Team explains their choices

Reading this doesn't make me feel much better about our prospective names. Looks like we're in the majority here since I've yet to hear from anyone who actually likes one of our 5 possibilities.

VP/COO Todd Parnell explains the choices here:

The franchise's front office liked the five finalists for these reasons, according to Parnell:

Flatheads: a kind of catfish commonly found in the James River.

Flying Squirrels: soar in Virginia.

Hambones: paying homage to Virginia ham.

Rock Hoppers: people or animals on river rocks.

Rhinos: alliteration featuring a powerful image.

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/BASE06_20091005-215802/297659/

I'd like to assume that some better names were nixed in that process and that they truly didn't think these 5 names were the best of the bunch.

Like I said, yesterday... pray for a talented graphic design team to be working on the logo.