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Old 08-15-2022, 05:58 PM   #1
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Default Calgary Surge 2023 Inaugural CEBL Season - (Edmonton Stingers are No Good!)

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Better change their name to the 88s though!

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Old 08-15-2022, 06:16 PM   #2
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Given the seeming detest this city seems to have now for the Olympics I'm guessing that won't be happening haha
But oh heck yes. I've been waiting for a team for 4 years. This is awesome news.
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Old 08-15-2022, 06:40 PM   #3
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This is intriguing.

Went to the Stingers / Real Esteli game in March and thought it was a decent experience. They didn't seem to mind the few of us doing the chanting / drumming thing. Winsport is a great arena although not an optimal location, the sound really popped in there compared to Spruce Meadows. Hope they can get concessions better than they did for that game.

Given they play the same time of year as Cavalry, I'd be casually interested at best in a CEBL club. But I'd still pay attention and probably get the odd tickets / merch.
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And it's official:

https://www.thenighthawks.ca/canadia...ise-to-calgary
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Old 08-17-2022, 06:43 PM   #5
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They'll be changing the team name and colours.




Guess there'll be another western-themed name.... or maybe oil industry related.

I dunno... blue would be a nice change from the local red.

I'd go with Magpies, keeping the same blue/black colours.
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Old 08-17-2022, 07:13 PM   #6
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They'll be changing the team name and colours.

I dunno... blue would be a nice change from the local red.
Paging "This post is terrible"...
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Old 10-18-2022, 01:28 PM   #7
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Team release tomorrow at 9:30am!
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Calgary Surge? Blah.
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Lame...

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I like the video, I’m excited to go to some games.
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Logo is decent, name is terrible.
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Love the logo! I'm not sure the name really fits a hawk but excited to have this team here.
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Would have been nice to have gotten away from red for a Calgary sports team for a change.

Not sure about "Surge."
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I have the urge to SURGE

yeah, I got nothing
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The most generic sounding, never used name ever

They should name their farm team the Thrust
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The logo looks like a Ramen brand.
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Red Serge would be better - Mountie connection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Serge

Will this be much better than Dino’s basketball?
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Will this be much better than Dino’s basketball?



It will be better, abet with some caveats:


On the plus side, it's a summer league, so the level of players is higher than it is in, say, the NBL Canada (winter league down east). This is also one of the reasons that the CEBL can claim a few players who ahve gone onto the G League or NBA...they play in a top league in Europe, then also play in the summer in the CEBL, and have that as a showcase to get them to the next level. The player who was the scoring leader in the CEBL this year is playing in Israel this year, after playing in Iceland and Denmark after finishing college down in the US,
A couple things on the minus side is that the teams often have to come together quickly, so there is for sure more individual play than 'team play'. I find the ball to be at times scrambly, with a ton of three point attempts, and less structured half court play and not much of an inside game.
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