Friday
Aug082008
IHA Poll: Houston Comets
26 Comments
Cast your vote and leave a comment about your decision. If you chose a non-finalist, tell us which one. Then tell all your friends to drop in and vote! The more voices heard, the more accurate the results!
Starts Fri Aug 8
Ends Mon Aug 11
Below are a handful of the logos that were submitted but not selected as finalists. If you think one of these should be the Houston Comets logo, select "non-finalist" in the poll and tell us your pick in the comments.
Reader Comments (26)
Don't vote for option 3! It looks like a basketball going through a hoop! :)
If it was a basketball, wouldn't the hoop be more vertical? Also, I don't think Chris would have placed it as Option #3. :-P
I would've picked Option#3 because I think it looks the best. But really, it does look just like a basketball logo turned horizontal (or possibly a reference to Fox's glowing puck). Picked option#1 b/c it's the most feasible on a jersey and it kind of has a NASA-patch reference.
I don't really understand #3. I thought basketball when I saw it, too. I went for #2 though I would like the puck to look more like a puck and less like an Oreo cookie. Or maybe I'm just hungry...
LOL yeah i was thinking the same thing. it looks like a cross between the Rockets and the Heat on on its side. But i still have to admit it works for me. I vote for #3.
Looks like I am not the only one who thought #3 looked like a basketball logo. I went with #2.
But looks like the majority of people so far like #3. I concur.
I like number three, but I find it weird that there is the blue "hoop"... its totally uneccessary and only takes away from a solid logo by making it look basketballish. Maybe a hockey net or an H would have been better, or simply the stylized C on its own.
chris why did you take out non finalist 2 from the finalist?
(i voted for it)
Another no vote. Would have voted for Finalist #2 if the tail of the comet/puck was used to make the horizontal line in an "H" instead of curling into a "C". Maybe even have used hockey sticks for the vertical H lines.
I voted #2. But this has got to be the best batch of logos so far, I was stuck between 1 and 2 for quite a while.
I voted for #3. I would love to see a puck silhouette that makes the hole in the C, take out the blue hoop and incorporate the blue as another stroke or a part of the comet's tail. It's nicely done btw.
Non finalist #1 takes the cake.
MrDolomite, have you even voted yet? No offense, but if you're not even going to vote, then why bother commenting? We don't give a crap if you don't like these logos because it's clear this batch has the most potential.
I voted for non-finalist #3. LOVE the Space Shuttle!
#3 Reminds Me Of The Miami Heat.... I voted Non Finalist one out of simplicity
i agree with NHL News...#3 does kinda look like Miami Heat, so i went with #2.
voted finalist #3 (I didn't see the "basketballness" of it) but finalist #2 and non-finalist top row, middle are nice too.
some of the best work so far imo.
The third finalist is definitely the most aesthetically pleasing, but it also looks like a horseshoe crab.
voted for non finalist no 1
i really like it,
clean and simple like a hockey logo should be
I like the spaceship in the non-finalist one the best.
voted other - top row, in the middle...ninja star type logo
I voted non finalist number 1 cause i think the NHL needs more retro style logos. Clean and simple.
Option 1 is clearly the best, in fact I'd even go as far as to say it's the best logo created for the tourney so far. 3 looks like a basketball logo rotated 90 degrees as has been said, and option 2 wouldn't look good on a jersey I don't think.
I like the idea of this tournament, I think some of the team names have been utterly cringeworthy and some of the colourschemes are weak (really, green and blue for a team named the Seahawks? genius...), but still there's been some good stuff drawn up. I've dabbled, but not come up with anything I'd be happy submitting.
One thing I would say is that a lot of these logos seem far more feasible as a secondary logo or sleeve patch than a team's main identity.
I went with Non-Finalist #1. It has a simple elegance that seems to be lacking in most logos today.