Well, that was certainly worth all the buildup, right? I’ll have more to say about this over on the Page 2 index page this morning (you can find it here), but for now I’ll quote a reaction I saw on the Chris Creamer board: “That logo is so bad, I think we need to give the whole state back to the Indians, steal it back, and start fresh.” Amen, brother.
My annual NFL season-preview column is also up today — look here.
Chat Reminder: I’ll be doing a live web chat today at 3pm eastern. To participate, go here.
Raffle Reminder: I’m still raffling off a $100 SoccerPro.com gift card. For details, look here.
If the suit fits…: We all know NFL coaches wear Reebok gear on the field, except for the occasional game when Mike Nolan or Jack Del Rio wears a suit. But did you know NFL coaches are also given free clothing to wear off the field? It’s true: Take a minute to read this and this (both of which were sent my way by reader Tom Turner).
As you can see, those articles refer to “the NFL Coaches Club,” a term I’d never heard of before. So I checked with an NFL contact, who responded thusly: “The Coaches Club has been around since early 1990s…. It allows us to use coaches collectively in marketing. For example, the coaches are in the monthly NFL Shop catalogs, etc. They also work with other sponsors.”
As you may also have noticed, the articles state that the Coaches Club “includes 31 of the 32 NFL coaches.” The lone holdout? Guess. I suppose he wouldn’t have much use for a Joseph Abboud suit anyway.
Uni Watch News Ticker: My camera’s been on the fritz, so I hadn’t been able to take pics of an amazing item I scored during last month’s Binghamton road trip: I scored this for $3.99 at the Salvation Army. It’s really big, and at first I thought it was a tablecloth. But as soon as I saw this tag, I knew it was part of this bedroom set from the old Sears catalog. Check out all the old logos and helmet icons from back in the day — nice. Also, they used a sort of default mustard tone for any colors close to yellow, and which created some new color combos — look at the Steelers logo at the top of this shot, e.g., and I really like this Packers treatment. Not sure what I’m gonna do with this, but maaaaaaaybe I’ll raffle it off later in the fall. For now I’m happy just knowing that it’s sitting over there in the living room. … Sarah Palin was presented with a Penguins jersey the other day (with thanks to Ryan Connelly). … Matt Powers recently attended some Cape Cod League ballgames and made some observations. Among them: The Orleans Cardinals have a cleat sponsor, Ringor, and have the option to wear one of three styles provided, as seen here, here, and here. Base coaches wore flapless helmets, just like in the pros. Also: “The Cape League all-stars played an exhibition game against the U.S. Military all-star team this year,” writes Matt. “If you thought San Diego and the White Sox were over the top with their camouflage uniforms, take a look at this.” … Rare shot here of Cal Ripken Jr. in the O’s futuristic jersey from 1999. … This is pretty fascinating. … College officiating note from Doug Steffenson, who writes: “Just spoke with a Big Ten football referee friend and discussed changes to their uniforms for 2008. Apparently, there’s a new sleeve patch (possibly on the left side) with initials of some sort or another. I couldn’t find any photos during a quick search of the web. From my meeting today, I understand that the patch is a part of a plan to move officials away from their conference affiliation and more towards a national organization.” I haven’t found any photos of this either, but maybe someone else has..? … Here’s something every team should sell: Russian nesting dolls! (Great find by Chris Bisbee.) … Here’s a shot of Darrell Evans wearing the Tigers’ road uni with a home helmet (good spot by Jason Taylor). … The Orlando Magic’s home page features an animation based on their jersey history (with thanks to Benjamin Mayberry). … Oh. My. Fucking. God. (let’s just nominate Eric Borer for sainthood and get it over with). … Awesome video clip here of high school football players “earning” their helmet decals. Even better, the decals are devil horns (with thanks to Steve Johnston). … Brian Erni notes that Lastings Milledge was wearing Austin Kearns’s wristband last night, and that the Pedro porthole is spreading. … What the hell is that logo on Chase Utley’s undershirt sleeve? … This could never happen in America. I hope. … Eric Buzard recently took a tour of Rexall Place in Edmonton, where he learned an interesting tidbit about the Oilers’ 1984-85 championship banner: “The team wanted to raise the division/conference championship banners immediately, but the company supplying them didn’t have any ‘5’s to put on the banner. So, they turned a 2 upside-down so that the banners could be raised in time. When the Oilers recently decided to replace the banners, they opted to use upside-down 2s for the 1984-85 banners, just like on the originals!” There’s a video about the banners here. … “Branding I can get behind,” says Minna H., and I heartily agree. … Why get a Uni Watch membership card based on the UGA helmet when you can have a VW Bug based on the same concept? It’s even got its own web site (which you can see here; all this courtesy of Brent Hardman). … Here’s a doozy: A high school football team has agreed to wear its road jersey at home, just so their opponent can showcase their flashy new Nike home jerseys on ESPN. Both teams wear Nike, but the road team has a special Nike contract — hence the switcheroo. And remember, this is high school. Outrageous details here (courtesy of Mike Edgerly).
#1 by =bg= on 09.04.08 9:15 am |
Paul, maybe you can change the text on the WFMU link in the ticker? A tad strong.
#2 by Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen on 09.04.08 9:20 am |
Cripes, that logo sucks. Don’t the NBA powers that be read Uni Watch? They could’ve gotten something better from ANY of the uni contest finalists!
#3 by Jim MI on 09.04.08 9:20 am |
I didn’t know the WNBA had a new team in OKC…. :)
http://farm4.static....
#4 by MPowers16 on 09.04.08 9:21 am |
The Georgia car is great…I recently was on the Palisades Interstate Parkway and was next to, albeit briefly, a 2006 White Mustang Cobra that was customized with grill to bumper Navy pinstripes, Interlocking NY on both doors, and the Tophat logo on the hood!
#5 by LI Phil on 09.04.08 9:21 am |
don’t the tigers wear their home caps and helmets in spring training now (regardless of whether they are home or away)? is this what they were doing back then too?
#6 by jeag on 09.04.08 9:22 am |
re: Darrell Evans, the picture is probably from Spring Training. The Tigers don’t pass out road hats or helmets until Opening Day, and they haven’t for as long as I can remember.
#7 by Chad Johnson on 09.04.08 9:23 am |
This was from a local Texas Rangers blog by Jamey Newberg
“According to local reports, Rangers equipment manager Zack Minasian says the
team will increase the red in their uniform look in 2009, and included could
be a solid red alternate jersey and red hat.”
#8 by Jim MI on 09.04.08 9:28 am |
A high school hockey team has agreed to wear its road jersey at home, just so their opponent can showcase their flashy new Nike home jerseys on ESPN. Both teams wear Nike, but the road team has a special Nike contract — hence the switcheroo. And remember, this is high school. Outrageous details here
As a former High School hockey player, that just shocks me to no end. HS teams having sponser contracts. Seems wrong to me. Don’t know if this is normal, but I’ve never heard of it in MI.
#9 by Frank from B-more on 09.04.08 9:33 am |
I finally figured it out, if basketball in OKC fails the logo and name can transfer to any city that offers a new arena and a willing fan base (Baltimore Thunder, Birmingham Thunder, Pittsburgh Thunder, Austin Thunder, San Diego Thunder, Columbus Thunder). Marketing genius by the NBA. In all honesty this is the best they could do? Very disappointing. I am also tired of colors having to be explained (the sunset and the flag, really?)
#10 by Matty C on 09.04.08 9:34 am |
That thing on Chase Utley’s sleeve is a the logo for a local Philadelphia company called Sweat It Out. It produces a lot of quality performance wear, and a lot of Philadelphia athletes wear the stuff.
#11 by Dave on 09.04.08 9:34 am |
First … that OKC logo/name sucks. They talk about ties with OK weather (why not ThunderBOLTS?!)and Native American symbolism (why not ThunderBIRDS!?), yet choose this generic BS.
Second … you can get US-sports related nesting dolls (matryoshki) at pretty much any tourist spot in Moscow: soccer and hockey are the biggest; but also NFL, MLB, NBA, and even college football like you show. They’re made strictly for the tourists; and are therefor grotesquely overpriced.
#12 by Jim MI on 09.04.08 9:36 am |
“The team wanted to raise the division/conference championship banners immediately, but the company supplying them didn’t have any ‘5’s to put on the banner. So, they turned a 2 upside-down so that the banners could be raised in time. When the Oilers recently decided to replace the banners, they opted to use upside-down 2s for the 1984-85 banners, just like on the originals!”
To me, this is very cool. They kept it consistant, even when they had the chance to make it right. Plus they never replaced the whole banner when they had the time. Good call, that’s the banner you raised in front of the fans, that’s the banner that should stay. Classy move by EDM.
Stay Classy Edmonton!!
#13 by Beats in Buffalo on 09.04.08 9:36 am |
Paul did you perhaps mean high school football team the article mentions Nikes entry into college football uniforms and besides being early for the high school hockey season the choice to outfit elite hockey teams in Florida seems an odd choice over teams in Mass. or Michigan
#14 by Ditchfarmer on 09.04.08 9:39 am |
The Magnetic Fields/ Paul tour got a mention on USA Today’s Pop Candy blog this morning.
#15 by jeag on 09.04.08 9:41 am |
I’m actually all for this, if it means free, quality uniforms. I wore some pretty crappy stuff in high school. I didn’t play hockey, but I did play JV basketball in 2001 in short-shorts from the early 90s. I was a power forward built more like Barkley than Garnett, and you can bet the crowd wished Nike had given me some better shorts too.
#16 by Duckstyle on 09.04.08 9:43 am |
That’s really sad. Sure the kids probably love it for having such nice free equipment to use, but what kind of lesson id this teaching them? “Hey kids, throw tradition out the window so that our opponents can get some air-tiem for their new (insert supplier here) uniforms. Ok?” I’ve never heard of it in Illinois either. But then again, our local conference sucks, it wouldn’t surprise me at one of the big Chicago football powerhouses. During my high school days most wore unis from a local supplier that just used templates straight out of the big company catalogs. We wore Wilson I believe, as I wasn’t a football player myself.
#17 by Jim MI on 09.04.08 9:45 am |
Another cool thing EDM does with banners is their Stanley Cup banners have just the year they won, and a picture of someone from that year holding the Cup. Very unique, gives you a look into the past of who was on the team and quick uni history too!!
http://www.gettyimag...
#18 by Like the River on 09.04.08 9:46 am |
Paul got mentioned on Pop Candy this morning on USA TODAY’s website for his opening act.
http://www.pitchfork...
#19 by Dave on 09.04.08 9:48 am |
What the hell has happened with the NBA? The league has been on the decline, and its biggest ’stars’ Kobe and LeBron don’t exactly captivate the public. And NOW they can’t even create an identity that a fan could respect? Bobcats. Wizards. Grizzlies. THUNDER?
if I owned a team, I’d want a kick-ass brand that would appeal to everyone.
#20 by Mike Edgerly on 09.04.08 9:50 am |
Paul, it’s HS Football, not Hockey, sorry I wasn’t clearer in my e-mail.
Also thanks (I think) for the WFMU link, now I’ve got “Bear Down Chicago Bears” stuck in my head!
#21 by Like the River on 09.04.08 9:52 am |
Nadal’s shirt for the US open looks like a little kid smeared finger paint on his shirt
http://www.thesun.co...
#22 by Brad on 09.04.08 9:52 am |
Not sure if anyone else saw it last night, but around ESPN 2 had a high school football game on. I believe it was Mater Dei vs. Carson. Anyway, the Mater Dei team has a red helmet with three white stripes going from front to back(somewhat like Michigan/Princeton minus the horn looking shape at the front of the helmet). The only problem was that there was no uniformity as to the angles the stripes were on each helmet. I don’t have any pictures/screengrabs, but it wasn’t uncommon to have two Mater Dei players standing next to each other with two completely different looking helmets due to the stripes being way off. Anyone else catch that?
#23 by C W on 09.04.08 9:53 am |
Can someone with Photoshop skills change the “TH” in the OKC logo to “BL”?
#24 by Dave on 09.04.08 9:56 am |
I already did
http://s152.photobuc...
#25 by Billy Suter on 09.04.08 9:57 am |
My mom has that NFL sheet you were talking about as well. She’s using it as a cover for the glider on the front porch. I’m not sure what happened to the other parts, though.
#26 by Dave on 09.04.08 9:57 am |
Oops!
Heres the link
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#27 by Wes on 09.04.08 9:57 am |
Random question here, but what are the two vertical stripes on the old school Lions logo supposed to represent? Are they supposed to mimic helmet stripes? Is there some symbolism I’m missing?
#28 by Jet on 09.04.08 9:58 am |
That NFL bedsheet is sweet. Lay on that baby while listening to your favorite team’s fight song, woo hoo!!!
-Jet
#29 by Elena on 09.04.08 9:58 am |
They have made matryoshki dolls for several MLB teams. I’ve seen them in MLB catalogs, and as promotions at games. Usually quite hideous and unrecognizable as to who they are supposed to be.
#30 by Dane on 09.04.08 9:59 am |
I knew it was part of this bedroom set from the old Sears catalog.
(sigh) I had those sheets on my bed when I was eight years old.
#31 by Duckstyle on 09.04.08 10:00 am |
If anyone’s interested I created a group on the Peter King challenge on SI.com. Group name: Uni Watch Password: purple
#32 by Jim MI on 09.04.08 10:02 am |
It’s for how many wins they get every season….
#33 by dave on 09.04.08 10:02 am |
One other little problem with OKC…how do you draw a picture of Thunder? Right off the bat they can’t even have a logo of any sort that actually represents their team name.
#34 by Hank on 09.04.08 10:03 am |
Re: Nesting dolls (a/k/a matryoshkas). Apparantly, Coopersburg Sports of PA manufactured nesting dolls for MLB back in 2003. Here’s a link for a Pat Burrell model on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/...
At one time, they thought this would be the next hot collectible item in MLB. http://articles.lati...
#35 by MPowers16 on 09.04.08 10:04 am |
Unfortunately, when Ricko was eight years old, the only two teams playing were these guys:
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#36 by Mickel Yantz on 09.04.08 10:05 am |
A Tulsa news channel reported last night there were 1000 people waiting to get into the team store for there “thunder-wear.” NBAOKC = embarrassing
#37 by Clay Bennett on 09.04.08 10:06 am |
I made that logo during my flight from Seattle to Oklahoma City. I used Microsoft Word. I love the word art tool!
Seriously though, I could come up with 100 better “Thunder” logos today compared to that garbage…
#38 by u2-horn on 09.04.08 10:09 am |
Nice bedspread–my brother had that one
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#39 by Bryan Redemske on 09.04.08 10:11 am |
And my parents had that carpet in their house. Some of it is still there.
#40 by DawgFan on 09.04.08 10:14 am |
Maybe the jerseys can be as “awesome” as the Wichita Thunder Hockey team…
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#41 by Paul Lukas on 09.04.08 10:18 am |
Yup, sorry, brain-lock on my part. Now fixed.
#42 by Mike Edgerly on 09.04.08 10:19 am |
Slate.com (past home of the Uni Watch column) has posted today a neat Magnum Photo gallery of “American Football”. http://todayspicture...
#43 by u2-horn on 09.04.08 10:21 am |
Yeah, Evan Grant (Rangers beat writer) also mentioned the coming uni changes that Paul alluded to earlier this week. I decided to do a little mock-up of the hat as described by Paul’s source:
http://i33.photobuck...
#44 by Jim MI on 09.04.08 10:23 am |
Possibly THE coolest hoodie I have ever seen…
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
#45 by Stuby on 09.04.08 10:23 am |
In some cases it looked like the white tape wasn’t trimmed very well in the back and hung over the edge of the helmet. Kinda looked like they were using white adhesive tape.
#46 by Ricko on 09.04.08 10:24 am |
Was an “automotive-look” thing, like a sidebody or trunk nameplate. Pretty simplified version for those sheets. More detailed actual logo was drawn in a pen-and-ink comics book fashion without the vertical bars being solid, using a bit of “chrome” look. Think Silver Surver, only not so much.
Was their “corporate” logo. Letterhead, etc. Never got anywhere near the uniforms as I recall. Like the ball-carrying Cardinal in front of St. Louis’ Gateway Arch, or the orginal Cowboy on a horse.
—Ricko
#47 by LI Phil on 09.04.08 10:28 am |
the house or the carpet?
#48 by Wes on 09.04.08 10:30 am |
Of course! I should have figured that out! :)
#49 by Rich on 09.04.08 10:32 am |
Paul, the college officials patch is supposed to say CFO (College Football Officials). I believe it is a white patch with black lettering in a football shaped design with the letters within. I seem to remember seeing a picture of it but can’t seem to locate it on the web. It is supposed to go over the right breast with an American flag (outlined in white) going over the heart.
#50 by Wes on 09.04.08 10:34 am |
Interesting. Thanks for the info!
#51 by Bryan Redemske on 09.04.08 10:35 am |
All of the house, some of the carpet, both parents. And about half of my baseball card collection.
#52 by Sports Redux: Charmed City | Boston Blog on 09.04.08 10:37 am |
[…] The NBA apparently is working with "Generic Logos R Us", as they unveiled the name and completely uninspiring logo of the Oklahoma City Thunder. No shots of the uniforms yet, but you can buy pink T-shirts. UniWatch is underwhelmed, to say the least. […]
#53 by Ricko on 09.04.08 10:39 am |
Tatum Bell. Just another reason my interest in the NFL wanes a little more every year.
He’s shown taking the bags. Bags are found, but empty. And his adult, professional, poised response? “I ain’t no thief.”
As someone once wrote, “These guys have been told they’re special since they were 12 years old, and think the world exists to give them everything, make everything easy for them, and that they are exempt from the rules of normal life and civil behavior.”
I used to ghost-write a column for a former NFL player. More than once he said to me that “the best thing about playing pro football is that you can stay 14 forever.”
Tell you what. If the NFL REALLY wanted to make a point with memorial patches, et al, they’d have honored Rae Carruth’s victims. THAT’s the message that needed(needs) to be sent.
—Ricko
#54 by Robert on 09.04.08 10:40 am |
Just because being nit-picky is what we do here:
There was no 2006 Mustang Cobra. The last year of the SVT Mustang Cobra was 2004, and the first year of the Shelby GT500 (complete with Cobra logos) was 2007.
#55 by B. Coli on 09.04.08 10:40 am |
How about this: “In the middle of OU Sooner country, let’s use orange. I can’t think of any big-time rivals that use a similar shade.”
#56 by Anthony Verna on 09.04.08 10:43 am |
The NFL Coaches Club is how all the NFL coaches (head and assistant) are able to be in the Madden series, for example.
Bill Parcells never joined it, either, so he wasn’t in the game when he coached.
#57 by Anthony Verna on 09.04.08 10:47 am |
Next thing you know, you’ll be telling me that those tire tracks are not from a Buick Skylark, but a Pontiac Tempest!
#58 by LI Phil on 09.04.08 10:47 am |
i ain’t no thief…i ain’t never been one, and i ain’t never going to be one…it was all a misunderstanding…you can ask anybody i played with for all my years or anybody that know me, man…they know i ain’t never stolen nothing from nobody or had those kind of intentions
/well…that settles that then
#59 by Dane on 09.04.08 10:49 am |
Better buy it now. Looking at the list of products offered by that seller, I would expect a number of lawyers from various leagues, teams and players associations to be sending cease and desist letters in the not-to-distant future.
#60 by The Ghost of Ross Gload on 09.04.08 10:50 am |
The most awesome thing in the picture from post #38 may be the Charlie’s Angels stickers on the Dolphins trash can.
I miss the 70s sometimes.
#61 by Dane on 09.04.08 10:50 am |
The Miami Dolphins trashcan with the Charlie’s Angels stickers…. groovy.
#62 by Justin in AR on 09.04.08 10:50 am |
I love how the lightning bolts are used to represent thunder. Thunder is a sound. I would assume their new mascot will walk around holding lightning bolts and making thunder sounds with his mouth.
#63 by LI Phil on 09.04.08 10:50 am |
this car had an independent rear suspension…now, in the ’60’s, there were only two other cars made in america that had positraction, and independent rear suspension, and enough power to make these marks…one was the corvette, which could never be confused with the buick skylark…the other had the same body length, height, width, weight, wheel base, and wheel track as the ‘64 skylark, and that was the 1963 pontiac tempest
#64 by Stuby on 09.04.08 10:53 am |
About as bad as the two former Jayhawks getting popped for weed at the NBA rookie orientation program. Brilliant!
#65 by Paul Lukas on 09.04.08 10:54 am |
My take on the OKC logo is up now on Page 2:
http://sports.espn.g...
NFL column coming soon.
#66 by Jim MI on 09.04.08 10:54 am |
Can I borrow 50 bucks?
#67 by SpellsGood on 09.04.08 10:56 am |
I had those sheets as a kid, as well. Ah, the memories!
Didn’t the Lions have that ‘two-bar’ logo in their end zone for a lot of years, as well? As I recall, it was pretty sharp-looking with one Honolulu Blue stripe and one silver stripe. I never knew the connection to automotive logos, but it makes sense.
#68 by Jake Pride on 09.04.08 10:59 am |
LOVE LOVE LOVE the NFL fight songs link! I wonder how many of them are still played today. “Hail to the Redskins” most notably, but I occasionally hear “Bear Down Chicago Bears”.
I also love that their rendition of “Hail to the Redskins” includes a chorus of “Dixie”! Apparently everyone down south cheered for the Washington Redskins for decades, until the Dallas Cowboys came around (thus the rivalry between the two teams). Now they have Atlanta, Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, New Orleans, Carolina, Tennessee, etc.
#69 by Pretty Boy Paulie on 09.04.08 10:59 am |
“Oh. My. Fucking. God. (let’s just nominate Eric Borer for sainthood and get it over with)”
http://blog.wfmu.org...
…meh. “Bear Down Chicago Bears” is THE best song on that album.
#70 by John Paul Jones on 09.04.08 10:59 am |
And because both cars were made by GM, were both cars available in metallic mint green paint?
#71 by Bounce on 09.04.08 11:02 am |
The OKC logo is a real shame, to the point that the ‘generic’ logo used in the off season looks better. This whole transition has appeared and been treated like a rush job, with this logo unveiling just adding an emblem to this teams situation.
The colors, while generic, I can respect, but the lack of the actual name of the city in primary logo. What marketing depeartment did this come out of, because they should lose their senority for letting this go unchecked. I will admit with SOME adjustments this could be used as a secondary/tertiary logo.
I hope the administration realizes this screw up and at least makes it up with a fan derived logo that is more creative.
#72 by Kevin M. on 09.04.08 11:02 am |
The two Utes…Did you just say Utes? I’m sorry YOOOUTHSSSSS.
#73 by Teebz on 09.04.08 11:03 am |
Not to be Bill Nye, the Science Guy, but thunder is the result of lightning. You see lightning first because light travels faster than sound through the atmosphere.
Therefore, having lightning is mandatory in order to have Thunder. ;o)
Science is cool! LOL
#74 by Mr. Met on 09.04.08 11:04 am |
Does anyone remember the NFL toybox? I had one when I was a kid (we’re talking 1970’s), and it was similar to that bedspread: Wall-to-wall old-school NFL logos. Really good quality; I remember me and my two sisters climbing up on it, sitting on it, jumping on it, and not even a crack. They don’t make stuff like that anymore. Unfortunately, when we moved out of our old house that little piece of history was lost forever………
#75 by FXS on 09.04.08 11:08 am |
I happened to catch some of the high school game on ESPN last night, and right before second half kickoff the announcers mentioned how the Mater Dei players don’t recieve the helmets stripes until after training camp in a ceremony.
They are given the stripes, to take home, and put on themselves, so there is the reason for the inconsistency.
#76 by LI Phil on 09.04.08 11:10 am |
thunder is the sound made by lightning…depending on the nature of the lightning and distance of the listener, it can range from a sharp, loud crack to a long, low rumble…the sudden increase in pressure and temperature from lightning produces rapid expansion of the air surrounding and within a bolt of lightning…in turn, this expansion of air creates a sonic shock wave which produces the sound of thunder…
/if the thunder don’t get ya then the lightnin’ will
#77 by tivonia on 09.04.08 11:10 am |
I had the complete bedroom set, including the curtains. I used to spend hours as a kid trying to recreate the logos, and the team fonts, with colored pencils on old typing paper I would pilfer from my dad’s home office.
Knowing my parents, those old sheets and curtains are probably still in a box in their attic.
#78 by Rev. Nørb on 09.04.08 11:10 am |
I think the thwart the Great Satan of the singular team name, they should have called the team the “Oklahoma City Thunders.” Then they could hook that in with a Johnny Thunders reference, and change the logo to a syringe penetrating a basketball.
#79 by Jim BC on 09.04.08 11:14 am |
Perhaps this has been discussed already, but I was under the impression that Nolan and Del Rio’s sideline suits were “designed” by Reebok.
#80 by Teebz on 09.04.08 11:14 am |
Phil, you never said you were a TV meteorologist. lol
#81 by Justin in AR on 09.04.08 11:15 am |
Yeah, I knew that. All that sleeping through science really proved to be beneficial for me, huh?
#82 by Filthy McNasty on 09.04.08 11:23 am |
My missus is from Oklahoma so I take an passing interest in sports there, and though I feel greatly for Seattle upon losing their team (teams moving really is the worst aspect of American sports) I am pleased that OK has a professional team to cheer. I was eagerly anticipating seeing the logo and uniform since the name has been known for aeons, but it really wasn’t worth it. I’m stunned that an NBA team can have that as their principle identifying mark, it’s bland,generic and does nothing to convey an image of the team or the city in which they play.
I’m crossing the pond and going to OKC for Thanksgiving to meet the missus’ parents and figured I’d pick up some NBA merchandise, but I don’t want anything with that on and I’ll save my coin for the Rams Pro-shop when I head to St. Louis.
The mascot’s name, that’s crap too, why not call it Thor? To call it the same name as the team is preposterous, can you imagine mascots called Sun, Net and Knick? Ridiculous.
Change the logo, and please make a decent fist of the uniforms.
Incidentally, the ice hockey team from my city in the UK used to be the Thunder, they had this logo…
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/LogoHullThunder.jpg[/img]
#83 by Pretty Boy Paulie on 09.04.08 11:24 am |
Here’s an even better question….What happened to their colors being Black & Gold? Or was that a whole ploy to throw us all off?
I wish I could see these in action but we never will…( I don’t care for the Cyclones logo in the last one but the uniform design is very clean)
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#84 by Paul Lukas on 09.04.08 11:26 am |
NFL column is up:
http://sports.espn.g...
#85 by SWC Susan (aka Tex) on 09.04.08 11:28 am |
Exactly…
#86 by Robert on 09.04.08 11:29 am |
Now that’s funny.
#87 by SWC Susan (aka Tex) on 09.04.08 11:30 am |
Wow…. I have spent a lot of time in Oklahoma and see the flag quite regularly and I completely MISSED that connection!
#88 by lwiedy on 09.04.08 11:32 am |
How’s that bioloical clock doin’?
#89 by Stephen on 09.04.08 11:36 am |
Maybe OKC can use this as a logo.
Just a thought.
~E~
#90 by lwiedy on 09.04.08 11:38 am |
I preferred Beakman’s World.
#91 by chance on 09.04.08 11:40 am |
All I can say is that he better win the case….
#92 by Hot Rodd on 09.04.08 11:43 am |
I joined up.
#93 by lwiedy on 09.04.08 11:44 am |
I’m still looking but I remember that logo was used on Ford (or Mercury) cars in the 1970’s. Searches are tough because you come up with all the more obvious references and that was relitivly obscure. Like Ricko stated, it was on (with the stripes) tailights, floor mats, etc.
#94 by dilbert719 on 09.04.08 11:45 am |
Filthy, I believe the real mascot issue is that it’s not the Thunder’s mascot who’s named Thunder. The Golden State Warriors’ mascot is named Thunder. At least for now.
On the topic of Bennett’s Crayola Masterpiece… why? The NBA should be embarrassed to have something that looks like that even considered as a logo, let alone actually in use. They’d do better with the black and gray basketball logo with “OKLAHOMA CITY” typed across it that they used as a placeholder.
And I second the nomination for Eric Borer. This is one miracle he’s pulled off, so I think that squares him for Uni Watch Beatification. One more, and the sainthood’s a lock.
#95 by lwiedy on 09.04.08 11:45 am |
biological
#96 by lwiedy on 09.04.08 11:48 am |
Be sure to listen to the full cut of “Hail To The Redskins”, it ends with ‘Dixie’. How great is that? And equal opportunity offender!!!
#97 by Frank on 09.04.08 11:50 am |
“If you thought San Diego and the White Sox were over the top with their camouflage uniforms, take a look at this.”
I was wondering, does anyone else give some sort of allowance to otherwise bad uniforms when they are dedicated to a cause, country, etc. ? I’ll leave out dubious cases such as the 4th of July MLB hats this year in this case, the umpteenth pink breast cancer jersey…
As an example, while many of the Canada Day Blue Jays unis in themselves are pretty gawdish, given the reason for it and (as far as I know) orginality of them at the time, I tend to give them a pass in terms of being critical of the them. The military jerseys sort of fit in that department with me as well.
As for the NFL theme song link, may not be uni-watch related, still Best.UniWatch.Link.Ever.
#98 by LI Phil on 09.04.08 11:55 am |
no
a bad uni is a bad uni, regardless of the cause
#99 by DenverGregg on 09.04.08 12:05 pm |
I had an earlier version (no Bucs or Seahawks, \”ny\” for the Giants, secondary logo for the Pack, etc.). I got it for Christmas in \’73 or maybe \’74. Only the pillowcase has survived.
#100 by Teebz on 09.04.08 12:07 pm |
I gotta agree with Phil here.
I’ve gone over the bad promotional hockey uniforms ad nauseum on my blog. There’s no excuse for stupidity when it comes to promoting an event. Nor is there any e