like you said if they would of waited five minutes it would of all blown over. There’s always the next outrage for these groups to move on to, they’ve got the attention span of gnats. Maybe the team loses a sponsor or two but others would of stepped in to take those spots once the news cycle moved on.
Hopefully, they call them anything but Elks. That has to be the stupidest suggestion I've ever heard.
Sorry, "Elk" is an inside joke. You can pm me and ask if you like.Is that because it would be a new name? Cause I kinda feel like whatever the new name is, it's going to have a stigma to most long time fans, no matter what the choice is.
If the team was called the Elk for a few decades already, the name wouldnt have the stink on it that it would if that's what's chosen.
Honestly I think we could do A LOT worse and IMO has a better chance of people warming up to it then "Empire" ever would.
This all doesn't mean I agree with the name change to begin with, but since we're all crossing this bridge now, I'd be alright with "Edmonton Elk" .