chestnutz Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 My brother goes to Hofstra (senior on baseball team) and he says it's awesome to see Jets players around all the time, like it's nothing.Here's the helmet logo:I was prepared to hate this change, because I loved the old Dragons' logo. I have 3 caps bearing the old logo, in one form or another.And, after seeing the new logo I still don't like some aspects of it -- the new dragon is much less striking than the old one; and the new wordmark is a huge downgrade from the old one. The colours also feel strange after years of red, yellow, and black (but I imagine I'll eventually get used to them).However, if this "NY" is the helmet logo, I have to say I like this part of the change. I really love a letter-based helmet logo! (Even though it certainly was not necessary for the Dragons to make this overall change just to get a letter-based helmet logo; they could easily have made a fine "NY" out of the typeface used for the old wordmark.)Having a letter-based logo appears to be a nice little trend in the AFL, as almost half the league's 17 teams now have helmet insignias based on letters. With this change, the Dragons join Arizona, Colorado, Chicago (which uses an "R" for the nickname "Rush"), Cleveland, Columbus ("CD" for "Columbus Destroyers"), Georgia ("GF" for "Georgia Force"), LA, and Orlando ("P" for "Predators") in this group.I'd love to see San Jose join this letter-logo group by switching its helmet and shoulder logos -- I say that that team should move the "SJ" logo it wears on the shoulders onto the helmet, and put the cat-head that currently adorns the helmet onto the shoulders.At any rate, perhaps there is some new overall trend in favour of letter-based logos as opposed to graphically-based ones, and perhaps this trend is finding expression in logos such as this new Dragons logo and that of the Oklahoma City Railhawks. If so, then I am in favour if it.NO WAYLETTERS ARE FOR BASEBALLLOGOS ARE FOR FOOTBALLTHE SABERCATS HELMETS HAS ONE OF THE GAUDIEST HELMETS AROUNDI'll have to disagree with you there. One of the ugliest helmets. The logo is too big, if they toned it down a bit, than maybeI CREATED THE LOGO FOR MY FORMER HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMTHE "LIONS"AND I TRIED THAT SAME STYLEBUT ...THEY ENDED UP GOING WITH A REGULAR SIZE LION LOGO THAT I DREW INSTEADI DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUTTTT!!!!! erikas | go birds | dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJM Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Anxious to see the helmet and unis, but already an upgrade from what they had. (MLF) Chicago Cannons, (IHA) Phoenix Firebirds - 2021 Xtreme Cup Champions (WAFL) Phoenix Federals - WAFL World Bowl XII Champions (Defunct) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fufkin Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Does anybody on Long Island really care about where the Jets' training camp is?yes. When you live down the block from Hofstra it's nice to be able to stop by and watch all the time.Not anymore. They now practice in New Jersey. The Jets will only be at Hofstra for summer camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshawaggie Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Does anybody on Long Island really care about where the Jets' training camp is?yes. When you live down the block from Hofstra it's nice to be able to stop by and watch all the time.Not anymore. They now practice in New Jersey. The Jets will only be at Hofstra for summer camp.That's what they were talking about... @josh_j12 CFA- Fargo Bobcats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sec19Row53 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Anxious to see the helmet and unis, but already an upgrade from what they had.Courtesy someone from the league message boards (Gary where are you?). The same image is used on both sides of the helmet (i.e., they didn't try to reverse the direction, like the Georgia Force do). It's where I sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkdesign Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Does anybody on Long Island really care about where the Jets' training camp is?It wasn't just the training camp, the team practiced all year at Hofstra. The players were part of the community. As long as they were there, there was hope they would stay in New York. The Jets were probably more Long Island than the Islanders. Having both teams in New Jersey stinks and if you live in Long Islang you need to take 2 bridges to get to games and it can take over 3 hours to get home from a game. Walk DesignTwitterDribbbleFacebookGoogle+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkdesign Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Does anybody on Long Island really care about where the Jets' training camp is?yes. When you live down the block from Hofstra it's nice to be able to stop by and watch all the time.Not anymore. They now practice in New Jersey. The Jets will only be at Hofstra for summer camp.That's what they were talking about...I don't think they are going to Hoftra anymore. I think they were going to have a practice or two there, but there new facility is state of the art, they aren't leaving there. Walk DesignTwitterDribbbleFacebookGoogle+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkdesign Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Anxious to see the helmet and unis, but already an upgrade from what they had.Courtesy someone from the league message boards (Gary where are you?). The same image is used on both sides of the helmet (i.e., they didn't try to reverse the direction, like the Georgia Force do).I like it, I think they did a nice job. It's sharp. Walk DesignTwitterDribbbleFacebookGoogle+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Nice helmet. I'm hoping the jerseys will be green, though. I have a feeling they'll go with an all-black look, which would be disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Helmet looks great - on that side. I haven't seen the other side, but I imagine it looks pretty odd with the logo "pointing" towards the front. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 The Dragons' new look is sweet. It's also a clean break from their Iowa Barnstormer days (their old design was basically an attempt to reuse the Barnstormers' old color scheme). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sec19Row53 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Helmet looks great - on that side. I haven't seen the other side, but I imagine it looks pretty odd with the logo "pointing" towards the front.Ask, and ye shall receive.No, that isn't me. It's where I sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Yep - looks odd. Sucks they couldn't come up with a good way to reverse the logo (I guess it'd be impossible to have the tail go the other way.) "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Anxious to see the helmet and unis, but already an upgrade from what they had.Courtesy someone from the league message boards (Gary where are you?). The same image is used on both sides of the helmet (i.e., they didn't try to reverse the direction, like the Georgia Force do).Oh sure bring me into this . Been busy with meetings lately, haven't really had a chance to go to the communism we call the arena boards and haven't flocked onto Arenafan. Just haven't had time. As far as the logo. I like it. The helmet is very nice. Although green would have been a much better selection for the helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frylock Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Overall, I like this change for the Dragons. The tie-in of the pointy G in Dragons matching the end of the tail from the logo is a neat element, and the choice of colors is pleasant. Hopefully, they'll incorporate a little more silver on the uniforms.But ya know... This might be my Portland bias talking, but, I really liked these Dragons helmets the best...Yeah, yeah, I know... Different franchise... Your point? :-pAnd speaking of ArenaFan... OMG, I remember back about 10 years ago when it was pretty much a grassroots operation, with fans keeping it running and updated with all things Arenaball, and the e-mail list I used to participate in. There were some great conversations and arguments in that group! *sigh* Good times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADVILLAIN Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I don't like this. When I saw the new color scheme I was kind of interested because too many AFL teams have the same old red n' black. But then I saw the helmet I was disappointed. It seems like every team is moving towards silver or black helmets and I don't like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGBAD Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 there is so much more you could do with a dragon helmet logoim disappointed in the helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFB Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Yep - looks odd. Sucks they couldn't come up with a good way to reverse the logo (I guess it'd be impossible to have the tail go the other way.)Couldn't you merely "shift" the slant in the other direction? So instead of having the logo leaning to the right, you could have the same logo leaning to the left... wouldn't that work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyiles39 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Great poor Sparky the mascot has to change his colors again(in case u dont know sparky is both the dragons and islanders mascot hes red and black for the dragons and they have a blue and orange suit for the islanders). Hes more iqunia then he is dragon with all these changes lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Yep - looks odd. Sucks they couldn't come up with a good way to reverse the logo (I guess it'd be impossible to have the tail go the other way.)Couldn't you merely "shift" the slant in the other direction? So instead of having the logo leaning to the right, you could have the same logo leaning to the left... wouldn't that work?Not really - you'd have to change the direction of the italics on "NY", which wouldn't work as well.I think the logo works on both sides. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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