Now That Matt Millen Is Gone

[ONUV]

the gray should be darker. take the black out of the uniform.

with a lion instead of bull, of course.

a lion logo similar to this broncos logo. less detail than the two below but more than what they have now and only a head shot.

these two are more detailed lions than what they have. would be nice on the helmet without the font

[rmered]

Both the LMU and Canterbury Lions above are dramatically better than the existing Lions logo, which is in turn, better than the throwback one.

Texas A&M Commerce is better too

[Milo Meningocele]

the gray should be darker.

No it shouldn't. The colors are Honolulu blue and silver. This should be non-negotiable.

[Gothamite]

Agreed. It's a beautiful color scheme.

It doesn't need changing.

[quantum]

Reducing the contrast in colors is the last thing the Lions need, and darkening the silver does just that.

[Proc]

the gray should be darker.

No it shouldn't. The colors are Honolulu blue and silver. This should be non-negotiable.

+1

[TruColor]

the gray should be darker.

No it shouldn't. The colors are Honolulu blue and silver. This should be non-negotiable.

C'mon guys...it's not like they've never tweaked the Honolulu Blue:

From 1934 through 1964 (with the exception of the 1948 season, where they experimented with Scarlet and Black unis), the Blue was this:

Then, for the 1965 through 1979 seasons, they darkened it to this:

In 1980 through 1996 it went back to its original color:

(to be continued in my next post)

[TruColor]

Continued...

Then, in the 1997 through 2001 seasons, they went to a completely different color:

And, in 2002 they settled in on a color that - to me anyway - almost resembles a Teal:

If the Honolulu Blue isn't "untouchable", I don't see why everything else in their color scheme couldn't be as well.

[BBTV]

If they want to follow a successful Detroit team, they should:

1. Immediately change their uniforms to teal, black, yellow, and red. Adopt ridiculous wordmark and number font.

2. Introduce red alternate jersey. Continue to mix teal with red until fans can't take it any more and call for the classic look to come back.

3. Introduce modernized blue and silver uniform, with custom number font. Win Super Bowl.

4. During game with Colts, start a fight that spills into the crowd, where Peyton Manning and John Kitna kick the heck out of a few fans.

[CubsFanBudMan]

Interesting... I thought they had been as inconsistent with their blues as Dallas. Didn't realize it was only 1997 when they went with -- to my eye -- light blue. But I guess as Dallas got darker... the Lions at least looked lighter.

Anyway, it seems that the Lions would be a franchise that -- like the Royals and, to a lesser extent, the Reds -- will eventually ditch the black. I don't actually mind the black jersey. It's the forced outlines that look like someone just traced onto the classic jerseys that messed it up so bad in my mind

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[Milo Meningocele]

the gray should be darker.

No it shouldn't. The colors are Honolulu blue and silver. This should be non-negotiable.

C'mon guys...it's not like they've never tweaked the Honolulu Blue:

True, but that's no reason to continue. The Lions have had the same basic colors for 75 years. The fight song has said, "and when the blue and silver wave..." since the late 1930s. Gray isn't silver.

I wish they would standardize the blue, and stick with it. My vote is for the original, which as Colorwerx states has appeared for 46 of the club's 75 years.

[Survival79]

From 1934 through 1964 (with the exception of the 1948 season, where they experimented with Scarlet and Black unis), the Blue was this:

In 1980 through 1996 it went back to its original color:

Now THAT is "Honolulu Blue".

[ferrousoxide66]

Both the LMU and Canterbury Lions above are dramatically better than the existing Lions logo, which is in turn, better than the throwback one.

Texas A&M Commerce is better too

Better than what? Certainly not the existing Lions logo.

THe A&M Commerce logo is barely better than what my dog laid at the park this morning.

[TruColor]

True, but that's no reason to continue. The Lions have had the same basic colors for 75 years. The fight song has said, "and when the blue and silver wave..." since the late 1930s. Gray isn't silver.

A lot of teams use a flat, non-metallic Gray and call it Silver. It wouldn't be that much of a stretch.

However, there are a couple of "blended" Pantone Metallic colors that are a bit darker than the standard 877 C that they could use as well.

[neo_prankster]

If they want to follow a successful Detroit team, they should:

1. Immediately change their uniforms to teal, black, yellow, and red. Adopt ridiculous wordmark and number font.

2. Introduce red alternate jersey. Continue to mix teal with red until fans can't take it any more and call for the classic look to come back.

3. Introduce modernized blue and silver uniform, with custom number font. Win Super Bowl.

4. During game with Colts, start a fight that spills into the crowd, where Peyton Manning and John Kitna kick the heck out of a few fans.

The brawl was almost four years ago and the change to teal was twelve years ago.

[Milo Meningocele]

If they want to follow a successful Detroit team, they should:

1. Immediately change their uniforms to teal, black, yellow, and red. Adopt ridiculous wordmark and number font.

2. Introduce red alternate jersey. Continue to mix teal with red until fans can't take it any more and call for the classic look to come back.

3. Introduce modernized blue and silver uniform, with custom number font. Win Super Bowl.

4. During game with Colts, start a fight that spills into the crowd, where Peyton Manning and John Kitna kick the heck out of a few fans.

The brawl was almost four years ago and the change to teal was twelve years ago.

At least it's a refreshing change from outsiders bringing up events of a World Series 24 years ago, and race riots 40 years back.