Being in Norfolk, the mascot is obviously a Seawolf. And what is this animal hybrid like, you ask? Ok, so imagine a wolf. Pretty standard, 4 legged large canine native to Eurasia and North America. Easy. Big teeth, moves in packs, is highly adaptable, hunts "socially", as it normally join forces between themselves to hunt larger prey.
So now remove their back legs and replace them with a great white shark tail and throw it onto the sea. Can you imagine? Half shark, half wolf, swimming around the ocean hunting submarines and other vessels, while growling and howling to the moon. Damn, that is scary.
The worst part would be to translate that into the game day mascot. I can only imagine how hard it would be for a dude in a Seawolf costume to move around the field hyping the crowd up. The sight of a scary animal, limping and falling around due to the inability to walk with the shark tail is not very menacing and scary to the Norfolk opponents. And how do we fix this? Get him on a hoverboard. Now get the full picture: You get to the field to play and you see a half wolf, half shark coming at high speed you in a hoverboard. Game over peeps, Norfolk wins again.
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So now remove their back legs and replace them with a great white shark tail and throw it onto the sea. Can you imagine? Half shark, half wolf, swimming around the ocean hunting submarines and other vessels, while growling and howling to the moon. Damn, that is scary.
The worst part would be to translate that into the game day mascot. I can only imagine how hard it would be for a dude in a Seawolf costume to move around the field hyping the crowd up. The sight of a scary animal, limping and falling around due to the inability to walk with the shark tail is not very menacing and scary to the Norfolk opponents. And how do we fix this? Get him on a hoverboard. Now get the full picture: You get to the field to play and you see a half wolf, half shark coming at high speed you in a hoverboard. Game over peeps, Norfolk wins again.
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