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Irish Loop said:
Your problem is that you assume because your kids have certain values, then all kids must have certain values. "Well this was my experience, therefore"... nothing. It's just anecdotal evidence. There are plenty of kids out there who care deeply about things like swag and uniforms.

This may strike you as a bit startling, but it turns out that there's actually quite a bit of variation in human personality.
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there are 1000 things that influence where a kid goes. Chick-fil-et on campus, no chick filet. But I have never met a kid, mine, my sisters, their friends who said they chose their schools based on the uniforms. I've read I think one piece once about some kid who did it, but that was more an excuse than a reason. Just like the Chick-filet story. Is the uniform maybe one of those 1000 things? maybe with a few kids. But it is way behind location, relationship with the coach, recommendations from high school/aau coaches and parents, players, opportunity for playing time, pro prospects, and 990 other items. As I said it is maybe #578 if it is that high with some kids. Maybe with a few its as high as 463.
 
Overall I like the uniforms and the helmets. I think Nike did a good job and it gave us something unique with the helmets that no one else has. In the future when teams copy the helmet design people may say something to the extent of "UConn had that first" which is great for the school in the sense that it gets people talking about us.

My only gripe with the helmet is like others have mentioned in regards to the matte and gloss combo. I agree that it looks unfinished b/c of it and would be better if they went all gloss. Gloss up the sides and I think they will look great.

Oh and since I'm listing my grievences I also am a little disappointed that they didn't get a alternate uniform. May have to wait till 2014 for that!
 
BugsyCT said:
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I like the blue, the white is a mistake. And not because of the white color. The white simply doesn't frame the eyes well, you don't know what you're looking at. Normally you expect to see stripes there on other helmets, but if you're not picturing husky eyes, you'll looking at a rohrshach. The blue is framed nicely because of the lack of contrast, and it works well.

Back to the drawing board on the white one.
 
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upstater said:
I like the blue, the white is a mistake. And not because of the white color. The white simply doesn't frame the eyes well, you don't know what you're looking at. Normally you expect to see stripes there on other helmets, but if you're not picturing husky eyes, you'll looking at a rohrshach. The blue is framed nicely because of the lack of contrast, and it works well.

Back to the drawing board on the white one.
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If you look at the husky logo on the helmet upside down, it looks like an eagle!
 
freescooter said:
there are 1000 things that influence where a kid goes. Chick-fil-et on campus, no chick filet. But I have never met a kid, mine, my sisters, their friends who said they chose their schools based on the uniforms. I've read I think one piece once about some kid who did it, but that was more an excuse than a reason. Just like the Chick-filet story. Is the uniform maybe one of those 1000 things? maybe with a few kids. But it is way behind location, relationship with the coach, recommendations from high school/aau coaches and parents, players, opportunity for playing time, pro prospects, and 990 other items. As I said it is maybe #578 if it is that high with some kids. Maybe with a few its as high as 463.
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Why are you arguing with yourself? No one has ever picked a school solely on unis, we get it. Moving past that : Are fresh new badass unis better than boring old unis that are... Boring? 10/10 times, yes. It builds enthusiasm. That's it. It's as simple as enthusiasm being a good thing.
 
I like the helmet and uniforms. However, I think the helmet is likely to change every few years going forward because it seems that designers are really throwing tradition out the window lately. I won't be surprised if this helmet lasts only one season. It just seems like a trendy and temporary solution. Ultimately, I think we will have UCONN back on the helmet before long.
 
kfalko said:
Overall I like the uniforms and the helmets. I think Nike did a good job and it gave us something unique with the helmets that no one else has. In the future when teams copy the helmet design people may say something to the extent of "UConn had that first" which is great for the school in the sense that it gets people talking about us.

My only gripe with the helmet is like others have mentioned in regards to the matte and gloss combo. I agree that it looks unfinished b/c of it and would be better if they went all gloss. Gloss up the sides and I think they will look great.

Oh and since I'm listing my grievences I also am a little disappointed that they didn't get a alternate uniform. May have to wait till 2014 for that!
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I like the matte-gloss contrast. Mixing matte and gloss makes it stand out. What I don't like is the different shades of blue on the blue helmet. That's why I think the white one looks so much better. The Husky is national flag blue and the helmet is navy.
 
CTMike said:
Why are you arguing with yourself? No one has ever picked a school solely on unis, we get it. Moving past that : Are fresh new badass unis better than boring old unis that are... Boring? 10/10 times, yes. It builds enthusiasm. That's it. It's as simple as enthusiasm being a good thing.
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Hell forget recruits. If we are on TV and some non-Uconn fan kid sees us and says "those uniforms are badass" or "filthy" or some such, we get more attention. More eyeballs. People outside of Connecticut start realizing that UCONN plays FBS football. That's what this is about. We are freaking invisible right now.
 
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Hoophound said:
I like the helmet and uniforms. However, I think the helmet is likely to change every few years going forward because it seems that designers are really throwing tradition out the window lately. I won't be surprised if this helmet lasts only one season. It just seems like a trendy and temporary solution. Ultimately, I think we will have UCONN back on the helmet before long.
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Agreed. Truthfully, I like the boldness, but the whole thing seems too gimmicky to me. Too wild a design for this state. I can't see these being our mainstay helmets for the next 5-10 years or whatever. As an alternate, yes, but I bet at some point they go back to the traditional logo on the side as the primary design. Could be wrong though.
 
Irish Loop said:
Your problem is that you assume because your kids have certain values, then all kids must have certain values. "Well this was my experience, therefore"... nothing. It's just anecdotal evidence. There are plenty of kids out there who care deeply about things like swag and uniforms.

This may strike you as a bit startling, but it turns out that there's actually quite a bit of variation in human personality.
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Irish Loop is spot on. For every story about FS's kids...there is my buddy who almost went to WVU over PSU because he liked West Virginia's uniforms.
 
Wether or not you like the helmets we did something first and I like it for that but I am on board with the everything and think we are heading in a great direction. Next change conference....
 
So at first I saw the front and I said "Oh...oh god no. No...what happened?"

Then I saw the back and I actually gasped. Involuntarily.

Why is the font so monstrously large? It's so incredibly clumsy. It reminds me of back in elementary school when my friend would write his name in huge capital letters on all of his nintendo games so no one would steal them.
 
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How has this whole unveiling happened and all we've seen are a couple terrible angles. How tough is it to get the front and side in the same frame?
 
freescooter said:
there are 1000 things that influence where a kid goes. Chick-fil-et on campus, no chick filet. But I have never met a kid, mine, my sisters, their friends who said they chose their schools based on the uniforms. I've read I think one piece once about some kid who did it, but that was more an excuse than a reason. Just like the Chick-filet story. Is the uniform maybe one of those 1000 things? maybe with a few kids. But it is way behind location, relationship with the coach, recommendations from high school/aau coaches and parents, players, opportunity for playing time, pro prospects, and 990 other items. As I said it is maybe #578 if it is that high with some kids. Maybe with a few its as high as 463.
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It's not about influencing the kid when he's a junior in high school, narrowing down his scholarship offers. It's about getting a 9 year old kid flipping channels on his dad's HDTV to stop flipping channels when UConn comes on. Later on when they become a HS star and the start getting recruiting letters, they'll get an envelope with the Husky logo on it, and they'll be a little more excited to open that letter than all the other ones. They'll be excited because of the helmet or logo they saw when they were 9, which led to them following the team, having favorite players, and start dreaming what it would be like to be 18 years old and putting on the uniform and helmet for their first home opener at Rentschler.
 
CTMike said:
Why are you arguing with yourself? No one has ever picked a school solely on unis, we get it. Moving past that : Are fresh new badass unis better than boring old unis that are... Boring? 10/10 times, yes. It builds enthusiasm. That's it. It's as simple as enthusiasm being a good thing.
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This.
 
The reason there is a matte/gloss contrast is that the logo is not painted on but a decal. My question is that since it seems that these helmets were designed to fit the Riddell Revo Speed style helmets stream lines, what and how will this look on the other model/style helmets?
 
I have a feeling the matte/gloss contrast was done for a reason.

maybe in the sun it will give it a really cool look. i bet the logo will stand out quite a bit.

Not sure until we see it on the field.
 
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Bootsthemonkey said:
I try not to ever post anything negative on here, but I have to be honest I cannot stand these helmets. If you like em, fine. To me they look like XFL helmets with bumper stickers on the back. Awful.
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I wish I didn't agree with you. My main issue isn't the front logo concept, but that it looks too retro given the new technology available. In the white helmet it looks OK, but in the darker the flat finish is just plain dull. Would love to see a gloss with some depth on the sides. And the large UCONN on the back way too forced and bumper-sticker like. Good initial concept but not enough flash for me or continuity given the bumper sticker back. I'll take some more time to digest when seen as a team but doubt much of a change in taste.
 
BugsyCT said:
Agreed. Truthfully, I like the boldness, but the whole thing seems too gimmicky to me. Too wild a design for this state. I can't see these being our mainstay helmets for the next 5-10 years or whatever. As an alternate, yes, but I bet at some point they go back to the traditional logo on the side as the primary design. Could be wrong though.
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Two programs I would love to emulate that got noticed with gimmicks, Oregon and Boise State. Oregon was the originator of uniform gimmicks to get national attention and it has certainly worked for them. Those original uni's they had with the metal/chain link (or whatever it was) on the knee and shoulder were terrible IMO. Boise with the blue turf. But it works.

I remember back in the day I bought a Chicago Bears jacket because it looked cool with the bear claws going down the arm. Because of that jacket I began liking the team with no other connection other than I thought the jacket and Bears gear was cool looking. This is a way to grow the younger fan base because many young kids might buy UCONN apparel because they think it looks cool or the uni's are cool looking. Worked for me when I was young for a team I knew nothing about.
 
CTMike said:
Let me guess. You are old, from Connecticut, and hate change?

I'm digging all the changes. We are not nearly as boring now, that's for sure. Block C will always be remembered as will the old Jonathan. But it was time to freshen things up.
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I was born in Connecticut, live in Connecticut and I am 71 and I like the new uniforms and helmets! So stop casting aspersions on the old ones. :)
 
freescooter said:
Yeah, it really doesn't. That's the most over rated thing in recruiting. Let's see, will I go to UConn or Alabama? Hmmm...alabama has really boring uniforms. Guess I'm off to Storrs!!! ROLF!the typical college kid or high school recruit will be excited if you show him a uniform with his name on it. the style can change 5 times in his 5 years. Yarwin ain't transferring because he likes Tulane's helmet better either.
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Tell that to Oregon
 
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