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(01-24-2013 05:47 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  The logo is mediocre. Looks a bit USL for my taste. I was hoping for something like the Vlasic pickle mascot, but angrier.

IMO, that Pelican color scheme is horrendous.....blue, gold and red...03-puke
01-25-2013 10:40 AM
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Wasn't the old Pelican baseball team bluegoldred? Throwback fo real
01-25-2013 10:41 AM
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(01-24-2013 07:12 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  
(01-24-2013 06:40 PM)ShockerBob Wrote:  
(01-24-2013 01:46 PM)Chappy Wrote:  I hope this means the return of the Charlotte Hornets.

This.

And we get the Sonics back.

I did applaud Seattle not being held hostage by owners trying to get sweetheart deals off the city's tax base.

Ironic thing is cities that lost professional franchises (many which put up a hard stance on public $$$ for new stadiums/arenas) end up paying MORE money to get those sports' teams back.

St Louis played hardball with their NFL Team (Cardinals), so the Cards moved to Arizona...but STL ended up paying more $$$$ to get the LA Rams.

Cleveland, played hardball with the Browns...so the Browns bolted to Baltimore and became the Ravens...but then Cleveland offered up even more $$$$ to get a NFL expansion team, the NEW Browns.

Charlotte played hardball with their NBA Owner who wanted to move from the suburbs to downtown...so the Hornets moved to New Orleans...then after a few years, Charlotte ends up spending MORE $$$$ to start up the Bobcats in a new downtown arena.

Houston played hardball with the Oilers...so the Oilers bolted to Tennessee...then after a few years...Houston ends up spending more $$$ to land an expansion team to bring NFL football back to Houston.

Minneapolis/St Paul, MN...played hardball with the NorthStars...so the Stars bolted to Texas....only to see St Paul (with help from the State) pledge a new Arena to bring NHL back to the Twin Cities.

Seattle...played hardball with the Sonics...so the Sonics moved to OKC...but now, Seattle seems very willing to do almost ANYTHING to get the Kings to bring NBA Basketball back to Seattle (with a new Arena).

Hard public stances are nice...but sadly in the end...cities bend over backwards to land professional franchises, especially if their city lost them in the past.
01-25-2013 11:16 AM
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I always thought Woolridge and Shinn had a good thing going with the Charlotte Hornets until Shinn got busted for rape. Unsurprisingly, that didn't sit well with a lot of potential customers. In New Orleans, people really weren't aware of the rape accusation. Shinn did act like an ass at times (e.g. promising to save D1 sports at UNO but then backing out), but the relationship he had with Charlotte was really poisonous.
01-25-2013 02:12 PM
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(01-25-2013 02:12 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  I always thought Woolridge and Shinn had a good thing going with the Charlotte Hornets until Shinn got busted for rape. Unsurprisingly, that didn't sit well with a lot of potential customers. In New Orleans, people really weren't aware of the rape accusation. Shinn did act like an ass at times (e.g. promising to save D1 sports at UNO but then backing out), but the relationship he had with Charlotte was really poisonous.


That is not actually what happened and its worth noting that Shinn was verrrry popular in Charlotte until he wanted a new arena then he could do nothing right it seemed.

Shinn was actually a pretty good guy by most all accounts of people who knew/know him.
01-25-2013 08:05 PM
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(01-25-2013 08:05 PM)919R Wrote:  
(01-25-2013 02:12 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  I always thought Woolridge and Shinn had a good thing going with the Charlotte Hornets until Shinn got busted for rape. Unsurprisingly, that didn't sit well with a lot of potential customers. In New Orleans, people really weren't aware of the rape accusation. Shinn did act like an ass at times (e.g. promising to save D1 sports at UNO but then backing out), but the relationship he had with Charlotte was really poisonous.


That is not actually what happened and its worth noting that Shinn was verrrry popular in Charlotte until he wanted a new arena then he could do nothing right it seemed.

Shinn was actually a pretty good guy by most all accounts of people who knew/know him.
Shinn was indicted on sexual assault charges. He was also accused of kidnapping; I don't know if that ever resulted in actual kidnapping charges. According to Shinn's Wikipedia page, "the trial and his subsequent tarnished reputation was one of the key reasons for the move from Charlotte to New Orleans." I'm not making up the UNO thing, either. The man literally had a big, ribbon-cutting type event at UNO, and promised to give them the financial support necessary to stay D-I... and then just never wrote the check.

You may have think he's a nice guy. You may think I'm full of crap. People are entitled to their opinions. It's a fact that he was accused of kidnapping a woman and forcing her to perform sex acts on him. It's a fact that he lied to UNO.
01-25-2013 08:25 PM
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Can we give the Bobcats back? And on that end, that was more the NBA wanting a minority owner (Bob Johnson / BET) than anything else aside from the fact of wanting to atone for how the Hornets left in a market that actually supported them. The NBA also had the golden carrot od MJ wanting ownership in it too. Bob Johnson also promised all this huge tv deal with a network in tow.

Basically the formation of the Bobcats was the NBA bending over to appease a vacated market and have a minority owner.
01-25-2013 10:58 PM
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How bout the Pelicans with the "old" colors.
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01-26-2013 08:55 PM
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(01-26-2013 08:55 PM)PGPirate Wrote:  How bout the Pelicans with the "old" colors.

Much better than the new colors. I would have much preferred this logo though:

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01-27-2013 11:13 AM
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(01-27-2013 11:13 AM)Bulldogs145 Wrote:  
(01-26-2013 08:55 PM)PGPirate Wrote:  How bout the Pelicans with the "old" colors.

Much better than the new colors. I would have much preferred this logo though:

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01-27-2013 11:18 PM
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(01-25-2013 08:25 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  
(01-25-2013 08:05 PM)919R Wrote:  
(01-25-2013 02:12 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  I always thought Woolridge and Shinn had a good thing going with the Charlotte Hornets until Shinn got busted for rape. Unsurprisingly, that didn't sit well with a lot of potential customers. In New Orleans, people really weren't aware of the rape accusation. Shinn did act like an ass at times (e.g. promising to save D1 sports at UNO but then backing out), but the relationship he had with Charlotte was really poisonous.


That is not actually what happened and its worth noting that Shinn was verrrry popular in Charlotte until he wanted a new arena then he could do nothing right it seemed.

Shinn was actually a pretty good guy by most all accounts of people who knew/know him.
Shinn was indicted on sexual assault charges. He was also accused of kidnapping; I don't know if that ever resulted in actual kidnapping charges. According to Shinn's Wikipedia page, "the trial and his subsequent tarnished reputation was one of the key reasons for the move from Charlotte to New Orleans." I'm not making up the UNO thing, either. The man literally had a big, ribbon-cutting type event at UNO, and promised to give them the financial support necessary to stay D-I... and then just never wrote the check.

You may have think he's a nice guy. You may think I'm full of crap. People are entitled to their opinions. It's a fact that he was accused of kidnapping a woman and forcing her to perform sex acts on him. It's a fact that he lied to UNO.

The "charges" certainly did hurt his image, I never said it didn't. Its also a fact that the chick ended up in a looney bin and Shinn was found guilty of none of the charges.
01-28-2013 10:14 AM
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