05-17-2020, 12:42 PM
(05-17-2020, 12:10 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: IMHO, I think it's long past time.
To each their own, but I think this organization could use a drastic makeover in the uniform department. And I think this year would have been a great time to do it.
I know some people love the helmets, and consider them to be iconic. Fwiw, I really don't. Yes, they've been around a long time. Yes, we did have some success in them at times. But there's just been so much terrible football that has played throughout their time. And during that same time, there's obviously been a public perception that this is a losing franchise, or a cheap franchise.
That, to me, is kind of what the helmet has somewhat come to represent. A franchise that has often been the butt of many of jokes. And I'm not sure the design of it is just that great or iconic to be able to overcome that.
It would be one thing if it was our original helmet, or in the same vein, but it's not. It's not like we've had one simple design throughout our history,a nd it's been the striped helmet.
I just think a nice, modern approach and complete redesign would work well with what we're currently doing. We've got new(er) coach, a a tremendous rookie QB talent, and a recent spluge in FA that has never been seen here before. The team and staff has seen a major overhaul as of late.
So why not go with something fresh? Why not roll out a complete redesign to basically say "Hey, this isn't the same old Bengals anymore"
I know some think uniforms are meaningless, and I guess to an extent they are right. But I do think there's something to be said about supeficial things helping to turn their page, so to speak.
I'd just absolutely love to see them to completely overhaul the uniforms here soon. The more new and exciting the better. Marvin was stale, Carson/Andy were stale. Brat/Alexander/Hayes...stale, stale, stale. The helmets? Stale. Uniforms? Stale.
PS Before they do anything with the uniforms please get rid of that vinyl Jungle boarder that surrounds the field. (The one with the black background and green blades of grass). It looks like Mike sent Lippencott up to Kinkos in 2001 to order 400 yards of it, and it's been here ever since. It looks it belongs in arena league. Get rid of it!!!!
Well what are they going to replace the stripes with, a picture of a Tiger head? That's been done to death by the Panthers and Jaguars. The stripes rock and are the most unique helmet in the NFL. And since PBS is the Jungle, I like the Jungle scene.
