I buy Champion at Moe's with simple block lettering. Unpretentious, solid, no-nonsense, unadorned, classic, traditional, timeless.
If you think it's boring, fine, but it doesn't look like it came from a Meijer gas station.
The sweater with the back stripe is alright I guess, but the hats are all designed for 15 year old kids living in 2012.
You've got two classic colors that look great together. Why make everything all cluttered and grafix-ish like it came off the clearance rack at Kohls? My 1980's trapper keeper just called, it wants its general level of tackiness back.
Those are a major step back from last years and even the first two years of the adidas polos. A lot of the adidas stuff is ok but when they try and get creative it really falls apart. Maybe it's just me being boring but less is more in my veiw and not just for Michigan gear.
I like that the "M" is embroidered versues the screen print Nike uses on their polos but the stripe on the shoulders is just strange. It reminds me of a blank nameplate. I do think some of the Nike stuff looks better but they are just as guilty of using the same template for every school mixing in strange colors and making the "swoosh" just as prominant as the university logo. Neither company seems to care that we are Michigan, Michigan St., Alabama, ND, etc fans and not fans of adidas or Nike.
Lol, the coaches polos are a step back from last year? Seriously?
2013
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Yes, seriously they are. Last years polo/golf shirt did not have that dorky nameplate trim across the back and arms. That alone is a step back back in my veiw.
Wolv Devotee shows a dozen or so new items (I assume he would be the one to know what was and wasn't available last year) and everyone goes on this "everything is crap" kick. If you go to the Mden site, there is an adidas section with literally hundreds of different choices for just about every taste.
You can still get your traditional Block M stuff. These are not the only choices.
Adidas is just like any other company and try to cater to as many potential customers as possible. What you or I may look at and see "hot garbage", somebody else might love. I definitiely do not like a lot of the examples the OP put up, but I am not OUTRAGE about it either.
I know this is the internet and only HOTFASHIONTAKES are permitted, but c'mon.
This is how you do sideline gear. Clearly, Adidas is doing it wrong.
Here's some more stuff. Some of it is actually pretty good and what everything from Adidas should be like. It looks like it might be for the golf team though.
http://www.fanatics.com/COLLEGE_Michigan_Wolverines/search/adidas/pg/1/…
But yeah, I agree that some of that stuff is questionable. It seems like Adidas spends all of their money on soccer and the NBA and they do a good job with that IMO.
Can't wait to see how they gear up or soccer team though.
Like the visor, the polo is ok (I buy at least one each year) and the pull over is nice. the rest are assinine
WolvDev posts about the new crazy ass Adidas gear. He only highlights the weirdest of the weird. We all understand why. He's a batshit crazy teenage superfan who already has every single normal piece of Michigan clothing that exists. Why would he share all of the normal options Adidas puts out consistently?
Grown men and women throw temper tantrums and complain that they wish there was something normal. These neckbearded mouthbreathers never even bother to go look at the website. Go look at the website. Even if you want to limit the options to Adidas apparel, you will find almost everything people are whining about.
There are normal maize polos. There are normal blue polos. There are plain blue hats with a maize block M. There are plain maize hats with a blue block M. There are normal shorts and jackets. Almost every single thing people are begging Adidas to make exists. Most of you just like complaining.
Some of you idiots act like WolvDev's post is the extent of all of the Michigan Apparel released by Adidas this year.
Agreed, fanatics.com has 390 mens Adidas items. The OP posts 5 shirts, 2 shorts and some hats and they act like everything from Adidas is crap.
Just the new stuff like the new player gear and sideline wear. Like you said, there's no point posting the normal stuff like the standard essentials.
The sideline/coaches/player/travel gear. That stuff is renewed every year. I usually go for the plain hats myself. They do exist.
Here's a photo I bet you'll all love. This was after Purdue in 2011.
You know there are millions of other designs out there. You probably own most of them. I'm criticizing the MGoIdiots who bitch about the lack of standard/traditional/classic designs. Even though they're right on the MDen website for everyone to see, let's blame Brandon and Adidas.
I know. +1'd ya.
I meant the general population of anti-Brandon posters would love that photo. Me in full Michigan adidas gear w/him.
The official fitted baseball hat is great but they are always out of stock in my size. I've called every M-Den and they only have it in size 7 5/8 and larger.
I also wish they would bring back the skinny M hats Lloyd wore back in the 90's.
And what about the script Michigan hockey jersey...
Google is your friend.
Some things you can't get at MDen. Whether it be size or color. That's when you go the route of Fanatics/FansEdge.
Nike, is the one who got rid of the script Michigan jersey. NOT adidas. That jersey has been gone for over ten years now. There have been TWO Nike design changes with the Maize jersey since they got rid of that. The block M and the diagonal which was later picked up by adidas.
Some of the hats are just ridiculously designed. Nothing beats a blue hate with the maize M in the center.
Also, that white track jacket is awesome, but I'll bet (without looking online) it is $80+.
I would only buy the white pull over. What the fuck is up with the hats? They have some strange slightly darker blue stripes on a slightly lighter blue base.
Adidas is hot garbage. My wife just bought me a pairf of climalite mesh shorts, and they have holes in them after getting washed one time. last adidas shirt I bought started coming apart at the seams after only a couple of rounds of golf. Its just awful quality, and not because Im a "we were better when we wore Nike" guy
If you're drying them in a dryer, you're doing it wrong.
Nike is shit. God forbid Michigan ever go back to them, but if they do, people are going to bitch about their stuff as well.
2 out of 10's of thousands of items. Yeah, that's a good sample size to make a blanket that adidas is just "awful quality". Somehow half the world cup teams and the NBA are getting by with adidas.
I'm sick of the Nike love. For all I care I hope they never go back to them after the way they treated us and told us to bounce etc. offering us a low ball deal so we would leave! Fuck Nike. Under Armour and Adidas w be opening up there check books again, but no way we get a better deal then ND, I'm sure it's written somewhere. But most of you guys just don't remember Nike screwing us over so I say screw them.
Visor is nice, shorts are ok, the polo shirt and sweater at the top are meh due to the back stripe, the yellow football shirt is pretty good, the rest is just terrible.
Only two more seasons until the Adidas contract is up. For the sake of the program I really hope Brandon listens to the his players and the fans and doesn't re-sign with them.