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oldboot

nickname

With the recent speculation that the WFT ( talking NFL a bit here) will be rebranded the "Commanders," I just have to reiterate how very glad I am that we do not have an official nickname of any kind. I can probably count on one hand the number of professional teams in the world that have a nickname that is actually better than just their location or city. I don't want NSC forcing some generic nonsense on us as an identity. I'm glad we can all embrace "nashville," as our identity.

Posted Feb 1, 2022, 6:05 AM UTC

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DarthRen7:Nashville_SC_MLS:•

Up the Coyotes #UpTheYotes

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weburr:Nashville_SC_MLS:•

awwowooeeeowowwoeoeoewweooo

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Zheguez:Soundwave:•

Honestly, it makes me smile and laugh knowing this is the one that's gained traction in the greater fanbase. #uptheyotes

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oldbootOP:nashvillescretro:•

meh

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ScarecrowBoat22:Soundwave:•

Nashville SC fans: “Organic nicknames or nothing!”

Also Nashville SC fans: shut down any organically suggested nickname 🤷‍♂️

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lawvol:Soundwave:•

oldboot has made his opinion known. If he doesn't like it, that's okay.

The beauty of organic nicknames is that it doesn't require 100% buy-in.

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Zheguez:Soundwave:•

I think the problem is that when fans want to share their idea(s) with others, it tends to get shut down. It's true you can call the team whatever you want by yourself but you'd hope that others (or at least some) will accept it too or at the least by fine with it. Getting shut down discourages the creativity of fellow fans to have an endearing way to connect to their team and makes it feel like there is an established way to be a fan of this team which is only about to be in third season of this iteration.

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Zheguez:Soundwave:•

I think the problem is that when fans want to share their idea(s) with others, it tends to get shut down. It's true you can call the team whatever you want by yourself but you'd hope that others (or at least some) will accept it too or at the least by fine with it. Getting shut down discourages the creativity of fellow fans to have an endearing way to connect to their team and makes it feel like there is an established way to be a fan of this team which is only about to be in third season of this iteration.

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Zheguez:Soundwave:•

I think the problem is that when fans want to share their idea(s) with others, it tends to get shut down quite harshly. It's true you can call the team whatever you want by yourself but you'd hope that others (or at least some) will accept it too or at the least by fine with it. Getting shut down discourages the creativity of fellow fans to have an endearing way to connect to their team and makes it feel like there is an established way to be a fan of this team which is only about to be in third season of this iteration.

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Zheguez:Soundwave:•

This is 100% the vibe [ ;) ] within portions of the fanbase.

But in all seriousness, there's always been an aversion to suggested original names within the fanbase because there's always someone who strongly dislikes it enough to be bothered if the name is used by others. Which is funny because there seems to be an unspoken rule that an unofficial "organic" nickname has to be universally accepted by everyone to be supported at all. I say, just let people have fun and call the team whatever they want. Especially now as the fanbase gets bigger and there are more ideas/opinions with less oversight by smaller subgroups.

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oldbootOP:nashvillescretro:•

or mabye individual fans have different opinions? Not to mention, just because there is some sort of "organically suggested," nickname, shouldn't automatically mean its universally accepted. It can still be a bad name

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ScarecrowBoat22:Soundwave:•

I actually agree with your general premise that organic ≠ good. It just seems impossible to make you happy.

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oldbootOP:nashvillescretro:•

I'm easy to please, I love NSC as it is with no nickname.

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