OT- Washington Football Team to unveil new brand in February.

Submitted by iMBlue2 on January 4th, 2022 at 11:30 AM

Reports are The WFT will unveil its new logo and brand 2/2/22.  
 

finalists reported are: Red Wolves, RedHawks, Brigade, Commanders, Armada, Presidents, Defenders or keeping Football Team however….

Type WashingtonAdmirals.com into your internet browser of choice it takes you to the current WFT site.  As a Pats fan I’m personally not too invested but as a lifelong football fan and novice historian I find it interesting.

thoughts?

MGoBoard

Wolverheel

January 4th, 2022 at 11:37 AM ^

Admirals would be solid IMO. RedHawks is fine if they want to keep the “Red” part. Armada is unique, but would take some getting used to. Presidents, defenders, commanders… not a fan of those for whatever reason.

Joined: 03/30/2013

MGoPoints: 1656

mGrowOld

January 4th, 2022 at 11:52 AM ^

Click here and watch where you are taken

www.washingtonadmirals.com 

Those idiots took a page directly out of the Cleveland Guardians botched name rebranding playbook.  

Spoiler alert - It's the Admirals.

EDIT: Up to about five minutes ago the link to washingtonadmirals.com was directed to the current WFT official website.   The Twitters have been mocking them all morning for their fuck-up, somebody in the WFT internet team must've gotten out of bed and discovered linking those sites before the official announcement was not such a great idea.

And it's EXACTLY what the baseball team formally known as the Indians did as well on the day of their announcement.

 

Joined: 10/04/2010

MGoPoints: 213271

Engin77

January 4th, 2022 at 3:31 PM ^

Potatoes were originally cultivated in the Andes Mountains of South America.  The Irish Potato Famine was the disastrous result of decades of overplanting of potatoes.  A blight swept through the resulting monoculture and the crop failed in years 1845 - 1849.  Millions died or emigrated as a result.

The tomato was originally cultivated in Central America.  I can't imagine Italian cooking without tomatoes, but the Italians have had 500 years to work out the kinks.

If you're interested in more I'd recommend the book 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann, as well as the precursor 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus.

Joined: 07/02/2008

MGoPoints: 5791

jmblue

January 4th, 2022 at 11:42 AM ^

Redhawks would be OK, but RedHawks (with the interstitial capital) is annoying to look at.

Presidents would work.  That's something specific to Washington D.C.  

The rest?  Meh.

Joined: 11/07/2008

MGoPoints: 102861

stephenrjking

January 4th, 2022 at 11:46 AM ^

Admirals would be pretty good, in my opinion. I'm curious about where they'll go visually. The Native American imagery aside, the visual look of the uniforms (particularly when they always wore white at home, with bold stripes on the helmet and pants) was extremely solid. 

But if they just want to make a clean break from that era, I understand that as well. 

Joined: 03/15/2012

MGoPoints: 20143974

gbdub

January 4th, 2022 at 11:55 AM ^

Why Admirals though? George Washington was a general, not an admiral, and D.C. is not a major port or naval base (of course, Washington Generals is already... taken.) Maybe if they rebranded as "Annapolis Admirals?"

Agreed on the uniforms being a good look, although at this point all the other D.C. teams are going with red, white, and blue, and you may as well roll with it (I guess the Patriots throw a wrench in that). 

Joined: 02/16/2010

MGoPoints: 26761

stephenrjking

January 4th, 2022 at 12:05 PM ^

It's a name, and still a decent one. Washington isn't itself a naval port, but... it is the seat of the national government, which includes a pretty significant navy. I would suggest that Admirals works in general as a good sports mascot, and it works with Washington because it is one of a number of named government roles whose parent institution is based in the Washington, DC area.

Joined: 03/15/2012

MGoPoints: 20143974

TheLastStraw

January 4th, 2022 at 12:38 PM ^

Agreed. The Pentagon, notably, sits just across the Potomac in Arlington, VA. The Naval Academy is also just 30 minutes away. There is plenty to point at to support the Admirals (or any military themed name). 

The burgundy and yellow unis don't work as well with any of the military name ideas, in my opinion, but it is Dan Snyder. He's just going to do whatever he feels like. 

Joined: 01/05/2018

MGoPoints: 627

Qmatic

January 4th, 2022 at 12:02 PM ^

They missed a great opportunity on the name “Red Tails.” Could have been one of the best names in sports with a great meaning behind it, and a smooth transition from Redskins

Joined: 01/09/2013

MGoPoints: 32795

Magnum P.I.

January 4th, 2022 at 12:09 PM ^

Naming teams should not be hard. Pick something unique to the city/area that sounds cool. Done. D.C. teams should have a political theme (e.g., Senators). Never give a team a generic nothingburger name that means nothing to no one (e.g., Defenders). 

Good examples of this principle: 

  1. Washington Capitals (this is how you do a D.C. team name)
  2. Colorado Rockies (there were some dodgy expansion team names in the 90s, but this one was right)
  3. Detroit Pistons (just perfect in every way)

Bad examples:

  1. Cleveland Guardians (first thing that comes to mind when you think of Cleveland is . . . guardians, wtf)
  2. Nashville Predators (lulwut)
  3. Toronto Raptors (poor bastards just happened to come into existence when Jurassic Park was kewl)

 

Joined: 07/16/2009

MGoPoints: 30687

oriental andrew

January 4th, 2022 at 1:44 PM ^

In other solid team names, gotta go with the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes. Vancouver Grizzlies also worked. 

On the other hand, Tennessee Titans is pretty generic, and Jaguars really have nothing to do with Jacksonville. Cleveland Guardians is just turrible. 

As for the WFT, I do like the Admirals. Presidents is a stupid idea. 

Joined: 06/30/2008

MGoPoints: 56196