New Adidas Visor for Michigan Helmet
(Post updated because it IS a visor, not the helmet itself)
Wyatt Shallman just posted a picture of his helmet with an Adidas visor.
Is it just me or does that Adidas logo look HUGE?
Spring ball starts today.... Very excited to get to work with the 33 and the new helmet #letsgo
A photo posted by Wyatt Shallman (@wyattshallman) on Feb 24, 2015 at 10:34am PST
February 24th, 2015 at 2:04 PM ^
prob just a visor thing?
February 24th, 2015 at 2:05 PM ^
Hopefully.
February 24th, 2015 at 2:16 PM ^
It was on there before, but it was smaller.
February 24th, 2015 at 2:18 PM ^
February 24th, 2015 at 3:16 PM ^
Actually, the entire cage is larger and partially obscures a good chunk of the wings. Of course, Nike makes terrible products as well (a point I feel obligated to make anytime sometimes posts about Adidas being the bad guy...they're all bad).
February 24th, 2015 at 4:10 PM ^
Also, isn't the cage made by the helmet manufacturer, not Adidas?
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February 24th, 2015 at 2:06 PM ^
That's the top of the visor
February 24th, 2015 at 2:06 PM ^
what say you, WD?
February 24th, 2015 at 2:07 PM ^
February 24th, 2015 at 2:08 PM ^
February 24th, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^
I can't remember any of the WRs wearing a visor last year.
February 24th, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^
Yes, just another one of Hoke's stupid superstitions. He didn't allow visors. He didn't eat on game day (even if it was a night game), didn't wear a coat when it was cold, and didn't wear a headset. None of it worked but he stuck to his guns. Glad Harbaugh is bringing back common sense. Visors seem to work for some of the best players in the NFL.
February 24th, 2015 at 3:27 PM ^
WTF was Hoke's aversion to them? He just stuck to decisions that made no sense at all.
February 24th, 2015 at 9:10 PM ^
not one JV game goes by and some player isn't asking me to remove his visor from his helmet quick before he has to get back into the game.
(This from a volunteer equipment manager's point of view.)
February 24th, 2015 at 3:45 PM ^
i guess that explains the chinese takeout menu in his back pocket during UTL2
February 24th, 2015 at 2:09 PM ^
winter hat this year (the same one JH wears). They make that goddamn Adidas logo impossible to remove without ruining the hat.
I always feel like an asshole wearing clothes with company logos on them.
February 24th, 2015 at 2:21 PM ^
What if it is Nike?
February 24th, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^
Amen!
The last pair of Nike shoes I bought had 13 swooshes on each shoe.
My current pair of Adidas running shoes I own has three stripes on the sides and 1 logo on the tongue.
February 24th, 2015 at 2:44 PM ^
And I don't care what brand it is either. I feel like if I'm giving your company free advertising, the hat/shirt/shoes/whatever should be free.
Or at least less expensive than the same product sans logo.
February 24th, 2015 at 4:28 PM ^
I'm kind of brand loyal to Adidas running and soccer shoes. They give me much better support and lateral stability than anything other than New Balance.
You know what really pisses me off about that too? Car dealers! Putting their stickers and shit all over a car -- sometimes poking holes in the sheet metal to affix. It's nothing but free adverting at the consumer's expense.
February 24th, 2015 at 2:10 PM ^
February 24th, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^
Just noticed you for the first time... I swear I didn't copy your username lol. Great minds think alike.
February 24th, 2015 at 3:15 PM ^
woah.
February 24th, 2015 at 2:12 PM ^
Why sould I pay them to advertise. Now, if they want to pay me to wear their advertising, I'm all in.
February 24th, 2015 at 7:32 PM ^
February 24th, 2015 at 2:13 PM ^
Just win. Details like this need to be shadowed by....actual spring ball, positions, and of course WEIGHTS (duh).
February 24th, 2015 at 2:19 PM ^
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February 24th, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^
Yup, it fucks with the beauty of our helmets
February 24th, 2015 at 2:25 PM ^
just a visor. I wouldn't say it's "plastered" all over the helmet. Tabs are a bit large but is that really an issue?
February 24th, 2015 at 2:25 PM ^
February 24th, 2015 at 5:05 PM ^
Only reason I say that is that it looks like Fitz Toussaint commented on the post and it reads otherwise.
February 24th, 2015 at 2:25 PM ^
It also looks like they finally got the SpeedFlex helmets that are supposed to help reduce the force of impact.
February 24th, 2015 at 2:27 PM ^
The only ones who can see the Adidas logo on the field are the other players and they don't pay any attention to it.
February 24th, 2015 at 2:27 PM ^
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February 24th, 2015 at 2:30 PM ^
for helmet stickers!
February 24th, 2015 at 2:59 PM ^
but only for wins. None of this helmet full of stickers crap for having a good practice or cleaning up the locker room.
February 24th, 2015 at 2:34 PM ^
The background of the visor tab should be clear or maize with a blue Adidas logo. That would look pretty good and not break up the wings on the helmet as much.
February 24th, 2015 at 2:35 PM ^
I'm at a zero.
February 25th, 2015 at 12:47 AM ^
February 24th, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
still Michigan, still wearing those great helmets.
February 24th, 2015 at 2:49 PM ^
as back in the Rich Rod era. Here is Tree........
February 24th, 2015 at 4:06 PM ^
I actually like that helmet...
February 24th, 2015 at 4:43 PM ^
As someone mentioned above that is the new SpeedFlex helmet lots of RD changes to this model. It's reported to be much more comfortable and has quite a few new safety implementations. The straps man, it's all about the straps. No more helmets popping off unless your head is going with it.
February 24th, 2015 at 5:19 PM ^
The newer the helmets get the more they interfere in an awkward way with the wings on the helmet... like that foreplate on the top of the new SpeedFlex helmets...
Compare the helmets the team wears now with the wavering wings due to the uneven helmet surfaces to Brady or Woodson's helmets.
Obviously the more safety the better, but it's just unfortunate. Nike taking the maize with them doesn't help either.
February 24th, 2015 at 7:48 PM ^
Death by facemask
February 24th, 2015 at 2:50 PM ^
partially covers the yellow (when the hell are they gonna get back to MAIZE instead of Adidas glow in the dark bright yellow totally wrong colors!?!?) that is sacreligious to me.
By the way while I'm on that rant, When UM broke out the new banner a couple of years back, I emailed the assistant AD about it not being maize any more and he replied to me saying they were were working with Adidas on the color as part of their branding initiative.
Sorry, didn't mean to get off topic but the improper color thing really, really pisses me off.
GO BLUE (and maize)