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Why are you hijacking this thread with another one of your negative rants about Cal WBB?? This is about the new WNBA franchise in San Francisco.ClayK said:
Marketing is fine, but winning is the key.
And Haas is not an attractive venue. Hard to park, old, no students supplying energy ...
There are a lot of reasons Cal women's basketball doesn't draw, but two stand out to me:
1) Not winning 20+ game a year;
2) Students don't come to the games.
I remember when the first name for Oakland's new AFL football team was the Oakland Senors. They had to change the name to Raiders before the season even started. Will probably happen here as well.HoopDreams said:
Valkyries ?
Terrible name.
Go Valkyries !???
I don't even know how to pronounce
Warriors were over thinking this
sport teams names have evolved over time ... in the past, animals were probably the most popular and I still like (Go Bears!)BearBint said:
Come on, Bears, you can cope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie
Over time, Valkyrie has become synonymous with a valiant female warrior. My considerable Scandinavian DNA is please by this choice (and BearBloke and BearDaughter are happy, too). The important thing is that the WNBA is growing, and right in our own back yard.
I still prefer the animal/totemic names, like the Wolverines. Pistons is a great name, but how did Utah get Jazz? The team that moved from New Orleans, right? Somehow, Utah never struck me as a jazzy kind of state...S said:
Sport teams names have evolved over time ... in the past, animals were probably the most popular and I still like (Go Bears!)
Peoples were also popular (49ers, Steelers, Boilermakers, Indians) which I've never liked
Some teams uniquely tie their team name to their location (Jazz, Aces, Pistons, Rockies)
I like one of the newer trends for things like (Heat, Magic, Dream, Flames)
Logos are also important, as are colors (Sharks got both right)
It's all marketing and that's important, and of course it's personal preference
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BearBint said:I still prefer the animal/totemic names, like the Wolverines. Pistons is a great name, but how did Utah get Jazz? The team that moved from New Orleans, right? Somehow, Utah never struck me as a jazzy kind of state...S said:
Sport teams names have evolved over time ... in the past, animals were probably the most popular and I still like (Go Bears!)
Peoples were also popular (49ers, Steelers, Boilermakers, Indians) which I've never liked
Some teams uniquely tie their team name to their location (Jazz, Aces, Pistons, Rockies)
I like one of the newer trends for things like (Heat, Magic, Dream, Flames)
Logos are also important, as are colors (Sharks got both right)
It's all marketing and that's important, and of course it's personal preference
SFCALBear72 said:Why are you hijacking this thread with another one of your negative rants about Cal WBB?? This is about the new WNBA franchise in San Francisco.ClayK said:
Marketing is fine, but winning is the key.
And Haas is not an attractive venue. Hard to park, old, no students supplying energy ...
There are a lot of reasons Cal women's basketball doesn't draw, but two stand out to me:
1) Not winning 20+ game a year;
2) Students don't come to the games.
How would you know if students do or do not come to games? They do! When was the last time you were in Haas for a WBB game?
Among things related to San Francisco I can think of:BearBint said:I still prefer the animal/totemic names, like the Wolverines. Pistons is a great name, but how did Utah get Jazz? The team that moved from New Orleans, right? Somehow, Utah never struck me as a jazzy kind of state...S said:
Sport teams names have evolved over time ... in the past, animals were probably the most popular and I still like (Go Bears!)
Peoples were also popular (49ers, Steelers, Boilermakers, Indians) which I've never liked
Some teams uniquely tie their team name to their location (Jazz, Aces, Pistons, Rockies)
I like one of the newer trends for things like (Heat, Magic, Dream, Flames)
Logos are also important, as are colors (Sharks got both right)
It's all marketing and that's important, and of course it's personal preference
Oh, for Brunhild's sake, it's not that hard. Now that a number of us have complained about the name and the colors and all that, have some of us visited the new Web site and shown some support for the women's game? https://valkyries.com/annarborbear said:
Our future radio announcers will try pronouncing "Valkyries" a couple of times, and will then immediately shorten it to "The Vals", which no one will understand. If there are a lot of potential Norwegian Bay Area fans out there, though, it could be a winner.
Look around at some of our good local high school monikers, and adopt one of those.
Agreed. I would so love to get on Bart and be at a W game in half an hour.annarborbear said:
As we've discussed before, I would have also located the team in Oakland. Better chance to reach the 10,000 fans that once attended our games.
well there is the bay bridge which is part of their logo ...stu said:Among things related to San Francisco I can think of:BearBint said:I still prefer the animal/totemic names, like the Wolverines. Pistons is a great name, but how did Utah get Jazz? The team that moved from New Orleans, right? Somehow, Utah never struck me as a jazzy kind of state...S said:
Sport teams names have evolved over time ... in the past, animals were probably the most popular and I still like (Go Bears!)
Peoples were also popular (49ers, Steelers, Boilermakers, Indians) which I've never liked
Some teams uniquely tie their team name to their location (Jazz, Aces, Pistons, Rockies)
I like one of the newer trends for things like (Heat, Magic, Dream, Flames)
Logos are also important, as are colors (Sharks got both right)
It's all marketing and that's important, and of course it's personal preference
Fog - boring color, weird mascot, already taken by London
Cable Cars - even weirder mascot
Sourdough - weirder still mascot
Gold Diggers - not in the 21st Century
Doom Loop - hopefully short lived
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The strongest correlates historically for our women's basketball attendance have been winning and national recognition. Although attracting some well-known local high school recruits can add to that.RedlessWardrobe said:
This thread got me wondering, (and excuse me if I sound naive.)
Will the arrival of the Valkyries cause the attendance/interest in Cal WBB to go down based on it being considered an alternative? Or will it help attendance/interest in Cal WBB to go up, since there's a decent chance that some of these fans will be more exposed to WBB in general, thus causing a spillover to the college game?
I bring this up because surprisingly I know a few people who pay attention to the NFL and NBA, but have little interest in college football and basketball.