New Husky Logo?

[upstater]

Don't know how I feel changing a logo that's associated with 3 National Championships and 4 Final Fours. It may not look intimidating, but who needs it to with our program's history the past 2 decades.

Exactly.

 

[Matt (Chicago)]

A change is needed. the current logo looks terrible!

That's a nice avatar you have there...

 

[bmayuc]

you didn't hear? they're giving Johnathan an AK-47.

Can someone please magically photoshop this. I gotta say I am terrified this will look like terrible clip art mascot. But lets give it a shot.

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[ktuck911]

I was once bitten by a husky as a kid. Not a good time.

I vote for your avatar to be the re-brand logo bro...

 

[huskyfan224]

Are they planning on making the same logo for all sports teams? If so, I don't mind it because I think the football "C" is atrocious. I like the intertwining "uc" for basketball as well as the Jonathan logo currently. If Nike makes it look good like the Washington one then it won't be bad at all. I'm with the people who hope it isn't like the Minnesota T'Wolves too.

 

[61cygni]

The "American Werewolf in London" look might just be the way to go.

How about a German Werewolf in Storrs?

 

[zls44]

Jesus, can we see the logo before everyone gets mad about it? Good Lord...

 

[John]

Jesus, can we see the logo before everyone gets mad about it? Good Lord...

This board is rife with Logoists practicing the worst type of logoism. It's disgusting.

 

[RoderickSpode]

This is what I fear will happen:

I never noticed how much Pitt's logo looks like a steaming pile.

 

[Scot-e]

It is a VERY BAD idea to be changing our branding right now, considering we had our conference rug ripped out from underneath us. Now is the time for maintaing some sort of tradition - in a few years when we finally learn whether we are permantently (pardon my French) ducked or not, then we can start tinkering with our branding.

IMHO I am thinking just the opposite. Now is the time to put something in place so when we land- we have our "new" look for many years to come. New conference- new coach- new quest for NCs- why not get something in place? Most people outside of diehard UCONN fans do not pay any attention to this sort of thing anyway- people will notice but it will not have any type of impact outside of the UCONN horde.

 

[ghostmutt]

Or this:

The level of "SQUEE!" on display here could melt what's left of the polar ice caps.

If this was UConn's logo/mascot, they should record some teenage girls shrieking hysterically at a One Direction concert and just play that sound as the team charges out of the tunnel to confuse and disorient the opposition.

 

[upstater]

IMHO I am thinking just the opposite. Now is the time to put something in place so when we land- we have our "new" look for many years to come. New conference- new coach- new quest for NCs- why not get something in place? Most people outside of diehard UCONN fans do not pay any attention to this sort of thing anyway- people will notice but it will not have any type of impact outside of the UCONN horde.

I think they do notice it. When the Husky logo appeared next to Duke's name on ESPN's bracketology recently, the response on twitter was immediate from fans all over the USA. The Duke Huskies get a 1 seed!

Everyone knows that Husky logo. You don't need to say UConn. I bet if they saw say Washington's dog they wouldn't know.

 

[Huskies0514]

IMHO I am thinking just the opposite. Now is the time to put something in place so when we land- we have our "new" look for many years to come. New conference- new coach- new quest for NCs- why not get something in place? Most people outside of diehard UCONN fans do not pay any attention to this sort of thing anyway- people will notice but it will not have any type of impact outside of the UCONN horde.

I agree about rebranding for our new conference, coach, and quest. But that fact is that we already have had great success with the old logo. If we were Pittsburgh or something than yeah, definitely freshen it up.

Not to mention, didn't they change the logo like 15 years ago anyways? That old school Husky is classic 90s to me.

 

[swami7774]

you read some of those comments? lol

Yeah, the "violence" comments are a hoot. Those are the type of people who favor suspending a kid because he shaped a Pop Tart into a pistol. http://reason.com/blog/2013/03/01/pop-tart-pistol-7-year-old-gets-suspende

 

[swami7774]

No not angry enough...

The yellow eyes indicate jaundice. Drop this one.

 

[upstater]

Yeah, the "violence" comments are a hoot. Those are the type of people who favor suspending a kid because he shaped a Pop Tart into a pistol. http://reason.com/blog/2013/03/01/pop-tart-pistol-7-year-old-gets-suspende

Those are invariably BC fans wanting to make UConn look bad.

 

[Kitaman]

Logo's fine, Johnathan should go:

 

[uconnbill]

Logo's fine, Johnathan should go:

That's a mascot I could get behind

 

[Afroabe224]

I wouldn't go that far. I actually think the new Oregon State logo is cleverly designed. No one has a logo that looks like the new Oregon Ducks logo either. Too bad the days of having logos designed by independent firms are disappearing.

I actually don't have a problem with the Oregon State Beaver, it is streamlined but someone like me who lives 2000 miles from Pac 12 country I can still recognize that beaver as Oregon State. If they do something like that with Jonathan it will be fine. As long as west coast people who don't know much about UConn can associate the "mean" husky with our current husky it will be fine. I am just concerned that Nike makes "molds" in its design process (look at all the bball jerseys: Duke, UConn, MSU, UNC, Ohio st.) and our new husky will look too much like the new beaver and whatever other schools Nike is branding with.

 

[GlastonTim]

This one's not bad

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[PRHusky]

This one's not bad

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That's not bad but, unlike UW, N. Illinois and Northeastern, our husky is the "all-white" version.

 

[FluxTZ]

As I wrote in a the similar thread on the football board, I wouldn't be surprised if the new Jonathan is facing straight forward as opposed to looking off to the side/distance with a "profile" shot. It would certainly make it easier to convey aggression in a more complete manner.

 

[amory]

We're transitioning to I-AA so damn fast. Unbelievably fast.

 

[GlastonTim]

forward facing

 

[GlastonTim]

I don't remember this one. Pitiful.

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