Thoughts on first year of Jordan/Nike gear?
January 11th, 2017 at 3:29 PM ^
I've bought none of it, but received a thin-M hat as a gift. That's all I've got. For the most part, I find the merchandise ugly and incredibly overpriced (even for brand-name sports gear). I don't buy jerseys anymore, but if I did, probably wouldn't buy any of it aside from the script maize hockey sweater (which looks great, but is not worth the $125 price tag).
The uniforms are fine, aside from some weird cuts and too-small M's on the basketball stuff.
Ultimately, this stuff moved the needle pretty minimally for me. Way better than Adidas, but it doesn't mean I'm going to buy any of it when I could buy much better looking Champion M sweatshirts, tees, or shorts for a third of the price.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:32 PM ^
and came away with several non-Jordan shirts. so... i guess it's working?
January 11th, 2017 at 3:46 PM ^
Me too...
Wish the t-shirts didn't fit tight in the arm pits.
January 11th, 2017 at 4:01 PM ^
I ordered a bunch of stuff from the Dick's half off sale near xmas. The jordan stuff all fit strangely in the arms. I'm 6 feet, 155lbs, so I didn't understand why it was so tight in those places. Returned just about everything.
January 11th, 2017 at 4:06 PM ^
January 11th, 2017 at 4:36 PM ^
and when I tried it on she said "I thought I got you an XXL, that looks like a Smedium". So, yeah...glad I wasnt the only one
January 11th, 2017 at 7:27 PM ^
I think it moved
January 11th, 2017 at 5:39 PM ^
January 11th, 2017 at 3:37 PM ^
I actually disagree with your idea of buying a script maize hockey jersey. I liked the old ones, but the modern remakes look so fucked up.
That collar is downright awful. It's massive. It's thicker than the sleeve stripes.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:39 PM ^
Yeah, I get that. At the very least, it's way better than anything else Adidas or Nike have done with purchasable hockey gear in the past few years. But yeah, the collar is goofy/incorrect and it looks way cheaper and less impressive than the old dazzle fabric from the 90s. If I were to find a cheap one from back then (and I do check eBay every now and then for that very reason), I'd buy it.
If I didn't already have a perfectly great, heavy blue Nike jersey from the early 2000s and was looking to buy one, this is probably the best option off-the-rack, though.
January 11th, 2017 at 5:05 PM ^
Actually, the top row of this image is all Adidas and easily my favorite out of all the jersey options (this year included.)
January 11th, 2017 at 5:30 PM ^
The white jersey without the goofy thick-M was great, but the retail version was so thin you could see through it.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:43 PM ^
The stripes on the sleeves are WAY too high. Look like water wings.
January 11th, 2017 at 4:23 PM ^
I really dislike the Big Ten logo. Why do we have to advertise our conference on our uniforms?
January 11th, 2017 at 5:13 PM ^
applying Brandon's lasting lessons.
January 11th, 2017 at 5:16 PM ^
Because Jim Delaney will kill your cat if you don't
January 11th, 2017 at 6:49 PM ^
Cats are okay... puppies are off limits though!
January 11th, 2017 at 3:59 PM ^
January 11th, 2017 at 4:23 PM ^
January 11th, 2017 at 4:28 PM ^
Only thing I bought was the annual t-shirt. Loved the new design, but my eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw it was $26 and thinner than 1-ply TP. That is very nearly double what the Adidas season shirts were, IIRC. I vaguely recall paying about $50 for three shirts (one for me, my dad, and my older son) in the Adidas days, but this year it was close to $90. And, to salt the wound, the quality was actually worse (which I wouldn't have thought was possible)!
So, at least for the annual shirts, it was an absolutely terrible, terrible POS t-shirt (with a nice design) for nearly $30 after tax. Which is bad, and frankly had me feeling like the University/Nike was ripping off the fans. For the first time, I was actually embarrased to send my dad such an utterly crappy piece of clothing.
The uniforms are fine, though I didn't really have a problem with most of the Adidas uniforms either (except for the "uniformz" versions for FB, and most of the BB unis were horrendous).
The shoes . . . I'm tempted to call them ugly, but I'll just leave it at: not my style.
January 11th, 2017 at 5:46 PM ^
I've been buying Champion stuff at Moe's for years. Never been disappointed.
January 11th, 2017 at 6:04 PM ^
January 11th, 2017 at 6:48 PM ^
And the reverse weave sweatshirts!
January 11th, 2017 at 5:57 PM ^
January 11th, 2017 at 7:55 PM ^
Champion gear should not be worn unless you are currently living in 1996, over 50 years old, or you wear all white New Balance sneakers, knee high socks and a mullet.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:29 PM ^
Oddly I liked the jumpman football unis but don't care for the bball unis (the tops specifically).
Consumer gear looks nice but is overpriced.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:46 PM ^
They look like they don't fit -- they're too tight/don't have enough material for the top half.
At least they haven't gotten torn or ripped, so far.
January 11th, 2017 at 4:09 PM ^
Most college teams wearing Nike this season have the same ridiculous thing with the numbers on the back being way too high, right under the nameplate. That makes the whole thing look off. Plus the numbers and font on the lettering are way too small.
January 11th, 2017 at 4:31 PM ^
Yeah, it looks like the jerseys shrunk in the wash.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:30 PM ^
Disappointed with my White/Jordan Polo. Pleased with my blue/Swoosh Polo. This is based on sizing and price. Jordan was ~$80 and a bit snug. Nike was ~ $60 and fit great. Interesting the Jordan brand has different sizing than the normal Nike stuff.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:46 PM ^
Nike golf apparel and Tiger Woods Nike golf apparel have a similar dynamic. Both technically produced by Nike, but they fit different and have different features.
It makes sense, really. Why would Jordan or Tiger have their own brands under Nike if all the gear fit/looked exactly like the Nike equivalent? They have to justify the price tag, and that's usually with different sizing/fitting, different fabrics and better (alleged) performance advantages.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:30 PM ^
January 11th, 2017 at 3:30 PM ^
I can think of 3-9 things that I love about the new gear.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:31 PM ^
I thought they did a FANTASTIC job with everything. I love the new football uniforms, helmets, etc.
I love basketball as well (except I hate the logo placement on the shorts).
But the roll-out, the quality, everything was lightyears ahead of where we were.
In the words of our favorite head coach? "A++"
January 11th, 2017 at 3:32 PM ^
January 11th, 2017 at 3:33 PM ^
A+. I think the team uniforms are much improved. I was a little wary of Jumpman at first for football but I ended up liking it a lot.
But, probably more importantly, on a consumer level, the Dri-fit stuff is tremendous. The more conservative, traditional look to t-shirts, etc. that Nike provides is a much welcomed change from the louder, more abrasive Adidas style.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:33 PM ^
- It adequately prevented any unintentional nudism.
- Loved the football uniforms
- Basketball uniforms are pretty good - but when I think back at how horrible they were last year, the improvement is astounding.
- The gear I bought was as expensive as I expected, however the quality was even nicer than I was expecting.
= very pleased
January 11th, 2017 at 3:34 PM ^
Of Nike and Jumpman gear this year (mostly gifts). I gotta say that it's good quality, but I do take issue against the basketball shorts. Not as comfortable as I thought Jumpman gear would be provided their first and foremost a basketball clothing line/brand.
On a side note, I love the Valiant line. Great quality, but for a much better price than Nike/Jumpman. Never been disappointed with the "V" gear.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:37 PM ^
January 11th, 2017 at 3:37 PM ^
It was good.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:38 PM ^
I bought one Nike t-shirt and I'm happy with the quality/fit. The football uniforms looked great. Basketball uniforms are okay. Not a fan of the shiny numbers, but I can live with it.
I give Nike/Jordan 9/10.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:38 PM ^
Football uniforms are good, basketball unis kind of suck. Most of the gear is overpriced but the half zip I got is nice.
Wish there was a wolverbear hat.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:38 PM ^
January 11th, 2017 at 3:52 PM ^
I thought the hockey uniforms could have been much better. BBall was just okay too, not great by any stretch. Football, pretty solid.
January 11th, 2017 at 3:39 PM ^
Coach Harbaugh's look. Absolutely no complaints, home or away. Helmets were badass.
The basketball uniforms are horrendous, however if the team was playing better maybe they'd look a little better. I'd love to see some sort of "product profile" video where the designers explain the logic of some of their design decisions, such as ... everything? Definitely not what I was expecting, was hoping for a new twist on the Fab Five look, not George Mikan '17.
I grabbed some of the gear and it ran pretty small. If I got a size bigger, the t-shirts were pretty good. I also like the vapor hat. The treatments of the different wordmarks we just so-so/ho-hum, basically all the Nike schools AND the NFL teams have the same-looking stuff. The items that were uniquely Jordan were kind of an odd mix of styles and some looked kind of cheap.
So, football team A+, basketball D-, fan gear C-.
January 11th, 2017 at 4:27 PM ^
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