PTI (Wilbon, Kornheiser) Both Love the Change to Hornets

[Proudiddy]

Bear with me, this is a recap...

 

Wilbon said the change shows the franchise is trying to connect to the "good times" in which we sold out every game for 6 consecutive seasons and that we were "Oklahoma City before Oklahoma City."

 

Kornheiser said he was iffy about name changes in general, as in his adopted home of D.C. made the switch from Bullets to Wizards.  He said all of the fans hate the name and think it's generic and are constantly asking their owner, Ted Leonsis, to change the name back to the Bullets. 

 

Wilbon then countered that Kornheiser would be in favor of our switch to the Hornets then, because the Hornets were the original name and harkened to more successful, happier times.  Kornheiser said absolutely and he thinks it's a great move to the Hornets for us.  Both Wilbon and Kornheiser then ended the segment concurring that it's the best move for us and that we're trying to reconnect with the community in a way that the Bobcats couldn't.

 

Kornheiser also said being named the Bobcats was like Jed York buying the Niners and changing their name to the "Jedcats."

 

Wilbon concluded by saying it's a great move and we should have always been the Hornets.

 

[Herbert The Love Bug]

buzz buzz babyy

[Jakob]

[CarolinaNCSU]

Just seeing the impact this decision has made on my Facebook/Twitter feeds from people I didn't think were even fans, it's already a great decision.  Yeah it sucks that these same people (myself included) weren't huge Bobcats supporters, but if even 1/5th of the people posting about the name change stick around to be Hornets fans, it's worth it. 

[Chaos]

 

Damn, can I get some sweaters over dress shirts?  Charlotte in the 80's for you.