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jayswin · 02-01-2020, 08:29 PM

I'm confused. Was "We the North" meant to replace "The Raptors" for awhile? That doesn't make sense to me. The we the north thing was very successful, but I never saw it reported as replacing a lame team name, and the team name always seemed to be present.

During all the success of that slogan, the team was always referred to as the Raptors and it was Raptors jerseys selling really well during that time as well. Everyone I knew referred to them as the Raptors and loved the name, brand and jerseys.

I had never once heard that the team name and the slogan were mutually exclusive and they decided to abandon the team name in favour of the slogan. And again, it's my understanding that the team and brand (Raptors) were very popular during the Demar DeRozan years.

02-01-2020, 08:29 PM	#257
jayswin Celebrated Square Root Day Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	I'm confused. Was "We the North" meant to replace "The Raptors" for awhile? That doesn't make sense to me. The we the north thing was very successful, but I never saw it reported as replacing a lame team name, and the team name always seemed to be present. During all the success of that slogan, the team was always referred to as the Raptors and it was Raptors jerseys selling really well during that time as well. Everyone I knew referred to them as the Raptors and loved the name, brand and jerseys. I had never once heard that the team name and the slogan were mutually exclusive and they decided to abandon the team name in favour of the slogan. And again, it's my understanding that the team and brand (Raptors) were very popular during the Demar DeRozan years.