The president's trophy team was already set when the slug logo was forcefed to them and us.
So they had success to a point, but no CUP. Just a choke.
And wearing the slug logo has been a downward spiral ever since, it's bad luck and embarrassing.
Anyway you look at iit, that stupid yellow cartoon represents us now, and that's what we look like,
yellow cartoon slugs!

I like how your avatar looks. With the old crest on the new jersey. That's really sharp.

I swear, I'm one of the only people around here who actually LIKE our logo....

no me 2 ..iv taken a liking to it .. i mean its not THAT bad

I like the logo as well. It was a big change when I first saw it, but it really grew on me.

thats exactly it

I think it's rediculous. Consistantly voted the worst logo in sports.

Last year we looked good while looking silly- this year we look like crap while looking like crap.

Sorry, it really *is* that bad. Do you know what the other NHL fans' nickname is for us? The Slugs

I don't mind the logo either. I think people were just so set on seeing the old logo come back that the current logo was like "WOAH! WTF?!" Definitely grew on me though

And to the worst logo EVER...I'd have to say either the 1902-1953 St. Louis Browns logo or the 1901 to 1954 Philadelphia Athletics logo, both of major league baseball

http://www.sportslogos.net/league.php?id=53
scroll down near the bottom to see them.

Lmfao, and since when do we care what other fans think of our teams?

Our logo is fine.

What is your take on the real thing?



The problem is not even other teams' fans have to say about the Sabres...it's the division created and mockery generated by our own fans...

And hometown newspapers...as famously shown below:

Indeed you are. Please take your meds at once.

I care about being the laughing stock of the league.

If I had made the slug in my design classes at Buff State, I would have been laughed out of the room. It is a very poor design. No thought, no originality.

I like it too, but it took awhile. Before I thought it looked like a giant booger.

Edited:

It's yellow
It's missing legs
It's one horn isn't white

And most of all it's a slug!

The title of the thread brings up a good point. Last year they couldn't wait to tell us how well Sabres jersey's sold (including classic jersey sales in with the Banana Slug sales to inflate its perceived acceptance by fans). Well, how about a follow up Quinn?

How are the slimiest logos in sports selling this year?

I like the logo, though I know that I am in the minority. If it changes, I'll be okay with it, since it will probably mean the majority of fans will be happy(er).

Apparently management does,
since they test marketed the Slug
outside the area.......
They also want to sell as much merchandise as possible,
and since Buffalo is a small market
The team must try to appeal
to those outside the WNY area

That is exactly it...I emailed NHL shop in Oct 07, exactly one year later after the NHL was lamenting about how well the Sabres gear was selling and the representive said "that information is not available".

Chalk it up to the RBK Edge debacle and a decline in the Sabres success this season and we see the true colors. Is pee a color?

I feel that if you need time to grow to get used to it and if even then your feelings remain lukewarm at best for the logo, then that is a sign of fan complacency and still an overall failure of the design. It was a missed opportunity, the design should have popped for the majority of fans and we could have had a majority embrace of the new identity. But that didn't happen and it will never happen.

I remember people still going after the vintage Sabres jerseys growing up...even during the bad times like when Darren Puppa was a revolving door of a goaltender and when Jacques Cloutier needed a step ladder to reach his water bottle on the back of the net. Between the handfull of people who actually like the logo, the ones who could care less, the ones who got used to it but don't like it, and the ones who hate it, it simply do not grant it that iconic staying power of some of the classic NHL teams' logos...I felt like our vintage logo could fit in that category. It is a look (even if the team is hated) that was widely respected by the league and its fans.

All the Sabres are doing now is riding that lucky cash grab of a year in sales for all they can before the fans come to their senses.

If the managing partner was smart (which is a coin toss) he would cleverly make the vintage logo and its uniform as our primary identity in 2008-2009 and say that was the plan all along...

Just like when we got furious and threw 15 games worth of vintage eye candy at us last season. He actually did a good job of quieting down the mob and then all was forgiven when the team started 10-0 and we put on the rose colored glasses.

As important as the logo is for our future sucess, what about the most heartless team in hockey with a hee haw coach that cannot reach the finals with one of the most talented teams in the league last year? The problem is that Lindsy did not understand that offensive flash = Playoff flameout. You not only have to have speed but toughness. Getting rid of Briere was a no brainer, he will show his mediocrity again in the playoffs for Philly. Keeping Vanek was a joke (althoug this was Duncy's doing). Lindsy continues to try to win with speed and no heart, that will never get it done, and when the talent goes away, all you are left with is the pile of garbage we see on the ice night after night!!!!

This is supposed to be about the Slug,
and Buffalo's uniforms


BUT
since you brought up Lindy Ruff
and his love of speed and offense...
I just want to remind you
that until 2 seasons ago
the knock on Ruff was
that he was too much
of a defensive minded coach.

I'd rather worry about the people in the jerseys. Not the material it self. Jerseys change constantly throughout sports. Just wait another 6-10 years.

Losing Drury and Briere last summer and what the heck...Brian Campbell too, kind of tells me that Sabres management does not put a premium on jerseys or personnel.

Jerseys and logos usually last longer than players...

If you don't like a player,
fear not he'll be gone soon enough,

Plus
that player isn't on the ice all the time.

Now the ugly crest
is always on the ice,
and unfortunately
will be here a while
(I hope I'm wrong)

ALSO
In the era of free agency
players no longer represent the city,
but our sweater and emblem does.

I don't exactly *like* the logo... I just don't really hate it anymore...

So would you agree it could be better?

Hopefully a majority hate/indifference toward the logo will further dull sales and allow for the slug's exit.

Newsflash, you're the pile of garbage.

I like the jerseys, and don't mind the slug. We could look like Edmonton, with glorified practice jerseys as our duds. Or maybe you'd prefer to be the baskeball jerseys of Dallas.

BTW, I don't have a link, but the slug is still selling, there was a merchandise report that came out earlier in the year, once again we were near the top of the list.

I seriously can't believe you have nothing better to do than sit here and wail on about the logo.

.... You're serious? So do you support going back to our old logo? Would that be original?

Whatever, I'm clearly in the minority here .

I'll keep supporting our logo, and you'll keep bashing it. Regardless, it's not going anywhere anytime soon.

http://sabresnotslugs.blogspot.com/2008/04...ole-lot-of.html

And you are doing what?

I'm totally serious. The old logo is classic, it shows both the city and the nickname in one shot. This one is a stylized "buffalo" with no legs.

If I had the money I'd go out there right now and buy a Kaleta jersey. I don't care about the slug, I don't care that they aren't winning. It's my team. If I could, I'd take a bus to south campus, take the train to HSBC, and buy a jersey from there right now. However I have no money, so that's out of the question.

You might be broke, but at least you got dreams, ambition, and are full of piss and vinegar man!

I like it, and I've accepted it as our logo for a long time.

the news has been saying recently that business sales are down. hurting local businesses more than golisano and quinn however.

yeah same here.

Last I heard we had 3 of the top 10 selling jerseys. And aparently Max is a defenseman per Gary Bettman...

and we won how many cups with any other jersey we had? get real man

people obviously like the jersey because most of the people in the arena has it, or something with the slug logo on it

i love the sabres no matter what jersey they wear.

I have not spent one penny on a Slug item and probably never will. I will wear it if it is given to me for free. I live in California and get mistaken for a San Diego Charger fan all the time. The logo just plain sucks but some people out there are drinking the Kool-Aid.

If anyone is mistaking you for a chargers fan because of Sabres gear, then they belong in a mental institution.

I posted it in the other thread and I'll post it here: Of course sales have been down, you can't top last year, the major reason why sales were so high was because it was new and everyone had to go out and get the new stuff. The first year of a change always brings in the highest sales, especially one that saw not only the logo but the colors change as well. It's simple economics, but guess what IT's STILL SELLING. I was in the Sabres store yesterday and there were people popping in and out and this is April after we MISSED the playoffs.