Sounds like Demoff is preparing to eff up our uniforms....
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I cannot understand why someone/anyone would think the Rams (Demoff) would fuck up our uniforms.
Based on what exactly?
All his (and SK’s) previous mistakes?
Bad GM/Head coaching hires?
Bad drafting?
Shitty new stadium?
Seriously, why so negative?
Years of total shit, and I do mean shi, and t 6 years later (after SK), we win the NFC West, and then the NFC, and some are on here “just knowing they are going to fuck up our Unis”.
The unis will be fine.
Personally I like the blue and yellow throwbacks, but would LOVE them with white jerseys, not a huge fan of the blue. Hope they don’t go matte on the helmets, but not that big deal.
Based on what exactly?
All his (and SK’s) previous mistakes?
Bad GM/Head coaching hires?
Bad drafting?
Shitty new stadium?
Seriously, why so negative?
Years of total shit, and I do mean shi, and t 6 years later (after SK), we win the NFC West, and then the NFC, and some are on here “just knowing they are going to fuck up our Unis”.
The unis will be fine.
Personally I like the blue and yellow throwbacks, but would LOVE them with white jerseys, not a huge fan of the blue. Hope they don’t go matte on the helmets, but not that big deal.
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I am confident too. All decisions to this point, suggests so.
What I hear in these subtle hints is a form of blue, yellow, white.
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Keep in mind I'm not laying all of this on OP but it goes along with everything in that if it's not what he/she wants it's effed up.
The Rams took somebody in the draft they didn't want? Effed it up.
Didn't sign who they wanted in free agency? Effed it up.
Cut player A instead of B? Effed it up.
Start player C instead of D? Effed it up.
It all comes back to what a fan(atic) wants and what the team delivers. We're all this way to one extent or another. Personally I would love a return to the Dickerson era uniforms with the Fearsome Foursome uni's as the throwbacks. But I'm open to whatever happens.
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I really like the models that borrow on the classic looks. The Charger, Mustang and Camaro all look great IMO. Even the new Beetle.
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Based on Nike being involved. They have produced some real dreck since taking over design for unis.
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From an article in the Athletic: "Our goal has always been to take the historical elements of the Rams uniforms — the colors, the horns, the symbolism — (and) keep those but progress them forward,” Demoff said. “You’re building the most modern and what we believe will be the world’s best sports and entertainment district at SoFi Stadium. You’re investing in all these technological aspects, these futuristic aspects. You can’t just walk in with uniforms that throw back to the 1970s. I just don’t think that that’s the right brand fit for the Rams or this stadium."
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Just make sure the stadium seats match our 70s uniform and leave perfection alone.
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Not only the shape of the collar but the "brushstrokes" that were under the point. It seems they have been replaced by "the shield" this year.
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Meh. I think they'll get it right. I'm guessing a combination of classic colors and modernization. I do hope they don't try to do something aggressively modern with the helmets. Just widen the horns a bit, and maybe make the colors a little richer. And for God's sake, don't pull a Tampon Bay with the numbers.
BTW, I wouldn't mind seeing them stick with white and blue for home games and use the current throwbacks or a yellow and blue for away games. Keep the current throwbacks for the future throwbacks.
BTW, I wouldn't mind seeing them stick with white and blue for home games and use the current throwbacks or a yellow and blue for away games. Keep the current throwbacks for the future throwbacks.
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Yes that is the one thing that will p!$$ me off lol, outside of that I think I'll adjust to the new unis whatever they look like. Matte helmets are just the most idiotic thing ever.
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Maybe this is what you saw? Not seeing the designs, but a bit of "inside info" from Demoff.
Ram fan runs into Demoff on a plane
Dude posted a picture of them too and Demoff was flying coach. I'd thought he would be in 1st class? Anyway, I like what he had to say: Just boarded a plane from Atlanta to L.A and Kevin Demoff is on my flight! So Here's the scoop, I spoke with Kevin for about 30 minutes one on one, and...
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Well when Kevin said they want to preserve the past that's a good thing meaning we can probably rest assured it will be colors we are accustomed to.
His mere mentioning of "teal" the other day was terrifying to me but the way he said it leads me to think we don't have to worry about that.
So older colors like blue (anywhere from royal to navy) and white (which all teams use) are likely part of the new uniform, and we can probably assume that. Yellow seems likely based on previous comments he's made, but I don't think it's as certain as the blue obviously.
His comments about the future lead me to think there's a twist on top of the above. So I would think if they go blue and white we might see a silver for example added for piping and accentuation. If they go blue and yellow maybe they mix in more white as accentuation. Or maybe they go with a yellow metallic or silver metallic or something along those lines which if they do it right could look fantastic.
I can't wait to see these things. And if they let Nike F them up, I'll just keep buying throwbacks.
His mere mentioning of "teal" the other day was terrifying to me but the way he said it leads me to think we don't have to worry about that.
So older colors like blue (anywhere from royal to navy) and white (which all teams use) are likely part of the new uniform, and we can probably assume that. Yellow seems likely based on previous comments he's made, but I don't think it's as certain as the blue obviously.
His comments about the future lead me to think there's a twist on top of the above. So I would think if they go blue and white we might see a silver for example added for piping and accentuation. If they go blue and yellow maybe they mix in more white as accentuation. Or maybe they go with a yellow metallic or silver metallic or something along those lines which if they do it right could look fantastic.
I can't wait to see these things. And if they let Nike F them up, I'll just keep buying throwbacks.
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From The Athletic
SoFi Stadium, the newly named future home of the Rams and Chargers, progresses toward a midsummer opening next year. But for Rams fans, that’s just part of the lavish new beginning.
The Rams also will unveil a completely new logo, uniform set and color scheme. The fresh look will debut when the Rams kick off the 2020 season, although the team is expected to roll out the changes in stages throughout the offseason.
To say Rams fans are eagerly awaiting the uniform announcement would be an understatement. Almost from the moment the Rams were granted approval by the NFL to relocate back to Los Angeles from St. Louis in January 2016, fans have been tracking, bracing for and talking/arguing/fretting about how the new uniforms eventually will look.
That puts Kevin Demoff, the Rams’ chief operating officer and vice president of football operations, under immense pressure. The Rams have an army of people putting their heads together to figure out the best way to tell the Rams’ new uniform story, but Demoff’s voice ultimately will carry the day as the final decisions are made.
And it sounds like that final call is coming soon. This week on “11 Personnel,” the Rams podcast on The Athletic, Demoff said he and the Rams are about midway through the fourth quarter in terms of making their decisions.
“We’re in the final stages with Nike on design tweaks and getting NFL approval on certain aspects of the uniform that may be different from uniforms in the past,” Demoff said on the podcast. “I think that will continue mainly through the fall.”
Once that part of it wraps up, the Rams will decide when to go public with the new look.
“I think teams have traditionally gone and unveiled uniforms sometime around the draft,” Demoff said. “Given that we’re doing a logo change, updating colors, all of that, we may do that in the offseason and the uniforms later. Or we may do it all at once. I think that is all up for discussion amongst our group.”
The drama, of course, involves how the new logo and uniforms will look and how it all will be received by Rams fans. Demoff joked about how every team’s ‘new uniform reveal’ seems to be ridiculed. The unique balancing act Demoff and the Rams must navigate involves moving the franchise forward in a new home with a new look — and attracting new fans along the way — while respecting a rich heritage and color schemes that resonate with so many fans.
Some fans identify with the white and blue of Roman Gabriel and the Fearsome Foursome. Others appreciate the blue and yellow of Vince Ferragamo, Jack Youngblood and Eric Dickerson. None are shy about voicing their opinions on what the new uniforms should look like.
“I have loved the passion,” Demoff said. “And I have a folder that sits on my desk from the heads of all the different booster clubs talking about the uniforms and what they want to see.
“We were the first professional sports team in Los Angeles. There’s such a heritage tied to that and the symbols of that. But there’s a whole generation that knows nothing about that. And so how do you blend the two? And you talked about the Coliseum being a bridge and nod back to ‘46 through ‘79 and that history and coming back there. But we’re really trying to move forward. There is this element — we really need to make sure there’s something for fans that have been fans forever and there is something for fans (like a) 10-year-old kid in the Inland Empire who wants to see the Rams in the coolest uniforms in the NFL, who may not view the old uniforms as that. And trying to find that blend is what we’ve been doing.”
Demoff did not reveal any details of the new uniforms, but he did talk about the objectives he and his team have laid out with partners, including Nike, which will manufacture the new uniforms.
“Our goal has always been to take the historical elements of the Rams uniforms — the colors, the horns, the symbolism — (and) keep those but progress them forward,” Demoff said. “You’re building the most modern and what we believe will be the world’s best sports and entertainment district at SoFi Stadium. You’re investing in all these technological aspects, these futuristic aspects. You can’t just walk in with uniforms that throw back to the 1970s. I just don’t think that that’s the right brand fit for the Rams or this stadium.
“But that doesn’t mean you turn completely away from it and you turn into this aqua and brown and green mismatch and say, ‘Here you go Los Angeles.’ It’s a balancing act between the two. We’ve had great partnerships the last year and a half who have done that and helped us with balancing that. We’ve done about 15 focus groups this offseason with fans talking about what they wanted to see in the uniforms, what they liked, what they didn’t like. From there, we put it all in the lab, and we’ll see how it all turns out.”
SoFi Stadium, the newly named future home of the Rams and Chargers, progresses toward a midsummer opening next year. But for Rams fans, that’s just part of the lavish new beginning.
The Rams also will unveil a completely new logo, uniform set and color scheme. The fresh look will debut when the Rams kick off the 2020 season, although the team is expected to roll out the changes in stages throughout the offseason.
To say Rams fans are eagerly awaiting the uniform announcement would be an understatement. Almost from the moment the Rams were granted approval by the NFL to relocate back to Los Angeles from St. Louis in January 2016, fans have been tracking, bracing for and talking/arguing/fretting about how the new uniforms eventually will look.
That puts Kevin Demoff, the Rams’ chief operating officer and vice president of football operations, under immense pressure. The Rams have an army of people putting their heads together to figure out the best way to tell the Rams’ new uniform story, but Demoff’s voice ultimately will carry the day as the final decisions are made.
And it sounds like that final call is coming soon. This week on “11 Personnel,” the Rams podcast on The Athletic, Demoff said he and the Rams are about midway through the fourth quarter in terms of making their decisions.
“We’re in the final stages with Nike on design tweaks and getting NFL approval on certain aspects of the uniform that may be different from uniforms in the past,” Demoff said on the podcast. “I think that will continue mainly through the fall.”
Once that part of it wraps up, the Rams will decide when to go public with the new look.
“I think teams have traditionally gone and unveiled uniforms sometime around the draft,” Demoff said. “Given that we’re doing a logo change, updating colors, all of that, we may do that in the offseason and the uniforms later. Or we may do it all at once. I think that is all up for discussion amongst our group.”
The drama, of course, involves how the new logo and uniforms will look and how it all will be received by Rams fans. Demoff joked about how every team’s ‘new uniform reveal’ seems to be ridiculed. The unique balancing act Demoff and the Rams must navigate involves moving the franchise forward in a new home with a new look — and attracting new fans along the way — while respecting a rich heritage and color schemes that resonate with so many fans.
Some fans identify with the white and blue of Roman Gabriel and the Fearsome Foursome. Others appreciate the blue and yellow of Vince Ferragamo, Jack Youngblood and Eric Dickerson. None are shy about voicing their opinions on what the new uniforms should look like.
“I have loved the passion,” Demoff said. “And I have a folder that sits on my desk from the heads of all the different booster clubs talking about the uniforms and what they want to see.
“We were the first professional sports team in Los Angeles. There’s such a heritage tied to that and the symbols of that. But there’s a whole generation that knows nothing about that. And so how do you blend the two? And you talked about the Coliseum being a bridge and nod back to ‘46 through ‘79 and that history and coming back there. But we’re really trying to move forward. There is this element — we really need to make sure there’s something for fans that have been fans forever and there is something for fans (like a) 10-year-old kid in the Inland Empire who wants to see the Rams in the coolest uniforms in the NFL, who may not view the old uniforms as that. And trying to find that blend is what we’ve been doing.”
Demoff did not reveal any details of the new uniforms, but he did talk about the objectives he and his team have laid out with partners, including Nike, which will manufacture the new uniforms.
“Our goal has always been to take the historical elements of the Rams uniforms — the colors, the horns, the symbolism — (and) keep those but progress them forward,” Demoff said. “You’re building the most modern and what we believe will be the world’s best sports and entertainment district at SoFi Stadium. You’re investing in all these technological aspects, these futuristic aspects. You can’t just walk in with uniforms that throw back to the 1970s. I just don’t think that that’s the right brand fit for the Rams or this stadium.
“But that doesn’t mean you turn completely away from it and you turn into this aqua and brown and green mismatch and say, ‘Here you go Los Angeles.’ It’s a balancing act between the two. We’ve had great partnerships the last year and a half who have done that and helped us with balancing that. We’ve done about 15 focus groups this offseason with fans talking about what they wanted to see in the uniforms, what they liked, what they didn’t like. From there, we put it all in the lab, and we’ll see how it all turns out.”
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my request is simple one dimensional numbers with no border....old school like old unis and USC style.....
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I think it's important to recognize that the last two teams to release new uniforms EFFED UP good looking uniforms. It's not that social media is going to unilaterally hate any new design.
Old Jets uniforms (clean and classic):
New Jets uniform (not the worst look but a big dropoff from the previous):
Won't get into the Bucs which I linked up last time we discussed this. But sticking with the Jets as an example of a good redesign, when Parcells and company led that last redesign 20 years ago they did a great job going from this look to the clean and classic look above (so all redesigns are not bad, in fact some are excellent and some straight-up suck):