I remember one game where Clutch and Turbo came out dressed as Calvin and stood right by the annoucers table.
I'm sure kids would prefer the bear as opposed to our mascot about 10-12 years ago, Booster that nasty looking alien thing
Booster was awesome and funny to boot. Much better than Clutch the Bear. At least he was more relevant to our team name than the bear. I liked how on the back of his jersey his number was infinity. That was cool. He always seemed to hit on hit African-American ladies in beteween goofing off.
There are similar guys like Turbo who dress pretty much the same? What exactly do you want him to wear? I mean, what is a guy who does acrobatic dunks supposed to wear in your opinion? He should just change his colors like he did when the Rockets switched to their current unis.
Actually, all the moderators wear big animal costumes. (Come to think of it, I'm suprised King Cheetah and his warped fetishes haven't landed him in the inner clique yet). Clutch and Kagy take a little break after disabling the search function.
The Phoenix gorilla has no problem dunking. The Sonics Sasquatch seems to be able to get up. The Mavs Man seems to do ok as well. Bottom line: you don't have to wear just spandex and gym shorts to be a dunking mascot. I'd be willing to bet Turbo has to pay for his stuff on his own knowing the stories out there about Les.
It's not just spandex. There's the logo, the cool gloves, the head gear with the lightning thingies, adn the free pair of ugly ass Francis shoes. What do you want him to wear is what I asked you btw. At least a Sasquatch makes some sense in the North East. I don't want our guy wearing some random holloween costume like the stupid gorilla. How about he dress up as a freaking space shuttle and we can launch him through the hoop? The Mavs Man is pretty much the same thing. Except his Spandex is orange, he wears Mavs practice gear, and he's got a Holloween mask.
I'm not a costume designer so I'm not sure what he should wear. It's just that his stuff looks like he made it himself. Mavs Man and the Golden State Warrior guy, Thunder, both wear spandex but they have the fake muscle suits that make them look more mascot like, not like a guy wearing tight clothing. This is by no means intended as a bash on Turbo himself, I think he is very good at what he does, I just don't think he has all the support he needs from the organization (as was evident when Les got rid of him before the fan backlash brought him back).
i can't wait til someone tries to bring up a mascot trade... i wish the season would just hurry up and start.
The body suit looks cheesey to me. Anyways, I hope you KNOW that of course he's gonna have something different next season. There's just no way that he's gonna go out there dressed in blue when our color will be red, I just wonder why you think we would be informed about this? They didn't ask us for input on the Jersey's and the Cheerleaders vote is just something to keep our attention. We'll see Turbo and Clutch's new threads when the Rockets want us to see them.
right, the oilers mascot was appropriate. the astros mascot is appropriate. and screw it if every mascot for every team doesn't make sense, it's always bothered me that clutch is in no way relevant to houston or the rockets. bears aren't even native to this area. the cougar in denver makes perfect sense as cougars are native to that area (and a big hunk of gold would be one hell of a boring mascot). the sasquatch in seattle makes sense. the gorilla in phoenix makes no sense. i liked booster better personally, but if not an alien or an astronaut or something of that sort, couldn't we at least use a chimpanzee? i mean chimpanzees have at least gone to space. Or something that is native to our region? Something that in some way can either be tied to Houston or the Rockets theme. Is that really so much to ask? I understand Clutch is for the kids but I'm sure a mascot can be made that the kids will love that can be relevant to the team or the city of houston. It just doesn't seem like so much to ask....
You could go down a list of all the sports teams and more often than not the mascot would not "make sense". Here's an example: The Titan's mascot is a Racoon named T-Rac. KC Chiefs: KC Wolf Minnesota Vikings: Vikadontis Rex (dinosaur) New Orleans Saints: Fetch Monster (dog) San Francisco 49ers: Sourdough Sam NBA Cleveland Cavaliers - Whammer the Polar Bear Detroit Pistons - Hooper the Horse Indiana Pacers- Boomer the Panther and Bowser the Dog Miami Heat- Burnie New Jersey Nets- Sly the Fox Orlando Magic- Stuff the Magic Dragon Philadelphia 76ers- Hip Hop the rabbit Phoenix Suns- Go-Rilla Sacramento Kings- Slamson The Lion San Antonio Spurs- The Coyote Seattle Supersonics- Squatch Utah Jazz- Bear
NBA Cleveland Cavaliers - Whammer the Polar Bear (?) Detroit Pistons - Hooper the Horse (It's about HORSE POWER: As in Motors) Indiana Pacers- Boomer the Panther and Bowser the Dog (They should have used a Cheetah; because he's "fast.") Miami Heat- Burnie (As in "burn," "hot," "heat.") New Jersey Nets- Sly the Fox (?) Orlando Magic- Stuff the Magic Dragon (Puff the MAGIC DRAGON) Philadelphia 76ers- Hip Hop the rabbit (Hip-Hop Culture; Rabbits hip and hop) Phoenix Suns- Go-Rilla (A rally-Monkey type) Sacramento Kings- Slamson The Lion (A Lion, as in KINGS) San Antonio Spurs- The Coyote (San Antonio Desert, Cactuses, Road Runner, and the Coyote). Seattle Supersonics- Squatch (The Yetti, Big Foot, Sasquatch; from the Cascade Mountains) Utah Jazz- Bear (There're bears in them mountains; Utah). Here's more... Chicago Bull - Benny the Bull Boston Celtics - Lucky the Leprechaun Charlotte Hornets- Hugo (Hugo the hornet) Denver Nuggets- Rocky the Cougar Memphis Grizzlies - Griz the Grizzly Milwaukee Bucks- Bango the Buck Minnesota Timberwolves- Crunch the Wolf Ours... Houston Comets - Haley the Comet Houston Texans - Toro the Bull Houston Astros- Junction Jack the Rabbit (Kinda makes sense). Houston Rockets - Clutch the Bear (?)
Clutch has dressed up like Calvin a couple of times. And, no, I'm not too concerned that a bear has no relation to a Rocket. His role is comic relief and giving the kids something to relate to -- both are better done as a bear than as somebody in a giant Rocket suit. And the plan is to have Turbo back as well. He would get a costume makeover to be in sync with the new colors. Tim
Speaking of giant Rockets, are you guys keeping that huge inflatable one that used to fly/bounce around the Compaq Center? Or was that a Southwest Airlines plane?... Damn, I'm confused.
Thank you Tim! Clutch is awesome! give the man more silly string and let him loose! ...but those crazy dummers gotta go... please.
