How would you feel about a name change?

by interstellar_pig on Feb 13, 2012 1:39 PM CST

Hi DBD community,

Long time lurker, first time poster. Awhile ago someone made the comment (sorry I don't have a link) that when the North Stars were first relocating to Dallas they wanted to call the team the "Dallas Lone Stars". I think it's an intriguing idea and with new ownership this might be the opportunity to do so. I personally feel that this could (as far as the PR aspect) help the team forge a "new identity" and would work conceptually in a similar manner to when Anaheim dropped the "mighty" from their name.

But I as one of the hoi polloi I'm not sure how the general fan base would feel about that. This would give us the ability to tweek or modify logos/color schemes/mascots too. What say you all?

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Not fan of this idea.

Stars it is.

Trevor Daley is my cup of tea.

by Henri Muroke on Feb 13, 2012 1:54 PM CST reply actions

Do we really need to forge a "new identity"?

I know we’re just over a decade removed from our glory days, but there’s no reason we can’t return to them at some point with Benn at the helm. It’s obviously frustrating watching a team who doesn’t fill the arena and who hasn’t made the playoffs since 08, but I don’t think the fanbase could get much lower than it is. Why not let the team on the ice do the talking and selling (well…hopefully) instead of trying to construct a facade over the team?

On a much brighter note, welcome aboard and thanks for posting :). I don’t mean to come off as a debbie downer on your first post; just my thoughts on the situation.

by LilEagle on Feb 13, 2012 2:21 PM CST reply actions

No

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by Josh Lile on Feb 13, 2012 3:58 PM CST reply actions

no

No reason to change the name of the team.

I've never really felt guilty. I've been FOUND guilty.

by harry wagstaff on Feb 13, 2012 8:25 PM CST reply actions

Nope

We’ve been the Stars for almost 20 years.

by Erok79 on Feb 13, 2012 9:43 PM CST reply actions

Yes.

Just kidding.

No.

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by Tsudbury on Feb 14, 2012 7:34 AM CST reply actions

Absolutely not

by Trillmike on Feb 14, 2012 7:58 AM CST reply actions

I think everyone's about covered my take on this idea.

by WingnutInStarsCountry on Feb 14, 2012 9:13 AM CST reply actions

No way

by Davis15 on Feb 14, 2012 10:15 AM CST reply actions

No

sorry intersteller_pig, tough crowd!

For Anaheim, that had not been successful (yet), and had a name courtesy of Disney, it made all the sense in the world. But for us, since we’ve won a cup, I don’t think so. If you have a championship, you have to capitalize on it and celebrate it as an organization, and a name change seems to contradict that in my opinion.

by rev0lver19 on Feb 14, 2012 4:05 PM CST reply actions