By Duane .A Covington
Tuesday 20, 2014
On the cuffs of the Charlotte Bobcats changing back to the Hornets,
there has been a raise of eyebrows as to what their logos and uniforms will
look like. As I look across the landscape to see what I can take a page from
history and try to make a difference in what is up with the eye of fashion and
sports uniforms. What can we do to not repeat the great cataclysms of the past
few decades? In a top 3 list of choices that have proved to be bad choices and
possibly bad choices not yet gone into fruition, we start with the new Tampa
Bay Buccaneers uniforms. The idea is mostly made to ‘bring the boys to the
yard’. It is yet to be seen as to how they will get reactions when kick off
arrives.
The secondly, the whole Adidas fiasco needs to be called
out. The Notre Dame, Cincinnati, Louisville, Baylor, Kansas and UCLA needed to
have at least a neighborhood selection to make sure they do not waist their
money and time like that in the beginning. “Don’t let the uniforms win. Look at
them. Look at them. It isn’t until you feel like your senses are so confused
and utterly abused, like you microwaved a cucumber and then ate it, that you
should feel free to stop the metaphor.” - Posted on March 1, 2013 by SHANBANANA
The last to date has to go to my friends, the Norwegians. I
love and have served in the some of my most memorable times in the city of
Meymannah with my brothers there. I have to say I know they are some of the
funniest people on the planet as well so it came to no surprise and brought a
heavy laugh from the bowls of my soul when I saw the Norway
Curling team uniforms for this past winter Olympics. “Even their own coach
says he would only wear them at ‘a bad-taste party.’” - ADAM WITHNALL Author Biography Wednesday 22 January 2014
In any event, the people that have to put these on are brave
in competitive spirit, and just down right brave 360° style.
With that said, in most cases it would be best to make small changes in some
cases and if you go all out for the fences, get more input. Change is hard, but
sticking to your guns no matter what can sometimes hurt your thought process
for your brand and the public.
Next BLOG will be about the top 3 uniforms that got it
right. What are your worst unis?
Sources:
Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets Logos
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Uniforms
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/sports-all-time-ugliest-uniforms-gallery-1.53542?pmSlide=1.1709450
The Adidas Assemble
Norway Curling Uniforms
