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The Connecticut "Fail!" - aka the Connecticut Whale

MMcG

MMcG

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Dec 10, 2002
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So recently former Hartford Whalers owner Howard Baldwin came back to town and worked diligently to buy and gain control of our AHL franchise - formerly known as the Hartford Wolfpack.

The end result became the lame-ass named Connecticut Whale (instead of Whalers - still nobody is 100 percent sure what the deal is as to why they didn't just go with Whalers again) - but Whale is super lame IMHO.

Then we get a rush job on the new Whale Jerseys with a new - lame-ass logo.



Uncanny resemblence to the old Springfield Indians Logo anyone? ;)



And these rush job - non-Reebok "third" jerseys - green = not bad, but the wavy stripes are wicked lame.



I guess Reebok couldn't deliver the real jerseys on time so the Whale wore these first.

Now I wish Reebok was never ever ever able to deliver on time, because to find out the new real Whale uniforms look like this abomination of colors with that cheesball logo on the front. WTF!





Who the hell was behind these things? What happened to the green? What's the deal with the baby blue? Who the hell thought of the "wavy stripes" and why are the pants trimmed in green yet the socks and jerseys aren't except for the lame ass logo.

This has Connecticut "FAIL" written all over it.

Then I found out about this - check this guy's blog out.

http://johnsonscott.blogspot.com/2011/01/whale-of-tale.html

Looks like the Baldwins did a little bit of "borrowing" from this guy and gave him absolutely no credit or reimbursement for his efforts. Unbelievably bad form.

Connecticut Fail Indeed!
 
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I Are Baboon

I Are Baboon

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Aug 6, 2001
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I know his ultimate goal is to bring an NHL team back to Hartford and I'd love to see that, but this state is too bandwagon to support its own pro team. The Whalers had a few good years and sold out every night. As soon as the team turned to crap, people stopped going. The same thing will happen if/when UConn hoops (both men and women) go into the tank.

Wife and I will buy season tickets if an NHL team returns. But this Whale thing is lame and pathetic.
 
MMcG

MMcG

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I can see these as one-offs/special game things but these are the final product.

It is hard to describe if you aren't close to the scene, but the Baldwins came back with a lot of promises and rhetoric, but they seem to have much more selfish goals IMHO.

Plus I'm just in a pissed-off mood so it was a good way to vent about something.
 
jdcamb

jdcamb

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I have always wondered about the name? Whalers implies by the coast. Maybe Providence or New Haven Whalers. But Hartford is landlocked, so that whole Whalers name is stupid, even when they were a NHL team. Had they picked a better name you might still have a team. Hamilton will get a team before Hartford does....
 
I Are Baboon

I Are Baboon

The Full Dopey
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jdcamb said:
I have always wondered about the name? Whalers implies by the coast. Maybe Providence or New Haven Whalers. But Hartford is landlocked, so that whole Whalers name is stupid, even when they were a NHL team. Had they picked a better name you might still have a team. Hamilton will get a team before Hartford does....
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The Connecticut River goes right through Hartford. Maybe there are whales in the river, to go along with the raw sewage.
 
tonyhawk

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There is one positive about the whole mess. They play "Brass Bonanza" after the WhalePack score. :thumb:
 
Westy

Westy

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I Are Baboon said:
The Connecticut River goes right through Hartford. Maybe there are whales in the river, to go along with the raw sewage.
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All you need is one whale, the team isn't "the whales" but the whale. Probably a very specific whale. I like it, it is more of a team concept. They are not a group of whales but all together as a team make up one whale.
 
OGRipper

OGRipper

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jdcamb said:
I have always wondered about the name? Whalers implies by the coast. Maybe Providence or New Haven Whalers. But Hartford is landlocked, so that whole Whalers name is stupid, even when they were a NHL team. Had they picked a better name you might still have a team. Hamilton will get a team before Hartford does....
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I grew up playing hockey in CT, this was my local team. It was originally the "New England Whalers", and it changed over to Hartford at some point.



I say bring back this logo:

 
nyhc00

nyhc00

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I recently tried Whaler Ale which is a fairly inexpensive and not to bad tasting beer. Aren't the Whale playing an outdoor game vs Providence Bruins next month at Renstchler Field?
 
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