Thank You Smashfast... I dont understand why Les Alexander ever changed our uniforms to the PJ's. It just did not make any sense. We had just won two championships and developed some tradition in our organization. Then he goes and changes our logo and colors. Its like we rid ourselves of our tradition???? I am a strong believer in the fact that uiniforms effect your play and confidence. It was so obvious that our current players enjoyed wearing our uniforms on RETRO night. They wanted to wear them the rest of the season because they felt the tradition just wearing them. I like how the Detroit Pistons brought back their old uni's and updated them. I think we should do the same. All in favor say "I"
Tradition doesn't make Les as much money. Whoever posted those old unis with just the red and white (no 'mustard', for those who can't stand it), I would be giddy if that happened. Fat chance, I know.
Ok is the guy who is responsible for designing the Rockets clown suits around here anywhere? Come on now, if your here just say you screwed up or something. I swear, nothing will happen, we may just hang you by your balls over the buffalo bayou. come on now, even you must feel you deserve some kind of punishment... kidding wow.. double wow.. triple wow.. that logo at the top of the page is freakin rad!
If they bring back the mustard, Les can look forward to lackluster jersey sales...again. The Red and Mustard unis above are just as ugly as the ones before. In the end, we'll still have the ugliest jerseys in the league....again.
Whomever desgined the clown suits....yes, I've always wonder who did that...Probably some yokel "artists" that liked Mickey Gilly rhinestone designs and wanted to "make a statement" with her "earth-shattering" designs.... I can only imagine Clyde, Les, and Rudy's face the at the uniform introduction...(back in 1995-96). Designer: "I introduce to you...the Rocket CLOWN SUITS!" Drexler: "Oh....(trying to act suprised), there...uh...unqiuqe....(looks over to Les)... Les: "....(shugs his sholders thinking this might be a prank being pulled on Drexler that he wasn't told about....decides to play along)... Drexler: "...(looks back at designer, and fabricates a smile on his face...)...ah, yes. Nice...looks nice...(tries to keep smile planted on his face without laughing....).... Designer: "And the uniforms can double as PAJAMAS! You know....for the kids!" Drexler: "Oh....I see (squints eyes in attempt to make the uniforms look better... tries to make sense of situtation...starts to think it's a prank)... Rudy: "(in background, starts to break up lauging, has to leave the room because Drexler might hear him and join in)... Les: "(Starts to realize that this is NOT a joke...)"
whatever.... if you win, you sell jerseys. i'm guessing the current model isn't flying off the shelf at record pace. i would guarantee that more of those "red and mustard ugly" jerseys were sold during the 94/95 championship runs than the hipster doofus ones they wear right now.
Those are just killer! Love 'em! Someone get Les on the phone.... Honestly, the only change I'd make to those is make the font all caps, so it reads "HOUSTON" instead of "HOUSton." Really though, those are freaking beautiful. Excellent job; those are literally my favorite design out of all the designs we've had over the years on this bbs, by a LONG shot.
I never said the current clown suits were any better. But, you can keep your ugly mustard as well. Still, they would still be the ugliest uniforms in the NBA. Besides, your logic is messed up. What you are suggesting is this... "It doesn't matter if we look like r****ded fools, as long as we win." Okay... Whatever, back at you.
I'm saying if you win, the jerseys will sell...if you don't, they won't. It's that simple. People wear ugly ass retro Astros orange gear here all the time...I don't think the color or design is as important as the intangibles surrounding the team/jersey/player you're wearing. Kobe's jersey sells, not because it looks good...but because it's Kobe freaking Bryant.
And I'm saying, if they look good, then they sell when you win, and when you don't win. Winning helps sales. Yes. But ugly unis hurt sales. So, why not help have both? AI jersey were selling even when they were losing. So were Kobe/Shaq Jerseys. Remember, a team can't win all the time (dynasty or NBA champs), so in the interim, you might as well look good, and not use "we're not winning now..." as an excuse. To me that's adds insult to injury; your unis are ugly, AND you are losers! Sooner or later, we'll have to deal with it. Like now (current clown unis). Not only are they ugly (unis), but the players are losing! On a side note, people wear retro Astro unis because they're "in" right now. It's "cool" to wear retro because it's nostalgic/old school. This was not the case back in 1980. It was just ugly!
Throughout the course of history, there have been several styles and trends that were deemed horrendous. The odd thing though, is that some things were ugly and gaudy enough to be really cool. This is the case with those rainbow 'Stros jerseys. There's no puch to go back to those uni's, but enough people like them for them to still sell, and enough people like them for the Astros to have a retro jersey night every once in awhile. I know a lot of people who like those old Astro's jerseys, myself included. They're just the right combination of classic, ugly, and gaudy for people to like them. The Rocket's clown suits are just plain-old ugly.
I can't see how anybody likes those ugly Astros' retros. I can't stand the sight of those rainbow colors. But this whole retro thing...I feel has gone a little bit too far. I mean, some color comboniations just aren't meant to be brought back, bc they weren't good then and certainly aren't now.
Not so. The PJs aren't great, but they're not horrible compared to some. Do you remember the 80s Astros rainbow unis that could burn out your retinas from just looking at them? Or how about the Nuggets' old gear with the city and mountain on the from? http://espn.go.com/page2/s/ultimateretropoll/030207.html The fact that these got voted to an ESPN favorite retro uniform list shows how little taste people really have. <Dicky_V>Puke city, baby!</Dicky_V>
Actually, the Astros retro jersey looks better now for some reason. I guess the color on all the TVs back then wasn't that sharp...
Man you people would be really suprised at how pathetic that company is run. I freelanced for the Rockets for a little and just about everyone that works there agrees that it is run like a freakin sweatshop. There is horrible communications within and disorganization. It doesn't suprise me if they dropped the ball on this. Really sad for a multi-million dollar organization. Maybe if they paid their employees a little more, they would get better results.
