Teams and Their Names

San Diego Chargers. Memphis Grizzlies. Minnesota Wild. Houston Texans. What the hell is a charger and in how does it relate to SD? Are there really many grizzlies in Memphis? Wild... come on, with a bunch of millionaires sitting around, a better name couldn't come up? Like Wolverines or something ferocious or at least something related to hockey like Slapshots, Brawlers, or Broken Teeth or some bullcrap. What the hell is a Wild? Why name your team after an adjective? And Texans have seriously got to be joking. Of all the crap that comes out of Texas, you couldn't do something with Bandits and Outlaws and Sherrifs or Horses and Mustangs or oil or any of those old western refrences?

When fans see teams, they want to be able to be proud of something, they want to be able to associate. To be able to keep a random (and often times ridiculous) team name, you must at least be successful and thus recognizable by the name more than the city. So the Lakers(YEA WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPS) and Canadiens can stay, but a lot of teams really need to rethink some things.

I know many teams move around, and have thus kept the names they started with, but in all reality, what's the point of that? From what I know LA doesn't have too many clippers and isn't known really as a sailing town , so why name a team after something that really doesn't exist in the proximity? If the moving team was actually good, like if the Celtics moved to Detroit or like how the Lakers came to LA, then by all means keep strong with past success. But Utah Jazz and New Orleans Hornets? Please switch, or at least give New Orleans its name back. Neither of you have won anything big, so come on, stop confusing little kids and convincing them that Utah is much more upbeat than it really is. Have a name that makes more sense.

New Jersey Nets and Washington Capitals? Seriously, you couldn't think of ANYTHING else? And the Reds and Browns... Cincinnati and Cleveland have nothing more to offer than a freaking color? What the hell. I understand names of fictional beings or animals, though it seems out of laziness more than anything. Just because of the alliteration of Washington Wizards and Seattle Seahawks rolls off your tongue, it doesn't mean its cool.

And what exactly is a Phillie? Thats kinda cheap... like Having the Minnesota Minnies or Cincinnati Cincis.

So to all the franchises and any new possible ones to come please give more thought to a name, because to fans its so much more than just a word. As any diehard knows, a team can become a way of life. Give the fans something they can be proud of.