The name Commanders brings to mind the commanders from The Handmaid’s Tale. Seems a fair association, given team leadership.
The Red Commies. It both calls back to the past and looks ahead to the future."Washington Commanders" is one of the longest names in professional sports and has no obvious nickname like "Bucs" or "T-Wolves." It's clumsy and doesn't roll off the tongue.
Well done, team.
Wait a minute. That’s it? They don’t have a maroon jersey with yellow pants?
They should lean into the Commies short form. Their D Line will be the Red Scare.A long drive is The Long March."Washington Commanders" is one of the longest names in professional sports and has no obvious nickname like "Bucs" or "T-Wolves." It's clumsy and doesn't roll off the tongue.
Well done, team.
I’m okay with the team name, although it feels like they were looking for an alternative to “Generals”. The logo is okay, the lettering is a ripoff of the Steelers, as is the alternate black uniform. The other uniforms look dull, but that can be remedied.I actually like the Commanders, the New “W” logo, and the crest that they’ve designed, but those uniforms are absolutely terrible.
The Mandos! Get Carl Weathers to do the announcing."Washington Commanders" is one of the longest names in professional sports and has no obvious nickname like "Bucs" or "T-Wolves." It's clumsy and doesn't roll off the tongue.
Well done, team.
Cut them some slack, they only had a year and a half to figure this out."Washington Commanders" is one of the longest names in professional sports and has no obvious nickname like "Bucs" or "T-Wolves." It's clumsy and doesn't roll off the tongue.
Well done, team.
How about... the "Ders"? Said the right way it even SOUNDS stupid."Washington Commanders" is one of the longest names in professional sports and has no obvious nickname like "Bucs" or "T-Wolves." It's clumsy and doesn't roll off the tongue.
Well done, team.
I noticed the same thing. WFT was cool and unique, in a sort of ironic, post modern way. A team without a name, and a logo. This just feels obligatory and dull. Hard to see how it results in meaningfully more sales of swag.Am I the only one to notice that they went through all of this to to make the name change and there seems to be little to no marketability in what they are presenting. No real logo of any sort, a fairly generic "W" on the helmet. It's almost like they really didn't give a fuck about this.
So Eagles fans that overrun the stadium every year can say, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.If they are going to be the Washington Commanders they should name the stadium WC Fields
I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I would've loved the Washington Capitols, just for the hilarity & confusion.Garbage tier name. Washington might have the worst collection of team names of any city. Commanders, Wizards, Nationals, Capitals. Basically a starter pack for generic no licensing rights movie team names.
The weird thing is that Washington Football Team was so generic it kind of wrapped around and became a good, almost European-football style, name. Particularly for DC - evoked the grind of anonymous bureaucracyGarbage tier name. Washington might have the worst collection of team names of any city. Commanders, Wizards, Nationals, Capitals. Basically a starter pack for generic no licensing rights movie team names.
Yeah it's like you've given those who saw no need for a name change no reason to get on board and those who supported it nothing to be excited about. I mean teams continually tweak logos and designs in the name of selling more merch. Washington was starting with a clean slate and could have made a huge splash in that respect. If your a franchise is looking to move on, what better way is there is to get your fan base TOTALLY excited about the moves you've made? IMO a huge part of that is your merchandising plan. Hard to see what sort or impact that makes with what they've presented.I noticed the same thing. WFT was cool and unique, in a sort of ironic, post modern way. A team without a name, and a logo. This just feels obligatory and dull. Hard to see how it results in meaningfully more sales of swag.
The storm (of bad takes) is coming?How long until a conspiracy theory breaks out over the three stars in that patch?
Washington Football Team was great. I think you're on point, but it was unique here in its weird sort of European generic-ness.The weird thing is that Washington Football Team was so generic it kind of wrapped around and became a good, almost European-football style, name. Particularly for DC - evoked the grind of anonymous bureaucracy
This immediately brought "Der Kommissar" ("The Commissioner") to mind.How about... the "Ders"? Said the right way it even SOUNDS stupid.
Totally agree. They lucked into a pretty unique name that a creative marketing team could have done some fun things with and now they have a boring name that's already a complete dud.The weird thing is that Washington Football Team was so generic it kind of wrapped around and became a good, almost European-football style, name. Particularly for DC - evoked the grind of anonymous bureaucracy
Well, except Wizards fans.It's whatever, within a few years nobody will feel it's out of place (see the Wizards).
I'm told social media is the root of the problem. Well, that and Snyder.How long until a conspiracy theory breaks out over the three stars in that patch?
I agree. I thought it ended up being, in its own particular/bizarre way, a kind of neat team name. Definitely unique, that's for sure.The weird thing is that Washington Football Team was so generic it kind of wrapped around and became a good, almost European-football style, name. Particularly for DC - evoked the grind of anonymous bureaucracy
To me this is the most outrageous part of all of this. Like, how can you fuck this part up? Who that came to this conclusion thinks the 2022 Super Bowl will determine the 2022 NFL Champion?View: https://twitter.com/BenVolin/status/1488875114175381509?s=20&t=UJHh7dA1UEJxL3kOKuJpVg
Among the many strange things about the Washington football team, this new patch.
The franchise claims the actual year it won the Super Bowl (1983, 1988, 1992) and not the NFL season (1982, 1987, 1991).
Do we say the 2002 Patriots won the Super Bowl? Of course not.
Agree, although with the Nationals and Capitals, D.C. area people can and have embraced easy nicknames that work much better on a marketing level (Caps, Nats -- and obviously 'Skins was loved). The Wizards is still just really bad. And I don't see anything you could do with Commanders that works on that same nickname marketing level.Garbage tier name. Washington might have the worst collection of team names of any city. Commanders, Wizards, Nationals, Capitals. Basically a starter pack for generic no licensing rights movie team names.
Jock straps optional?It would be awesome if they came out with no pads on.
I'm completely with you on this. Caps and Nats make sense for DC teams, and it's obviously unique to the city. Personally, I like them. Wizards is pitiful, I'd say worse than Commanders. But WFT was beautiful and this is garbage. More LOL for this franchise.Agree, although with the Nationals and Capitals, D.C. area people can and have embraced easy nicknames that work much better on a marketing level (Caps, Nats -- and obviously 'Skins was loved). The Wizards is still just really bad. And I don't see anything you could do with Commanders that works on that same nickname marketing level.