If by 'changing the colours', he means adding gold, then let him walk. In my opinion, adding gold is a must. As much as having red and black should be prominent for a NRL Bears team given NthSyd are feeding into this WA team, I feel they have to have a point of difference from the 1908-1999 NRL Bears team. Logo, likewise, can and possibly should be based (even if it's only loosely based) on a NthSyd Bears logo, but should be its own brand from day 1.
Again, this isn't the North Sydney Bears relocating and re-entering the NRL. This is (or bloody-well should be) a brand new WA-based franchise with ties to NthSyd. I completely understand the long-time NthSyd Bears supporters dearly wanting to see their team back in the big-time, and I understand their passion for wanting this to be 'their' North Sydney Bears that is allowing WA to share their team, but all the talk coming from those in the know at all levels of involvement is that this is WA's team that will take on the Bears' colours, mascot, and hopefully their supporters.
I hope everyone remembers this, not just now, but after the announcement, after they kickoff Round 1 2027(?), but also 10, 15, 30 years, ect, into the future.
Any talk of disharmony or ill-feelings from either side of the Nullabor at any stage, and we could potentially have Wests Tigers version 2.0, and nobody wants that.