Halifax Blue Sox makes my teeth grind : Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:48 pm  

Just looking through some old articles on the main club site and the mere mention of `blue sox` makes my blood boil. Why did we ever allow this to happen? The people or persons responsible (they know who they are) should be ashamed of themselves. I can remember it now...those hoardes of fans we had that were alienated over night through the sheer embarrassment of the name. Wasnt there a competition for the name and i think Halifax Flyers won and the un named idiot came up with Blue so........aarrgghh!!!!

What do you all think or remember about it?

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:31 pm  

Yes. Old news. Lets move on.

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:35 pm  

I remember a "fans forum" up at Greetland, I asked Nigel Wood why he decided the name Bluesox, he answered by talking "corporate Bulls**t", as an answer

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:46 pm  

It might well be old news but this is a forum and some of us are new to it... be nice!!

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:48 pm  

jeffvickers wrote:

I remember a "fans forum" up at Greetland, I asked Nigel Wood why he decided the name Bluesox, he answered by talking "corporate Bulls**t", as an answer

I had a similar response when I interviewed him for a college project, he got a strop on when I asked him what exactly Sox meant and why did the club choose such an unmarketable name.

: Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:50 am  

faxlad66 wrote:

It might well be old news but this is a forum and some of us are new to it... be nice!!

I loved the name so much I got the logo tattoo-ed on my leg

: Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:57 am  

id prefer if we were still blue sox i loved it

: Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:46 am  

The name had 'some' logic, it just doesn't work as it was the wrong sport in the wrong country.

: Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:11 am  

Leon Ashton wrote:

:lol: I had a similar response when I interviewed him for a college project, he got a strop on when I asked him what exactly Sox meant and why did the club choose such an unmarketable name.

I interviewed him for similar reasons....just as the name had been chosen....still got the tape somewhere.

A transcript could be good reading!

: Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:36 am  

Haighy wrote:

The name had 'some' logic, it just doesn't work as it was the wrong sport in the wrong country.

What do you think was logical about it? I couldn't see any logic in it whatsoever