This month the Gold Coast Football club put their case to the AFL for entry into the 2008 season as the 17th team in the competition. Most importantly for this site we must take a look at the proposed team mascot. His name is Gary Clifford Irons. Fortunately it is not some fluffy animal personified into a football player. Nor is it a character that has been hijacked from an American basketball or football teams idea of a mascot. The inverted pyramid of a man resembles a lot of recent cartoon characters somewhere between Captain Hero from the Drawn Together animated television series and Mr Incredible. There seems to be an extreeme effort to make him seem very Australian and a really down to earth likeable kind of bloke. A lifesaver called
Garry who goes by the name Gazza. It becomes a little over the top in trying to tell us that yes he's Australian oh and a good bloke!
In his defence the marketing think tanks claim they were aiming at a younger demographic.
To be honest, due to reputation, I thought I'd cringe at anything the gc team produced but I'm a little more "creeped out" than anything else. It seemed to summon memories of AFLs last Gold Coast link. Maybe Mr Capper could make a better mascot? Just imagine the action figures?
What do you think are we a fan of the new gc mascot or would you prefer our suggestion below?
Garry who goes by the name Gazza. It becomes a little over the top in trying to tell us that yes he's Australian oh and a good bloke!
In his defence the marketing think tanks claim they were aiming at a younger demographic.
To be honest, due to reputation, I thought I'd cringe at anything the gc team produced but I'm a little more "creeped out" than anything else. It seemed to summon memories of AFLs last Gold Coast link. Maybe Mr Capper could make a better mascot? Just imagine the action figures?
What do you think are we a fan of the new gc mascot or would you prefer our suggestion below?
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