Logos are geting worse

[Perth Red]

Why are we glorifying a group of people that are often engaged in criminal activity? Pirates....

Probably same reason we glorify Ned Kelly.

Pirates are just cool (well the olden days ones!), thanks to Disney amongst others.

 

[simostorm]

Any pictures of the jersey design out yet?

 

[Lambretta]

A licenced buccaneer? Who licences the Somali Pirates?

The English Navy during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the 1st were licenced Buccaneers - or Privateers - as they owned their own ships.

They built England's wealth by intercepting Spanish Galleons coming from the New World and redirecting the gold into England's coffers whilst keeping a cut for themselves and gaining the favour of the Queen.

The English Monarchy accepted the practice because they were getting paid off and the Country was getting rich off the takings - whilst all the time Elizabeth was telling the Spanish that the Pirates were a terrible problem and she would see to it they were stopped.

Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Frances Drake, two of the most famous sailors of Elizabeth's Court were in fact Privateers, or licenced Buccaneers.

When the Spanish Armada attacked England the English Navy was bolstered by these private sailors. In fact they made up a large part of the English fleet.

 

[Lambretta]

Why are we glorifying a group of people that are often engaged in criminal activity? Pirates....

Because we aarrrrrrrrr me lad.

 

[Loudstrat]

Why are we glorifying a group of people that are often engaged in criminal activity? ....

Like Canterbury supporters?

You're a dickhead.

Exhibit A.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Why are we glorifying a group of people that are often engaged in criminal activity? Pirates....

I'm with you Moffo, these logos also need no glorifying:

Raiders: Vikings are notorious for rape and pillaging.
Storm: cost us thousands in insurance bills and broken umbrellas.
Sharks, Tigers & Panthers: Eat people.
Broncos: The feral horse is a huge destructive pest in Australia.
Cowboys: Ever seen a fistful of Dollars? Scum.
Dragons: Beside Pete's Dragon they destroy everything in their path.
Roosters: disturb the peace every dawn with their c**k a doodle doing.
Rabbits: See Bronco

We've got to stop glorifying these people.

 

[supercharger]

True but it was a derogatory remark that they embraced as their own. Had nothing to do with any local history about real pirates.

You can't start up a successful pro sports team now without a distinct thematic visual branding nor can you can't wait and hope that somebody insults you with a clever moniker that you can embrace later on.

I'd go so far as to say that it evens needs to have some kind of anthropomorphic quality. That's just a fundamental need in all people. We look for the humanism in our institutions.

Take your theme, downplay the negative aspects and promote the positive humanistic characteristics. I'd focus on the whole WA vs The Rest of Australia mentality that plays on their rebellious nature.

I agree with everything

 

[The Phelan Folly]

Because we aarrrrrrrrr me lad.

:lol::lol:

Surprised that no dragons supporters have explained the connection with the original roman St George mythically slaying a dragon to impress some virgin maiden...

 

[Timmah]

I'm with you Moffo, these logos also need no glorifying:

Raiders: Vikings are notorious for rape and pillaging.
Storm: cost us thousands in insurance bills and broken umbrellas.
Sharks, Tigers & Panthers: Eat people.
Broncos: The feral horse is a huge destructive pest in Australia.
Cowboys: Ever seen a fistful of Dollars? Scum.
Dragons: Beside Pete's Dragon they destroy everything in their path.
Roosters: disturb the peace every dawn with their c**k a doodle doing.
Rabbits: See Bronco

We've got to stop glorifying these people.

:lol: This is utterly brilliant

 

[Lockyer4President!]

No ,Wrong

Manly Have always Been Officially Known as The Sea Eagles, back when we First came into the Comp the Media refferred to us as the Seagulls

http://www.bulldogs.com.au/history

The Bulldogs seemed the perfect solution. Like Manly in the late 1960s when they changed their emblem from the seagull to the more aggressive sea eagle, the switch was to coincide with premiership victories for both clubs.

 

[Misanthrope]

I wouldn't believe anything I read from the Bulldogs' site. They hear 'no' as 'yes'.

I think the worst logos are the Titans, Storm, and Raiders. I can't really find any logical reason (beyond marketing) as to why they were chosen to represent the area they're based out of.

 

[Diesel]

The Titans is a shocker, they would've been better off going for the Pirates name... Oh well that's Perth's logo to keep now.

 

[no name]

The Titans is a shocker, they would've been better off going for the Pirates name... Oh well that's Perth's logo to keep now.

Totally agree. Titans is a shite name and logo. Needed something that represented the region.
Should have been Dolphins but Redcliffe had/have delusions of one day having an NRL team.
Pirates would have been alright, not really associated with the Coast other than the beach.

 

[Foreign Legion]

gold coast cockatoos, has a good ring to it

 

[Misanthrope]

Gold Coast Breakers? Pirates? Buccaneers? Mantas? Hammerheads? White Pointers? Stingrays?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I wouldn't believe anything I read from the Bulldogs' site. They hear 'no' as 'yes'.

I think the worst logos are the Titans, Storm, and Raiders. I can't really find any logical reason (beyond marketing) as to why they were chosen to represent the area they're based out of.

The Raiders were named for marketing purposes, they took the name of the NFL team.
The reason behind it was that at the time Canberra were 'raiding' the Sydney comp of its trophy. Our current logo is pretty crap.

The Great Micheal Searle was responsible for everything the titans did, that's why everything they have done is so shit.

The storm is the worst name in Australian sports and there are a lot of contenders for that honour. 'Lets name our team after a weather condition'. Brilliant.

 

[Misanthrope]

The Raiders were named for marketing purposes, they took the name of the NFL team.
The reason behind it was that at the time Canberra were 'raiding' the Sydney comp of its trophy. Our current logo is pretty crap.

The Great Micheal Searle was responsible for everything the titans did, that's why everything they have done is so shit.

The storm is the worst name in Australian sports and there are a lot of contenders for that honour. 'Lets name our team after a weather condition'. Brilliant.

Were the ACT Brumbies about first? If not, surely Brumbies would have made far more sense than the Raiders.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Were the ACT Brumbies about first? If not, surely Brumbies would have made far more sense than the Raiders.

No. Raiders 1982. The other mob 1995.

It's a decent name and is now synonymous with Canberra and the surrounding region.

 

[Misanthrope]

So... that was some lazy mascot selection.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

So... that was some lazy mascot selection.

Not at all. The lime green jumper, the Viking and the Raiders name has become synonymous with the Canberra region. It is only the logo that needs fixing.