Nope. The school mascot has always been a white husky until 2013. Sometimes the physical dog has been a Samoyed husky.
Yes, it does, well, provided that there was a focus group consisting of your kids and their friends and the decision was based on that.
It's a weird topic because everyone has a different basis for their opinion. Some people think the old logo was too cartoony, some people think the new logo is too cartoony, or looks too much like clipart.
For me, I think it's always a mistake to give up a unique brand for a generic brand. We were the only team, anywhere, to have an all white husky as a mascot. Getting rid of that unique logo and changing to a generic logo is a mistake from a marketing perspective.
Susan Herbst that she made the decision to change it because "there was no such thing as a white husky". Some people here share that view that is absolutely wrong and tremendously ignorant for her to say that given the fact that we had had white Huskies as mascots for 80 years and she actually replaced a white husky with a generic husky. For the record, from 1935 through 2013 we had an all white husky as our mascot.
Some people say that the old mascot was "too fluffy" or looked like a Samoyed. I'd have to go look it up, but actually, I think our third husky was actually a Samoyed husky. To me, the fluffiness doesn't matter, but I would have no qualms with a shorter haired white husky because that's consistent with the brand we established.
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It's a moot issue though until Dave Benedict retires. For whatever reason he wants a wolf as a mascot and that's why he got caught ripping off NC State's Wolfpack traditions. Or, unless I win, mega millions, in which case I'll put a significant down payment on an on campus stadium contingent upon us going back to a white husky, thus killing two birds with one stone.
I don't have to reread it. I wrote it and I did neither.
Yes, it does, well, provided that there was a focus group consisting of your kids and their friends and the decision was based on that.
It's a weird topic because everyone has a different basis for their opinion. Some people think the old logo was too cartoony, some people think the new logo is too cartoony, or looks too much like clipart.
For me, I think it's always a mistake to give up a unique brand for a generic brand. We were the only team, anywhere, to have an all white husky as a mascot. Getting rid of that unique logo and changing to a generic logo is a mistake from a marketing perspective.
Susan Herbst that she made the decision to change it because "there was no such thing as a white husky". Some people here share that view that is absolutely wrong and tremendously ignorant for her to say that given the fact that we had had white Huskies as mascots for 80 years and she actually replaced a white husky with a generic husky. For the record, from 1935 through 2013 we had an all white husky as our mascot.
Some people say that the old mascot was "too fluffy" or looked like a Samoyed. I'd have to go look it up, but actually, I think our third husky was actually a Samoyed husky. To me, the fluffiness doesn't matter, but I would have no qualms with a shorter haired white husky because that's consistent with the brand we established.
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It's a moot issue though until Dave Benedict retires. For whatever reason he wants a wolf as a mascot and that's why he got caught ripping off NC State's Wolfpack traditions. Or, unless I win, mega millions, in which case I'll put a significant down payment on an on campus stadium contingent upon us going back to a white husky, thus killing two birds with one stone.
Yes, there are pure white huskies and yes, for roughly eight decades our mascot was a white husky. The logos from the 1950's (possibly longer, I only know of logos that go back that far) had been of a pure white dog until the current logo. The logo that you referenced on page two of this thread had an appearance that resembled a stuffed animal far more than it resembled a real dog and it resembled a samoyed far more than it resembled a husky.
He could swing a stick. And a cannon for an arm.
Disco turkeys. Wood bat league.
Agree.
Actually, you did. You were the first person to make a comparison of the husky logos, and and then you double down by making a Samoyed reference. I thought you'd be able to work that out on your own, but I'm glad to help.
I don't disagree with any of this.
Whatever you say.
You're welcome
Yes, it does, well, provided that there was a focus group consisting of your kids and their friends and the decision was based on that.
It's a weird topic because everyone has a different basis for their opinion. Some people think the old logo was too cartoony, some people think the new logo is too cartoony, or looks too much like clipart.
For me, I think it's always a mistake to give up a unique brand for a generic brand. We were the only team, anywhere, to have an all white husky as a mascot. Getting rid of that unique logo and changing to a generic logo is a mistake from a marketing perspective.
Susan Herbst that she made the decision to change it because "there was no such thing as a white husky". Some people here share that view that is absolutely wrong and tremendously ignorant for her to say that given the fact that we had had white Huskies as mascots for 80 years and she actually replaced a white husky with a generic husky. For the record, from 1935 through 2013 we had an all white husky as our mascot.
Some people say that the old mascot was "too fluffy" or looked like a Samoyed. I'd have to go look it up, but actually, I think our third husky was actually a Samoyed husky. To me, the fluffiness doesn't matter, but I would have no qualms with a shorter haired white husky because that's consistent with the brand we established.
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It's a moot issue though until Dave Benedict retires. For whatever reason he wants a wolf as a mascot and that's why he got caught ripping off NC State's Wolfpack traditions. Or, unless I win, mega millions, in which case I'll put a significant down payment on an on campus stadium contingent upon us going back to a white husky, thus killing two birds with one stone.
Doubling down on dumb, with that one. Give arms and legs to a bird with teeth. Looks OK, but it representative of the residents of the home state.
Lol, complaining about abandoning 80 years of the tradition of having a white husky mascot is "somewhat valid"? I guess I agree with that in the same way that Donovan Clingan is "somewhat tall."
I'm happy we went away from the Samoyed logo, our gear used to be goofy looking. Now I always like rocking my Husky hats. We have one of the best logo's in college sports. It was a great marketing move that went hand in hand with an even more dominant run which solidified us as the best men's basketball program in the sport.
No, he wasn't, but then again he got hit by a car shortly into his tenure. Every other mascot from the second through the 2013 was a white husky, or in at least one case a husky Samoyed mix. That's kind of the point.
Well, i'm not sure how much the logo impacts the national championships, but didn't the men's basketball team actually wear the "goofy" white husky logo for those championships?
I recognize signatures for Mike Roger’s, Tommy Abrahamsson, Ron Ryan, Rosaire Paiemont, Danny Arndt, Danny Bolduc, George Lyle. The puck must be from the 1976-1977 season????
