TenaciousG

Based on recent Nike history here are my predictions for the Broncos set:

-New, terrible number font

-Weird striping

-An icy white monochrome with the white helmet

-Weird features and watermarks to prevent counterfeiting of the increasingly subpar replicas

Given Nike’s recent track record, I’d expect a horrible number font, striping that looks weird and only serves to prevent counterfeiting, and maybe some weird nameplate to try and desensitize people toward potential ads in the future 

On 2/16/2024 at 4:57 PM, upperV03 said:

They made no mention of it in the kit unveiling, but within Adidas Seattle’s new kit is apparently dubbed “The Macklemore Kit”. It helps to explain the nauseating stripes and the ridiculous hipster shoot. This is straight from the head of club football apparel at Adidas:

 

Now why didn’t the club make mention of it during the unveiling? Probably because they’re saving it for a future tie-in or someone within the club realized how embarrassing it was.

As cringey as Macklemore can get, he’s a good dude and he cares about Seattle more than anything.

Having said that, this club continues to be completely tone deaf. It’s like they want to drive fans away. This shirt is terrible: it’s the WRONG new green as you can see the difference between the crest and the primary color on the shirt (may be the fabric difference? But I doubt it; it sure looks like the old rave green). Then these hideous dark green outlined light blue stripes. And the icing on the cake is the God awful use of white for the cuffs and collar. 
 

And don’t forget most everyone here hates the sponsor! When you see a healthcare sponsor of your favorite team, just remember you and other patients pay for it with the absurd healthcare premiums and hospital bills that plague our country. Providence’s sketchy stances on the healthcare issues they politicize make it worse. I refuse to buy a shirt with them on it.

Meanwhile Adidas will continue to move the goalposts and deny us a third kit even though we’ve sold all our thirds in droves… maybe our sales are down because they forced a sponsor on us no one likes and MLS did next to nothing to support us in the club World Cup? Never mind, though, MLS has made it clear their priorities lie with expansion teams and Messi-mania. The latter of which I actually understand. The former? If this league gets to 40 franchises they better split and start doing pro-rel. 

21 hours ago, vtgco said:

 

Potential Sounders and Whitecaps leaks...

 

Bummed that the green looks basically the same for Seattle. Not totally sold on these pinstripes, either... It's totally fine on paper and I really appreciate that a storied team wants a more classic design, but I can't put my finger on why this particular jersey doesn't quite work for me. Same goes for that pinstriped LAFC leak also... They both just look off somehow.

 

I really like the use of the original logo for Vancouver, though the rest of the design seems a bit too plain IMO.

Does the green on the Sounders shirt really not match the green on the new crest? If so, yikes.

Either way they aren’t getting my money as long as Providence is the sponsor.

On 1/26/2024 at 8:19 AM, HOOVER said:

Sure would love to see these on the modern template. 

 

Not sure why Jacksonville hasn't capitalized on introducing them as a Throwback set...they'd sell a whole bunch of replica jerseys.  The number font hasn't stood the test of time but the rest of the uniform would be just fine in 2024 and beyond.  

This uniform, with their current number font and logo would be a great next (and final) uniform design should they move on from the Coughlin-era unis.

I’m not tolerating slander on the Garrard era number font. 
 

The current wussy rounded block numbers are boring and much worse.

4 hours ago, wildwing64 said:

I don't care for the Addy Dass stripes but on a crazy design like this they're somehow the most unremarkable aspect.

Exactly. It’s bad logo creep but at least 3 lines are a design element. The rest looks like hockey got drunk at the X Games and threw up on itself

On 12/14/2023 at 3:06 PM, Morgan33 said:

Part of me wishes they had done something different for the Winter Classic so this could be their full time alternate.  It's that good.  

I agree, but also the Kraken are basically going to get my money immediately when they eventually make a light blue anchor logo alt with the modern striping pattern. Can’t believe they haven’t done it already. 

On 12/10/2023 at 4:49 PM, WBeltz said:

STOP CENTERING CRESTS AND MAKERS MARKS

I’m terrified to see if they are doing this so they can eventually get away with small ads on both sides. I’ve said it before but it’s worth repeating: fans need to boycott shirt sponsors. It’s the only way we have a chance at getting the stupid genie back in the bottle.

If we could get away for a moment from a bad logo franchise to a good one: The Kraken keep earning my hard-earned money by making sweaters that look even better with numbers on them. I wasn’t all that crazy about the RR or the Winter Classic jerseys… until they put numbers on them. Take the color balance on the RRs, for example:

the dark blue stripe seems unnecessarily huge but it does two cool things: allows for those gorgeous light blue numbers and on the front it makes it seem like the Kraken logo is rising up out of the dark blue, kinda like it’s coming out of the ocean. 
 

Now the Winter Classic sweaters: at first I wasn’t sold on the cream color but now that I’ve seen it in person? Holy moly. It’s so warm, and then the red kraken logo makes the sweater feel even warmer and more Christmas-y. I love it. The number font is still excellent and everything balances color-wise for me. I really think the Kraken should consider ditching plain white all together and go to cream or off-white altogether. They just keep knocking it out of the park with branding and design. Now if the team could just start turning it around.

The Kraken look ok but it’s a little frustrating because:

1. I don’t think the dude who owns the metropolitans identity is purposely squatting on it for some insane price. He has mentioned that he wants to sell it back to the Kraken. I don’t know if he’s lying or the Kraken are being cheap.

2. The Kraken sweater would look much better without white stripes and just using shades of blue. I think the white stripe was chosen because of the Metros having them.

3. I just want my light blue anchor logo third!!!!

6 minutes ago, Green27 said:

 

Cougs going with a (new?) Wazzu wordmark helmet and all anthracite for Senior Day vs Colorado (hoping CU doesn't wear grey pants or helmets). 

 

 

Yeah, it’s new. I don’t get it, but at least it’s something unique.

Still waiting on the following from Wazzu:

-1998 Rose Bowl throwbacks

-2003ish era throwbacks

-Retro WSC Cougar on the helmets

-Get rid of the boring mix and match monochrome stuff with either no gray or no crimson 

Maybe someday…

Human: Ok, AI, please make an image that looks very realistic.

AI: Done, what else do you want me to do?

Human: Can you add words or letters to the image?

AI: EI WE HEDKLEINSJSHHJS

This may seem extreme but it should be illegal for UCLA to use any number font other than Clarendon.

I would also extend this to Kansas and their old arc-serif font. Trajan sucks, always and forever.

On 10/7/2023 at 1:19 PM, oldschoolvikings said:

Is he in a dog crate?

I got two of the best dogs to ever exist from the Whitman County Humane Society. I have no problem with this  

11 hours ago, Lights Out said:

 

Eh. It's better than their last attempt at BFBS.

 

The Antwaan Randle-El era! Honestly these were so absurd that they almost worked. At least they went for it. Too many crimson and white teams as it is. 

On 9/1/2023 at 6:33 AM, jerrylawless3 said:

Then there's Notre Dame wearing Packers-styled jerseys for their game in Chicago against Wisconsinbecause becuase it was originally slated to be in Lambeau.

 

Woah, hold up now. Is that matching gold? In the year 2023? 
 

Show this to a Nike designer and watch their head explode, the only textures they know exist are matte and chrome. 

On 8/25/2023 at 7:34 PM, the admiral said:

An when I look in the toilet bowl, it's purple. PURPLE AND BLACK

Every time I see the Ducks play, I think I’m back in the pants

On 8/27/2023 at 6:52 AM, tBBP said:

Some shots from Hawai'i/Vanderbilt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You could drive a truck through Adidas’ armholes.

They consistently produce some of the most bizarre templates in football on the basis that the single worst thing that can happen to you on the field is someone tugging your jersey.

On 7/22/2023 at 11:23 AM, vtgco said:

The branding for the new USL League 1 team in Spokane has been released.

 

 

 

Glad it's not "Spokane FC" but this name and the logo leave a lot to be desired.

I know it's supposed to be Spokane Falls, but honestly the logo looks like Nevada.

Not great! Spokane Shadow was way cooler back in the day and you could do some cool stuff with the black-white color scheme.

Also anyone who votes Milwaukee United needs to be put tarred and feathered. 

It bothers me Vegas wears a truer gold and not Vegas gold… while a lot of teams who should use old gold use the tannest shade of gold imaginable (Saints, Washington Huskies come to mind)

I figured out what bothers me so much: the basketball is way too far to the right (the player’s left). So much that it looks like the player is trying to smuggle a basketball in their armpit. 
 

They should have kept the same font/logo size of the Barkley era jersey and just modernized the font and ball (and I agree with keeping the ball orange). That would be a true home run. 

With respect to the Oilers throwbacks, who the hell is it actually for? The cynic in me would say the ownership, but Bud Adams passed away and so unless Amy Strunk Adams has some weird personal grieving process that involves the Oilers (in which case the team should have just stayed the Tennessee Oilers), this is applying nostalgia for literally one year of transitional football.

IMO The Oilers’ history should transfer back to Houston, where the vast majority of it was actually played. This should be a Texans’ throwback. If you don’t take the branding with you a la the Colts, you shouldn’t be allowed to take the history. I’m open to being proven wrong on this but I don’t get it. 

Nike can’t stop getting in its own way on these US kits. What was the last good one? It’d have to be the Waldos for me. Solid white isn’t going to sell or stand out and the splatter paint only marginally improves it. Also putting red directly on blue has always looked terrible. They need to figure this out. Ideally before the next World Cup. 

We can officially add the “tiny Denver” to the list of all time meh series-clinching uniforms. Of course nothing will ever top the horror of the Cavs long-sleeves 

Can we all just agree that ads are out of control and need to be scaled back? 
 

The teams have enough money, and Covid is mostly over so it’s no longer a valid excuse.