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MEGA New Miami Adidas Ultraboost🔥 - The Shoe and Nike/Adidas Thread.

TheOriginalCane said:
Cut the crap and be real for a minute.

Nike didn't force us to do that. Review the timeline. We had THREE different AD's during that time (Hocuntt, the Shermanator, and Beta Blake). That's not an excuse. It's an explanation for the fact that the Athletic Department was largely rudderless during that time. Hocuntt was busy trying to get back to his alma mater, the Texas Tech Gamblin' Raiders. The Shermanator was busy trying to get back to his alma mater, Nebraska.

And then, for the last two years of the Nike deal, Beta Blake was busy converting our equipment and uniform allotments into straight cash payments. Yes, what @Brooklyndee says about the last couple of years of the Nike deal is true, but not because Nike "didn't love Miami". It was because Beta Blake was cutting our equipment and uniforms in order to take cash payments prior to awarding the deal to adidas.

Sad, but true.
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Thanks for the details bc I was young during that time and had no idea of the politics and issues surrounding Miami and its athletic department. **** I didn’t really become a Cane fan until the 2002 season bc of McGahee, Winslow, Taylor and Rolle. But I just knew I hated those uniforms it made Miami look like a hand me down school.
 
KrazyCane said:
Thanks for the details bc I was young during that time and had no idea of the politics and issues surrounding Miami and its athletic department. **** I didn’t really become a Cane fan until the 2002 season bc of McGahee, Winslow, Taylor and Rolle. But I just knew I hated those uniforms it made Miami look like a hand me down school.
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OK, fair enough. I tend to assume folks have been fans for a long time, so all apologies if you never got to experience the greatness of the 1980s and 1990s.

And I also think that people associate some of those jerseys with "bad times", and thus dislike them more than they should.

At any rate, everyone has opinions, and that's fine.
 
skyman said:
They did the blue ribbon deal with LSU recently.. Trey Dez and Dj Pickett were featured athletes in that but obviously already on roster..

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They talked about the new Nike deal with LSU a lot locally. With that said, from my fan perspective, if Nike would offer a similar deal as the LSU deal to Miami, I would be in favor of going with Nike. But, if not, and the players feel the Adidas apparel and footwear is adequate I'm fine with staying with Adidas.
 
TboneJones said:
They talked about the new Nike deal with LSU a lot locally. With that said, from my fan perspective, if Nike would offer a similar deal as the LSU deal to Miami, I would be in favor of going with Nike. But, if not, and the players feel the Adidas apparel and footwear is adequate I'm fine with staying with Adidas.
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I dont think they will, Nike had us looking like clowns compared to other schools unfortunately..
 
skyman said:
I dont think they will, Nike had us looking like clowns compared to other schools unfortunately..
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That was more than a decade ago. A lot of us with those ugly jerseys is on the head coach. Head coaches typically have final say or a great say on what the jerseys look like and the choice of apparel/footwear outfitter.
 
TboneJones said:
They talked about the new Nike deal with LSU a lot locally. With that said, from my fan perspective, if Nike would offer a similar deal as the LSU deal to Miami, I would be in favor of going with Nike. But, if not, and the players feel the Adidas apparel and footwear is adequate I'm fine with staying with Adidas.
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What Ahmmon said on the pod today about Adidas footwear was interesting. He said he thinks Adidas cleats are the reason he started getting hamstring injuries, and he is interested in seeing Nike school v. Adidas school injury reports. It's a great listen.
 
It's obvious Adidas is paying more money. They got long-time Nike school Penn State to switch and they got Tennessee back after Tennessee left Adidas for Nike. But, like I said if Nike offers a deal similar to what LSU got, make the switch.
 
200-2003 uniforms were mid and people only like them because we won a **** ton of games.

I actually preferred the late 90’s Edgerrin James/Bubba Franks model with the outlined numbers.
 
caneingville said:
What Ahmmon said on the pod today about Adidas footwear was interesting. He said he thinks Adidas cleats are the reason he started getting hamstring injuries, and he is interested in seeing Nike school v. Adidas school injury reports. It's a great listen.
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I heard Ahmmon. And, footwear is a biggie for athletes. Like I mentioned, money is a consideration but I would take more money from Adidas ONLY IF the players are satisfied with the apparel and footwear.
 
caneingville said:
What Ahmmon said on the pod today about Adidas footwear was interesting. He said he thinks Adidas cleats are the reason he started getting hamstring injuries, and he is interested in seeing Nike school v. Adidas school injury reports. It's a great listen.
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This has been talked about for awhile, maybe it comes more from the basketball side but adidas has always had that reputation. We even had big issue here with a player, he didnt want to wear their cleats and blamed them for his foot issues, tried many work arounds and wanted to wear taped up nike cleats but they wouldnt let him, became a REAL ISSUE that had second guessing.. I think he ended up getting custom cleats with adidas after for his foot..

Im sure if I know this, this wasnt a secret..
 
TboneJones said:
It's obvious Adidas is paying more money. They got long-time Nike school Penn State to switch and they got Tennessee back after Tennessee left Adidas for Nike. But, like I said if Nike offers a deal similar to what LSU got, make the switch.
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Sorry if I missed it, but what are they giving LSU?
 
The aesthetics are big deal but not as big of a deal as quality and fit especially for the athletes. And, if Mario feels Nike is a better fit (pun intended) I think we switch.
 
skyman said:
This has been talked about for awhile, maybe it comes more from the basketball side but adidas has always had that reputation. We even had big issue here with Ahkeem Mesi, he didnt want to wear their cleats and blamed them for his foot issues, tried many work arounds and wanted to wear taped up nike cleats but they wouldnt let him, became a REAL ISSUE that had second guessing..

Im sure if I know this, this wasnt a secret..
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I didn't realize it was that widespread. I had heard that some athletes didn't like them, particularly the ones with wider feet. However, I didn't know it was a universal thing that they were known to cause injuries.
 
skyman said:
This has been talked about for awhile, maybe it comes more from the basketball side but adidas has always had that reputation. We even had big issue here with a player, he didnt want to wear their cleats and blamed them for his foot issues, tried many work arounds and wanted to wear taped up nike cleats but they wouldnt let him, became a REAL ISSUE that had second guessing.. I think he ended up getting custom cleats with adidas after for his foot..

Im sure if I know this, this wasnt a secret..
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Bro, you remember that's why Kobe left Adidas for Nike. He had complaints about Adidas hurting his feet.
 
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