If you could change an AFL team's nickname

[i am a logo]

Who's would you change and what would you rename them as?

I would change Carlton's nickname. "Blue" is extremely ambiguous, seriously what is it even meant to represent? the colour? depression? blue collar people?

The club's marketing seem to interpret it as some sort of superhero gimp

Another i would change is the "Power". Again it's another ambiguous, meaningless name and it doesn't even have any history attached to it.

Preferably i would change both nicknames into animal based ones to be consistent with the rest of the league, or at least ones which actually represent something (like The "Kings" or "Wizards" for example).

 

[Big_Birdy]

Port Adelaide back to the Magpies

Then grab the popcorn....

 

[Fire]

Dockers.

For one, they are called wharfies.
Two, its an occupation, and they are footballers, not wharfies.

Its the equivalent of starting a local accounting firm and calling yourself the Fremantle Event Cleaning Club.

 

[Marley10]

Power. What's a Power and why does the mascot have the head of a lightning bolt?

 

[master bate]

I'd change the GIANTS to the Giants.

 

[JohnnyFontane90]

maybe instead of the blues we can be the tanks?

 

[JohnnyFontane90]

Power. What's a Power and why does the mascot have the head of a lightning bolt?

because the port adelaide electricity just doesn't have a nice ring to it

 

[Wallaby]

I never quite understood 'Crows'. I know it comes from Croweaters - but surely that was a derogatory term indicating that SA folk were so poor they had to eat crows. It's a standard insult. I suppose they chose it because they wanted to get the whole State as supporters.

I would have thought Sharks would be perfect. (And before people say the NRL have Sharks, they also have Tigers, Eagles, Giants and Bulldogs).

 

[Marley10]

Port Adelaide Pirates has a nice ring to it

 

[Wocka]

the Essendon Worshipers

 

[NewMelbournian]

Power annoys me.

But obviously Blue does not. Our guernsey is blue. We're simple people and we like to keep things simple. There's no blue animals out there that would fit. Blue works.

But of every name in the AFL I wish I could force the Bulldogs to drop 'Western' and go back to their real name. What a stupid bland dumb decision. Name me one fan who would think "Footscray Bulldogs, I can't support them" and then think "Western Bulldogs, OMG that is so awesome please take my money". Look at big Victorian teams that have managed to grow broad support with single suburb names. Nobody holds the suburb against them, people like the history. Good old Western is still one of the smallest clubs, the name change was completely pointless.

 

[Rezza Tiger]

Port fans sound like absolute speds when they chant "POWER! clap clap clap" Its like they're just just chanting a random word

 

[SloppyJoe]

I LOLed at "superhero gimp"

 

[the dog's kennel]

But of every name in the AFL I wish I could force the Bulldogs to drop 'Western' and go back to their real name. What a stupid bland dumb decision. Name me one fan who would think "Footscray Bulldogs, I can't support them" and then think "Western Bulldogs, OMG that is so awesome please take my money". Look at big Victorian teams that have managed to grow broad support with single suburb names. Nobody holds the suburb against them, people like the history. Good old Western is still one of the smallest clubs, the name change was completely pointless.

As a Sydneysider, I chose the Bulldogs as my team partly because of the "Western". The name "Footscray" represents nothing but some weird sounding Melbourne suburb i hadn't heard of. But a club that represents the Western Suburbs means something to me.

So there's one.

 

[FootyJunkie]

Brisbane Bears - i miss the Bears nickname despite the the inaccurate connection with Aussie Koalas, although there is nothing wrong with "Lions" either
Carlton Royals - something more tangible than "Blues", a nod to mother country royalty
Essendon Jets - I don't feel too strongly against "Bombers", but I know it can be taken out of context in a negative manner by the PC crowd
Fremantle Sharks - nod to the WAFL side, more intimidating than "Dockers", no metaphoric stigma of an anchor weighing down the club
Gold Coast Giants - embrace the letter 'G'
West Sydney Wolves - embrace the letter 'W'
Melbourne Devils - "Devils" seems more commonly used than "Demons"
Port Adelaide Thunder - not much better than "Power" but at least its more specific, can play Thunderstruck by AC/DC before games
Sydney Bloods - historically accurate and sounds way more bad ass than "Swans"

 

[Max_very_well]

Greater Western Sydney Great White Sharks
West Sydney Webs (as in funnel web)

 

[Procrastinator35]

Essendon Imploders
Carlton Kamikazes
Collingwood Inmates
Richmond Ferals
Geelong Bogans
Port Adelaide Penguins
Sydney Swines
Fremantle Ferrets
Brisbane Bananas
West Coast Spiders

 

[Kickpuncher]

Power annoys me.

But obviously Blue does not. Our guernsey is blue. We're simple people and we like to keep things simple. There's no blue animals out there that would fit. Blue works.

But of every name in the AFL I wish I could force the Bulldogs to drop 'Western' and go back to their real name. What a stupid bland dumb decision. Name me one fan who would think "Footscray Bulldogs, I can't support them" and then think "Western Bulldogs, OMG that is so awesome please take my money". Look at big Victorian teams that have managed to grow broad support with single suburb names. Nobody holds the suburb against them, people like the history. Good old Western is still one of the smallest clubs, the name change was completely pointless.

The Carlton Blue Rings. They poison everything they touch.

 

[the dog's kennel]

But of every name in the AFL I wish I could force the Bulldogs to drop 'Western' and go back to their real name. What a stupid bland dumb decision. Name me one fan who would think "Footscray Bulldogs, I can't support them" and then think "Western Bulldogs, OMG that is so awesome please take my money". Look at big Victorian teams that have managed to grow broad support with single suburb names. Nobody holds the suburb against them, people like the history. Good old Western is still one of the smallest clubs, the name change was completely pointless.

As a Sydneysider, I chose the Bulldogs as my team partly because of the "Western". The name "Footscray" represents nothing but some weird sounding Melbourne suburb i hadn't heard of. But a club that represents the Western Suburbs means something to me.

So there's one.

 

[Jones2ByrneJones]

Well, I know Port used to wear magenta and used to have marine-related nicknames, such as the cockledivers, so how about the Seamen?

It's something tangible, unlike Power, and has historical relevance. It's got so much upside and I can't possibly see any negatives at all with this.

 

[Kram]

Power is beyond lame, off the top of my head I can't think of anything else they could use though.

Dockers is also pretty ordinary, and it doesn't even make much sense as it's actually an eastern states term for a dockworker, they are wharfies over here. If I had my way we would drop it and just go by Freo.

 

[HeaveHo_WeBlow]

Dockers.

For one, they are called w-anchors
Two, its an occupation, and they are footballers, not wharfies.

Its the equivalent of starting a local accounting firm and calling yourself the Fremantle Event Cleaning Club.

Fixed that for you mate, thank me later.

 

[DAWESOME!!]

Well, I know Port used to wear magenta and used to have marine-related nicknames, such as the cockledivers, so how about the Seamen?

It's something tangible, unlike Power, and has historical relevance. It's got so much upside and I can't possibly see any negatives at all with this.

Sounds like a load to me.

 

[HeaveHo_WeBlow]

Sounds like a load to me.

I'd imagine some locals would find that.. hard to swallow.

 

[Iron]

Well, I know Port used to wear magenta and used to have marine-related nicknames, such as the cockledivers, so how about the Seamen?

It's something tangible, unlike Power, and has historical relevance. It's got so much upside and I can't possibly see any negatives at all with this.

The forums were littered with this last year.