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poop
02-18-2011, 09:17 PM
http://www.yourmascotsucks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Picture-17.png

i mean what the fuck? A BEAR? what does that have to do with rockets??

i mean shit it seems like bears are the default option for mascot for teams that apparently dont know how to depict their team name correctly

JMarkJohns
02-18-2011, 09:19 PM
What happened to Rocketman? He was great. Bear = Pedo = young Asian fetish shit? Weird, regardless.

DMC
02-18-2011, 09:21 PM
Because a rocket would look like a big cock. The Cockets. I can hear it now.

DMC
02-18-2011, 09:21 PM
Nah it's about the name "clutch" as in "clutch city". When you think of clutches, pressure plates, throwout bearings... all that, bears come to mind.

8FOR!3
02-18-2011, 09:26 PM
This thread made me lol.

poop
02-18-2011, 09:52 PM
Nah it's about the name "clutch" as in "clutch city". When you think of clutches, pressure plates, throwout bearings... all that, bears come to mind.

:rollin

Budkin
02-18-2011, 11:32 PM
Because a rocket would look like a big cock. The Cockets. I can hear it now.

:lol

djohn2oo8
02-18-2011, 11:37 PM
Nah it's about the name "clutch" as in "clutch city". When you think of clutches, pressure plates, throwout bearings... all that, bears come to mind.

:lol Clutch has been around for a while now, we used to have turbo

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/7/l_08d42e22262f56db357b32cca8f67dc5.jpg

But some kid got hurt doing a halftime stunt with turbo, and I think thats why they went primarily with the bear

Indazone
02-19-2011, 01:07 AM
Because our logo used to look like this. Expand that Rocketship and you have

http://www.logodesignworks.com/logo-designs/logo-design-h/main/HoustonRockets.gif

Expand that Rockets logo for a mascot and you'd have...

http://saladwithsteve.com/agcar.gif

Yeah, that'd go over real well with the little kids. lol

Hooks
02-19-2011, 01:21 AM
What the fuck is the Lakers' mascot? I can't remember ever seeing it...

usdane
02-19-2011, 02:00 AM
What the fuck is the Lakers' mascot? I can't remember ever seeing it...

http://www.lake-arrowhead-ga.com/resources/2/images/lake-arrowhead-2.jpg

I drought it more like this.

http://image46.webshots.com/47/7/26/42/389372642kEXPGv_fs.jpg

LnGrrrR
02-19-2011, 02:06 AM
:lol Clutch has been around for a while now, we used to have turbo

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/7/l_08d42e22262f56db357b32cca8f67dc5.jpg

But some kid got hurt doing a halftime stunt with turbo, and I think thats why they went primarily with the bear

Holy fuck, you had a Power Ranger for a mascot.

duncan228
02-19-2011, 02:42 AM
What the fuck is the Lakers' mascot? I can't remember ever seeing it...

http://images.hitfix.com/photos/117638/JackNicholsonLakersGame_article_story_main.jpg

Indazone
02-19-2011, 02:48 AM
As far as mascots go...why the hell is the Spurs mascot a Coyote?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-GckXqvg4yg/SkMXPudAyRI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/8TElDoJTMMA/s400/The+Coyote3.jpg

Kai
02-19-2011, 02:54 AM
Dude don't fuck with Clutch. there are plenty of mascots that don't make sense. Phoenix Gorilla? wtf does that have to do with the sun? What about the Philly Phanatic? What the hell is he?

http://zoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/phillie-phanatic1.jpg

Frenzy
02-19-2011, 02:57 AM
As far as mascots go...why the hell is the Spurs mascot a Coyote?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-GckXqvg4yg/SkMXPudAyRI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/8TElDoJTMMA/s400/The+Coyote3.jpg

Cause usually when a Cowboy uses his spur on a horse its to Chase or get away from a coyote


That or coyotes bring Mexicans from across el river.

IronMexican
02-19-2011, 02:58 AM
The Phanatic has since then been replaced for el Hombre Verde.

LILCOOK
02-19-2011, 03:00 AM
it should be elton john the rocket man

LakerHater
02-19-2011, 03:00 AM
As far as mascots go...why the hell is the Spurs mascot a Coyote?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-GckXqvg4yg/SkMXPudAyRI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/8TElDoJTMMA/s400/The+Coyote3.jpg

The Coyote has been the Spurs mascot since 1983.

When the idea of a mascot was pitched to the powers that be; they wanted an armadillo or a cowboy with a big moustache.

They found the guy that they wanted to give the job to, Tim Derk. Being originally from Chicago (but living in San Antonio at the time), he wasn't too familiar with an armadillo and the cowboy figure was too much like the Dallas Cowboys mascot.

Tim loved the Wile E Coyote as a kid. Tim's brother-in-law was a Vice President at Warner Brothers so Tim knew he could work out any trademark issues.

Thus Tim pitched the Coyote, wily, quick and a South Texas mainstay as the Mascot. The powers that be loved it and there you have it.

Tim was the Spurs Coyote from 1983 to 2003. During that time; he was voted the 'Most Valuable Varmint' by the other NBA mascots 13 times. The Spurs hosted the All Star game in 1996 and the Coyote won the Mascot Slam Dunk Contest.

In 2003, Tim suffered a massive, debilitating stroke. For the next several games, NBA mascots across the league wore armbands with "TD" (Tim Derk) written on the armbands as a show of support.

The guy who is now the 'official' Coyote is only the second guy to hold the 'job'. Tim is greatly recovered from his stroke and assists the new Coyote.

djohn2oo8
02-19-2011, 03:03 AM
^ Plus isn't the official bird of San Antonio a roadrunner? It made too much sense for it to be a coyote. And a coyote is much more likely to be found in San Antonio than a bear in Houston

LakerHater
02-19-2011, 03:20 AM
http://www.myrgvsports.net/?c=394&a=2809

djohn2oo8
02-19-2011, 08:48 AM
Because our logo used to look like this. Expand that Rocketship and you have

http://www.logodesignworks.com/logo-designs/logo-design-h/main/HoustonRockets.gif

Expand that Rockets logo for a mascot and you'd have...

http://saladwithsteve.com/agcar.gif

Yeah, that'd go over real well with the little kids. lol

http://bit.ly/hlO2vh

benefactor
02-19-2011, 09:00 AM
because a rocket would look like a big cock. The cockets. I can hear it now.
:lol

DMC
02-19-2011, 11:51 AM
it should be elton john the rocket man
The Rockets suck enough already without having an old, fat homosexual man being wheeled around the court saying, in his British voice.. "Fack you, I'm a rocket man"

The Reckoning
02-19-2011, 11:59 AM
space chimp ftw

TwelveGs210
02-19-2011, 12:02 PM
lmfao @ pic of Jack as the Lakers mascot

poop
02-19-2011, 01:21 PM
they should use an astronaut or something having to do with space

not a fucking gay looking BEAR

UnWantedTheory
02-19-2011, 05:42 PM
it should be elton john the rocket man
5hARDXYz2io

The Reckoning
02-19-2011, 06:39 PM
they should use an astronaut or something having to do with space

not a fucking gay looking BEAR


space chimp ftw

Seventyniner
02-19-2011, 11:06 PM
Think about it. Calvin Murphy had about 17 illegitimate children. That leads to Pedobear, which leads to the current mascot.