And They Didn’t Even Exhume Don Ho for the Halftime Show This Year

I really like those red Hornets uniforms. Of course, I think that it is a good thing any time than an NBA team dresses in screamingly bright red.

Do I spot linkdifferent sneaker brands in one photo?

It looks like (l to r) Converse, And1, Nike, Adidas. Where’s the ‘bok?

How about those Pro Bowl practice jerseys? They looked ten times better, whats wrong with those?

[quote comment=”54031″]There is a distinction between Pro Bowl and All-Pro–not all Pro Bowl All-Stars are All-Pro. The Pro Bowl is a popularity contest and only the AP writers vote for the All-Pro team.[/quote]
I was going to suggest that an ‘All-Star’ is voted on by the fans and an ‘All-Pro’ is voted on by the media. Are Pro Bowl players voted in by coaches and peers?

I was at the Caps-Rangers game Saturday and never noticed Jagr’s sweater tucked in. I did leave with about 2 minutes left, which is about when he scored that goal, so maybe he tucked it then…..

This link that was on some of the Reebok shoes at the Pro Bowl game. It kinda looks like stars from far away.

Ok, I know you have a problem with Nike. But I have one with Reebok. Nike’s logo is streamlined and represents sports in a positive way. Reebok’s logo is quite bulky, big, and most of all…ugly. Reebok’s choic of designs for the NFL have been terrible, there patterns on fan apparel along with uniforms and coaching gear is awful. It seems at times that Reebok is stuck in the 90s with all the big bold designs. As for those shoes worn in the Popularity-Bowl….absolutey hideous, and quite tacky. As if the coaching shirts werent bad enough. I liked the practice jerseys, and I would not mind seeing next year that they go to solid uniforms no freakin striping no damn flowers. I wonder if Hester will be fined for his visor, knowing the league I am sure they will.

The new World Series patch will recieve a lot of negative remarks in here I bet.., cause well, there is a lot of negativity in here, anyways, I don’t mind the looks of it, looks pretty cool actually.

For what it’s worth, Jagr has worn his sweater tucked-in (at least off-and-on) ever since his Pittsburgh Penguin days. Just guessing here, but maybe he does it to make it harder for the opposition to grab onto his sweater! (Wayne Gretzky had the habit of tucking one side of his sweater into his pants, but he developed that habit as a kid, playing against much older players and wearing sweaters that were a bit too big for him!)

The Pro Bowl is a circus. They uni’s make them look like clowns, so in a way they fit, but it makes me want to puke.

Has anyone mentioned/ thought of the “300 lb. test”? What I mean is do the uni’s look good on the big guys especially? As with the Oregon football uni’s they look bad on everyone, but they REALLY look bad on the linemen. Just like seeing a regular joe wearing bright, trendy, or flashy XXXXLs from the Big & Tall…terrible.

I was watching the typically fantastic “America’s Game” on NFL Network last night and they were showing the ‘72 Dolphins team that went undefeated, and while they had a perfect record their uniforms were decidedly imperfect. Some of the guys that had the number “2″ on their jerseys had DIFFERENT 2s on the front than on the back!

As you can see in this photo of Mercury Morris, the front of his jersey has a 2 with a little serif on the end, but his on his sleeve the 2 is missing the serif. The back of his jersey had 2s like the sleeves, not the front.

If you go to ag.nfl.com and click on the ‘72 Dolphins photo gallery there is a photo of Paul Warfield making a catch with his back to the camera and his 42 with the different numeral clearly visible.

The other weird thing was that not all of the Dolphins had mismatched 2s. Bob Griese’s 12 was consistent on the front, back, and sleeves. Miami’s punter wore #20 and his 2 was mismatched, along with Warfield’s 42, Jim Kiick’s 21, and some other guys. HOWEVER, they showed a quick shot of #32 on the bench and HIS 2s were the same front and back.

I went through a whole lot of “Am I seeing that right?” while watching that show. Lots of great 70s unis as well.

the philadelphia eagles from 1970 thru 1973 wore the exact same style fonts (front, back, sleeves) as did the 72 dolphins’ white sleeve striped jerseys.

[quote comment=”54033″]Love Coach K’s all-white sneakers. Hopefully he had time after the game to take them back to his grandma’s closet before she noticed her mall-walking shoes were missing. Wonder how much he’s getting paid for that footwear endorsement deal with Dexter.[/quote]

It was to raise awarness for the coaches vs cancer fund. Basketball coaches on all levels were encouraged to wear sneakers to draw awarness to this charity…

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New world series logo is crap..

[quote comment=”54028″]An ebay find:

Since no one can agree on which Buffalo Sabres logo to use, link? That’ll please everybody.[/quote]

You know, that actually doesn’t look that bad. Even with the ‘slug!

[quote comment=”54065″]…Coach K chose what appear to be “mall walker” shoes.[/quote]

Please don’t confuse fresh Force I’s with “mall walker” shoes.

[quote comment=”54063″]I watched the Grammy Awards last night and it looked like Stewart Copeland (drummer for The Police) was wearing a Nike iD shirt. The left arm had the tribal image (similar to link) and what looked like a Swoosh. I never would have recognized the tribal image but thanks to my devotion to this blog it caught my eye.[/quote]

Yea, he definitley was. I noticed that too, when they took their bow.

[quote comment=”54050″]The new World Series patch will recieve a lot of negative remarks in here I bet.., cause well, there is a lot of negativity in here, anyways, I don’t mind the looks of it, looks pretty cool actually.[/quote]

I don’t mind the world series logo either. The only thing that sticks out is that it doesn’t seem balanced. But as far as the style goes, I’m diggin’ it.

[quote comment=”54068″][quote comment=”54065″]…Coach K chose what appear to be “mall walker” shoes.[/quote]

Please don’t confuse fresh Force I’s with “mall walker” shoes.[/quote]
Miguel, Clevo, Krvanch, My bad, not a sneaker guy but I should have recognized that. I really don’t like the white on white – that makes them look like Mall Walkers to me.

[quote comment=”54054″]The Pro Bowl is a circus. They uni’s make them look like clowns, so in a way they fit, but it makes me want to puke.[/quote]

I must be wierd, for I actually liked the Pro-Bowl uniforms! They could have gone with a striped/plain pant with it, I appreciated the little touches on it like the team patches on each shoulder. I’m the type of person who thinks uniqueness in a team’s uniform is not a bad thing at all… take my favorite NFL uniform, the link A Lion’s uniform doesn’t remind me of a lion. The Utah Jazz just don’t have anything link on their link. But man… now linkthe uniform of a Bengal Tiger!

I must admit, those Sixers jerseys are HOTT. i LOVE the Phila on the front, although i wish it said PHILLY.

[quote comment=”54060″]Also, in football, the Bears’ sleeve numbers look different compared to the numbers on the front and back. Maybe because they’re only half as tall but more than half as thick, the “8” is really squashed on the sleeves. I don’t find it annoying but I’m sure some people do.[/quote]

It’s not uncommon for teams in the NFL to have different styled numbers for the fronts/backs and sleeves. Sleeve numbers tend to be wider proportionally. In some cases (like Green Bay), the 5’s are different. In Chicago’s case, the numbers are more compact, and look bolder.

I like the way Chicago’s sleeve numbers are different from the fronts (which in some numbers are also different than the backs…check out the 4….the bar is lower on the front than the back). It’s easy to spot the fake “authentic” Bears jerseys that way. If the sleeve numbers look like the fronts and backs, it’s not an authentic on-field jersey.

[quote comment=”54086″]It’s easy to spot the fake “authentic” Bears jerseys that way. If the sleeve numbers look like the fronts and backs, it’s not an authentic on-field jersey.[/quote]

Jim, you’d be surprised (if you’re not a Bears fan) at how few Bears replica jerseys looked even close to tolerable, lettering-wise, until recently. They tend to use generic sans-serif fonts (like Arial Narrow!) for the numbers; it looks pathetic. Or they’ll make the lettering link or otherwise out of proportion.

Fortunately they’re getting better.

[quote comment=”54060″]Also, in football, the Bears’ sleeve numbers look different compared to the numbers on the front and back. Maybe because they’re only half as tall but more than half as thick, the “8” is really squashed on the sleeves. I don’t find it annoying but I’m sure some people do.[/quote]Just for illustration purposes:

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[quote comment=”54047″]I was watching the typically fantastic “America’s Game” on NFL Network last night and they were showing the ’72 Dolphins ……[/quote]

I saw that too and it was driving me crazy. The “2’s” weren’t the only different numbers. There were several inconsistencies among the numbers. It hurt my head to watch.

I am also a fan of the 07 World Series logo. It kinda looks like the 04 logo and 05 logo put together.

I just noticed this:

Paul’s picture is gone from the bottom of ESPN.com’s link.

Let the conspiracy theories begin.

[quote comment=”54116″]I just noticed this:

Paul’s picture is gone from the bottom of ESPN.com’s link.

Let the conspiracy theories begin.[/quote]
Uni Watch is still a “top search” at the top right of Page 2…interesting

Also at the Grammy awards: Flea rocking out in the Laker’s uni. And no tights either.

[quote comment=”54084″]The apocolypse is nigh…Nikeworld has infiltrated link.[/quote]

You, too, can link!

[quote comment=”54105″]link[/quote]

I never noticed it when I drew those out…does the little 8 look top heavy to you?

And I think the vertical strokes are too thick visually. I should redo those.

[quote comment=”54135″][quote comment=”54050″]The new World Series patch will recieve a lot of negative remarks in here I bet.., cause well, there is a lot of negativity in here, anyways, I don’t mind the looks of it, looks pretty cool actually.[/quote]

The logo itself isn’t bad. What is bad is when that logo is plastered on the hat, on the sleeve, on the neck of the undershirt, on the ball, on the bases. If you are watching the World Series on TV, what are the chances that you don’t know that you are watching the World Series? We, as viewers, do not need to be constantly hit over the head with the logo.

A simple, proportional sleeve patch would suffice.[/quote]
I guess I hadn’t thought of this before, but what is the purpose of the WS or SB logos? Like Stuby just said, what are the chances we won’t watch it? Like if they had not released the logo in February we would assume they aren’t playing the WS this year? I can see wanting the logo on your team’s gear if they make it. (I have a 2000 WS logoed Mets cap). But other than that, what’s the point? and why pre release it?

The new World Series patch will recieve a lot of negative remarks in here I bet.., cause well, there is a lot of negativity in here, anyways, I don’t mind the looks of it, looks pretty cool actually.

I guess I hadn’t thought of this before, but what is the purpose of the WS or SB logos? Like Stuby just said, what are the chances we won’t watch it? Like if they had not released the logo in February we would assume they aren’t playing the WS this year? I can see wanting the logo on your team’s gear if they make it. (I have a 2000 WS logoed Mets cap). But other than that, what’s the point? and why pre release it?

because it’ll be great to see the logo the mets will be wearing on their jerseys and hats come october a little early ;) i kinda dig the logo i won’t lie. i like the incorporation of yellow back into it, the one thing they need to fix this year from last is usually the caps have a smaller version of the logo on them. but the cards and tigers had the full logo on their hats and it looked ridiculouly too big. still though best ws logo was 2000.

[quote comment=”54046″]This link that was on some of the Reebok shoes at the Pro Bowl game. It kinda looks like stars from far away.[/quote]

Are those pumps? Or what’s that button looking things on the back?

And why do they insist on putting a cheap team patch on the Pro-Bowl jerseys by their right armpit? Isn’t the helmet enough to identify them? link link And atleast the people who watched didn’t have to witness link or link.

link on ESPN.com has an interesting photo almost at the bottom with OJ Simpson wearing 36 in a preseason game for the Bills.

[quote comment=”54159″]Jesus, Lukas, all you do is bitch, moan, whine, bitch, moan, bitch and then bitch some more.

“Purple sucks dick.”[/quote]

I have never seen Paul say this once.

[quote comment=”54159″]”The Vikings unis suck.”[/quote]

That’s because they do.

[quote comment=”54159″]”The All-Star game unis suck.”[/quote]

That’s because the NHL and the NFL Pro Bowl game uniforms were aesthetically hostile.

[quote comment=”54159″]”Nike sucks dick.”[/quote]

Again, Paul has never said this.

[quote comment=”54159”]I have NEVER seen you offer anything resembling constructive criticism of any unis. It’s all just one long bitch fest with you.

You say that Nike and their uni choices suck, but you have NEVER offered a single alternative. [/quote]

He has not said that their designs suck. There have been many good uniform designs and features introduced by Nike. There have been some very bad ones as well, as in the mismatched sleeves in college football and the entire Oregon Ducks’ football program. What Paul has said, time-and-again, about Nike is the displeasing way they slap a Nike logo across anything and everything they can as a marketing billboard. There is no constructive criticism needed here. He is simply saying he detests their branding approach.

[quote comment=”54159″]Only conclusion I can reach is that you have no self confidence and are just a tiny petty man who can do nothing but offer destructive comments about others.

And that’s sad and pathetic.[/quote]

What’s sad and pathetic is that someone misconstrues an entire man’s view on the world of atheletic aesthetics. And misquotes him in the process.

I am sure that hthis was probably discussed a few months ago. If so, I apologize.

I had thought that Texas Tech was an underarmor school, or at least thht was what they were during the football season.

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But when it came time to play basketball, their team was wearing adidas.

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Was this a recent switch or do they have agreements with both manufacturers?

[quote comment=”54157″]RE: Blazers sports bra warmups.

Don’t know if it’s NIKE deal or Reebok or what, but someone screwed it up…[/quote]

Its Adidas, and their 3 stripes from the neckline to the center of the shoulderblade area that help with the sports bra look.

The new World Series logo looks fine enough, but you just know the patch will be HUGE.

Also, in regards to Devin Hester’s visor and tabs….Devin Hester can do whatever he wants.

Those Sixers’ jerseys are amazing! I wish they would make that their pimary jersey. They went from having some of the best jerseys in NBA history to wearing some of the ugliest. They are so close to redeeming themselves with the Valentine’s Day jerseys. If only they could be worn for more than one game. I LOVE the red (as opposed to the copperish/blackish and the blue). I also love to see the PHILA across the front. It reminds me of the good old days…which I wasn’t alive for.

[quote comment=”54177″]Those Sixers’ jerseys are amazing! I wish they would make that their pimary jersey. They went from having some of the best jerseys in NBA history to wearing some of the ugliest. They are so close to redeeming themselves with the Valentine’s Day jerseys. If only they could be worn for more than one game. I LOVE the red (as opposed to the copperish/blackish and the blue). I also love to see the PHILA across the front.

It reminds me of the good old days…which I wasn’t alive for.[/quote]

The red 76ers uniforms will be worn more than once. They’re debuting on Valentine’s Day and will henceforth be the 76ers’ 2nd road uniform. Hopefully this look will last longer than the ill-fated royal alt the 76ers wore a few years ago. That was awful.

The Hornets’ red uniforms will only be worn for Valentine’s Day, as far as I know.

[quote comment=”54173″]The new World Series logo looks fine enough, but you just know the patch will be HUGE.

Also, in regards to Devin Hester’s visor and tabs….Devin Hester can do whatever he wants.[/quote]

While I am a huge Devin Hester fan, only Bill Braski can do whatever he wants

[quote comment=”54050″]The new World Series patch will recieve a lot of negative remarks in here I bet.., cause well, there is a lot of negativity in here, anyways, I don’t mind the looks of it, looks pretty cool actually.[/quote]
I like the logo. MUCH better than the Super Bowl logo. It looks PROFESSIONAL!

Kudos to MLB.

[quote comment=”54186″][quote comment=”54182″]First your name was Trevor and now it’s Travis…might want to get some consistency in your pseudonyms chief. You don’t like it, don’t read it. It’s that simple. You say Paul does nothing but complain, but all you’ve managed to do is rattle off two useless points complaining about all the complaining on the board…I’m sure you realized the irony of that and if you hadn’t, Trevor, Travis, or whatever your name is, let me be the one to point it out to you.

Completely agree with the judgement of the Sixers red uniforms. Normally teams that adopt a look for a holiday (like St. Patrick’s Day or Valentine’s Day) look forced and ugly. But those red Sixers uniforms are sharp. Glad to hear they’ll be wearing them several times a year. When I saw them, I couldn’t help but think of these: link
I would have said link or even link. Actually, does anyone know if Wilt is in is blue or red?[/quote]

Good point Metsfan AZ, you know it’s easy to forget that red used to be a primary color of the Sixers. I do actually like the black and white uniforms they’ve been wearing since the late 90s, but a return to red is welcome. Just so long as they don’t return to these: link

[quote comment=”54188″][quote comment=”54186″][quote comment=”54182″]First your name was Trevor and now it’s Travis…might want to get some consistency in your pseudonyms chief. You don’t like it, don’t read it. It’s that simple. You say Paul does nothing but complain, but all you’ve managed to do is rattle off two useless points complaining about all the complaining on the board…I’m sure you realized the irony of that and if you hadn’t, Trevor, Travis, or whatever your name is, let me be the one to point it out to you.

Completely agree with the judgement of the Sixers red uniforms. Normally teams that adopt a look for a holiday (like St. Patrick’s Day or Valentine’s Day) look forced and ugly. But those red Sixers uniforms are sharp. Glad to hear they’ll be wearing them several times a year. When I saw them, I couldn’t help but think of these: link
I would have said link or even link. Actually, does anyone know if Wilt is in is blue or red?[/quote]

Good point Metsfan AZ, you know it’s easy to forget that red used to be a primary color of the Sixers. I do actually like the black and white uniforms they’ve been wearing since the late 90s, but a return to red is welcome. Just so long as they don’t return to these: link
I like to think of that one as the uni that drove link to link. My quick Charles search leads me to believe no one has a worse looking uni link.

You know, I didn’t think it was possible for the Hornets’ uniforms to get any uglier. But WOW. Primary red with yellow, purple and minty-green trim makes me thow up in my mouth a little bit.

Makes you long for the days of teal, purple, green and pinstripes.

I’d like to conduct an informal poll to determine which league is doing the worst branding job these days…and yes, it’s going to be a tough contest because it’s bad out there. Just rank ’em 1 to 4 with One being the worst league and four being the best (of the worst).

Ok, I’ll start

1. NFL. SHOULD be the best. They’re the NFL. Ouch.
2. NBA. Ugly. As edgy as they try to be, yech…
3. NHL. Sickening. Buffaslugs, Ducks and Form Fit.
4. MLB. Boring. D-Backs and Reds. In a sport with so many throwback the clock winners, how do they always fuck up new identities? Seems impossible.

[quote comment=”54193″]Does this qualify for logo creep?

Check out Northwestern:

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Indiana has three stripes on the sleeve too, subtle.

I think we need the nike counter back up. Doesn’t it seem like Trevor/Travis is the same crazy Nike guy from before. And he keeps saying he wants constructive criticism from Paul, probably cause he’s close to getting fired for all his crappy ideas and wants some freebies to help save his career.

[quote comment=”54199″][quote comment=”54159″]Jesus, Lukas, all you do is bitch, moan, whine, bitch, moan, bitch and then bitch some more.

“Purple sucks dick.”

“The Vikings unis suck.”

“The All-Star game unis suck.”

“Nike sucks dick.”

I have NEVER seen you offer anything resembling constructive criticism of any unis. It’s all just one long bitch fest with you.

You say that Nike and their uni choices suck, but you have NEVER offered a single alternative.

Only conclusion I can reach is that you have no self confidence and are just a tiny petty man who can do nothing but offer destructive comments about others.

And that’s sad and pathetic.[/quote]

Are you f-ing serious? Who the hell pissed in your Wheaties?[/quote]
Apparently Lukas did.

OK. Maybe someone already mentioned this but the mannequins on the main picture of Saturday’s open thread featured the AFC Pro Bowl unis in an all white presentation and the NFC in a blue jersey and red pants but during the Pro Bowl the AFC wore the red pants to the AFC and the NFC wore the white pants. Huh?

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So Reebok can’t even dress the friggin’ mannequins properly…not that I’m surprised…look at all the shitty designs they produce.

I’m in agreement with many of you that the Sixers’ red unis are sharp. I’ve never been a huge fan of their current uniforms, but I always thought they worked well because link was THE identity of that team, and the look of those black uniforms seemed to fit in with him really well. Now that he’s moved on, and the team will need to find a new identity, I think it would be the perfect time to switch things up and go back to the red-blue color scheme. Any thoughts?

[quote comment=”54205″][quote comment=”54203″]Gratuitous Paul-bashing is neither mature nor wise.[/quote]
I don’t see it all as being immature, I see it as having freedom of speech.[/quote]
Freedom of speech is stating your opinion in a MATURE fashion…not calling someone out saying they “have no self confidence and are just a tiny petty man” just because you disagree with someone else’s opinions.

That’s immature.

Paul’s blog. Paul’s hard work. Paul gets to call the shots. It’s his gig…and for better (and oeccassionally worse) he’s brought some attention to this most excellent underground movement…

Opinions are like assholes. Everyone’s got one…

There are a lot more important things to focus on in the world— like eliminating the Wizards alts.

[quote comment=”54205″][quote comment=”54203″]Gratuitous Paul-bashing is neither mature nor wise.[/quote]
I don’t see it all as being immature, I see it as having freedom of speech.[/quote]

I could also tell all of my 1st grade students that there is no Santa Claus, but my freedom of speech argument probably wouldn’t allow me to keep my job. I could stand outside a theater and tell everyone how the movie that they are about to see ends, but I’m sure my freedom of speech argument wouldn’t prevent the pummeling I’d receive. Just because you CAN say something doesn’t mean you necessarily SHOULD. Different opinions are, of course, welcome, but I don’t think personal attacks are necessary.

With the Pro-Bowl circus finally over I guess it’s time to turn our attention to the next All-Star event, the NBA game. Adidas basketball is going all out for a few of their big name players, dropping a limited edition number of shoe-packs for Kevin Garnett, Tracy McGrady, Agent 0 and Tim Duncan, some of which will be worn during the game. Check out the links for all the pictures:

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[quote comment=”54178″]
Ever heard of paraphrasing? obviously not.[/quote]

Since this retort was directed at me, I’ll break this down for you. Paraphrasing does not involve direct quotations. You quoted Paul by using the standard quotation marks around things that you claimed he stated. That is misquoting and misconstruing as a textbook case. Don’t use quotation marks to put words in Paul’s mouth if he has never said or wrote them. That’s not paraphrasing… that’s libel by definition of the law.

[quote comment=”54178″]And it’s funny how you completely and utterly misconstured my entire post and the overarching point, which is really surprising since you’d have to be blind to miss it.[/quote]

He doesn’t like the colour purple. He doesn’t like Nike’s branding of everything with a swoosh. He doesn’t like the Minnesota Vikings because they are all purple. He doesn’t like the All-Star game jerseys because they are aesthetically unpleasing. Did I miss anything? Oh right, I missed the part where you OBVIOUSLY HAVE NEVER READ ANYTHING ON THIS BLOG.

[quote comment=”54178″]But I’ll repeat it just for kicks: All Lukas does is bitch and whine and throw out destructive criticism. I have
NEVER seen him say a single positive thing about Nike or their uni designs.

Not one.[/quote]

Here’s the thing: he rips Reebok and Adidas and Under Armour too! Can you believe that?

And since you clearly don’t read this blog, Paul doesn’t hate Nike for their uniform design… he hates Nike because of their marketing obsession to have every thread with a swoosh on it.

[quote comment=”54178″]And here’s the important part, so I’ll bold and italicize it: he NEVER offers any alternatives or makes any suggestions as to how a particular uni could be improved. NEVER.

It’s all “this sucks, that sucks” etc.[/quote]

He doesn’t have to offer an alternative. He’s a reporter! He doesn’t design jerseys. He researches, writes, and gets published. He gets to say what he wants on this site because, and here’s the important part, so I’ll bold and italicize it, it’s his blog! Since it’s his blog, he can pretty much do what he wants on it. You can agree to disagree, but to throw out this much hostility towards a guy who does his homework and brings these uniforms to light is unnecessary and unwarranted. Grow up.

[quote comment=”54178″]And as for the All star and pro bowl game unis being aesthetically hostile, thanks for trying to foist yet another bullshit made up phrase on the world.[/quote]

Ok, I’ll save the phrase and tell you that I hate them. If I wanted a Rorschach inkblot test like I saw at the Pro Bowl, I’d go see a psychiatrist.

[quote comment=”54178″]Unfortuantely for you the judges are done conferring and their judgement on you is: DENIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

Is that some sort of lame insult?

No photos, but those LSU baseball hats are just like one’s their new head coach Paul Mainieri had at Notre Dame. The ND hats looked great…white hat, navy blue ND, button, and brim. With navy blue jerseys and white pants, they were a great look.

We need to stop defending the indefensible by crying “Freedom of speech!!”

Freedom of speech is not absolute. It is the principle that “Congress shall make no law…” requiring U.S. citizens to say, think or write, or refrain from saying, thinking or writing, any particular thing. That’s all it is.

Even under this Constitutional principle, not all speech is protected. “Shouting ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theatre” is the most ubiquitous example. Hate speech is another. There is no “freedom of speech” defense for libel, slander, defamation, sexual harrassment, conspiracy, solicitation, etc.

[quote comment=”54223″]We need to stop defending the indefensible by crying “Freedom of speech!!”

Freedom of speech is not absolute. It is the principle that “Congress shall make no law…” requiring U.S. citizens to say, think or write, or refrain from saying, thinking or writing, any particular thing. That’s all it is.

Even under this Constitutional principle, not all speech is protected. “Shouting ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theatre” is the most ubiquitous example. Hate speech is another. There is no “freedom of speech” defense for libel, slander, defamation, sexual harrassment, conspiracy, solicitation, etc.[/quote]

And further:

“People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.”

Bring back the Nike counter!

[quote comment=”54224″]Well, it’s good to see that Monday is bringing out the best in everyone today.

I appreciate everyone who’s leapt to my defense, but please don’t feel you have to waste your breath on this asshole.[/quote]

We, the readers, stand up for what we believe in. In Uni Watch, we trust. It’s entertaining, it’s informative, and the debates are quite good between us readers.

It’s ridiculous attacks like those above who bring us to defend what we are passionate about. And that’s a reflection on you, Paul. You’ve made us passionate about your cause. :o)

Hey Paul, if you exchange emails with this Flamer, can you post them later on for all of us to view ?

TonyE, right you are. Despite the fact that they’re holding the ball in similar positions. I just gagged a little seeing how see-through those white pants are.

[quote comment=”54206″]Freedom of speech is stating your opinion in a MATURE fashion…not calling someone out saying they “have no self confidence and are just a tiny petty man” just because you disagree with someone else’s opinions.
That’s immature.[/quote]

Y’know, it’s ignorant people like you who elected Shrub the last two presidential elections.

Go back and read the 1st Amendment to the Constitution.

In fact I’ll make it really easy for you and quote it in it’s entirety: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

That’s it.

That’s the entire thing.

Now please show me precisely where in that quote it says ANYTHING about to quote you,”stating your opinion in a mature fashion.”

I wouldn’t call burning the flag or burning a cross to be a mature fashion, but I’ll die for your right to act like a fucking ‘tard if that’s how you express yourself.

It’s sad and pitiful and quite frightening that you have absolutely NO idea what the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution says or what it actually means.

Pathetic.

As for various posters claims that I work for Nike, yeah right. I’m in Maine which is just about as far as you can get from Nike.

Tools.

[quote comment=”54178″][quote comment=”54160″][quote comment=”54159″]Jesus, Lukas, all you do is bitch, moan, whine, bitch, moan, bitch and then bitch some more.

“Purple sucks dick.”[/quote]

I have never seen Paul say this once.

[quote comment=”54159″]”The Vikings unis suck.”[/quote]

That’s because they do.

[quote comment=”54159″]”The All-Star game unis suck.”[/quote]

That’s because the NHL and the NFL Pro Bowl game uniforms were aesthetically hostile.

[quote comment=”54159″]”Nike sucks dick.”[/quote]

Again, Paul has never said this.

[quote comment=”54159”]I have NEVER seen you offer anything resembling constructive criticism of any unis. It’s all just one long bitch fest with you.

You say that Nike and their uni choices suck, but you have NEVER offered a single alternative. [/quote]

He has not said that their designs suck. There have been many good uniform designs and features introduced by Nike. There have been some very bad ones as well, as in the mismatched sleeves in college football and the entire Oregon Ducks’ football program. What Paul has said, time-and-again, about Nike is the displeasing way they slap a Nike logo across anything and everything they can as a marketing billboard. There is no constructive criticism needed here. He is simply saying he detests their branding approach.

[quote comment=”54159″]Only conclusion I can reach is that you have no self confidence and are just a tiny petty man who can do nothing but offer destructive comments about others.

And that’s sad and pathetic.[/quote]

What’s sad and pathetic is that someone misconstrues an entire man’s view on the world of atheletic aesthetics. And misquotes him in the process.[/quote]

Ever heard of paraphrasing? obviously not.

And it’s fun ny how you completely and utterly misconstured my entire post and the overarching point, which is really surprising since you’d have to be blind to miss it.

But I’ll repeat it just for kicks: All Lukas does is bitch and whine and throw out destructive criticism. I have
NEVER seen him say a single positive thing about Nike or their uni designs.

Not one.

And here’s the important part, so I’ll bold and italicize it: he NEVER offers any alternatives or makes any suggestions as to how a particular uni could be improved. NEVER.

It’s all “this sucks, that sucks” etc.

And as for the All star and pro bowl game unis being aesthetically hostile, thanks for trying to foist yet another bullshit made up phrase on the world.

Unfortuantely for you the judges are done conferring and their judgement on you is: DENIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

why do you need to post under different names? trevor/travis? make you your mind so we know who to ignore.

Another observation … Don Ho’s not dead. No need to exhume him. Unless he sleeps in the dirt. Soon enough, though. Soon enough.

Hi, my name’s John. I’m here to put us back on topic.

So, the AHL is link. Excellent. Too bad they were the wrm-ups not the game jerseys.

link

link

Both still better than link.

[quote comment=”54262″]I suggest we ignore the comments of angry Travis. I for one don’t feel the need to defend Paul as 99% of the readers of this site know exactly what he stands for, and running through this over and over again isn’t worth anyone’s time.[/quote]

Yeah, Paul, block this Travis guy’s IP. He’s wasted enough bandwidth with his ignorance.

. . . even if his career isn’t.

Regarding different-styled numerals on the same team…

Take a look link at the cover of the 1989 NY Jets yearbook. Compare the numeral 2 on Mickey Shuler’s jersey on the left, and Erik McMillan’s on the right.

I think the Jets back then (late ’80s, before the black trim was added) had warm- and cold-weather jerseys, each of which used slightly different numeral and lettering fonts. The warm-weather jerseys used the “diagonal” 2 and thick, rounded lettering ont he nameplate, while the cold-weather jerseys used the “squared” 2 with thinner, block lettering. Note that the Jets almost always wore white from ’85-’89; coach Joe Walton preferred to wear white at home because he felt it made the players look bigger.

Here’s something I could never figure out: the Jets never used serif lettering on nameplates in their history, until the “throwback” game they played in ’93 against the Bengals. This gave someone the idea that they had used serif lettering on the Namath-era jerseys. They used it again on the throwback unis in ’94, started using it regularly around ’95 or so, then adopted it when they made the uniform change in ’98. Why didn’t anyone at the Jets catch this?

(Strangely, the Giants switched from serif to sans-serif lettering the same way, at the same time…)

[quote comment=”54290″]As for various posters claims that I work for Nike, yeah right. I’m in Maine which is just about as far as you can get from Nike.

Tools.

If you really want to mix it up…I suggest you gon over to this site…

link

and use the name logoman..[/quote]

or at least pick only one name to use.

[quote comment=”54159″]Jesus, Lukas, all you do is bitch, moan, whine, bitch, moan, bitch and then bitch some more.

“Purple sucks dick.”

“The Vikings unis suck.”

“The All-Star game unis suck.”

“Nike sucks dick.”

I have NEVER seen you offer anything resembling constructive criticism of any unis. It’s all just one long bitch fest with you.

You say that Nike and their uni choices suck, but you have NEVER offered a single alternative.

Only conclusion I can reach is that you have no self confidence and are just a tiny petty man who can do nothing but offer destructive comments about others.

And that’s sad and pathetic.[/quote]
Actually, Paul is offering up constructive criticism all the time. He often encourages teams to use traditional striping elements. He frequently points out that when teams use “just because we could” piping on uniforms generally breaks things up visually, creating an unpleasing sensation to the eyes.
He doesn’t like purple or random use of black, a personal preference, whatever.
He also praises Nike when they get it right, like on the team USA Soccer kit.
Now, you on the other hand trevor, or travis, or T-bone or whatever you are going by this go around, have contributed nothing of substance to the conversation.
Now, I know that Paul has ‘defended’ himself, but I had to get that out.
thanks all.
and to actually contribute to Uni-talk. The new Phila Jerseys are very sweet. Could do w/o the goofing blue patch on the side, but all in all a complete upgrade. I hope that it becomes primary road uni next year.

As for various posters claims that I work for Nike, yeah right. I’m in Maine which is just about as far as you can get from Nike.

and use the name logoman..

or at least pick only one name to use.

Or of course until your IP address or account gets nullified when you disagree with a moderator…them’s the rules in Creamerland…

[quote comment=”54147″]I don’t mind those new 76ers uniforms. Now if only they could replace their ‘Sixers’ wordmark with ’76ers’…

The red Hornets jerseys don’t make sense, but I like that they’ve put Oklahoma City on the front.[/quote]

The fact that they have OKC on the front makes me ill. I can’t wait until the looters are done with the team.

yes, any involvement of the actual words “Oklahoma” and “City”, whether on a warm up, the little “OKC” patch, their three letter abbreviation used on tv, the valentines day jersey, and, most importantly, their name, disgusts me when it comes to the hornets. they are the NEW ORLEANS hornets. they’ve just been relocated due to tragedy. its really annoying.

[quote comment=”54336″]

and use the name logoman..

or at least pick only one name to use.

Or of course until your IP address or account gets nullified when you disagree with a moderator…them’s the rules in Creamerland…[/quote]

Only if it’s you, Tom.

We’ve missed you and all your boastful ways.

[quote comment=”54246″]

TonyE, right you are. Despite the fact that they’re holding the ball in similar positions. I just gagged a little seeing how see-through those white pants are.[/quote]
those pants are so see through you can see the zit on 66’s ass!!

Or of course until your IP address or account gets nullified when you disagree with a moderator…them’s the rules in Creamerland…

We’ve missed you and all your boastful ways.

Drip. Drip. Drip. Is it me or is something leaking?

[quote comment=”54406″]Hey, did anyone see the Detroit-Philedelphia game last night?
Detroit’s backup goalie was wearing a red New Era Detroit Tigers hat on the bench.[/quote]

No, but I did hear this gem out of Edzo…

“Michael Leighton is seeing his first action as a Flyer tonight and, uh, link.”
And Joni Pitkanen seems pretty conscious about hsi tape job.

[quote comment=”54413″][quote comment=”54406″]Hey, did anyone see the Detroit-Philedelphia game last night?
Detroit’s backup goalie was wearing a red New Era Detroit Tigers hat on the bench.[/quote]

No, but I did hear this gem out of Edzo…

“Michael Leighton is seeing his first action as a Flyer tonight and, uh, link.”
And Joni Pitkanen seems pretty conscious about hsi tape job.[/quote]

Great homework… Leighton started the game before against the Blues… and won… Two in a row for the Flyers… Break ’em up!! and yes I am a fan…

[quote comment=”54426″][quote comment=”54421″][quote comment=”54413″][quote comment=”54406″]Hey, did anyone see the Detroit-Philedelphia game last night?
Detroit’s backup goalie was wearing a red New Era Detroit Tigers hat on the bench.[/quote]

No, but I did hear this gem out of Edzo…

“Michael Leighton is seeing his first action as a Flyer tonight and, uh, link.”
And Joni Pitkanen seems pretty conscious about hsi tape job.[/quote]

Great homework… Leighton started the game before against the Blues… and won… Two in a row for the Flyers… Break ’em up!! and yes I am a fan…[/quote]

After I read that, I didn’t mean great homework by you, John… I meant great homework by the analyst…

As for the curtain matching the drapes, think of a woman who dyes her hair…an that’s as far as I’m going with that…[/quote]

I feel all warm and fuzzy inside

The “ice cream” hats for LSU baseball are only going to worn on saturdays, and i believe only saturday home games.
friday games are white unis and our normal purple hats
saturdays- purple jerseys and white caps
sunday- gold jerseys and purple caps
midweek- pinstripes and purple caps