Well, it sounds antiquated to me, like the Washington Senators or the Pittsburgh Steelers or any of those literal names that seek to describe a typical regional vocation.
I live in Vienna VA just outside DC and, while this town isn't a military-only town like the examples you mention, its crawling with military everywhere: my immediate next door neighbor's son is a Navy Seal; my across the street neighbor does IT at the Pentagon; dude down the street has a license plate that says "AF Pilot." Its why they hold the Military Bowl here. I think Admirals would play well in this town by wrapping the team in the flag indirectly (even though I don't particularly like the name).
I'd like that one a lot, and would be great given history. Not sure how it well it would do in the all important mechandise sales space
Even with this cavalcade of equivocation, your original comment made no sense.
It seems to me like the source of the whole "Admirals" rumor is this URL redirect. Who knows where Boomer got his info. He might have seen this URL thing and assumed it was a sign. Or maybe the person who confidently told him got it from here.
I assume this is a Rough Riders reference, but I also remember (as a young Albany River Rats fan) that at one point there were two "St. John's" teams in the AHL. Canada is great.
More likely St. John's (Labrador & Newfoundland) and Saint John (New Brunswick)
Just looked at the AHL wikipedia entry and you're exactly right. Bringing it full circle, there were also, briefly, two AHL teams with "Admirals" as a nickname (Milwaukee and Norfolk).
one was the refrigerator?
Yeah! It was a St John's team and a St Johns' team. Hardly the same thing.
The Inquisition would be a bold team name for a Catholic school. The Cardinals would be cheeky.
Tell me that there's a connection there to Top Gun without telli...nevermind. Just tell me the connection to Top Gun. I've seen it, and I have not idea what the reference is here.
Might be a reference to the fly-by over the Admiral’s daughter, Penny Benjamin. As for you asshole… you’re just lucky to be here.
Ha!
Would be funny, though, if the Theisman leak and this photo evidence was an elaborate misdirection ploy by the team. Maybe they bought the rights to Senators? Or they could make a nod to the District with the Washington Maul.
