I see your point and with the spelling the way it is, there may be cause to research the meaning rather than jump to conclusions if it was just spelled crew.
Fred Gartrell (@GarFred): I think this is the worst name in pro sports....even worse than the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Now that I think about it, I will ague! Is Pelicans - for a pro sports team - any worse than Raptors? (They're named after dinosaurs; are these pros, or a stickball team?) Worse than Mets (short for Metropolitans), Reds (short for Redlegs), Dodgers (short for Trolleydodgers), Red Sox, White Sox (articles of clothing), Browns (the name of the owner), Bills (because it sounded cute after Buffalo), Redskins (a racial slur?), Packers (meat packers, seriously?), Magic (hocus pocus, we've made the best big men of two generations disappear)? So its a big, clumsy looking bird. What's so intimidating about a Cardinal, Blue Jay, Oriole or a Cub? The advantage all of those names have over Pelicans is that they've been around so long, we're just used to them. But they're all pretty silly. But I still prefer Krewe to Pelicans .
I read a Times Picayune article about how Pelicans looks to be the name, and the author included twitter comments he liked talking about it, and that was one of them Doing a quick search, Fred Gartrell got his MBA at TCU, and works in DFW for Baird, a global financial services firm, where he "provides Investment Guidance and Advice; and assists High Net Worth clients with Reirement Planning. " He describes himself as a: "Financial Planner, father, Proud but pessimistic American, libertarian, wannabe comedian"
Oh, and i love the name Pelicans for a baseball team, but don't like it for the Hornets (I've seen so many better suggestions too). But i dont dislike it as much as Voodoo, which was getting a good bit of support. And its better than the Raptors, Bobcats, and probably some others as well
Some of the names i liked... Admirals Breakers Bombers Carnival Captains Crescents Fever Fog Gamblers Generals Gunners Heartbreakers Heroes Hot Shots Hustlers Jam Kingfish Mosquitos Nightmares Outlaws Po Boys Punishers Rhythm Steamers
Depending on how old you are, you may remember that about 1990, there was a push to move the T'Wolves to New Orleans, but the league blocked it. I was pulling for (if it happened) them to re-name them the Gamblers (it was right about the time they built Harrah's, so there was a tie-in). I even designed a uniform. Red, black and white. The "G" in Gamblers was perfectly circular and had ribs all the way around the edge to simulate the look of a poker chip. The inside of the "A" was like a spade on the card deck. The logo, along with the name, was a king fanned over an ace.
