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TheOriginalCane said:
Another hot-take that isn't based on reality.

2015 was an adidas jersey that is probably the worst of all-time.
2014 we got the Nike Smokes, an incredibly popular jersey with both the players and fans.
2008-2013 were not bad jerseys. The only thing that people could question would e the stripes on the back of the jersey.
2004-2007 were the horrendous "bra strap" jerseys.
2000-2003 were classic jerseys. Yes, they were the first non-traditional jerseys, but they had the strongest storyline of any of our jerseys ever.

On the other hand, the "alternate" jerseys from 2004-2014 were almost always terrible.

I'll grant anyone on this board "2004-2007". But, seriously, please explain how 2000-2003 and 2008-2013 were "mostly garbage". That's just nuts. Look, I laugh when people wear knock-off 2008-2013 jerseys with super-wide stripes that do not match what our players actually wore on the field. And I realize all our 2000-2003 jerseys are getting threadbare from wear.

But let's not complain about "Pro Combat" and all the other one-offs that our idiot ADs approved.

I know you're a company guy, @DMoney, but please stop with "adidas was a breath of fresh air". RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX, adidas gave us the worst Miami jersey of all-time, an execrable piece of **** that was gone in ONE YEAR. Even the bra-straps lasted for 4 seasons.
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Company guy? I don't work for adidas and I'm not as passionate about fashion as some of the other old men on here.

But the Nike jerseys of this millennium were clownish garbage. Even the early 00s. We were laughing about the Clam logo until we killed everyone on the field.

We aren't Oregon. We're a traditional power that should be wearing a clean, traditional jersey. The jersey switch in 2016 was a godsend. Leave the fashion shows to the ringless schools.
 
This thread was exactly what i expected. Glad CIS never disappoints. The announcement of the adidas extension going to provide months of entertainment. And these apparel deals are about far more than just "that uniform looks nicer" in this era. Adidas is being more aggressive and miami should pick best deal, regardless of whose going to be upset. Also there's adidas athletes we've gotten in the door with due to the relationship. It works both ways.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Another hot-take that isn't based on reality.

2015 was an adidas jersey that is probably the worst of all-time.
2014 we got the Nike Smokes, an incredibly popular jersey with both the players and fans.
2008-2013 were not bad jerseys. The only thing that people could question would e the stripes on the back of the jersey.
2004-2007 were the horrendous "bra strap" jerseys.
2000-2003 were classic jerseys. Yes, they were the first non-traditional jerseys, but they had the strongest storyline of any of our jerseys ever.

On the other hand, the "alternate" jerseys from 2004-2014 were almost always terrible.

I'll grant anyone on this board "2004-2007". But, seriously, please explain how 2000-2003 and 2008-2013 were "mostly garbage". That's just nuts. Look, I laugh when people wear knock-off 2008-2013 jerseys with super-wide stripes that do not match what our players actually wore on the field. And I realize all our 2000-2003 jerseys are getting threadbare from wear.

But let's not complain about "Pro Combat" and all the other one-offs that our idiot ADs approved.

I know you're a company guy, @DMoney, but please stop with "adidas was a breath of fresh air". RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX, adidas gave us the worst Miami jersey of all-time, an execrable piece of **** that was gone in ONE YEAR. Even the bra-straps lasted for 4 seasons.
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I agree, the initial Adidas jerseys were pretty awful (2015 in particular). However, our current jerseys are probably better than anything we had with Nike between 2000-2014
 
Beside some quality issues.. adidas hasnt been as bad as many of you make it out to be imo.

Them not being prepared for the championship run we went on did **** me off as far as special merch and commercials.. they also for sure could give fans more and better options.. all that I agree with. But the jerseys the players wear are fine for the most part to me.

I’m with D$.. for a while Nike gave 2 ***** about this program and was just coming up with clown designs like we was some Arena Football Team or some ****.

Ideally I would like us to go to Jordan brand (owned by Nike.. I know).. but I could see the Gators trying to block that
 
FuriousStyles said:
Best I recall Zachariah and Zion Branch… heard rumors about others too.

And I’m not saying Miami would’ve been the landing spot if not for Adidas only but the affiliation was a part of the exclusion because they preferred Nike sponsored schools.
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Except that you literally said that “being with Adidas” took us out of play for targets.
 
DMoney said:
I get the complaints about the adidas gear, and Nike is definitely considered the premier brand.

But our uniforms from 2000-2015 were mostly garbage. Adidas was a breath of fresh air when they took over.
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yes totally agree. we'd take the field looking like our uni's were designed by a 3 year old at times. it was total garbage. I hope we never go back to Nike. Adidas has been far superior. Nice clean looks.
 
There are two sides to the Adidas sportswear. The merchandise made available to the players/staff and the products made available to the public. The latter is significantly lacking on many levels. The Miami store on the Adidas website is joke. The lack of options, style, branded merchandise and diversity forces many of us to purchase UM merchandise from other brands holding a Miami license. It’s disappointing and somewhat embarrassing.

With that said, the UM admin should take the best deal (i.e., money). Most of us can find what we want (sort of) from other brands.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Another hot-take that isn't based on reality.

2015 was an adidas jersey that is probably the worst of all-time.
2014 we got the Nike Smokes, an incredibly popular jersey with both the players and fans.
2008-2013 were not bad jerseys. The only thing that people could question would e the stripes on the back of the jersey.
2004-2007 were the horrendous "bra strap" jerseys.
2000-2003 were classic jerseys. Yes, they were the first non-traditional jerseys, but they had the strongest storyline of any of our jerseys ever.

On the other hand, the "alternate" jerseys from 2004-2014 were almost always terrible.

I'll grant anyone on this board "2004-2007". But, seriously, please explain how 2000-2003 and 2008-2013 were "mostly garbage". That's just nuts. Look, I laugh when people wear knock-off 2008-2013 jerseys with super-wide stripes that do not match what our players actually wore on the field. And I realize all our 2000-2003 jerseys are getting threadbare from wear.

But let's not complain about "Pro Combat" and all the other one-offs that our idiot ADs approved.

I know you're a company guy, @DMoney, but please stop with "adidas was a breath of fresh air". RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX, adidas gave us the worst Miami jersey of all-time, an execrable piece of **** that was gone in ONE YEAR. Even the bra-straps lasted for 4 seasons.
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2015 was awful but the current Adidas gear is better than anything from Nike so what does it matter?
2014 again pathetic
2008-2013 looked like a 5 year old designed it, we aren't a cartoon
2004-2007 cmon
2000-2003 was dumb

The Nike gear sucked! It may be the case that shirts, shoes, and hats from Nike are better. OK whatever but the current Adidas uni's are so much better than anything from Nike.
 
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Nike wasn't great
 
Our present look is FANTASTIC. Agree, the Nike looks were 50/50 as we all forget the Christmas Ornaments, Bra strap, ect. However, the Pro Combat treatment was really awesome…wish we could have a little of that back.. All that being said, Adidas has given us back our classic look in football, basketball pretty solid and the baseball uniforms are FIRE even if the team is ice cold.
 
DMoney said:
Company guy? I don't work for adidas and I'm not as passionate about fashion as some of the other old men on here.

But the Nike jerseys of this millennium were clownish garbage. Even the early 00s. We were laughing about the Clam logo until we killed everyone on the field.

We aren't Oregon. We're a traditional power that should be wearing a clean, traditional jersey. The jersey switch in 2016 was a godsend. Leave the fashion shows to the ringless schools.
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The "clam" was the result of a licensing/contract dispute with John Routh, who owns the Sebastian (secondary) logo. I love John, but he's stubborn, he is the guy who insisted on getting rid of the corncob pipe.

And I'm not arguing with you on wearing a clean, traditional jersey. That's fine. What I AM saying is that Nike didn't force that down our throats. Those were three redesigns (actually 4 if you include 2014) that were approved by 4 different ADs.

Nike doesn't force Michigan or Taint to change their uniforms. Maybe Dee thought the 2000-2003 swirls were good innovations for the new millenium.

The bra-straps were terrible.

But honestly, if you looked at 2008-2013, our longest jersey run since 2000, they were EXACTLY what you are saying ("clean traditional jersey") but for those "framing stripes" on the back. If you lose those two stripes, it's a near-perfect jersey. And that jersey was worn for 6 years of the 15 that we are talking about, since we switched from the shadow-box jersey of the late 90s to the hurricane swirls of 2000-2003.

And I think it's funny that you call the jersey switch in 2016 a god-send, as it came directly after the adidas abortion of 2015, and it STILL wasn't perfected for 7 or 8 more years. Even though the "overall design" was simpler, we had a ton of problems from 2016 until recently with:

a. the names on the backs of the jerseys
b. the material not sitting properly, such that it was hard to read player numbers on certan body types
c. the font on the numbers (don't even get me started on how Michael Wyche's jersey number looked like apostrophe marks)
d. the U on the v-neck collar was NEVER done properly for years

Are we good TODAY? Sure. But let's not act like it didn't take adidas a LOT longer to fix a "clean, traditional" jersey than it took for Nike to switch off of the bra-straps.
 
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DMoney said:
First year was garbage. 2016 on has been money.

We should have as much variety as the other traditional powers. In other words, very little.
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Again, UNTRUE.

As just ONE example, we had to change the nameplates MID-SEASON because they were so bad.

I just laugh at people who are "so in love" with adidas because they are now treating us well after years of being an abused partner.
 
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