Expansion Gold Coast name down to 5.

[sausageroll]

Don't like any of them.
Sharks was best but as we've heard before many GC people don't like the Southport Sharks and if people thought it was associated it could hold back a few would-be supporters.

How about the Gold Coast Breakers?
Tough name and associated with the Gold Coast surf.

Club song to the tune of "we will rock you" but "we will we will break you" instead.

 

[Virgil]

How about the Gold Coast Breakers?
Tough name and associated with the Gold Coast surf.

Club song to the tune of "we will rock you" but "we will we will break you" instead.

We like to fish, we love to hunt
We'll go out there and stick it up the #####!

We're the Marlins!

 

[redandtheblue]

My suggestion would be to leave it for a year or so and see what comes up. I don't think it necessarily needs a name just yet, it is still a couple of years away from the AFL and something might develop a bit more naturally.

what exactly might "come up"? I doubt there will be any new animal species or new words added to the english language over the next year that they could use.
I agree with swansational05...
Ironmen- Lame
Guards- Stupid
Stingrays- Best
Rays- Dumb
Marlins- Sounds too wimpy
in conclusion: stingrays is best of a very poor bunch.

 

[Father Jack]

what exactly might "come up"? I doubt there will be any new animal species or new words added to the english language over the next year that they could use.
I agree with swansational05...
Ironmen- Lame
Guards- Stupid
Stingrays- Best
Rays- Dumb
Marlins- Sounds too wimpy
in conclusion: stingrays is best of a very poor bunch.

I think you answered your own question there. You might need to think it through a bit more before bagging out other suggestions.

 

[fishmonger]

Guards
Ironmen
Stingrays
Rays
Marlins

Sharks has been dumped due to link with Southport.

These are all terrible.

Ironmen conjures images of grown men in budgie smugglers - totally gay name

Guards is gay too. That name and the Ironmen is probably the AFL's cliche answer to "Titans"

Singrays is the best of this bunch, but the Sharks would have been by far the best. Isn't Rays just short for stingrays ? makes 4 ... or the sun's rays ? also pretty gay.

They all sound totally gay.

The only name I would want to see is:
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[Humble Minion]

Ironmen is a terrible name. No idea what they were thinking there. Somewhere out there there's an AFL marketing guy who needs to be taken out behind the chookshed and given nine grams.

I would have thought that the Hammerheads would be a good option. It's got the whole shark thing happening without the copyright/trademark headaches, and sounds ok. Plus you can shorten it to "Hammers" when you're yelling it on game day, without it sounding stupid...

 

[fishmonger]

Don't like any of them.
Sharks was best but as we've heard before many GC people don't like the Southport Sharks and if people thought it was associated it could hold back a few would-be supporters.

How about the Gold Coast Breakers?
Tough name and associated with the Gold Coast surf.

Club song to the tune of "we will rock you" but "we will we will break you" instead.

Copyright infringement ? ala Freo "Dockers"

I remember watching these ads in QLD with bikini clad chicks drinking the stuff singing "breaka makes your day !"

 

[redandtheblue]

I think you answered your own question there. You might need to think it through a bit more before bagging out other suggestions.

no. you were suggesting leaving it a year and see what comes up and what I was saying is theres not going to be any different names in a year to what there is now. no difference in picking the name now to in a years time... theres not going to be any new words to choose from as I said.

 

[jimmy_clement#8]

Most of those names are pathetic, agreed. So, as the articles have noted, if there's a good enough, popular enough sixth alternative that the public pushes, then that will get serious consideration. I say this is the kind of 'community' to push that sixth, providing there is a consensus. Otherwise the poor people of the GC probably have to live with Stingrays.

 

[Funkalicous]

If the public wants Sharks then why the #### can't we have Sharks?!

 

[Funkalicous]

Ironmen is a terrible name. No idea what they were thinking there. Somewhere out there there's an AFL marketing guy who needs to be taken out behind the chookshed and given nine grams.

I would have thought that the Hammerheads would be a good option. It's got the whole shark thing happening without the copyright/trademark headaches, and sounds ok. Plus you can shorten it to "Hammers" when you're yelling it on game day, without it sounding stupid...

I reckon Gold Coast Pointers sounds better if we're gonna take that road. Plus Hammerheads are deformed and ******ed.

 

[sausageroll]

The GC17 homepage doesn't work.

Looks like the only feedback we are able to give on the names (or suggest new names) is if you're registered as a supporter (which I am).
They'll send out feedback forms this week.

Register here if you want to have a say...
http://gc17.com.au/

 

[numchuks]

Actually, I like the sound of the Ray Marlins . Yeah, I know it makes no sense, but neither do any of the other suggestions.

How about the Gold Coast Ray Martins?

 

[Mang08]

If the public wants Sharks then why the #### can't we have Sharks?!

Their press release said they've avoided using a nickname already used in the region.

I've placed a poll in the polls board.

 

[rangermcdee]

I like the sound of the Pirates.

Gold Coast Pirates - Here to plunder your teams picks and list!

Seriously though, I do like the sound of the name.

Edit - Damn there is already a GC pirates rugby team after a quick google search.

 

[NagoyaDog]

Stingrays or Sunrays?

I know North Melbourne are in Melbourne to stay, but did anyone notice the familiar blue and white vertical stripes present in the "Ironmen" logo?

Could it be a remnant of an earlier idea that failed to see the light of day after North secured their future in Melbourne?

In regards to the Gold Coast logo I'm with most of you guys, the Stingrays is the best of a c__p list. Let the nickname evolve naturally!

 

[Mr Eagle]

Stingrays or Marlins would be OK.

(Still like Giants better than any of them!)

 

[McCrann]

Top four names revealed for Coast AFL teamTerry Wilson

July 14th, 2008

IN a major shock, the Gold Coast AFL team will not be known as the Sharks.

Nor will it be the Dolphins or the Cougars.

Instead, the Coast team in the 2011 national competition will be known as the Guards, the Stingrays, the Ironmen, the Marlins, the Rays -- or perhaps even another identity should another popular choice emerge.

.......

"We have taken legal advice and were told there are significant issues around three names the public supported," he said.

"The Sharks was one, the Dolphins was another and the Cougars was another.

"Our legal advice was that it was going to be extremely difficult to register a unique trademark in a number of different categories.

"In the case of the Sharks, it is a registered name by a whole range of companies -- Cronulla Sharks (NRL), San Jose Sharks (American ice hockey), East Fremantle (WAFL) Greg Norman's Great White Sharks Enterprises.

"They all have registered trademarks in a whole range of categories, so therefore it was going to make it extremely difficult to come up with a logo, a unique trademark, that we could get through.

What?

So how on Earth do you get away with Marlins then? Florida Marlins hello?!?


Makes no sense.

I do like Gold Coast Breakers, Gold Coast Pirates (which is actually true - there were pirates on the Gold Coast - the real Gold Coast in Africa that is that our Gold Coast is named after), even Gold Coast Tsunami.

 

[McCrann]

Ironmen is a terrible name. No idea what they were thinking there. Somewhere out there there's an AFL marketing guy who needs to be taken out behind the chookshed and given nine grams.

I would have thought that the Hammerheads would be a good option. It's got the whole shark thing happening without the copyright/trademark headaches, and sounds ok. Plus you can shorten it to "Hammers" when you're yelling it on game day, without it sounding stupid...

I like it.

Hammerheads is a good one. Along the same lines (although not as good, would be the Gold Coast Tiger Sharks. - Why not, we have the Manly Sea-Eagles?)

But I do like Hammerheads, you can do so much with a Hammer as well, such as smash the opposition to pieces.

Works on two levels.

Get the name out there. Other bonus - totally original.

 

[Subprime]

Gold Coast Whales

 

[Betfair Pro Punter]

i quite like the Gold Coast Pirates as well, just has a ring to it.


What do people think about Gold Coast Giants?

 

[mess]

Stingrays is definitely the winner out of those, easily.

I wonder if Bindi will agree to be president?

 

[mess]

Pirates = too Indonesian.

 

[numchuks]

i quite like the Gold Coast Pirates as well, just has a ring to it.

That just leaves them open to a plethora of butt pirates jokes.

The Sharks are a safe bet, least trollable name around.

 

[genghiskhan]

No stadium, small market of only 400,000 people, competition from two other professional football codes, hostile government and now terrible names, I am well and truly turned off this Gold Coast idea. Bring on Tassie.