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Post by Tom on Feb 2, 2022 13:28:56 GMT -5
are now the Washington Commanders
I assume that makes Ron Rivera the Commander In Chief
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Feb 2, 2022 13:40:53 GMT -5
Tom, mind editing the subject of the thread to either eliminate R****** altogether or write this word as I have done so here?
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 2, 2022 14:26:36 GMT -5
Aweful name. Washington Generals has a much better ring to it. Is what it is.
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Post by timholycross on Feb 2, 2022 14:26:47 GMT -5
Commanders = Generals = Memories of Red Klotz.
In other words, what a terrible choice.
Nickname of the nickname will no doubt be Commies!
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Post by hcpride on Feb 2, 2022 14:40:42 GMT -5
I heard the name this morning and thought the announcer said “The Washington Comanche”. Which would have been quite an unexpected plot twist.
Apparently the logo is a “W”.
No word on the mascot.
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Post by alum on Feb 2, 2022 15:08:03 GMT -5
Commanders = Generals = Memories of Red Klotz. In other words, what a terrible choice.
Nickname of the nickname will no doubt be Commies!How did they not think of this. I had a coworker years ago who named his oldest child Graham. I said to another coworker, "As in cracker?" I was scolded and told that the parents took a long time to choose the name. My response was that it took me a half of a second to come up with the way some would tease the kid. Should have gone with Nationals so we could say the "Washington football Nationals" like the NY Giants of before my time. |
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Post by timholycross on Feb 2, 2022 17:48:41 GMT -5
Commanders = Generals = Memories of Red Klotz. In other words, what a terrible choice.
Nickname of the nickname will no doubt be Commies!How did they not think of this. I had a coworker years ago who named his oldest child Graham. I said to another coworker, "As in cracker?" I was scolded and told that the parents took a long time to choose the name. My response was that it took me a half of a second to come up with the way some would tease the kid. Should have gone with Nationals so we could say the "Washington football Nationals" like the NY Giants of before my time. What was wrong with Senators, it's available, is it not? The only negative about that name was that the baseball teams that used it hadn't won anything since the 1930s. |
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Post by alum on Feb 2, 2022 17:51:33 GMT -5
How did they not think of this. I had a coworker years ago who named his oldest child Graham. I said to another coworker, "As in cracker?" I was scolded and told that the parents took a long time to choose the name. My response was that it took me a half of a second to come up with the way some would tease the kid. Should have gone with Nationals so we could say the "Washington football Nationals" like the NY Giants of before my time. What was wrong with Senators, it's available, is it not? The only negative about that name was that the baseball teams that used it hadn't won anything since the 1930s. Senators would be good, too |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 2, 2022 17:51:55 GMT -5
All that time to come up with such a lame name
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 2, 2022 18:46:29 GMT -5
All that time to come up with such a lame name Well, as Senators, they are pretty much guaranteed to have a .500 record every season with a lot of 1 run games.   |
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Post by Tom on Feb 2, 2022 19:24:21 GMT -5
What was wrong with Senators, it's available, is it not? The only negative about that name was that the baseball teams that used it hadn't won anything since the 1930s. Senators would be good, too IIRC, the name was considered when the Expos moved to DC and there was some backlash because people who live in the city are the only people in the country not represented in the Senate |
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 2, 2022 20:25:22 GMT -5
Will the mascot be named Phil A. Buster?
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 3, 2022 17:44:13 GMT -5
How did they not think of this. I had a coworker years ago who named his oldest child Graham. I said to another coworker, "As in cracker?" I was scolded and told that the parents took a long time to choose the name. My response was that it took me a half of a second to come up with the way some would tease the kid. Should have gone with Nationals so we could say the "Washington football Nationals" like the NY Giants of before my time. What was wrong with Senators, it's available, is it not? The only negative about that name was that the baseball teams that used it hadn't won anything since the 1930s. And 2 teams that skipped town over the span of like 12 years. |
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Post by clmetsfan on Feb 3, 2022 17:59:51 GMT -5
How did they not think of this. I had a coworker years ago who named his oldest child Graham. I said to another coworker, "As in cracker?" I was scolded and told that the parents took a long time to choose the name. My response was that it took me a half of a second to come up with the way some would tease the kid. Should have gone with Nationals so we could say the "Washington football Nationals" like the NY Giants of before my time. What was wrong with Senators, it's available, is it not? The only negative about that name was that the baseball teams that used it hadn't won anything since the 1930s. I think Senators was the only proposed name I head that's actually worse than Commanders, tbh. As if there isn't enough history of failure surrrounding the baseball team of the same name, can you think of a group of people in the US less worthy of being respected than members of Congress? Not to mention, as Tom pointed out, that DC residents don't even have congressional representation. The Washington Statehoods would've been a better name than the Senators. |
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 3, 2022 18:20:42 GMT -5
Aweful name. Washington Generals has a much better ring to it. Is what it is. Washington Generals is trademarked by the Harlem Globetrotters owners. |
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Post by Tom on Feb 4, 2022 8:18:07 GMT -5
Aweful name. Washington Generals has a much better ring to it. Is what it is. Washington Generals is trademarked by the Harlem Globetrotters owners. The Washington Senators had s better tradition of winning than the Washington Generals |
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Post by sader1970 on Feb 4, 2022 8:28:39 GMT -5
Classic example of “little and none.”
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Post by WCHC Sports on Feb 4, 2022 14:42:50 GMT -5
Hate the military fetishism with the Commander name, stencil-type font... can we let the military be the military and leave the special accolades and tributes and honor that goes to them-- who actually pay the sacrifice-- and them alone? Camo print sweatshirts, flag unfurling, war language... it's football. Be a freakin' shark or barracuda or minotaur or something else.
Also their logo gets the dates wrong for the Super Bowl championships. They're using the year for the date of the game, rather than the year for the majority of the season (the way the rest of the NFL world does it).
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 4, 2022 16:30:30 GMT -5
Way to pick up on a poor editing job! Those years do matter to all who were involved in them.
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Post by sader1970 on Feb 4, 2022 17:03:57 GMT -5
I'm told the name "Crusaders" would have been available. Do you think if Edward Bennett Williams was still alive and still the owner that that name might have had a chance?
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 4, 2022 18:09:26 GMT -5
The Commies and Dan Snyder deserve each other.
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Post by timholycross on Feb 4, 2022 21:01:24 GMT -5
Nickname, present, interim or new; aside; Snyder's a scumbag. The NFL would gain a lot of respect if they collectively did to him what the NBA did to Donald Sterling.
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Post by alum on Feb 5, 2022 8:18:54 GMT -5
Nickname, present, interim or new; aside; Snyder's a scumbag. The NFL would gain a lot of respect if they collectively did to him what the NBA did to Donald Sterling. First, they are trying to figure out if Steven Ross committed a crime |
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Post by breezy on Feb 5, 2022 9:22:36 GMT -5
Back from the days of the Washington Senators:
Washington: First in War; First in Peace; and Last in the American League.
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Post by mm67 on Feb 5, 2022 13:21:38 GMT -5
Commodores? No doubt, Lionel Ritchie will introduce their games with "Three Times A Lady" instead of the "Star Spangled Banner."
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