Gull Poll: Uniform Changes?
by Danny Kelly on Jun 29, 2011 3:37 PM PDT
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PrintWell, today we talked and argued a little bit about the Seahawks' quarterback issues and who might be taking snaps from under center in 2011. That's all well and good, but let's talk about something important now, shall we?
I wanted to do a quick poll about the state of the Hawks uniforms. Namely, assuming the Hawks keep their home and away looks pretty close to what they are now once the new Nike uniforms are unveiled (though it's a big assumption), what would you like the third alternate to be?
The three most obvious choices would be a) the old-school white jersey, silver pants, and silver helmet; b) the neon green monstrosity we wore in 2009 (I don't care if it's a leading question); and c) the old-school blue jerseys, silver pants, and silver helmet. Obviously there are more choices than that, but let's see what the consensus is at this point.
Oh, and go ahead and write in options or post pics of other uniform designs you've seen around the interwebs so we can debate those too.
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Awww hell no to all y'all haters
I love the neon green.
by Thomas Beekers on Jun 29, 2011 3:44 PM PDT reply actions 14 recs
I still contend that if they would not have blown that game, every single person in Seattle would love those.
As a fan wearing the jersey, I get so many compliments on my Atomic-Curry everytime I wear it. It’s baggy and I always with a black hoody underneath; the green really pops in person. However, you do have to be careful shopping for them as there are two versions out there- a lighter faded green, and a darker, almost shiny green; definitely opt for the shiny one.
by Dizzy Saturn on Jun 29, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
haha, no I facepalmed HARD the instant I saw them running out of the tunnel. Though I do like the darker colored pants.
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FIELDGULLS
I don't live in WA anymore, so going to see the Hawks in Seattle,
is a pretty rare occurrence. Suffice it to say, I wound up seeing that game against the Bears. Not only was I pissed at the outcome, but having to see Seneca Wallace run around like a chicken with his head cut off, all the while wearing those ridiculous faux jerseys was a total bummer. My Dad, who rarely swears said to me" they look like a bunch of fuck’in giant limes."
by AZ Hawk on Jun 30, 2011 6:03 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Haters gonna hate
but those greens will look great with white pants, maybe wearable as an away alternate against a team that wears white at home
A little neon goes a long, long, way.
A lot of it sears my retinas and makes me snow blind. I’d wear that color if I was boarding back country and wanted the rescue dogs to find me under 30 feet of avalanche. But to play football?
And to top of the aesthetic nightmare, the sleeves are not green, giving the ensemble a safety vest appearance. Although even highway workers have reflective strips on their vests, even they don’t have to wear an entire vest made of Da-Glo.
I would rather we wear pink uniforms than trot out that bile inducing, should have been aborted monstrosity ever again.
the alternate jersey needs to remind of Largent, Green, Easley, not Sour Worm Squigglies.
by Harvey Manfrengenson on Jun 30, 2011 5:51 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I'm with ya, Vasilii. I love the green.
Heck, I’ve got a green Tatupu I got on clearance. Hollaaaaaaaaaa
Always up for some Twitter action @nandron. I only talk NW sports, though.
by Nick Andron on Jun 30, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't want the same green jersey
But I love the neon green as a splash color. I want to see it inorporated into a steel blue jersey, not a dark blue and not as the main color.
I was at the Seahawks Play60 event last night. A lot of the kids (~20%) had the neon green jerseys (and I was sporting one too.)
by SpellStitchedHawk on Jun 30, 2011 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Has to be the neon green
I’m getting one to cycle in, that way I can look hideous AND stay safe when I cycle in Winter. You have to take practicality into account Danny
Just posted this in the C&C thread, but here is a more appropriate spot...
For the home jerseys, I’d like something like Denver’s design. Dark (darker?) blue jerseys, with a larger neon green stripe/swoop from under the arms, down along the side and on the pants, silver pants, and a silver helmet too.
Speaking of jerseys, when you finishing your Best/Worst Throwbacks series?
Haha, I abandoned that out of principal.
I’ll tell you who wouldve won:
- - Green Bay’s old school with brown helmets, because they were true to the originals (as much as could be) and simple.
- - Philly’s Kelly Greens. Because they’re dope. And Kelly Green is dope.
Worst:
1984 Pittsburgh Steelers throwbacks. Look it up. Also, because they’re the Steelers.
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You people aren't listening to me!!
dont click the middle option! :)
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All the best things come in bright green
From the Seahawks in neon green to Tic Tacs Lime
NO ONE DENIES THIS!
by Thomas Beekers on Jun 29, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Come on now
The fact that everyone in the league hated them and spent weeks ripping them is reason enough to make them a regular occurrence.
by SmartAssCoug on Jun 29, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Hmmm... I hate how they look, personally. But you make an *excellent* point.
Annoying the rest of the league is what the Seahawks do best. It’s part of our proud tradition. In that sense, maybe we should be wearing the neon monstrosities more often.
by nucleard on Jun 29, 2011 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Of course people are going to choose the option that you told them not to,
it’s one of the basic forms of trolling. Unless….you thought of that and are using reverse psychology!
Nuclear Cabbage! BUT -- I don't like it so much with the blue.
It works better with white.
Head of catering.
some people just hate being told what to do..
I hate the greens. It reminds me of the Orlando WLAF team. And No, green on white doesn’t make it any better.
Win Forever: Live, Work and Play Like a Champion
aaaaand
the greens are winning.
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jun 29, 2011 4:30 PM PDT reply actions
The green in an embarrassment.
Blue jersey, silver pants, silver helmet won’t be an alternate option in ‘12, that will be their “new” again home uniform. Thankfully. (That may sound like pure non-sense or guess work now, but get back to me in a year. I can’t tell you what I know or how I know it, but designs are being thrown about. Again, you’ll see…)
I'm gonna go calm submissive on your ass.
Wow...
This better be true! I want a Hawks jersey really badly, but I just can’t bring myself to wear the current colors. But I can see myself rockin a new Okung jersey in ’12!
by Mind of no mind on Jun 29, 2011 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Details!!!!!!
Ol at least tell us if we will see a new shade of blue. Because I like the rumors you have provided I have decided to unequivocally trust you on this issue
by Dialectic on Jun 30, 2011 9:28 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Can't give too many
Because A; don’t have many B; the company that is taking over the NFL contract in’12 (who I happen to work “very closely” with) has a very serious and inforced policies on sharing info on unreleased equipment. That said (and sorry I had to say that like a douche) there are a number of colors being thrown around and 85 Blue is one.
I'm gonna go calm submissive on your ass.
by Dukeshire on Jun 30, 2011 9:55 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
White away jerseys with green lettering
I have a Peterson Jersey in this, white jersey and the letters are the lime green. It’s not as loud as the home bright green jerseys but I think it would look pretty cool with the white pants.
Vintage crossed with the new.
I think the vintage jerseys looked extremely stylish and were very easy on the eyes. However, I am in love with the Seahawks currently dark blue, steel blue and lime green colours. Maybe something like the vintage jerseys, but with dark blue helmets and/or pants (with the jerseys modernized a little bit, without drastically changing the design.
by SD37 on Jun 29, 2011 6:25 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Gray/Gun Metal w/blue trim
Jerseys gray/gun metal and have the lettering with our seahawk blue and with our blue pants.
Bring on College Uni's...
NFL Style. My suggestion is to get each team to select their city’s host college (in our case, UW) and wear that uni for one game. It’d have to be uniformed for entire league all at once as to not have to wear on multiple games. If breast cancer awareness can crack the dress code, why can’t college uni’s?
Wouldn't dark chocolate and cream (off white) be more appropriate
As those are the actual colors of a sea hawk.
http://lovetobird.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/bird-of-the-week-osprey/
I never understood how a sea hawk got turned into storm cloud blue and lime green to begin with. I have the same confusion w/ the dolphins. Shouldn’t the team mascot & name sake be paid homage by the uniform? Imagine the Patriots using something other than red, white and blue.
I do concede, those colors might be rough on a uniform, but I’m betting it could be pulled off. Love to hear the rhyme or reason for color selection on pro uniforms; if there are theories.
Doesn't everyone
Love ice cream sandwhiches?
Interesting point, but...
… aren’t there very few teams whose colors “match” the mascot? The Bears aren’t brown, the lions are tan, and the Eagles aren’t brown and white with yellow face masks. That would get pretty old, with lots of brownish “animal-colored” uniforms …
On the other hand, I always thought the Ravens missed a chance to just go SUPER dark black with their uniforms, maybe with a reflective black/grey for their numbers… black helmets with shiny black logos or shiny black helmets with matte black logos, and just be known as the black-as-night team and steal the “identity” of the “black-colored team” away from Oakland and Pittsburgh.
Off the top of my head, the only teams I can think of whose colors somewhat match what they are supposed to “be” are the Bengals and the… um… Redskins?
(lil bit raycess?)
Oh yeah... Cardinals.
Patriots’ red, white, and blue fits the theme, of course. But if they were really going with the idea GnarlyHawk has above, they’d have black “tri-corner” helmets, leather-colored breeches, and navy waist-coat pattern jerseys or something. Paul Revere and George Washington didn’t literally walk around in red white and blue all the time.
The Pats don't count.
Red, white, and blue is the most popular colour combination in the NFL.
Ospreys do have some light blue around the base of their beak.
Also, the underside of their wings has some grey-blue color. In that sense, the old uni’s blue and silver would be more accurate. As for the green…their eyes?…the water?
The original design was supposed to be derived from NW native art, but you don’t see a lot of blue and green combos there, mostly red and black. But the “blue” of the water and the green of the trees is kind of appropriate for the region.
I say we do the Oregon thing and have like 50 alternates
and wear them all at once to confuse the shit out of the other team.
by Malito on Jun 29, 2011 7:07 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
old school is fine
the neon green makes me want to claw my eyes out so I wont have to look at it
by southern oregon on Jun 29, 2011 7:37 PM PDT reply actions
No more venereal disease poop jerseys
Those uniforms are freakin’ ugly. I hated them before the game, and hated them after the game. I’d rather have a prostate exam from a ham-fisted epileptic mid-seizure, than see the Hawks wear those uniforms again.
That said, I do like fans wearing them. Especially if they annoy other fans. It’s also easy to pick out our fans at other stadiums in those monstrosities. If the NFL can make pink jerseys for women, those visual vomit jerseys are fine for fans, and ONLY fans, to wear.
I like what ciarannh said. That’s a great idea.
Throwback, please.
Silver helmet, silver pants and either white or blue jersey depending on home or away. The new dark blue home pants always make it look like the players have wet themselves due to the visibile sweat. I miss the old, somewhat chagrined hawk beak. It more accurately represents our beloved franchise than the new, falsely fierce beak.
by jeager on Jun 29, 2011 8:48 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Option 3 for sure
please change the blue! I am so sick of drab, seasick blue. Deep navy or bright royal blue would look so much better. Old color scheme with the new logo would be the perfect outcome for me
I personally like the current blue
Let the Rams, Lions, Colts, Pats, Cowboys, etc have navy or royal blue.
by SmartAssCoug on Jun 29, 2011 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey, might as well join the club, right?
No. Black alternates were cool before half the teams in the NFL started using them.
Offseason 2011: Kelly Jennings, Craig Terrill, and Matt Hasselbeck...good riddance.
Shut up about Andrew Luck already.
by Wayward Llama on Jun 30, 2011 3:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Fabric store smack down
You girls and your fights about colors. I want green, I want blue, and then its a brawl. I want some football. And also, who brings an ass-fisting description to a uniform discussion?
by Professor on Jun 29, 2011 11:41 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Don't you people have any fashion sense? Blue jerseys and silver helmets CLASH!
I wish the NFL would get rid of its stupid “one helmet” rule, so we can have the All-Blues at home and the current roadies with silver helmets on the road. It’s unique and distinctive without getting my eyes burned in a neon green inferno.
Semi-transparent jerseys.
This a huge marketing opportunity for teams. Watch UA fork over the big bucks,,,lol.
The greens would have looked better with dark blue numbers, imho.
,,,a need for speed>>>>
Transparency?
What if Andre Smith is wearing one? Do you want to see Colin Cole’s silhouette? Urp.
by Harvey Manfrengenson on Jun 30, 2011 6:00 AM PDT up reply actions
May I suggest an addition to the hawks uniforms?
Metal spikes on the helmets! Also, allow them to carry a sword for when PC yells “Finish him”.
by goatweed on Jun 30, 2011 6:09 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Hey, Danny...how about this:
New-Age Dark Blue helmet and shirt (none of that CFL-sleeves are different color crap) with THROWBACK green pants (NOT the neon green-construction-worker look), with THROWBACK green letters and numbers and new-age navy blue (again, not talking about the cobalt blue BS) piping on the pants. Navy blue socks as well.
Huh? Sweet, huh?
by Chief Knockahomer on Jun 30, 2011 6:26 AM PDT reply actions
Neon Green for sure!
First we piss off the league by making the playoffs at 7-9, then we piss off the league by upending the defending SB champs, then we piss off the league by wearing retina searing green ones full time!
All joking aside, I actually did like the neon green. Would love to see it make a comeback
Neon green.
With bird feathers on the shoulders. Numbers you can barely see. And carbon fiber helmets with translucent decals.
You know you want it.
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