No Oppo Supporters General AFL discussion and other club’s news - Part 10

[cryptor]

Interesting that our current logo is now our most longest standing logo. It means we're probably due for a refresh.

I really like the variations of the 50s-70s outstretched hawk as an icon.

I reckon if the club was planning on a logo replacement then it would have been done ahead of plastering it all over the new facility.

I think we’ll continue to stick with it long term now. Not because someone dropped the ball on the right time to make a change, but because it continues to be fit for purpose.

It’s clean and professional, doesn’t look dated, and has a broad appeal to kids and adults alike. It’s also got a close association with a very successful era.

 

[Rookie Error]

Interesting that our current logo is now our most longest standing logo. It means we're probably due for a refresh.

I really like the variations of the 50s-70s outstretched hawk as an icon.

The current crows logo looks a bit like our old logo prior to 2008

Most flags won with the Hawks logo facing left another random fact so if a new logo comes in amytime soon hopefully it faces left

 

[peetoo]

I make it 10 premierships with the two ‘head only’ logos and three with ‘flying hawk’

There might be something in that

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

You have all your Hawks memorabilia in the house with the current logo. It's a great logo, no reason for changing it. It will always be our 3-peat logo.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Interesting that our current logo is now our most longest standing logo. It means we're probably due for a refresh.

I really like the variations of the 50s-70s outstretched hawk as an icon.

They’re a bit too much of a ‘can I copy your homework’ of the Philadelphia Eagles logos of the same era for my liking.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

You have all your Hawks memorabilia in the house with the current logo. It's a great logo, no reason for changing it. It will always be our 3-peat logo.

I’m with you AH - current logo is iconic and doesn’t need changing. Logo change for change’s sake is annoying - and I can’t think of a club that has done a good revamp in the last 10-15 years. I’ve spent the last 25ish years loathing the Raiders’ logo, let the current Hawk do its thing.

 

[cryptor]

I’m with you AH - current logo is iconic and doesn’t need changing. Logo change for change’s sake is annoying - and I can’t think of a club that has done a good revamp in the last 10-15 years. I’ve spent the last 25ish years loathing the Raiders’ logo, let the current Hawk do its thing.

Suns and Freo have definitely improved their logo and branding in that time.

Others have also improved in that time but mostly only as a corrective action from a downgrade from a prior good logo.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Suns and Freo have definitely improved their logo and branding in that time.

Others have also improved in that time but mostly only as a corrective action from a downgrade from a prior good logo.

I yes overlooked the Suns new logo which has slowly grown on me - still don’t love the red on red guernsey and feel it would be better with a yellow outline around the logo to distinguish between the two. Their away strip is good however. The Swans new logo is also good. I’ve just seen too many new sports logos go so badly I am too timid to see that happen with us. I’m still scarred from this monstrosity also.

 

[moginie]

I yes overlooked the Suns new logo which has slowly grown on me - still don’t love the red on red guernsey and feel it would be better with a yellow outline around the logo to distinguish between the two. Their away strip is good however. The Swans new logo is also good. I’ve just seen too many new sports logos go so badly I am too timid to see that happen with us. I’m still scarred from this monstrosity also.


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Seriously, it's as silly as your first one was in 1982.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Seriously, it's as silly as your first one was in 1982.
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I won't hear a bad word spoken about the OG logo thank you very much! 5 grand finals, 3 premierships and a lot of great childhood memories with that bad boy!

 

[Whats a Battle]

I’m with you AH - current logo is iconic and doesn’t need changing. Logo change for change’s sake is annoying - and I can’t think of a club that has done a good revamp in the last 10-15 years. I’ve spent the last 25ish years loathing the Raiders’ logo, let the current Hawk do its thing.

The NRL was real bad for this - so many clubs ditched their awesome roundel logos for these horrible overdrawn things with “attitude”. I’m just glad my own club had the sense to change back about a decade ago.

I’ve always hated Cronulla’s logo, but the one they used before Sewer League was great.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

The NRL was real bad for this - so many clubs ditched their awesome roundel logos for these horrible overdrawn things with “attitude”. I’m just glad my own club had the sense to change back about a decade ago.

I’ve always hated Cronulla’s logo, but the one they used before Sewer League was great.

Yes modern NRL logos are mostly horrendous. A guy on Instagram was once doing a logo redesign of NRL clubs and did a good one for the Raiders. I responded in the comments along the lines of 'that looks awesome, I wish you did the one in 2000' to which he responded that he was in fact the designer of it. Whoops!

 

[Flamin Joe]

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Our Gather round gurnsey

I see that and I instantly think of Household Finance. Pretty sure I still have that sow on badge somewhere at home (as well as the guernsey) as it got taken off and changed to the OzChild logo when we switched sponsors.

Speaking of which on occassion I go past an OzChild office on the way home from work and it always reminds me of the Hawks.

Moral of the story, advertising works.

 

[LindaCrescent]

The current crows logo looks a bit like our old logo prior to 2008

Most flags won with the Hawks logo facing left another random fact so if a new logo comes in amytime soon hopefully it faces left

 

[Whats a Battle]

Yes modern NRL logos are mostly horrendous. A guy on Instagram was once doing a logo redesign of NRL clubs and did a good one for the Raiders. I responded in the comments along the lines of 'that looks awesome, I wish you did the one in 2000' to which he responded that he was in fact the designer of it. Whoops!

Sydney Roosters are also guilty of this. They had the best crest, the red rooster with "Eastern Suburbs" written above it. Then they went with this horrid "rooster with attitude", and the text was in the Windows 95 fonts.

The best logos in the NRL are the Eels (very biased here) and Rabbitohs. The Dragons never changed theirs - even post merger - and I admire them for that. For the newer re-dos, Canterbury goes alright, and the Perth Bears logo is good because it wasn't really changed very much vs the original North Sydney logo. It's nice to have that continuity, given it's a complete travesty that North Sydney were even kicked out in the first place. Dolphins logo is good too, but I hate that they are "The Dolphins" instead of their proper name Redcliffe.

 

[Mercy Seat]

I reckon if the club was planning on a logo replacement then it would have been done ahead of plastering it all over the new facility.

I think we’ll continue to stick with it long term now. Not because someone dropped the ball on the right time to make a change, but because it continues to be fit for purpose.

It’s clean and professional, doesn’t look dated, and has a broad appeal to kids and adults alike. It’s also got a close association with a very successful era.

Yeah I hadn’t thought of that but you’re probably right.

I don’t mid the current logo - it’s fine albeit quite simple. My comment was more that they tend to have a certain shelf life. Reckon we’ll get another decade out of it all things considered.

 

[moginie]

I won't hear a bad word spoken about the OG logo thank you very much! 5 grand finals, 3 premierships and a lot of great childhood memories with that bad boy!

Success on field certainly never changes the silliness of the logo!

The Dragons never changed theirs - even post merger - and I admire them for that.

They certainly did. They changed it in 1979.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Welsh is pulling the strings.

He appointed Solly, who will be interim coach.

Hes also in with Sheeds, who clearly wants Hird back.

I'm getting the popcorn. You couldn't script this shit.

I watched back the line in the sand fight a few days ago.

Wish was a squib. Took a dive too.

No wonder he hates us

 

[Mitch75]

Interesting that the top 4 teams on the ladder (and the only teams with 8 pts or more - Suns and Dogs on 12, Swans and us on 8) have the bye this round. All seven games are being contested by teams with 4 pts or less.

Some real 50/50 match-ups too between fancied finals contenders, with early season pressure on the losers of a few of these games.

The Lions will go 0-3 if they lose to the Saints. If the Saints lose, they’ll be 1-3. The loser of Geelong and Adelaide will go 1-2. GWS, if they lose to the Pies, will be at 1-3. They’ll struggle to make the top 4 from there. And the Pies will go 1-2 if they lose.

Shaping up as a very important round, while our Hawks take a break and we sit back and relax!

 

[Dewnior]

I'd add the Dees to the hope list. They may not have the top-end draft picks of the Eagles and Tigers but may have a top-line coach who has already extracted more from his list in one pre-season and two games than Clarko and B Scott have from their players in four years.

Half of the Dees that played last round were premiership players. Their list is 2018 Hawthorn minus 2 flags. They'll be a bottom 6 team for the next 5 years irrespective of who is coaching them. Once their supporters realise this that hope will be gone.

 

[Dewnior]

Interesting that the top 4 teams on the ladder (and the only teams with 8 pts or more - Suns and Dogs on 12, Swans and us on 8) have the bye this round.

Interesting? I need to let you in on a little secret, those teams at the top of the ladder with a bye this round have all played an extra game.

 

[bigmaxi]

It wasn't helped by Ablett having a christian group within the playing group as well.

I heard second hand about this, an ex GC players dad, Ablett and his disciples and then the rest.

 

[marklar]

Kane goes "whack" on two of our former players

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[Mitchell Madness]

I reckon if the club was planning on a logo replacement then it would have been done ahead of plastering it all over the new facility.

I think we’ll continue to stick with it long term now. Not because someone dropped the ball on the right time to make a change, but because it continues to be fit for purpose.

It’s clean and professional, doesn’t look dated, and has a broad appeal to kids and adults alike. It’s also got a close association with a very successful era.

It also ensures we get a kick-back if any club decides to use it

 

[peetoo]

Too soon?