JQK Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Is there anyone on this board who wishes they would have gone with a gray facemask (a la the Cardinals)? The fact that the Chargers didn't do that will allow me to sleep peacefully at night (at least until the next team thinks of reintroducing the gray).If they put a gray facemask on that beautiful uniform then it would've ruined the whole thing. It already ruined my opinion of the Cardinals (Modern uniform design + gray facemask = WTF?).I wished it was a gray facemask. Stay Tuned Sports Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawk36 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Sad. So much potential. Like the Padres, the Chargers have made an "almost cool yet not really that cool" uniform. While all the time they have been wearing amazinly good powder blues season after season. Design Hovie Studios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I wished it was a gray facemask.Why? Why should a facemask be grey, when there is no single grey element anywhere else in the uniform or identity package? The argument of "grey facemasks are better, because all facemasks used to be grey before manufactures figured out how to color them" holds no water for me. That's like lobbying for baseball teams to go back to wool uniforms with tie-down necks. And no helmets.Oh, and the first NFL franchise to wear a facemask color other than grey? Chargers. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred T. Jane Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 That's like lobbying for baseball teams to go back to wool uniforms with tie-down necks. And no helmets.They're no good without zippers. [Croatia National Team Manager Slavan] Bilic then went on to explain how Croatia's success can partially be put down to his progressive man-management techniques. "Sometimes I lie in the bed with my players. I go to the room of Vedran Corluka and Luka Modric when I see they have a problem and I lie in bed with them and we talk for 10 minutes." Maybe Capello could try getting through to his players this way too? Although how far he'd get with Joe Cole jumping up and down on the mattress and Rooney demanding to be read his favourite page from The Very Hungry Caterpillar is open to question. --The Guardian's Fiver, 08 September 2008 Attention: In order to obtain maximum enjoyment from your stay at the CCSLC, the reader is advised that the above post may contain large amounts of sarcasm, dry humour, or statements which should not be taken in any true sort of seriousness. As a result, the above poster absolves himself of any and all blame in the event that a forum user responds to the aforementioned post without taking the previous notice into account. Thank you for your cooperation, and enjoy your stay at the CCSLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirwuf Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I think yellow shoes would be a nice touch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruColor Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Why? Why should a facemask be grey, when there is no single grey element anywhere else in the uniform or identity package? The argument of "grey facemasks are better, because all facemasks used to be grey before manufactures figured out how to color them" holds no water for me. That's like lobbying for baseball teams to go back to wool uniforms with tie-down necks. And no helmets.Oh, and the first NFL franchise to wear a facemask color other than grey? Chargers.Can I get an Amen??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In 5..4..3..2..1 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Guys there is a sneak peek video on the opening page of Chargers.com where you see a glimpse of Rivers in the aways. Looks like the Bolts are still opposite on the two jerseys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In 5..4..3..2..1 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 The bolt is going the other way here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BPenix Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I really like what they've done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennisbergan Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 The only thing that may not be good about these is that they have a lot of the same elements of the Titans uniforms. Same color helmet, same color facemask, same color home jersey, same color socks, and with the white pants, same color pants.Luckily, I think the Titans will be wearing the baby blue pants more often (especially on the road) next year, so it may be a moot point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdon the jayhawk Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 This is going to be the most anti-climatic uniform unveiling ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 All of a sudden, I'm reminded of this: 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazberg Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I love the new wordmark. I ove the numbers. These uniforms are going to rock. I can't wait to see the powder blue jerseys with the navy pants. And just to clarify becuase I saw them in skimming: the yellow pants were just a joke right? Cuz those looked pretty lousy charles-noerenberg.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webby17 Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 i like these alto I may have to get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr79 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Those might just be my favourite numbers in pro sports at the moment. I love how the navy/powder/yellow/white are balanced as well.Excellent upgrade that doesn't change their look in any major way, just updated and modernised a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSky Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 The number font is awful and the addition of powder blue just doesn't work. Those shades of blue are ugly together and anytime you throw in extra trim just to include a color (see Bills) it looks like...well, like you threw in extra trim for the sake of including a color.Also, is the number font on the helmet going to match the jersey? If so... I like the white helmet but it would be a much stronger set with block numbers and no powder blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hormone Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I wished it was a gray facemask.Why? Why should a facemask be grey, when there is no single grey element anywhere else in the uniform or identity package? The argument of "grey facemasks are better, because all facemasks used to be grey before manufactures figured out how to color them" holds no water for me. That's like lobbying for baseball teams to go back to wool uniforms with tie-down necks. And no helmets.Hell Yeah!!!!!!!!! Did you hear that Colts, Browns, Cards, USC Trojans, UCLA Bruins, etc. Let's get rid of tie down hockey collars too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideRight Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 It's a very good set, but I have to confess that I am not completely sold on it.First, I really liked the navy helmet, the white just doesn't do it for me.Second, I hate, and always have, when the Chargers put a thick stripe of color around the bolt. I much prefer when the bolt is an independent element, such as on recent years' navy jerseys. Why does it need a white stripe, or a dark stripe? The bolt looked fine on the previous navy jersey with no white block, and if it can be on the new white helmet without a huge navy stripe across the helmet, why do they need a wide navy stripe on the jersey or on the pants? Can't the bolt stand on its own? As much as the uniforms are a nice modernization of tradition, I wish they could have kept the jerseys and pants stripeless and just put large bolts on them.Just one opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Falcon Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I wished it was a gray facemask.Why? Why should a facemask be grey, when there is no single grey element anywhere else in the uniform or identity package? The argument of "grey facemasks are better, because all facemasks used to be grey before manufactures figured out how to color them" holds no water for me. That's like lobbying for baseball teams to go back to wool uniforms with tie-down necks. And no helmets.Oh, and the first NFL franchise to wear a facemask color other than grey? Chargers.I think the Chargers and Chiefs both went with colored facemasks in 1973. This started a trend, as 11 more teams would go to colored facemasks in the next 4 years. 12 more teams would do the same between 1980-85.Peyton Manning looks ridiculous wearing a grey Revolution facemask. Gray masks are only OK if the team is still wearing the 2-bar facemask. It's called progress, folks...get used to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in KY Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I wished it was a gray facemask.Why? Why should a facemask be grey, when there is no single grey element anywhere else in the uniform or identity package? The argument of "grey facemasks are better, because all facemasks used to be grey before manufactures figured out how to color them" holds no water for me. That's like lobbying for baseball teams to go back to wool uniforms with tie-down necks. And no helmets.Oh, and the first NFL franchise to wear a facemask color other than grey? Chargers.I think the Chargers and Chiefs both went with colored facemasks in 1973. This started a trend, as 11 more teams would go to colored facemasks in the next 4 years. 12 more teams would do the same between 1980-85.Peyton Manning looks ridiculous wearing a grey Revolution facemask. Gray masks are only OK if the team is still wearing the 2-bar facemask. It's called progress, folks...get used to it!Actually both teams went to colored facemasks in 1974 - in fact, the Chargers still wore the light blue jerseys and white helmets in 1973. The Chargers were the first team to go with the colored face masks when they introduced their dark royal uniforms before pre-season in 1974, and all players wore the yellow masks. The Chiefs began switching to white facemasks during 1974, but if I'm remembering correctly only the players who wore Dungard facemasks wore white all season - it took a while for them to switch the Schutt masks, and I don't think they ever went to white Riddell plastic masks until years later (and then only the single bar for kickers). Back then, the NFL wasn't quite so anal about the facemask color because I don't think it occurred to them that a team might want something other than grey.Now if the Chargers had done a full throwback, they should have used the grey facemask. Since they went modern, they did the right thing by using navy. I don't mind the grey on the Colts or Browns since they wear old-school uniforms that are only minorly different than what they wore in 1957. I think the Cardinals should have changed to black, white or matching cardinal red when they went modern two years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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