shrader Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 You'd think the sabres website would actually have a picture of both jerseys somewhere. That website is even worse than the white jerseys.
SilverNRed Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 You'd think the sabres website would actually have a picture of both jerseys somewhere. That website is even worse than the white jerseys. 774925[/snapback] Nothing is worse than the white jerseys.
Chilly Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 Just got back from the unveiling - the white jerseys are completely terrible. A big yellow logo on a white jersey DOES NOT WORK. And having nothing along the bottom and top of the uniform makes the players look like big white rectangles with arms. What the !@#$ were they thinking? The home jerseys are OK, I guess, but they're so busy. All the dumbasses who said we needed to see these things in context to "get" them need to apologize. I actually think the banana slug is worse now that I've seen it on a uniform. 774919[/snapback] They actually let you out of Texas?
Taro T Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 Just got back from the unveiling - the white jerseys are completely terrible. A big yellow logo on a white jersey DOES NOT WORK. And having nothing along the bottom and top of the uniform makes the players look like big white rectangles with arms. What the !@#$ were they thinking? The home jerseys are OK, I guess, but they're so busy. All the dumbasses who said we needed to see these things in context to "get" them need to apologize. I actually think the banana slug is worse now that I've seen it on a uniform. 774919[/snapback] Were people buying the new junk? When Channel 2 panned the crowd I only saw 1 lady wearing a tee shirt that may have been new. (1 out of 2,000 isn't bad in my book.) My fear is that people will say "I want to support the team and buy this stuff even though it has a horrible snot smear across it". If the cash registers in the store were mobbed, we'll be stuck with this abomination for a long time.
Ramius Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 Those white jerseys are hideous. !@#$ing puke!
SilverNRed Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 Were people buying the new junk? When Channel 2 panned the crowd I only saw 1 lady wearing a tee shirt that may have been new. (1 out of 2,000 isn't bad in my book.) My fear is that people will say "I want to support the team and buy this stuff even though it has a horrible snot smear across it". If the cash registers in the store were mobbed, we'll be stuck with this abomination for a long time. 774935[/snapback] Yeah, I saw a few guys buy and immediately put on the new blue jerseys. (Something tells me the new uniforms could have been purple and periwinkle with Richard Simmons as the logo and these dorks would have bought them.) I saw people buying kids white jerseys too. The Sabres Store really didn't have many jerseys. People were buying blue and gold Briere t-shirts before the unveiling. I was thinking I'd buy a puck and a pennant on my way out but after seeing the abomination that was the white jersey, I lost all interest in buying anything. If it helps, even the kids around me in the crowd thought the white jerseys were ugly. If teenagers didn't like it, I don't see how anyone else could. And the kids 12 and under were mainly there to jump around so I didn't gauge their opinions. For those who need some proof, here's Briere in the road jersey. Briere is embarassed
Mile High Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 Whatever..... I could really give a sh-- what they are wearing. As long as they hoist the fugging Stanley Cup over their head in the spring, that's all that matters.
Taro T Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 Yeah, I saw a few guys buy and immediately put on the new blue jerseys. (Something tells me the new uniforms could have been purple and periwinkle with Richard Simmons as the logo and these dorks would have bought them.) I saw people buying kids white jerseys too. The Sabres Store really didn't have many jerseys. People were buying blue and gold Briere t-shirts before the unveiling. I was thinking I'd buy a puck and a pennant on my way out but after seeing the abomination that was the white jersey, I lost all interest in buying anything. If it helps, even the kids around me in the crowd thought the white jerseys were ugly. If teenagers didn't like it, I don't see how anyone else could. And the kids 12 and under were mainly there to jump around so I didn't gauge their opinions. For those who need some proof, here's Briere in the road jersey. Briere is embarassed 774938[/snapback] That is good news. Hopefully this will just be a short lived excursion like the Gorton's fisherman was.
kasper13 Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 I didn't see any new jerseys for sale at all. Place was packed. People were buying anything & everything with the new logo on it but no jerseys. There was a huge wait to go into the team store when I left. I'd guess there were about 10,000 people there. Everyone stood up and cheered very loudlywhen the Sabres came out. Players gathered at Center Ice and raised their sticks in a salute to the fans. The white jerseys are the worse of the two. I really like the blue jerseys- logo and all. I didn't hear one person boo the new unis and there were no chants to get rid of the "slug" and the merchandise was selling like crazy.
Chilly Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 I didn't see any new jerseys for sale at all. Place was packed. People were buying anything & everything with the new logo on it but no jerseys. There was a huge wait to go into the team store when I left. I'd guess there were about 10,000 people there. Everyone stood up and cheered very loudlywhen the Sabres came out. Players gathered at Center Ice and raised their sticks in a salute to the fans. The white jerseys are the worse of the two. I really like the blue jerseys- logo and all. I didn't hear one person boo the new unis and there were no chants to get rid of the "slug" and the merchandise was selling like crazy. 774945[/snapback]
Lurker Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 Nothing is worse than the white jerseys. 774927[/snapback] Fugly to the extreme...
/dev/null Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 I was eating a donut at work the other day and some custard squirted out onto the table. as i looked at the yellow glob i thought it reminded me of the buffalo slug
SilverNRed Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 774950[/snapback] Like I said, the people buying this crap would have literally bought anything. I own every Sabres uniform ever made and I lost all interest in buying anything once I saw the white jerseys. They had two years to put this all together. The logo sucks. The uniforms are a jumbled mess of angled stripes all up and down the sleeves. The season starts in less than a month and they didn't have much to sell. Oh, and they accidentally leaked parts of the uniform out constantly all summer (logo, pants and gloves, then home jersey). And when fans hated the logo, they had that goofy thrown-together press conference to announce that the old uniforms would be the alternates. I have no idea if there was a more sloppy way to handle this whole thing. Larry Quinn said yesterday that they had originally designed the jerseys to be tucked in (the new NHL template) and therefore there were no horizontal lines across the bottom. But the NHL scrapped that template. The result? The Sabres are wearing football jerseys that basically mirror the Denver Broncos. And it's not like the team didn't have time to adjust to the template. The Ducks new uniforms have different colors along the bottom of the jersey (bronze). The Sabres just !@#$ed up.
Lurker Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 OMFG those things are even worse than I could have imagined. 774892[/snapback] What's sad is that they'd be ugly even without a logo.....wow.
SilverNRed Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 What's sad is that they'd be ugly even without a logo.....wow. 774956[/snapback] I was a little worried that I would really like the uniforms (and still hate the logo) and therefore have to consider buying a jersey with an ugly logo. Not worried anymore. Corey Griswold on WGR is fawning over them and talking about how everyone there loves them. 70% of the people there were less than 20. I didn't hear one person in the crowd say how much they liked them. People were happy to see the team. The uniforms suck. I refuse to believe that every single WGR person came to the same conclusion about how great the uniforms are on their own. Not even one guy there doesn't like them? Hmmmmm....
billsfanmiami(oh) Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 Worst uni's EVER. God, why the F*ck didn't they use one of the celsius designs. I probably would have spent a few hundred on some new merchandise if they did. I will not buy any Sabres merchandise until they get rid of that abortion of a uniform.
shrader Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 Larry Quinn said yesterday that they had originally designed the jerseys to be tucked in (the new NHL template) and therefore there were no horizontal lines across the bottom. But the NHL scrapped that template. The result? The Sabres are wearing football jerseys that basically mirror the Denver Broncos. And it's not like the team didn't have time to adjust to the template. The Ducks new uniforms have different colors along the bottom of the jersey (bronze). The Sabres just !@#$ed up. 774955[/snapback] This actually makes perfect sense to me now. Those jerseys do look like they would go along with some of the tighter fitting crap pictures I saw in the past season. I guess Quinn was just too lazy to bother correcting things once the new style was pushed back. edit: The more I think about it, I think the blame falls on the shoulders of Reebok. The new style jersey was originally supposed to be out this season. The Sabres and Ducks both have new jerseys this year, and neither has a traditional crest like you'd find on any other jersey. Sure, you may not like some other jerseys around the league, but each one has a logo that fits what you would consider to be a crest. This can't be a coincidence. Reebok was calling the shots on these new jerseys. I fear for the future of the NHL.
loadofmularkey Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 I was a little worried that I would really like the uniforms (and still hate the logo) and therefore have to consider buying a jersey with an ugly logo. Not worried anymore. Corey Griswold on WGR is fawning over them and talking about how everyone there loves them. 70% of the people there were less than 20. I didn't hear one person in the crowd say how much they liked them. People were happy to see the team. The uniforms suck. I refuse to believe that every single WGR person came to the same conclusion about how great the uniforms are on their own. Not even one guy there doesn't like them? Hmmmmm.... 774963[/snapback] You'd probably be baffled by the video on sabres.com which shows two guys in their late 20s/early 30s buying some new navy blue jerseys and saying how much they like them. Probably Sabres or WGR employees right? I am 25. I think the jerseys are very cool. I will be buying one navy blue one, and one third one. Sorry everyone. Believe it or not, 100% of Sabres fans don't hate the new look. I posted yesterday about how it's getting to the point where the logo-b!tching is getting more obnoxious than the actual logo. My friend (a Leafs fan who lives in Kingston) gave me a call earlier today. He has caught wind of all the griping and was happy to report that Leafs fans couldn't give a rip about the new jerseys (he happened to think they weren't bad) but rather he and his Leaf buddies are far more amused at the fact that the fans are so worked up over them. I don't remember Flyers fans acting this ridiculous when their team ditched the vintage orange look and adopted the black/3rd jerseys full-time...a legitimate reason to gripe IMO.
RayFinkle Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 I don't remember Flyers fans acting this ridiculous when their team ditched the vintage orange look and adopted the black/3rd jerseys full-time...a legitimate reason to gripe IMO. 775041[/snapback] Did they ditch the claasic Flyers P in favor of a skid mark? No fuggin comparison man.
USMCBillsFan Posted September 16, 2006 Posted September 16, 2006 So nobody saw the alternate? Is it identical to the 70's version? That's what I'll be buying when they're available. Fug that slug jersey. HIDEOUS!
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