Comments on: The more things change…. UPDATED

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:13:45 +0000

To Jayme,

If the baseball is good, we’ll go, but I won’t be buying any T-shirts.

Marketing 101 lesson: design a logo the fans can identify with.

If I want an “OTTAWA” T-shirt I’ll just go downtown and purchase a
generic OTTAWA T-shirt at a local hotel along with a quart of maple
syrup and a stuffed Mountie.

By: King

King — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:49:40 +0000

Jayme I agree, short and sweet and right to the point.You can have some fun with the Z .Can I have a Z burger cooked by a Z chef while I watch one of the new flat screen tv’s ? Go Z ’s Go

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:44:53 +0000

Jayme, I didn’t hear anybody say they are not supporting the team, I hear passionate fans not bandwagon jumpers. The logo stinks and the name stinks and I have been cringing at the ‘z’ everytime I see it too but I will support this team.

By: Jayme Reid

Jayme Reid — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:23:25 +0000

If some of you are not going to support this team because of the name and logo.Then to be honest your not fans at all.

By: FDR_Cubs

FDR_Cubs — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:47:18 +0000

OK, now I am over the shock.

Come to think of it, a logo is appreciated by it’s history and accomplishments. Take the Montreal Canadiens’ logo… It is nothing more than a red toilette seat with a big white “H” in the middle. But what a history! Habs’ fans wear it with pride.

Spelling mistakes? How about the Toronto Maple Leafs (shouldn’t the correct spelling be Leaves?) or the Boston red Sox (shouldn’t it be socks?). One thing for sure, searching the web for “Rapidz” will make it alot easier to get news about the team than searching for Rapids or Rapides where you get thousands of irrelevant articles.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:02:09 +0000

I really liked the original logo and team colours. Adding the “z” to the end of the name really cheeses it up as well. Sounds like some urban slang pitch circa the late 1990’s. I agree, definitely a step back as far as marketing goes. Classy to cheesy and the season hasn’t even begun.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:09:39 +0000

Rapidz? How stupidz!!!

New name, logo have killed a lot of my enthusiazm for this new venture.

How long did it take to think up thiz logo?

Bad,bad idea.

By: jayme

jayme — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:17:40 +0000

Tao
I am not sure how old you are.But there has been much worse thing in sports then this.

By: Tao of Stieb

Tao of Stieb — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:14:32 +0000

Wow. That’s just about the most stupid thing we’ve ever seen in our life.

Awful. Pathetic.

Is it wrong to call this “bush league”?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:07:17 +0000

Terrible. Terrible logo. Looks like house league uniforms from 1978. I HATE how every team ever to play in Canada just has to add a maple leaf. The blue logo with the water looked really professional, I hope this is a joke. The blue also tied in with the stadium. The “Z” is just kind of dumb, and an idea that’s out of vogue, but come on, really? I’ll be there, I love baseball, but how do you go from a professionally designed, good looking logo to this? I looked forward to outfitting the family in the “splashy” blue garb, but honestly, not this crap.