Resource Gold Coast Suns Rebrand

[jpmelb7]

Just a terrible brand. It's borderline unfixable.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Should have been GC Sharks. I know, I know, what about Southport? Well perfect for reserves team.

 

[Heardy_101]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Should have been GC Sharks. I know, I know, what about Southport? Well perfect for reserves team.

Should've been Southport full stop.

 

[aCunningPlan]

Should've been Southport full stop.

Take it from someone who saw North Ballarat collapse in the VFL because the town refused to back in an arrogant club that abused and screwed over every other local side in the area...you don't want to go down that road.

 

[Bjo187]

Take it from someone who saw North Ballarat collapse in the VFL because the town refused to back in an arrogant club that abused and screwed over every other local side in the area...you don't want to go down that road.

I bet however if North Ballarat became the team that represented Ballarat in the AFL, changed their name to just Ballarat, wore different colours and didn't play in the local leagues seniors comp anymore, that the locals would have embraced them.

 

[Heardy_101]

Take it from someone who saw North Ballarat collapse in the VFL because the town refused to back in an arrogant club that abused and screwed over every other local side in the area...you don't want to go down that road.

Bit different, I think. Southport were trying to get into the AFL as far back as the 1990s and had plenty of support at the time.

 

[Royces Hart]

Bit different, I think. Southport were trying to get into the AFL as far back as the 1990s and had plenty of support at the time.

Support from who?

Not the local footy community here, I can assure you.

 

[Saucy]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Should have been GC Sharks. I know, I know, what about Southport? Well perfect for reserves team.

Yep. And should have copied the San Jose Sharks uniform colours. In a world where Port gets to wear their traditional colours.

 

[Pappagallo]

Whoever made this very literal SUNS concept is a goddamn genius.

 

[Bjo187]

Whoever made this very literal SUNS concept is a goddamn genius.

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I'm taking this over the current one, has character.

 

[KBLT]

Whoever made this very literal SUNS concept is a goddamn genius.

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Looks like a jockey silk

 

[Billy ray]

Looks like a jockey silk

gerard whately may stop hating us

 

[Supersuns]

Bit different, I think. Southport were trying to get into the AFL as far back as the 1990s and had plenty of support at the time.

No-one on the Coast likes Southport.

 

[magpienato]

After the reveal of the Tasmania Devils and most recently the new Adelaide rebrand, my faith and expectations for this Suns rebrand couldn't be any lower. I'd love to be optimistic, but the trajectory of the AFL club branding has taken a nose dive this year and it would take a miracle just shy of the Virgin Birth to arrest its momentum. Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

 

[magpienato]

No-one on the Coast likes Southport.

Hardly anyone on the Coast likes Gold Coast either so wouldn't notice much difference

 

[lommy]

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[Supersuns]

Hardly anyone on the Coast likes Gold Coast either so wouldn't notice much difference

About 7 people do!!

 

[Billy ray]

About 7 people do!!

oooh - who is the new guy?

 

[troybe]

oooh - who is the new guy?

You should start a Gold Coast Suns supporters group

 

[Mr Eagle]

You should start a Gold Coast Suns supporters group

Supporters group.
Support group.
Works either way.

 

[jumperfan]

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/ne...-for-gold-coast/2008/08/15/1218307237918.html

THE traditional jumper with stripes or a V-yoke might appeal to purists and romantics, but it does not appeal to the new Gold Coast team.

When the new team enters the AFL in 2011 it will do so in a modern, "sexy" jumper, not a traditional or old-fashioned one depending on your perspective, according to GC17 director Graeme Downie.

The consortium this week appointed a coach, yesterday advertised for a chief executive and currently has a handful of teenagers signed to play for it in the TAC and VFL over the next two years.

The club has yet to finalise a decision on its name or the colours it will carry, but has indicated the style of the jumpers will be modern.

"We will have a big announcement in a few weeks time. It is a long process," Downie said. "We want to get the logo and the colours right, and we are still working on those."

Blue and yellow, representing the sand and water of the famed Gold Coast beaches, might have been a favoured option for a Gold Coast side, but with West Coast already wearing these colours, and the local National Rugby League side, the Gold Coast Titans, also wearing blue and yellow, this would appear an unlikely choice.

"You don't want to follow them (the Titans), but there are plenty of options," Downie said.

"As for the style of the jumper, I don't think we will be coming up with a yoke or stripes. That's the old days.

"What we come up with will have a sexy feel about it without being ridiculous.

"Something more in keeping with the times. Collingwood's jumper is fantastic and it still works, but that is from a hundred years ago.

"The V that some clubs wear, Sydney wears, that is the same, and we would not go that way."

Of the newer teams to enter the AFL — Fremantle, Port Adelaide, Adelaide and West Coast — only Adelaide could be said to have chosen a traditional home jumper.

The others have all included multiple colours and slashes and swipes to varying degrees of success.

"There are a lot of factors to weigh up, commercial issues and the like, and we will have consultative groups, but really the best way to do it is to get a dozen fans in the room and sit them down and show them the options and say 'make your choice'," Downie said.

Thought this was a funny read in hindsight.

 

[Billy ray]

Zambrero gotta be the worst fast food in the country though let’s be real

 

[Gibbsy]

Apologies for being a bit absent over the last few days. We had two concurrent discussions running, which wasn't great. Locking this thread up for now.