The jersey itself is meh. The changes were fairly minor so although it's extremely dated and probably still one of the bottom-tier sets in the league, it's hardly anything earth shattering. Retros would have been nice, but even if they'd just done something about those godawful shoulder patches people probably would've been satisfied.
Where I think people have a right to be upset is that it was a huge missed opportunity, and that particularly doesn't sit well given the level of hostility brewing between ownership and fans over the arena issue. What really stinks is not the jersey itself so much as what it represents - a front office that is both tragically out of touch with its own fanbase, and unwilling to compromise.
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