CONFIRMED BREAKING new Third Jerseys!

[SwampD]

Okay, I officially like it. I think with pads and pants (as long as the are blue) it's going to look pretty good.

 

Plus, anything that invokes this much hate in the masses, I'm all for. :devil:

[Ghost of Dwight Drane]

Okay, I officially like it. I think with pads and pants (as long as the are blue) it's going to look pretty good.

 

Plus, anything that invokes this much hate in the masses, I'm all for. :devil:

 

Hey...it's like finding a mate.....there's someone for everyone out there!

[Claude_Verret]

Pegula and Black don't get a pass for ultimately signing off on these things, but I think some of you imagine them being way more involved in the entire process than they likely were.

[MattPie]

Pegula and Black don't get a pass for ultimately signing off on these things, but I think some of you imagine them being way more involved in the entire process than they likely were.

 

While true, they should have at least had final approval. And unless it was the brain-child of someone's kid, spouse, or mistress, I just can't see how it got approved.

[Stoner]

Ted: "You know what would be awesome?....If we had a jersey that looks like a Barn Swallow just F'd a Canary!"

 

The true bird of love!

[K-9]

Sweet!

 

GO SABRES!!!

[darksabre]

Okay, I officially like it. I think with pads and pants (as long as the are blue) it's going to look pretty good.

 

Plus, anything that invokes this much hate in the masses, I'm all for. :devil:

 

I actually want to boo you right now. Like, come to your house and just boo you through your bedroom window. :P

[Claude_Verret]

While true, they should have at least had final approval. And unless it was the brain-child of someone's kid, spouse, or mistress, I just can't see how it got approved.

 

Agreed. Whoever put these concepts in front of them initially should have been fired on the spot.

[TrueBlueGED]

I actually want to boo you right now. Like, come to your house and just boo you through your bedroom window. :P

 

:lol:

[Stoner]

I actually want to boo you right now. Like, come to your house and just boo you through your bedroom window. :P

 

Welcome to the Grump Club.

[Ghost of Dwight Drane]

 

 

I actually want to boo you right now. Like, come to your house and just boo you through your bedroom window. :P

 

Is it wrong that I'm mildly turned on right now?

[LGR4GM]

I actually want to boo you right now. Like, come to your house and just boo you through your bedroom window. :P

Lol

 

I actually like the back of the jersey to be honest but the front with all the silver and the weird collar and the random Buffalo just sucks.

[nobody]

Okay, I officially like it. I think with pads and pants (as long as the are blue) it's going to look pretty good.

 

Plus, anything that invokes this much hate in the masses, I'm all for. :devil:

 

I linked the pants image last week. I hope the colors for the pants and the jersey in real life match better than what we see in these images.

[Robviously]

Lol

 

I actually like the back of the jersey to be honest but the front with all the silver and the weird collar and the random Buffalo just sucks.

I disagree. I don't think people have spent enough energy dissecting everything wrong with the back of the jersey.

 

The only thing everyone noticed is the fake blue "cape." It's much worse than that.

 

We're also looking at big gray numbers with a yellow outline. Note to the Sabres: Gray and Yellow do not look good together. Gray and Yellow have NEVER looked good together. And for that matter, why are we still trying to cram the color gray into our color scheme? I understand why they didn't want to lose it entirely in 2006 after we'd used it for 10 years in the red/black scheme, but even the banana slug jerseys used it sparingly. Then we used it a little more as armpit stains in our current home/away. Now we're actually trying to add MORE gray than ever before.

 

Why? Are we ditching "blue and gold" to be the "blue and gold and gray" team? They already put gray outlines around EVERYTHING in our logo, much to its detriment. (Nice sophisticated design strategy there. Just use the shotgun approach and hit everything with gray outlines.) I just assume "blue and gold" is over with because it's too simple and pure for an organization apparently run by people suffering from severe ADHD.

 

The font for these numbers also looks like nothing else in our uniform set. It doesn't even look that much like the letters in "OTT" or "BUFFALO" (but we've only seen a 9 so far). The font for the names looks huge too. Is that even going to fit on the blue part of the back if you have a long surname? And why do you have a special different font for this jersey that looks nothing like the font for the home/away? Did they think it would help our brand to have an alternate uniform that looks like it belongs to another team (probably a roller hockey team)?

 

 

 

Second post:

 

Let's look at what gray is doing to our current logo for a second:

 

 

 

 

There are gray outlines around EVERYTHING -- to the point where different parts of the logo are now bumping into one another.

• The gray outlines from the swords are bumping into the gray outline of the inner circle at both the sword tips and the bottom of the sword handles.
  
• The gray outline from the "motion" line above the buffalo hits the gray outline of the buffalo.
  
• The gray outline of the buffalo's back leg hits the gray outline from one of the swords
  
• The gray outline of the buffalo hits itself a couple times at the chin and front legs
  

The morons who updated our logo wanted to outline EVERYTHING in gray, but were too lazy to resize anything to make sure parts of the logo don't bump into other parts of the logo. I'm honestly amazed that the buffalo's red eye doesn't also have a gray outline somehow. It's been like this for years, but apparently no one in the entire organization has the energy and awareness to fix this.

 

So not only have they thoughtlessly downgraded a classic logo by crapping gray all over it, they keep trying to find new ways to put gray all over what should be a terrific, simple color scheme.

[dudacek]

(Deep sigh)

Can I please have a winning hockey team to talk about again?

[FGD59]

So what does this mean about Terry's level of engagement? He came in certainly implying how important Buffalo's tradition is and less than 3 years later we get this? If he left the 3rds to others is he thinking it is a youth thing and therefore beyond him, he still had to sign off, right? It makes me wonder if having purchased the team he is embarrassed about how much he doesn't know and really hangs on to Darcy and Ted.

[Eleven]

1. I think it's supposed to be silver.

 

2. Holy ######, you really take this seriously.

[darksabre]

 

I disagree. I don't think people have spent enough energy dissecting everything wrong with the back of the jersey.

 

The only thing everyone noticed is the fake blue "cape." It's much worse than that.

 

We're also looking at big gray numbers with a yellow outline. Note to the Sabres: Gray and Yellow do not look good together. Gray and Yellow have NEVER looked good together. And for that matter, why are we still trying to cram the color gray into our color scheme? I understand why they didn't want to lose it entirely in 2006 after we'd used it for 10 years in the red/black scheme, but even the banana slug jerseys used it sparingly. Then we used it a little more as armpit stains in our current home/away. Now we're actually trying to add MORE gray than ever before.

 

Why? Are we ditching "blue and gold" to be the "blue and gold and gray" team? They already put gray outlines around EVERYTHING in our logo, much to its detriment. (Nice sophisticated design strategy there. Just use the shotgun approach and hit everything with gray outlines.) I just assume "blue and gold" is over with because it's too simple and pure for an organization apparently run by people suffering from severe ADHD.

 

The font for these numbers also looks like nothing else in our uniform set. It doesn't even look that much like the letters in "OTT" or "BUFFALO" (but we've only seen a 9 so far). The font for the names looks huge too. Is that even going to fit on the blue part of the back if you have a long surname? And why do you have a special different font for this jersey that looks nothing like the font for the home/away? Did they think it would help our brand to have an alternate uniform that looks like it belongs to another team (probably a roller hockey team)?

 

 

 

Second post:

 

Let's look at what gray is doing to our current logo for a second:

 

 

 

 

There are gray outlines around EVERYTHING -- to the point where different parts of the logo are now bumping into one another.

• The gray outlines from the swords are bumping into the gray outline of the inner circle at both the sword tips and the bottom of the sword handles.
  
• The gray outline from the "motion" line above the buffalo hits the gray outline of the buffalo.
  
• The gray outline of the buffalo's back leg hits the gray outline from one of the swords
  
• The gray outline of the buffalo hits itself a couple times at the chin and front legs
  

The morons who updated our logo wanted to outline EVERYTHING in gray, but were too lazy to resize anything to make sure parts of the logo don't bump into other parts of the logo. I'm honestly amazed that the buffalo's red eye doesn't also have a gray outline somehow. It's been like this for years, but apparently no one in the entire organization has the energy and awareness to fix this.

 

So not only have they thoughtlessly downgraded a classic logo by crapping gray all over it, they keep trying to find new ways to put gray all over what should be a terrific, simple color scheme.

 

Outstanding critique. I agree 100%.

[Robviously]

1. I think it's supposed to be silver.

 

2. Holy ######, you really take this seriously.

I can explain:

1. This is what I do for a living. My job isn't all about branding, but branding is a major part of it. So it's impossible not to see this when much less important changes, logos, and designs in our work are apparently receiving far more scrutiny and benefitting from a much more thoughtful process than the Sabres uniforms. Amateur hour doesn't even begin to describe this work -- and it's been bad for years and is now apparently getting worse.

 

2. My earliest memory might be going to a Sabres game with my dad, so I probably care more than most people.

 

3. I wish the Sabres cared this much.

[Paul Kruse]

They messed up. 2 colors? BLAH

[...]

Robviously, you forgot something terribly egregious: there are six....THERE ARE SIX different font types on one piece. SIX. Holy sh*t. You don't use six different fonts on a single piece.

 

1. the word "Buffalo" on the front.

2. the words inside the collar.

3. the player number(s).

4. the player name.

5. the Reebok tags.

6. the NHL tags.

 

Now, you can probably dismiss the NHL tags, as they're logos, and as such an acceptable variation since it is, indeed, a logo.

 

I would say the same for the Reebok, except that the Reebok tag, especially on the back, is HUGE. It really should fall under the logo exception, but, since it's so HUGE it really is its own font.

 

I took a look at the supposed A and C badges...I think those are their own fonts, too, but look like they are a mutation between the front side "Buffalo" and the player names. Technically, still a separate font, though.

[Andrew Amerk]

Who designs this crap? Somebody needs to be fired for incompetence!

 

I am thinking Stevie Wonder.

[TheMatrix31]

I am thinking Stevie Wonder.

 

The love child of Helen Keller and Ray Charles.

[bunomatic]

Look on the bright side. If they do hats based on the same design they might not be half bad.

[LGR4GM]

Okay which one of you writes Sabres Noise? and is named Richard Spalding?

 

Because I just read that article and it sounded exactly like certain folks on here when it comes to that jersey and other things. I am not reposting the article because I am sure you could find it if you wanted to.

 

Listen, the jersey means jack. No one cares about it other than to hate on it and even if the reveal was way to long at least they had some fun with it in the end. Does the Jersey look good? No it looks like Bambam from the flinstones designed it with Victor Frankenstein's help. However I can't stand the "THIS ORGANIZATION DOES EVERYTHING WRONG!!! WAAAAAAAAA" Really? Everything?

 

1) Underachieving Kassian gets traded for Cody Hodgson... o wait I forgot Hodgson sucks and is only a 3rd line center (dipshits)

2) 2012 We draft 2 centers in the first round... o wait I forgot we should have traded a boat load of assets to get a #1 center like Paul Stastny ( :sick: )

3) Ville Leino... HE SUCKS!!! Yea, 1 year at a position he was not suited for and another year injured has proven how much he sucks...

4) Beyond Blue n Gold... criticize this, I dare you. But the Media Department and such all suck and no nothing :censored:

5) Ruff fired... it was time people, you know it and the Sabres new it.

6) Pominville, Regier, Leopold all traded... there are those UFA's we keep letting walk for nothing... wait a second <_<

7) 2013 draft we take the 2 physical defenders with enormous upside then trade a good asset to get 2 assets, man darcy sucks again not getting value for guys

8) instead of paying over the top prices for UFA's which we all bitch about we sit tight in FA because there were literally no players we needed

 

O and I forgot #9) We traded Derek "powderpuff" Roy for Steve "I eat Nails and Crushed Glass for Fun" Ott

 

 

Yup this organization is completely directional challenged and they have no idea what is going on or where they are going even though it is painfully obvious what their plan is going forward.

 

PS. The 3rd jersey has nothing to do with the team sucking last year or if it does this year. It is just a craptastic jersey that will die sooner rather than later (prob be out by next season).