Of course, Washington’s dismal NFL team and clown car management are going to screw this up.
Monumentally so.
The new name and logo were so easy. Gift wrapped. Obvious.
“Washington Monuments” was absolutely perfect. Some artisans even did some logo designs (see below). I think this is damn good, and ideal for the city.
But instead, the boy-buffoon that runs this incompetent organization somehow has reduced the list of new team names down to these choices, which are horrible! Here are the nine “finalists,” one of which will be chosen in February.
DEFENDERS — Defend against what? And what about the offensive players? Sounds “offensive” to me.
COMMANDERS — Commanders of what exactly? Besides, isn’t there just ONE commander? Otherwise, he’s not really a commander, is he?
REDHAWKS — Not bad, the best name among all these stinkers. One assumes red hawks are in the Capitol area, and if not, I’ll still accept this one.
BRIGADE — Brigade? Really? What’s with this ridiculous military obsession? Defenders, Commanders, Brigade, yada, yada, yada, and see the rest.
SENTINALS –– What fucking year is this, 1864? Sentinals? Really?
ADMIRALS — Yeah, right–we all think of Washington as a sea city; such rich history of marine conquests on the Potomac.
PRESIDENTS — Way too political. No.
ARMADA — A great name for Madrid Spain if it gets an NFL franchise, but a horrible name for WDC. Makes no sense at all.
RED HOGS — What is a red hog, exactly? Is this what we associate with Washington? A red hog? Why not just name them the Purple Giraffes? Same thing.
Oh, and “MONUMENTS” did not make the cut.
What a monumental screw-job. So typical of this team for the past 20 years. They should have just stuck with the old name — “Redskins.” Or better yet, name Washington “the Swamp People.”