Sami-chan's personality, unfortunately, is linked to her hair, the same way Abukuma is. Otherwise people would deem her a blue hair Inazuma...only less clumsy and more Fubuki in the trying really hard sense.
"Oh, come on, it doesn't look so bad. I mean, it'll grow back."
"Yeah, and how do you explain that to all these kids who have never seen a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer before, and now may never have the desire to see one again?"