Adidas Gear showing up at UW Bookstore
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I've never seen any of those on the unis. Thought this was about unis.UWhuskytskeet said:
1995?creepycoug said:
what's the husky logo w/o the W behind it? like an actual husky head? I hate those.haie said:90's UW: dark purple and borderline mustard color "gold".
We need:
Plain purple tops, large block white numbers.
No stripes on the shoulders, just a gold panting husky logo without the W behind it on each lower shoulder.
Mustard pants, just the purple W on the hip, nothing else.
White socks. Purple shoes. Helmet the same as we have.
Only W symbols anywhere, stripe on helmet, purple/white and white purple jersey, don't mind shoulder stripes (of the throwback variety like SC does) but not multi colored patch patterns , non-LSU yellow gold gold pants no stripes, whatever socks, black shoes.
Ditch the American Flag W forever.
Once in a while, the all black / purple detail unis are pretty cool with the non-shiny black helmets.
1979 and the current logo are the best imo. -
1830s?RaceBannon said:I like the 30s ones
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I had no issue with anything they ever did with Miami. In fact, I can't think of a school they really fucked up.haie said:
Adidas NA headquarters is in Portland which is badass. Get as close to your enemy as possible.creepycoug said:PS: I don't get the Nike hate. Consider, if one can get past the juvenile Oregon obsession:
1. Vanguard company. Leads. Does not follow. Creates. Does not limit itself to perfecting that which others created. Sometimes groups like that challenge the status quo too much and alienate small-minded people. Who cares? Don't be one of those people.
2. American company. For all the neopopulists obsessed with "but but globalism", here's your huckleberry. Nike = American. Adidas = German Eurotrash with actual Nazi history.
3. PNW company. One of the success stories of the greatest region of the United States, hands down.
4. Has done more than any other player in the space to elevate the importance and visibility of sports, which is one of my (and your) favorite social institutions. Argue it at the margins if you must and want to waste your breath. But it's a fact that is hard to dispute.
5. Because of #4, they've helped schools and leagues, pro and otherwise, create tremendous value.
6. They support their athletes. Whether you agree with Kap or not (I myself don't see the issue), they didn't leave him when he became unpopular, and they made the right call.
7. I want to quit hearing about sweat shops. I'm typing, and you're reading, on an instrument made by the same people down the block from the Nike outsource. It's a stupid fucking point. Name of the game is capitalism. If everything were made here, our collective standard of living would drop dramatically. Ask the local economists on the board if you don't understand this poont.
8. Nike wasn't founded by Nazi pigs.
9. Again, for the neopopulism globalism freaks, Adidas is a Eurotrash company. Notice, the "Adi" in addidas is German familiar for "Adolph". That's right; you're shitting on the graves of WWII vets. Be ashamed.
10. Adidas is popular right now because they're better at retro than Nike. Nike, at its core, is about innovation and moving forward. It's who they are. Adidas just knows what people want right now. That will change.
11. UA is just a shitty two-bit company. And what they did with Maryland is just permanently embarrassing.
Yes, they do retro better. Retro looks better. Nike's forward thinking designs for the NBA suck ass.
But mainly, Nike has done a shit job with UW for a long time now. They've done a pretty bad job with Oregon and Oregon State as well.
WAzzu and SC would be the only two schools they haven't fucked up.
I'm in the minority and did not mind the muted purple/gold of the RN era. The weasel was not good, but I liked the rest. Even the gold piping on the purple jersey was cool IMO.
I don't care where Adidas is HQ here. What I wrote stands.
They do retro better now. Fashion is cyclical. It'll pass. I like companies that lead and think out of the box. That create value, not just ride on it.
I think this is 90% about Oregon for you. See the preamble to my post. -
It's not about Oregon. They are one of many Pac 12 teams who Nike had to put their signature all over resulting in bad uniforms. We can agree to disagree about Neu UW, but Oregon State without a doubt has shit unis and branding and it's really, really hard to fuck up orange and black.creepycoug said:
I had no issue with anything they ever did with Miami. In fact, I can't think of a school they really fucked up.haie said:
Adidas NA headquarters is in Portland which is badass. Get as close to your enemy as possible.creepycoug said:PS: I don't get the Nike hate. Consider, if one can get past the juvenile Oregon obsession:
1. Vanguard company. Leads. Does not follow. Creates. Does not limit itself to perfecting that which others created. Sometimes groups like that challenge the status quo too much and alienate small-minded people. Who cares? Don't be one of those people.
2. American company. For all the neopopulists obsessed with "but but globalism", here's your huckleberry. Nike = American. Adidas = German Eurotrash with actual Nazi history.
3. PNW company. One of the success stories of the greatest region of the United States, hands down.
4. Has done more than any other player in the space to elevate the importance and visibility of sports, which is one of my (and your) favorite social institutions. Argue it at the margins if you must and want to waste your breath. But it's a fact that is hard to dispute.
5. Because of #4, they've helped schools and leagues, pro and otherwise, create tremendous value.
6. They support their athletes. Whether you agree with Kap or not (I myself don't see the issue), they didn't leave him when he became unpopular, and they made the right call.
7. I want to quit hearing about sweat shops. I'm typing, and you're reading, on an instrument made by the same people down the block from the Nike outsource. It's a stupid fucking point. Name of the game is capitalism. If everything were made here, our collective standard of living would drop dramatically. Ask the local economists on the board if you don't understand this poont.
8. Nike wasn't founded by Nazi pigs.
9. Again, for the neopopulism globalism freaks, Adidas is a Eurotrash company. Notice, the "Adi" in addidas is German familiar for "Adolph". That's right; you're shitting on the graves of WWII vets. Be ashamed.
10. Adidas is popular right now because they're better at retro than Nike. Nike, at its core, is about innovation and moving forward. It's who they are. Adidas just knows what people want right now. That will change.
11. UA is just a shitty two-bit company. And what they did with Maryland is just permanently embarrassing.
Yes, they do retro better. Retro looks better. Nike's forward thinking designs for the NBA suck ass.
But mainly, Nike has done a shit job with UW for a long time now. They've done a pretty bad job with Oregon and Oregon State as well.
WAzzu and SC would be the only two schools they haven't fucked up.
I'm in the minority and did not mind the muted purple/gold of the RN era. The weasel was not good, but I liked the rest. Even the gold piping on the purple jersey was cool IMO.
I don't care where Adidas is HQ here. What I wrote stands.
They do retro better now. Fashion is cyclical. It'll pass. I like companies that lead and think out of the box. That create value, not just ride on it.
I think this is 90% about Oregon for you. See the preamble to my post.
Adidas came out with shoes for Octoberfest that are beer resistant.
Nike just throws shit against the wall and they're revered when 1/20th of it somehow sticks.
The Weasel logo is the worst logo I've ever seen outside of WAzzu's down syndrome seal. 2014-2018 UW unis are some wannabe futuristic cheap shit. -
I never understood the Adidas love here. But whatever. If the Unis look cool, we are good. Hopefully Pete sticks with gold helmets for the most part. That he gets right at least.creepycoug said:PS: I don't get the Nike hate. Consider, if one can get past the juvenile Oregon obsession:
1. Vanguard company. Leads. Does not follow. Creates. Does not limit itself to perfecting that which others created. Sometimes groups like that challenge the status quo too much and alienate small-minded people. Who cares? Don't be one of those people.
2. American company. For all the neopopulists obsessed with "but but globalism", here's your huckleberry. Nike = American. Adidas = German Eurotrash with actual Nazi history.
3. PNW company. One of the success stories of the greatest region of the United States, hands down.
4. Has done more than any other player in the space to elevate the importance and visibility of sports, which is one of my (and your) favorite social institutions. Argue it at the margins if you must and want to waste your breath. But it's a fact that is hard to dispute.
5. Because of #4, they've helped schools and leagues, pro and otherwise, create tremendous value.
6. They support their athletes. Whether you agree with Kap or not (I myself don't see the issue), they didn't leave him when he became unpopular, and they made the right call.
7. I want to quit hearing about sweat shops. I'm typing, and you're reading, on an instrument made by the same people down the block from the Nike outsource. It's a stupid fucking point. Name of the game is capitalism. If everything were made here, our collective standard of living would drop dramatically. Ask the local economists on the board if you don't understand this poont.
8. Nike wasn't founded by Nazi pigs.
9. Again, for the neopopulism globalism freaks, Adidas is a Eurotrash company. Notice, the "Adi" in addidas is German familiar for "Adolph". That's right; you're shitting on the graves of WWII vets. Be ashamed.
10. Adidas is popular right now because they're better at retro than Nike. Nike, at its core, is about innovation and moving forward. It's who they are. Adidas just knows what people want right now. That will change.
11. UA is just a shitty two-bit company. And what they did with Maryland is just permanently embarrassing. -
Go look at Oregon State's unis pre-Nike and reassess. OSU's unis have always been hideous, and the current iteration is no worse, and I'd say better, than the old. The weasle-like Beaver is like the Weasel-like husky. Neither is good, but that's one thing. Again, it's a company that thinks forward and innovates; companies that recreate what has already been done for nostalgia ... that's cute and all, but it's easy and will pass. Unis change. They do. Go back and look at really old shit. It got better because it changed. Miami used to have gold helmets and more more green than orange and had actual hurricane warning flags on the helmets. They looked stupid, but probably not to the 90 year old geriatric who was there with Race. They were wearing more or less the current iteration when they won titles, so guess which ones I like?haie said:
It's not about Oregon. They are one of many Pac 12 teams who Nike had to put their signature all over resulting in bad uniforms. We can agree to disagree about Neu UW, but Oregon State without a doubt has shit unis and branding and it's really, really hard to fuck up orange and black.creepycoug said:
I had no issue with anything they ever did with Miami. In fact, I can't think of a school they really fucked up.haie said:
Adidas NA headquarters is in Portland which is badass. Get as close to your enemy as possible.creepycoug said:PS: I don't get the Nike hate. Consider, if one can get past the juvenile Oregon obsession:
1. Vanguard company. Leads. Does not follow. Creates. Does not limit itself to perfecting that which others created. Sometimes groups like that challenge the status quo too much and alienate small-minded people. Who cares? Don't be one of those people.
2. American company. For all the neopopulists obsessed with "but but globalism", here's your huckleberry. Nike = American. Adidas = German Eurotrash with actual Nazi history.
3. PNW company. One of the success stories of the greatest region of the United States, hands down.
4. Has done more than any other player in the space to elevate the importance and visibility of sports, which is one of my (and your) favorite social institutions. Argue it at the margins if you must and want to waste your breath. But it's a fact that is hard to dispute.
5. Because of #4, they've helped schools and leagues, pro and otherwise, create tremendous value.
6. They support their athletes. Whether you agree with Kap or not (I myself don't see the issue), they didn't leave him when he became unpopular, and they made the right call.
7. I want to quit hearing about sweat shops. I'm typing, and you're reading, on an instrument made by the same people down the block from the Nike outsource. It's a stupid fucking point. Name of the game is capitalism. If everything were made here, our collective standard of living would drop dramatically. Ask the local economists on the board if you don't understand this poont.
8. Nike wasn't founded by Nazi pigs.
9. Again, for the neopopulism globalism freaks, Adidas is a Eurotrash company. Notice, the "Adi" in addidas is German familiar for "Adolph". That's right; you're shitting on the graves of WWII vets. Be ashamed.
10. Adidas is popular right now because they're better at retro than Nike. Nike, at its core, is about innovation and moving forward. It's who they are. Adidas just knows what people want right now. That will change.
11. UA is just a shitty two-bit company. And what they did with Maryland is just permanently embarrassing.
Yes, they do retro better. Retro looks better. Nike's forward thinking designs for the NBA suck ass.
But mainly, Nike has done a shit job with UW for a long time now. They've done a pretty bad job with Oregon and Oregon State as well.
WAzzu and SC would be the only two schools they haven't fucked up.
I'm in the minority and did not mind the muted purple/gold of the RN era. The weasel was not good, but I liked the rest. Even the gold piping on the purple jersey was cool IMO.
I don't care where Adidas is HQ here. What I wrote stands.
They do retro better now. Fashion is cyclical. It'll pass. I like companies that lead and think out of the box. That create value, not just ride on it.
I think this is 90% about Oregon for you. See the preamble to my post.
Adidas came out with shoes for Octoberfest that are beer resistant.
Nike just throws shit against the wall and they're revered when 1/20th of it somehow sticks.
The Weasel logo is the worst logo I've ever seen outside of WAzzu's down syndrome seal. 2014-2018 UW unis are some wannabe futuristic cheap shit.
Nike has the contract on a shit load of schools outside the Pac. More often than not, they get it right.
We don't know what Nike's creative process is. Let's just not speculate. It is still the most popular sports brand in the world for a reason. Let's not get too hung up on the underdog; although I'll give you the beer-resistant shoes. That's cool.
I still think it's about Oregon. If they were a Seattle company aligned with Washington, this conversation would be going differently and you'd be making the arguments I'm making. You're a software guy for God's sake. Everything in your DNA should be about "what's next?" -
It's on our AD to tell the school what we want. If Jen demanded we wore pink tutus, our apparel maker would get it done.
UW is lost from within and has given creative control to Nike, who has fucked it up.
We might get lucky with Adidas, but we're praying their creative does better instead of taking the bull by the horns. -
1) I mean fuck them. Sure. By the way Nike's "forward thinking" idea for them this year was just to have really big numbers. And different wings on the helmets. Pretty uninspired.creepycoug said:
1) I still think it's about Oregon.haie said:
It's not about Oregon. They are one of many Pac 12 teams who Nike had to put their signature all over resulting in bad uniforms. We can agree to disagree about Neu UW, but Oregon State without a doubt has shit unis and branding and it's really, really hard to fuck up orange and black.creepycoug said:
I had no issue with anything they ever did with Miami. In fact, I can't think of a school they really fucked up.haie said:
Adidas NA headquarters is in Portland which is badass. Get as close to your enemy as possible.creepycoug said:PS: I don't get the Nike hate. Consider, if one can get past the juvenile Oregon obsession:
1. Vanguard company. Leads. Does not follow. Creates. Does not limit itself to perfecting that which others created. Sometimes groups like that challenge the status quo too much and alienate small-minded people. Who cares? Don't be one of those people.
2. American company. For all the neopopulists obsessed with "but but globalism", here's your huckleberry. Nike = American. Adidas = German Eurotrash with actual Nazi history.
3. PNW company. One of the success stories of the greatest region of the United States, hands down.
4. Has done more than any other player in the space to elevate the importance and visibility of sports, which is one of my (and your) favorite social institutions. Argue it at the margins if you must and want to waste your breath. But it's a fact that is hard to dispute.
5. Because of #4, they've helped schools and leagues, pro and otherwise, create tremendous value.
6. They support their athletes. Whether you agree with Kap or not (I myself don't see the issue), they didn't leave him when he became unpopular, and they made the right call.
7. I want to quit hearing about sweat shops. I'm typing, and you're reading, on an instrument made by the same people down the block from the Nike outsource. It's a stupid fucking point. Name of the game is capitalism. If everything were made here, our collective standard of living would drop dramatically. Ask the local economists on the board if you don't understand this poont.
8. Nike wasn't founded by Nazi pigs.
9. Again, for the neopopulism globalism freaks, Adidas is a Eurotrash company. Notice, the "Adi" in addidas is German familiar for "Adolph". That's right; you're shitting on the graves of WWII vets. Be ashamed.
10. Adidas is popular right now because they're better at retro than Nike. Nike, at its core, is about innovation and moving forward. It's who they are. Adidas just knows what people want right now. That will change.
11. UA is just a shitty two-bit company. And what they did with Maryland is just permanently embarrassing.
Yes, they do retro better. Retro looks better. Nike's forward thinking designs for the NBA suck ass.
But mainly, Nike has done a shit job with UW for a long time now. They've done a pretty bad job with Oregon and Oregon State as well.
WAzzu and SC would be the only two schools they haven't fucked up.
I'm in the minority and did not mind the muted purple/gold of the RN era. The weasel was not good, but I liked the rest. Even the gold piping on the purple jersey was cool IMO.
I don't care where Adidas is HQ here. What I wrote stands.
They do retro better now. Fashion is cyclical. It'll pass. I like companies that lead and think out of the box. That create value, not just ride on it.
I think this is 90% about Oregon for you. See the preamble to my post.
Adidas came out with shoes for Octoberfest that are beer resistant.
Nike just throws shit against the wall and they're revered when 1/20th of it somehow sticks.
The Weasel logo is the worst logo I've ever seen outside of WAzzu's down syndrome seal. 2014-2018 UW unis are some wannabe futuristic cheap shit.
2) If they were a Seattle company aligned with Washington, this conversation would be going differently and you'd be making the arguments I'm making.
3) You're a software guy for God's sake. Everything in your DNA should be about "what's next?"
2) Ehh you're misunderstanding my doogism. I love everything UW, not everything Seattle, except for .NET and AWS. Adidas is pretty awesome, and for our purposes they're a Portland company. They bent over backwards for UW, that's what I want in the end.
3) Sales people want to rewrite and reinvent everything, the people who build the shit don't until they absolutely have to. -
I think Adidas has better stuff and we'll be treated like a bigger fish instead of a guinea pig which makes me optimistic, but still the mess is ours.
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I like Puma and Umbro.
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PurpleJ said:
I like Puma and Umbro and Lotto and Adiadora.
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Fuck Lotto and Diadora. Dirty Italian shit.
New Balance does a good job with the Liverpool kits.
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I don't give a shit where a company is supposedly headquartered or where they hide the money to not pay taxes. Fuck them all they need to pay the UW period and I hope the uniforms are cool. I also don't care about the helmets as long as they are not the Damon huard era monstrosities those were a total sin.
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I like New Balance a lotPurpleJ said:Fuck Lotto and Diadora. Dirty Italian shit.
New Balance does a good job with the Liverpool kits. -
RaceBannon said:
I like the 30s ones
No. The 30’s. Like when Christ was doing crazy miracle shit.creepycoug said:
1830s?RaceBannon said:I like the 30s ones
@RaceBannon was there. -
I liked the big numbers. I'm not a fan of the feathers on the helmets, but a lot of people like those too.haie said:
1) I mean fuck them. Sure. By the way Nike's "forward thinking" idea for them this year was just to have really big numbers. And different wings on the helmets. Pretty uninspired.creepycoug said:
1) I still think it's about Oregon.haie said:
It's not about Oregon. They are one of many Pac 12 teams who Nike had to put their signature all over resulting in bad uniforms. We can agree to disagree about Neu UW, but Oregon State without a doubt has shit unis and branding and it's really, really hard to fuck up orange and black.creepycoug said:
I had no issue with anything they ever did with Miami. In fact, I can't think of a school they really fucked up.haie said:
Adidas NA headquarters is in Portland which is badass. Get as close to your enemy as possible.creepycoug said:PS: I don't get the Nike hate. Consider, if one can get past the juvenile Oregon obsession:
1. Vanguard company. Leads. Does not follow. Creates. Does not limit itself to perfecting that which others created. Sometimes groups like that challenge the status quo too much and alienate small-minded people. Who cares? Don't be one of those people.
2. American company. For all the neopopulists obsessed with "but but globalism", here's your huckleberry. Nike = American. Adidas = German Eurotrash with actual Nazi history.
3. PNW company. One of the success stories of the greatest region of the United States, hands down.
4. Has done more than any other player in the space to elevate the importance and visibility of sports, which is one of my (and your) favorite social institutions. Argue it at the margins if you must and want to waste your breath. But it's a fact that is hard to dispute.
5. Because of #4, they've helped schools and leagues, pro and otherwise, create tremendous value.
6. They support their athletes. Whether you agree with Kap or not (I myself don't see the issue), they didn't leave him when he became unpopular, and they made the right call.
7. I want to quit hearing about sweat shops. I'm typing, and you're reading, on an instrument made by the same people down the block from the Nike outsource. It's a stupid fucking point. Name of the game is capitalism. If everything were made here, our collective standard of living would drop dramatically. Ask the local economists on the board if you don't understand this poont.
8. Nike wasn't founded by Nazi pigs.
9. Again, for the neopopulism globalism freaks, Adidas is a Eurotrash company. Notice, the "Adi" in addidas is German familiar for "Adolph". That's right; you're shitting on the graves of WWII vets. Be ashamed.
10. Adidas is popular right now because they're better at retro than Nike. Nike, at its core, is about innovation and moving forward. It's who they are. Adidas just knows what people want right now. That will change.
11. UA is just a shitty two-bit company. And what they did with Maryland is just permanently embarrassing.
Yes, they do retro better. Retro looks better. Nike's forward thinking designs for the NBA suck ass.
But mainly, Nike has done a shit job with UW for a long time now. They've done a pretty bad job with Oregon and Oregon State as well.
WAzzu and SC would be the only two schools they haven't fucked up.
I'm in the minority and did not mind the muted purple/gold of the RN era. The weasel was not good, but I liked the rest. Even the gold piping on the purple jersey was cool IMO.
I don't care where Adidas is HQ here. What I wrote stands.
They do retro better now. Fashion is cyclical. It'll pass. I like companies that lead and think out of the box. That create value, not just ride on it.
I think this is 90% about Oregon for you. See the preamble to my post.
Adidas came out with shoes for Octoberfest that are beer resistant.
Nike just throws shit against the wall and they're revered when 1/20th of it somehow sticks.
The Weasel logo is the worst logo I've ever seen outside of WAzzu's down syndrome seal. 2014-2018 UW unis are some wannabe futuristic cheap shit.
2) If they were a Seattle company aligned with Washington, this conversation would be going differently and you'd be making the arguments I'm making.
3) You're a software guy for God's sake. Everything in your DNA should be about "what's next?"
2) Ehh you're misunderstanding my doogism. I love everything UW, not everything Seattle, except for .NET and AWS. Adidas is pretty awesome, and for our purposes they're a Portland company. They bent over backwards for UW, that's what I want in the end.
3) Sales people want to rewrite and reinvent everything, the people who build the shit don't until they absolutely have to.
I actuallly thought Oregon's generic big number plain unis were pretty cool, especially the yellow ones. The all white ones, in any combo, are soft. But I thought the big numbers was cool. Again, original, not copied.
Sales people and people running the fucking show. In your biz, the very second you get comfortable with your solution, you get passed on the freeway at 120 mph by the competition and you're done. You know this. -
such soccer fag, JPurpleJ said:I like Puma and Umbro.
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TL; DR.creepycoug said:PS: I don't get the Nike hate. Consider, if one can get past the juvenile Oregon obsession:
1. Vanguard company. Leads. Does not follow. Creates. Does not limit itself to perfecting that which others created. Sometimes groups like that challenge the status quo too much and alienate small-minded people. Who cares? Don't be one of those people.
2. American company. For all the neopopulists obsessed with "but but globalism", here's your huckleberry. Nike = American. Adidas = German Eurotrash with actual Nazi history.
3. PNW company. One of the success stories of the greatest region of the United States, hands down.
4. Has done more than any other player in the space to elevate the importance and visibility of sports, which is one of my (and your) favorite social institutions. Argue it at the margins if you must and want to waste your breath. But it's a fact that is hard to dispute.
5. Because of #4, they've helped schools and leagues, pro and otherwise, create tremendous value.
6. They support their athletes. Whether you agree with Kap or not (I myself don't see the issue), they didn't leave him when he became unpopular, and they made the right call.
7. I want to quit hearing about sweat shops. I'm typing, and you're reading, on an instrument made by the same people down the block from the Nike outsource. It's a stupid fucking point. Name of the game is capitalism. If everything were made here, our collective standard of living would drop dramatically. Ask the local economists on the board if you don't understand this poont.
8. Nike wasn't founded by Nazi pigs.
9. Again, for the neopopulism globalism freaks, Adidas is a Eurotrash company. Notice, the "Adi" in addidas is German familiar for "Adolph". That's right; you're shitting on the graves of WWII vets. Be ashamed.
10. Adidas is popular right now because they're better at retro than Nike. Nike, at its core, is about innovation and moving forward. It's who they are. Adidas just knows what people want right now. That will change.
11. UA is just a shitty two-bit company. And what they did with Maryland is just permanently embarrassing. -
Come on. Invest some time.YellowSnow said:
TL; DR.creepycoug said:PS: I don't get the Nike hate. Consider, if one can get past the juvenile Oregon obsession:
1. Vanguard company. Leads. Does not follow. Creates. Does not limit itself to perfecting that which others created. Sometimes groups like that challenge the status quo too much and alienate small-minded people. Who cares? Don't be one of those people.
2. American company. For all the neopopulists obsessed with "but but globalism", here's your huckleberry. Nike = American. Adidas = German Eurotrash with actual Nazi history.
3. PNW company. One of the success stories of the greatest region of the United States, hands down.
4. Has done more than any other player in the space to elevate the importance and visibility of sports, which is one of my (and your) favorite social institutions. Argue it at the margins if you must and want to waste your breath. But it's a fact that is hard to dispute.
5. Because of #4, they've helped schools and leagues, pro and otherwise, create tremendous value.
6. They support their athletes. Whether you agree with Kap or not (I myself don't see the issue), they didn't leave him when he became unpopular, and they made the right call.
7. I want to quit hearing about sweat shops. I'm typing, and you're reading, on an instrument made by the same people down the block from the Nike outsource. It's a stupid fucking point. Name of the game is capitalism. If everything were made here, our collective standard of living would drop dramatically. Ask the local economists on the board if you don't understand this poont.
8. Nike wasn't founded by Nazi pigs.
9. Again, for the neopopulism globalism freaks, Adidas is a Eurotrash company. Notice, the "Adi" in addidas is German familiar for "Adolph". That's right; you're shitting on the graves of WWII vets. Be ashamed.
10. Adidas is popular right now because they're better at retro than Nike. Nike, at its core, is about innovation and moving forward. It's who they are. Adidas just knows what people want right now. That will change.
11. UA is just a shitty two-bit company. And what they did with Maryland is just permanently embarrassing. -
Yep. I know this.creepycoug said:
Sales people and people running the fucking show. In your biz, the very second you get comfortable with your solution, you get passed on the freeway at 120 mph by the competition and you're done. You know this.haie said:
1) I mean fuck them. Sure. By the way Nike's "forward thinking" idea for them this year was just to have really big numbers. And different wings on the helmets. Pretty uninspired.creepycoug said:
1) I still think it's about Oregon.haie said:
It's not about Oregon. They are one of many Pac 12 teams who Nike had to put their signature all over resulting in bad uniforms. We can agree to disagree about Neu UW, but Oregon State without a doubt has shit unis and branding and it's really, really hard to fuck up orange and black.creepycoug said:
I had no issue with anything they ever did with Miami. In fact, I can't think of a school they really fucked up.haie said:
Adidas NA headquarters is in Portland which is badass. Get as close to your enemy as possible.creepycoug said:PS: I don't get the Nike hate. Consider, if one can get past the juvenile Oregon obsession:
1. Vanguard company. Leads. Does not follow. Creates. Does not limit itself to perfecting that which others created. Sometimes groups like that challenge the status quo too much and alienate small-minded people. Who cares? Don't be one of those people.
2. American company. For all the neopopulists obsessed with "but but globalism", here's your huckleberry. Nike = American. Adidas = German Eurotrash with actual Nazi history.
3. PNW company. One of the success stories of the greatest region of the United States, hands down.
4. Has done more than any other player in the space to elevate the importance and visibility of sports, which is one of my (and your) favorite social institutions. Argue it at the margins if you must and want to waste your breath. But it's a fact that is hard to dispute.
5. Because of #4, they've helped schools and leagues, pro and otherwise, create tremendous value.
6. They support their athletes. Whether you agree with Kap or not (I myself don't see the issue), they didn't leave him when he became unpopular, and they made the right call.
7. I want to quit hearing about sweat shops. I'm typing, and you're reading, on an instrument made by the same people down the block from the Nike outsource. It's a stupid fucking point. Name of the game is capitalism. If everything were made here, our collective standard of living would drop dramatically. Ask the local economists on the board if you don't understand this poont.
8. Nike wasn't founded by Nazi pigs.
9. Again, for the neopopulism globalism freaks, Adidas is a Eurotrash company. Notice, the "Adi" in addidas is German familiar for "Adolph". That's right; you're shitting on the graves of WWII vets. Be ashamed.
10. Adidas is popular right now because they're better at retro than Nike. Nike, at its core, is about innovation and moving forward. It's who they are. Adidas just knows what people want right now. That will change.
11. UA is just a shitty two-bit company. And what they did with Maryland is just permanently embarrassing.
Yes, they do retro better. Retro looks better. Nike's forward thinking designs for the NBA suck ass.
But mainly, Nike has done a shit job with UW for a long time now. They've done a pretty bad job with Oregon and Oregon State as well.
WAzzu and SC would be the only two schools they haven't fucked up.
I'm in the minority and did not mind the muted purple/gold of the RN era. The weasel was not good, but I liked the rest. Even the gold piping on the purple jersey was cool IMO.
I don't care where Adidas is HQ here. What I wrote stands.
They do retro better now. Fashion is cyclical. It'll pass. I like companies that lead and think out of the box. That create value, not just ride on it.
I think this is 90% about Oregon for you. See the preamble to my post.
Adidas came out with shoes for Octoberfest that are beer resistant.
Nike just throws shit against the wall and they're revered when 1/20th of it somehow sticks.
The Weasel logo is the worst logo I've ever seen outside of WAzzu's down syndrome seal. 2014-2018 UW unis are some wannabe futuristic cheap shit.
2) If they were a Seattle company aligned with Washington, this conversation would be going differently and you'd be making the arguments I'm making.
3) You're a software guy for God's sake. Everything in your DNA should be about "what's next?"
2) Ehh you're misunderstanding my doogism. I love everything UW, not everything Seattle, except for .NET and AWS. Adidas is pretty awesome, and for our purposes they're a Portland company. They bent over backwards for UW, that's what I want in the end.
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My "friend" likes the black and purple with gold trim uniforms. Maybe, Adidas might put an emphasis on these type of uniforms.
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Give me real gold and uniforms that aren't shit. That's all. Nike failed at both.
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People forget that the school colors aren't decided by Nike. They were chosen by the school.
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For the record: Jesse Owens won his medals in 36 Olympics wearing Adidas. Which stands for Adolf Dassler not the other guy. However, the firm did supply the youth organizations of Germany in the 30’s. Industrialists of the time Porsche , Mercedes, BMW, Krupp, Bayer played their part in World war 2. While we are at it, don’t think your safe going with General Motors. They supplied the trucks and the tooling for the wait for it........ Opel Blitz. The truck was the base transport used in the “ Blitz Krieg”. Ford Motor company ? Too controversial to make a toasty poast here. But for a real head scratcher check out Hugo Boss. That being said, I do believe given the support Nike gives to the community college down south we should never give them a dime.
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Henry Ford bobbed on Hitler’s knob and was a noted anti SemiteClevdawg said:For the record: Jesse Owens won his medals in 36 Olympics wearing Adidas. Which stands for Adolf Dassler not the other guy. However, the firm did supply the youth organizations of Germany in the 30’s. Industrialists of the time Porsche , Mercedes, BMW, Krupp, Bayer played their part in World war 2. While we are at it, don’t think your safe going with General Motors. They supplied the trucks and the tooling for the wait for it........ Opel Blitz. The truck was the base transport used in the “ Blitz Krieg”. Ford Motor company ? Too controversial to make a toasty poast here. But for a real head scratcher check out Hugo Boss. That being said, I do believe given the support Nike gives to the community college down south we should never give them a dime.
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That's Sunny, the sun dodger. It would make an appropriate mascot for the TBS board.Doog_de_Jour said:
I’m guessing the people in our current marketing department are relatives/descendants of whoever was running the show in 1919.UWhuskytskeet said:
1995?creepycoug said:
what's the husky logo w/o the W behind it? like an actual husky head? I hate those.haie said:90's UW: dark purple and borderline mustard color "gold".
We need:
Plain purple tops, large block white numbers.
No stripes on the shoulders, just a gold panting husky logo without the W behind it on each lower shoulder.
Mustard pants, just the purple W on the hip, nothing else.
White socks. Purple shoes. Helmet the same as we have.
Only W symbols anywhere, stripe on helmet, purple/white and white purple jersey, don't mind shoulder stripes (of the throwback variety like SC does) but not multi colored patch patterns , non-LSU yellow gold gold pants no stripes, whatever socks, black shoes.
Ditch the American Flag W forever.
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Brother Rudy was a Nazi. That is all.Clevdawg said:For the record: Jesse Owens won his medals in 36 Olympics wearing Adidas. Which stands for Adolf Dassler not the other guy. However, the firm did supply the youth organizations of Germany in the 30’s. Industrialists of the time Porsche , Mercedes, BMW, Krupp, Bayer played their part in World war 2. While we are at it, don’t think your safe going with General Motors. They supplied the trucks and the tooling for the wait for it........ Opel Blitz. The truck was the base transport used in the “ Blitz Krieg”. Ford Motor company ? Too controversial to make a toasty poast here. But for a real head scratcher check out Hugo Boss. That being said, I do believe given the support Nike gives to the community college down south we should never give them a dime.
