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Originally Posted by Matty81
Seems like 90% of the redesigns are retro variations... Crazy how long it is taking the team to get behind this despite what seems to be a majority fan decision.
Freshen retros, we're all (mostly) happy, and you sell a lot of jerseys because they are different from the original retros. Get on it
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I think it's interesting how much of a trend and how accepted this is right now. I don't think there's any time before in sports where this has been routine. I know a lot of teams used to have designs for specific occasions but maintain the same uniform over time. For example, the Bruins thirds in the 90s while keeping the familiar staples for home and away. Now it seems like a lot of teams are going back to more original or historically notable designs. In hockey it's huge. In football I can think of the 49ers going back to more original striping on their jerseys. In basketball a lot of teams have gone back to original colours (76ers, Jazz). It's also definitely a NA thing. Football and rugby teams in Europe change their jerseys pretty much yearly.
It seems to me it's hard to change your design after going back to a previous one. It's kind of like saying you've decided you can't do better, so going forward you can't really try to innovate or improve other than perhaps with third designs.