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Originally Posted by Matty81
Fair point but I could still see them changing again even if they go back to retros, very few teams have static jerseys and someone will come along in X years and try to improve it or generate more sales, or tastes will shift.
Fine with alterations to the original jerseys if desired but personally find it really lame when teams add or change primary colors or logos, thank god the Flames haven't done that at least. I think most teams that do it don't have much to be proud of in their history (like the Canucks for example).
For the Flames, original colors, we won the cup and had our best era by far in the "retros" so for me I have the best associations with that color scheme, I think it looks better (subjectively) and I wish they had never changed to begin with. Get that many grew up with the black so that's sacred for them but for me it was trying to be trendy in the 90s during an era where everyone was adding black or a black third jersey - thank god they didn't add teal at least I guess.
But regardless of your take on black in the color scheme, we can all agree that the current jerseys are brutal with all the piping and mismatched patches, let's get something new and fresh in here.
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Definitely agree that the piping needs to go no matter what. I really like the concepts that modernize the original jerseys with some cleaning up done and things like the shoulder patch that still work with the original template.
The Jays did a really good job returning to something that is a completely classic look and fits in the team's historic identity yet they modernized everything, including the logo. Flames don't need to touch the logo though.
I really think your point about success is great. I think the pedestal style, or at least striping, is a really unique and fantastic design in pro sports. However, because it was worn in a period of zero success that was sandwiched between more successful era where markedly different styles were worn people don't like it. If they reintroduced pedestal styles and the Flames won some playoff rounds it could easily be a huge component of the Calgary Flames identity.