Not great... but better!
New unis dropped, confirming the look that a few players had been teasing in their Stories and what adidas had leaked online. I don’t hate them anymore! Seeing them on our players helps. I think the piping is going to be divisive but… I’m in, as of press time. It’s a detail, and many of our recent uniform sets have lacked anything resembling a detail. I love details!
Here’s the away set:
That quasi-spade shape on the shorts reminds me of the 2005 uniforms, the final KU x Nike set. I assume that’s intentional? It still bugs me that we’re willing to deploy the Circus font on the 125-year patch, but to use it on the actual jersey is a nonstarter. Throwing my hands in the air here, as always. Also I think three is too many patches without good reason.
Pardon the plea for #engagement but… what have been the best jerseys of the adidas era? Was it last year’s white set, simple for simple’s sake? Did we like the shoulder-pad look of the Embiid/Wiggins era? If they made an Embiid reissue with the shoulder pads I would cop in a blink. How about that non-curved Trajan… was that OK? I can’t remember! Everything is blurry1. I always had a soft spot for the 18-inch length Zubaz we deployed in 2013—at least those were like nothing we had ever seen before. Also I’m talking main sets here, not alternates, there have been some good alternates. Fire away in the ‘mments.
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I will tell this to everyone who will listen: “Blurry,” from KC’s own Puddle of Mudd, needs a digital remaster. It’s too tinny! These hooks need to soar!