I think this guy nailed it.
As a vocal critic of the uniforms in recent years, I am very happy with the changes.
They got the orange and the blue colors right.
They banished duct type to the tool box.
The numbers are eminently readable.
They look expensive and classy.
They look like Syracuse uniforms, but with a fresh, modern feel.
As the reviewer says, they dumped all the idiot Nike crap, with the hyper ugly parallel stripes, the unreal ending numbers, etc. I too liked the battle ax instead of the block S at the center of the collar but from a branding perspective, we are clearly focusing on the block S and being consistent on that front is a good thing.
Quibbles:
I wish the neck collar on the white jersey was orange. It is going to get lost in shadow or against darker skin tones. Agree that the collars are too oversized, but we are dealing with Nike and they have to do something to screw up everything they touch. As screwups go, this is really minor.
I wish they either put real stripes on the sleeves of the jerseys, or better yet, had no sleeves period.
I dislike the blue pants and white helmets. The blue pants are not a Syracuse thing. That is a Virginia thing. Let them have that special ugliness all for themselves. They should not be allowed to wear orange pants because they love those ugly blues so much.
I am not a fan of while helmets but if you are going with a while jersey and while pants, you need a white helmet to go with it, and go all storm trooper. I associate the storm trooper look with the deviants from that school in Pennsylvania and would prefer we not emulate them but at least our look has some orange features and isn’t all lily white. Those devils have to wear all white to try and cover their black souls. But I digress.
I know the players love the all whites and if they love wearing them, I can tolerate us wearing them. For one game a year. One the road. Period.
Really hope we never wear the blue pants.
I am okay with a game a year in all orange. Now that they have the right color orange, it will look good. Really hope we don’t wear the white helmet with them though. Too Miami-like.
Someday, I hope we get to a point where we wear a retro uniform one game a year that pays tribute to a specific classic Syracuse uniform of the past. Announce the retro uniform in the summer, with something like this. Time it so that the retro uniform goes on sale the day o the announcement (wish the new units were available today; that was the big miss of the announcement last night), and at that time, announce what game they will be worn at.
That will drive a ton of sales. The retros will become collector items. I already know what the first retro should be. The white jersey worn by the 1959 NC team. Make them replicas of what the 1959 team wore. Make them nice. People will pay $80 for them. In following years, hit units from the 1930s, the late 1960s, the Maloney years, early Coach Mac, etc.
C’mon Nike and SU, make it happen. This would be a huge success; no question in my mind.
Anyway, back to the event. Great job SUAD. It was a fun night, we had a blast and everyone left happy.
