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Which name do you prefer for our team?

Which name do you prefer for our team?

  • Utah Jazz

  • Utah Mountain

  • Utah Wasatch

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jazznik said:
It's just a name and a rather silly one. Nobody really listens to jazz anymore, it has nothing to do with basketball, sport or any idea of competition. This name is hard to graphically represent on the uniforms and merchandize, it is awkward to call the players "jazzmen". Compare it to the iconic bull of the Chicago Bulls - there is no contest whose name is cooler in any conceivable way.

If they change the name you all will whine for a year, totally get used to it after 2-3 years and 5 years later only few old men shouting at clouds will remember and care.
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People definitely still listen to Jazz and it's highly influential on popular music today. Are you 12 years old?
 
The subject itself is kind of interesting.
I believe fans in and out of Utah will still go for the team if the team is successful, no matter the name.
And I believe if the team continues the uncomprehensible path it's been walking lately, fans will falter in spite of the Jazz name.
All that said, some empiric data would be nice.... anyone knows if there are any stats regarding fandom impact for the Washington Commanders or Capitals?
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
People definitely still listen to Jazz and it's highly influential on popular music today. Are you 12 years old?
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People still listen to opera too, all of those three old guys in New York and San Francisco. So what? How many of the under 30 crowd listen to jazz? 1%? Jazz is part of an old geezer generation even in the USA and it is even worse in other countries. It is something the overwhelming majority of young(ish) people have no emotional connection with. This name is really, really bad long-term. And, as I said, it is really hard to market for merch.

And that's OK, the world is changing and we don't have to have our teams named the Utah Halberdiers or the Chicago Gentry. The names should be cool and attractive to new generations of fans, don't you agree?

And, anyway, the name "Jazz" is not associated with any past glory. Rather, it is firmly tied to probably the most universally disliked NBA player, Karl Malone. A clear break would be awkward at first but clearly beneficial in the long run.
 
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jazznik said:
People still listen to opera too, all of those three old guys in New York and San Francisco. So what? How many of the under 30 crowd listen to jazz? 1%? Jazz is part of an old geezer generation even in the USA and it is even worse in other countries. It is something the overwhelming majority of young(ish) people have no emotional connection with. This name is really, really bad long-term. And, as I said, it is really hard to market for merch.

And that's OK, the world is changing and we don't have to have our teams named the Utah Halberdiers or the Chicago Gentry. The names should be cool and attractive to new generations of fans, don't you agree?

And, anyway, the name "Jazz" is not associated with any past glory. Rather, it is firmly tied to probably the most universally disliked NBA player, Karl Malone. A clear break would be awkward at first but clearly beneficial in the long run.
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Jazz music is the the zenith and The Mailman is a god to anyone who knows **** about basketball. You need to rethink your life.
 
Hopefully I didn't skim past it, but did I miss something about Ryan wanting to change the team name?

I'm pretty pessimistic about the upcoming NHL team name so I sure as hell don't want to roll the dice on Ryan renaming the Jazz.
 
jazznik said:
People still listen to opera too, all of those three old guys in New York and San Francisco. So what? How many of the under 30 crowd listen to jazz? 1%? Jazz is part of an old geezer generation even in the USA and it is even worse in other countries. It is something the overwhelming majority of young(ish) people have no emotional connection with. This name is really, really bad long-term. And, as I said, it is really hard to market for merch.
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People get excited about celtics in Boston? People really love wearing their knickerbockers in New York? The Philadelphia under 30 crowd is really into 1776? People in Brooklyn like nets... maybe we like shoe laces? You could've made an argument for guns and bullets in DC but no, we get Wizards (Ryan was behind that rebrand, BTW). The pelicans? Suns? Nuggets? Trail blazing really gets the blood pumping for those in Portland?
 
Sardines said:
Hopefully I didn't skim past it, but did I miss something about Ryan wanting to change the team name?

I'm pretty pessimistic about the upcoming NHL team name so I sure as hell don't want to roll the dice on Ryan renaming the Jazz.
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The discussion was opened in very non-reassuring terms from Ryan.

Rebrand?

Lol I was just about to make a post saying that the internet seems to love these. The white ones especially I've seen called maybe the best jersey in the league now. o_O Gosh someone push the red button already.
jazzfanz.com jazzfanz.com
 
GG Jazz Cabbage said:
good point but these last ones all make sense
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They definitely make sense but the only reason they sound okay is because we grew up with them and they’re normalized. They’d sound pretty stupid if we hadn’t heard them before and they were new expansion teams.
 
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