***OFFICIAL*** Washington Commanders Thread (1 Viewer)

[zamboni]

I hope no one calls them the Commies.

The jokes are flying all over Twitter if you do a search for "Washington Commies". Apparently the marketing department was on vacation when they came up with this.

 

[lakerstan]

To tie in with D.C., they must have considered Commanders in Chief.  Then you could just have gone with Chiefs.   Oh wait….

 

[Sam Quentin]

I feel like you could walk up to a 100 random people on the street and ask them what is a cool name for a football team and 100 of them would come up with something better than “Commanders.”

 

[belljr]

To tie in with D.C., they must have considered Commanders in Chief.  Then you could just have gone with Chiefs.   Oh wait….

Washington Generals and have curly Neal be the QB?

 

[ffmail4me]

So watching the video reveal and the fan comments were brutal and hilarious. My favorite was “ the Washington Wiener Washers” would have been more fitting  

 

[Sam Quentin]

Washington Weiner Washers for the win

 

[ffmail4me]

Let’s Go Commamdos!! Wait why are all the players running onto the field with their pants off??? 

 

[belljr]

I like Washington Football Team better

 

[zamboni]

I would also prefer Washington Generals over Commanders, but the Harlem Globetrotters might have something to say about that. And I doubt you want to be associated with a team that has about 1 win in 20 thousand games.

 

[JohnnyU]

I like their new name.  I also like they are going to have the same colors, with the addition of black and gold options, and a W on the helmet to retain some of their history.  I would have gone with the name Warriors and gone back to the arrow on the helmet, just to piss everyone off

 

[Lehigh98]

Commanders you say?

 

[JohnnyU]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I still think of one thing when I think of the Commanders... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WashingtonCommanders?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WashingtonCommanders</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarksGraphis?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MarksGraphis</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZHhfowEdCs">pic.twitter.com/ZHhfowEdCs</a></p>— Mark_in_MI (@Mark_in_Mi) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mark_in_Mi/status/1488874794086977539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That is unreadable beyond the first sentence.

 

[Lehigh98]

That is unreadable beyond the first sentence.

I think I fixed it above, trying to post a tweet.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I would also prefer Washington Generals over Commanders, but the Harlem Globetrotters might have something to say about that. And I doubt you want to be associated with a team that has about 1 win in 20 thousand games.

If that's what they were going for, they could just change their name to the Jaguars

 

[JohnnyU]

Commanders you say?

thanks

 

[ChiefD]

Terrible name.

RedHogs was way better. What the hell were they thinking?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

They needed to modernize things more.

The Washington Commodore 64's.

 

[dcgangstas]

Lol at Theisman

Too funny. 

So are we supposed to short name the team as the "Commies", like we do for the Nats and Caps?  

 

[skol asylum]

Meh name. Commandos would have been slightly better. Wear camouflage uniforms.

 

[skol asylum]

They needed to modernize things more.

The Washington Commodore 64's.

Or just the Commodores. Big afro style hair required for all players.

 

[skol asylum]

Terrible name.

RedHogs was way better. What the hell were they thinking?

When are the Chiefs changing their name?

 

[dcgangstas]

Or just the Commodores. Big afro style hair required for all players.

And have Lionel Richie do the play-by-play.   

 

[Truebluey]

To tie in with D.C., they must have considered Commanders in Chief.  Then you could just have gone with Chiefs.   Oh wait….

That's what I was thinking. KC should have grabbed this name before their inevitable name change. 

Then at least everyone would think "Hail to the..." 

 

[Truebluey]

I feel like you could walk up to a 100 random people on the street and ask them what is a cool name for a football team and 100 of them would come up with something better than “Commanders.”

Finalists were apparently RedWolves, Admirals, Generals, Armada and Presidents. 

I sort of like Armada, but it's tough to say out loud. Of those, I think they made the right choice. 

 

[PinkydaPimp]

seeing the thread name change is triggering me.  sigh.

 

[ChiefD]

When are the Chiefs changing their name?

Good question. 

I would say never but you never know these days.  I would love for them to get rid of a lot of the imagery for sure. I've hated the Tomahawk Chop for years and have never participated in that stupid thing at the game.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Just awful 

 

[ffmail4me]

Or just the Commodores. Big afro style hair required for all players.

John Riggins would be all for that

 

[ffmail4me]

While I think its absurd we aren't the Washington Redskins, I can live with the new name...and I'm glad they kept the colors...BUT the "W" logo is awful. It looks like something a 3rd grader did in art class. 

 

[ffmail4me]

Finalists were apparently RedWolves, Admirals, Generals, Armada and Presidents. 

I sort of like Armada, but it's tough to say out loud. Of those, I think they made the right choice. 

They wanted the RedWolves but couldn't get the licensing for it. That was the team's first choice and I believe the fanbase's first choice as well. 

 

[Truebluey]

They wanted the RedWolves but couldn't get the licensing for it. That was the team's first choice and I believe the fanbase's first choice as well. 

Yep, that would have been nice, for many reasons, not least the history. 

 

[Lehigh98]

Is that MS Paint "W" their actual logo?

 

[Da Guru]

Horrible!

"The Washinton Football Team" was much better and actually had a classic sound to it. 

 

[massraider]

RedHogs woulda been so cool. 

 

[dcgangstas]

RedHogs woulda been so cool. 

I preferred Red Wolves personally. 

So if they really wanted a "military" theme, why the hell did Jason Wright and company go out to "reveal" the new name in New York?  

They could have gone to Andrews Air Force Base with a military brigade and a Stealth Bomber flyover.   That would have  been legendary.   

 

[Godsbrother]

Slightly better than Guardians but still bad

 

[The Big Donkey]

Too funny. 

So are we supposed to short name the team as the "Commies", like we do for the Nats and Caps?  

I laughed.

 

[dgreen]

I preferred Red Wolves personally. 

So if they really wanted a "military" theme, why the hell did Jason Wright and company go out to "reveal" the new name in New York?  

They could have gone to Andrews Air Force Base with a military brigade and a Stealth Bomber flyover.   That would have  been legendary.   

They weren't in NY. They weren't on The Today Show set. They were at FedEx Field.

 

[Lehigh98]

Too funny. 

So are we supposed to short name the team as the "Commies", like we do for the Nats and Caps?  

It's already started.

 

[Marvelous]

It's just the opposite.  Congress announced its schedule after the WFT did.  It's a bunch of politicians trying to get their moment of glory 'fighting for the people' at a time where people will pay attention.  You wanna fight for the people ... investigate all these claims ... Deshaun Watson, Bob Kraft, and on and on

I will take the opposite of both of these positions.

There is always another shoe to drop.  This team is like a millipede.  It does not matter when they announce something, there will always be something else blowing up with the team.  It is the Snyder way.   

 

[dgreen]

I will take the opposite of both of these positions.

There is always another shoe to drop.  This team is like a millipede.  It does not matter when they announce something, there will always be something else blowing up with the team.  It is the Snyder way.   

Whoa. I'm just now realizing their strategy is to always have a new scandal in the works to break every so often as a way to push their old scandals off the front page. Sure, most might try some good news to push away the bad news, but Snyder prefers a different tact. Brilliant!

 

[popeye]

underwhelming, but I was fine with Washington Football Team

 

[dcgangstas]

It's already started.

Dear Lord.... 

 

[dcgangstas]

They weren't in NY. They weren't on The Today Show set. They were at FedEx Field.

Thanks DGreen. 

 

[steelers1080]

I still think it should have been the Washington Red Potatoes. We destroy our enemies with deliciousness. 

 

[BobbyLayne]

I still think it should have been the Washington Red Potatoes. We destroy our enemies with deliciousness. 

red potatoes

 

[BobbyLayne]

Whoa. I'm just now realizing their strategy is to always have a new scandal in the works to break every so often as a way to push their old scandals off the front page. Sure, most might try some good news to push away the bad news, but Snyder prefers a different tact. Brilliant!

I don’t suppose it’s easy to force the $4Bn sale of a franchise, but dream with me here a minute. Given the ownership history

• notorious racist George Preston Marshall +    
• the current train wreck +
• the PR disaster that is the Flores lawsuit

it would be a brilliant coup for the league to eliminate the Snyder cancer & embrace the leagues first black owner in one fell swoop.

Dream on…

 

[BobbyLayne]

Horrible!

"The Washinton Football Team" was much better and actually had a classic sound to it. 

As discussed, too many legal complications + uber expensive to secure the rights to Washington Generals

_______________
 

I’ll see myself out. ‘grats on the new name fellas.
 



any chance we can get a groundswell movement to ignore the decision and persuade the fan base to collectively decide on referring to them as Hogs? can’t believe that didn’t get more support but I’m not close to the situation at all.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I guess I kind of like it. Goes along with the idea of Commander in Chief. Militaristic without being offensive.

 

[ffmail4me]

I guess I kind of like it. Goes along with the idea of Commander in Chief. Militaristic without being offensive.

Like I said, I'm okay with it (but this stupid cancel culture forced a change that should have never happened) my only issue is the stupid W font. Just looks awful. The McLaurin jersey they showed looked pretty cool though