Mentzinger wrote:

Florida Colonial wrote:

Lets me make this clear. I would have just kept Colonials. But lets be honest Colonials wasn't this great moniker. 

But we're not keeping it so lets move on!!

For all the complaining on here I'm not sure I have seen any recommendations that are not on the list. So how about we stop complaining, especially if you dont have any better ideas. If you had better ideas maybe you should have engaged with GW with all those great ideas.  

Do I love most of our choices NO! Revolutionaries is fine. We can go by Revs.
 
I really think all the hate for the choices is not so much that all of them are terrible (yes some definitely are) its that most people on here just don't want the change because its what we are used to.

I'll cheer for GW no matter what and will give to the program no matter what.  I'll also support the new name.  
Take a deep breath and just consider what is going on in the world at the moment and just enjoy supporting GW.

This is a board for discussion of the team all of us have known all our lives as the Colonials. It's perfectly appropriate to discuss and criticize and worry about this here, given the admin and AD have shown a severe, tone deaf lack of acuity when it comes to the school's flagship program (and, well, the university in general). I think you can do this while still being concerned about war in Europe, the inverted yield curve and the ongoing fascist US government takeover.

  Mentz has a very good point here. Let's talk about other teams and all the stuff we talk about and ignore a very central issue related to our own sports and university program.
    And perhaps the students and those in the faculty pushing this should have had different priorities,like what is happening in Washington and around the globe, whatever their beliefs. We're spending millions on stupidity while the university lays off janitors and other working people. What a great social justice priority, if that's their concern. Also, a history/English course taught might clear up the understanding. Colonials isn't a great sports name, but it shouldn't be retired because some students, half of whom probably won't even graduate from GW, don't understand a very simple language concept.
    Having said that, since this idiot train is already going down the tracks, actually Revolution is a good idea. It sounds cool and players could be Revolutionaries. 
   D.C. Native's suggestion improves the name.
   Now, historically, unless we make it clear that it is the American Revolution, the Revolutionary thing is a mixed bag,to say the least. But that dichotomy is lost on people who don't understand the different between Colonials and
Colonialism. So, maybe Revolution is the best choice in an unpalatable situation fostered on us by people who probably shouldn't be in an academic or any other learning environment.
    But for some reason, the process is being rushed and don't think new ideas are being accepted. Imagine also some people on the board made reasonable suggestions that were rejected or never considered.
  After all,we only bleed Buff and Blue, many actually graduated from GW and many people here contribute
money and/or volunteer resources to the university. So we count less, of course, than a sophomoric actual sophomore who will transfer out of GW next year.

     
 

Last edited by jf (2/17/2023 12:11 pm)

This Twitter thread has explanations on some of the names - apparently a survey emailed to select students

https://twitter.com/rothsteinabe/status/1626349754354479108?s=46&t=uLINzIkLfjD4NKVaZ9JYIQ

Oh, I guess Orange is a reference to the Netherlands since they colonized the area, not the Protestant Irish thing. See, it’s just a name!

Steve Urkel wrote:

This Twitter thread has explanations on some of the names - apparently a survey emailed to select students

https://twitter.com/rothsteinabe/status/1626349754354479108?s=46&t=uLINzIkLfjD4NKVaZ9JYIQ

I am going to go out on a limb and guess that the appointed branding agency came up with these definitions and explanations of the various nicknames.  Perhaps in honor of this, we can consider one more nickname:

The George Washington Spendthrifts.

 

Almost gave a 1 for Revolutionaries. But they all rated a zero. George Washington Rebels actually sounds a lot better. But that would also be frowned upon because of the 1860 Rebels, unlike the 1776 Rebels. Like I said before, it probably took a long time to come up with Colonials in the first place. Better than Hatchets.

Free Quebec wrote:

What a disgrace. These names suck. All of them.

I agree we will wind up with revolutionaries, which is boring and unoriginal.

As usual the administration has botched this from the start, and embarrassed all of us who try to rep our GW fandom.

I don't agree that the name change is a good idea, but I'd say calling the choices a disgrace is just not nice. The university is doing their best.  I can't see any other option other than being supportive.  I think we should get on board or get off the train.

Oxford languages second meaning for “fog”

“something that obscures and confuses a situation or someone's thought processes”

Based on that, Blue Fog should be the winner because  it most accurately describes this whole process. Every time I read about the moniker change, I get ticked off.

With these choices, how can we possibly say that the university is doing their best? Obviously, they never consulted anyone over 40 in this process. The GW Fireworks. Gimme a break! 

porter71 wrote:

I agree whole heartedly with everyone here about the names being terrible.  I’ve been complaining since day one that if you can’t use Colonials because of potential misinterpretation, there is no way that you can use Revolutionaries.  The rest of the names are awful, with the exception of Sentinels, but I’m not really sure how that fits the university.

I feel like the school is missing the really obvious choice.  Just be the “Buff and Blue” and be done with it.  It’s already associated with the University, is tied to George Washington and his army and is even in the fight song.  The name gives continuity and is tied to tradition.  Should make more people happy than picking something that some marketing firm selected.

This is the answer

It was an email sent by the school or The Hatchet.