(04-21-2014 12:46 PM)ksigtigerdood Wrote:  GA would fight for a sponsorship from Riddell if they provided the correct shades of blue and gray.

Do they still make the "Bike" coaching shorts ... I mean that's almost the same as Nike, just one letter off.

Cash, exposure, AAU contacts.

That is the deal.

Adidas or Nike, no Under Armour, Puma, British Knights, etc...

(04-19-2014 08:20 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  If Nike is too ignorant or careless to see the difference between PMS280 blue and the light royal blue that they provide for Memphis, maybe we should explore other possibilities. If the problem is on UofM's end, the same goes for the individual(s) responsible if they refuse to make a correction.

^^^^THIS^^^^

(04-22-2014 02:57 AM)jsw3ent Wrote:  

(04-19-2014 08:20 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  If Nike is too ignorant or careless to see the difference between PMS280 blue and the light royal blue that they provide for Memphis, maybe we should explore other possibilities. If the problem is on UofM's end, the same goes for the individual(s) responsible if they refuse to make a correction.

^^^^THIS^^^^

Nike can make any color they want to. This current standard of blue came around before Calipari. Rip and Larry had teams wearing this color. I don't have a problem with it.

It would be interesting to find out who actually introduced this shade of blue.

(04-22-2014 09:10 AM)Tiger46 Wrote:  Nike can make any color they want to. This current standard of blue came around before Calipari. Rip and Larry had teams wearing this color.

Rip and Larry's teams wore royal blue but the shade wasn't as light as Nike's. More important, the university's brand standard wasn't in place when they began coaching. It WAS in place when Calipari began, and he was made aware of it, but chose to ignore it.

The past is the past - the important thing now is to do better going forward.

(04-22-2014 12:38 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-22-2014 09:10 AM)Tiger46 Wrote:  Nike can make any color they want to. This current standard of blue came around before Calipari. Rip and Larry had teams wearing this color.

Rip and Larry's teams wore royal blue but the shade wasn't as light as Nike's. More important, the university's brand standard wasn't in place when they began coaching. It WAS in place when Calipari began, and he was made aware of it, but chose to ignore it.

The past is the past - the important thing now is to do better going forward.

Larry Finch bled MSU/UofM, I would think someone as close and caring for the program as he was would have made a fuss if the colors weren't correct, if it were a concern. I'm sure its high on the list.

Royal Blue is still not correct, and I am sure you bitched about it then also. Did it get fixed?

Have you ever asked the question point blank to any of these people? Have you ever approached anyone about this besides this forum? Stop wasting your time here. Send Josh and email, pick up the phone and call.

Is this one of those things were the person has one last wrong to right? If we get the color changed will you go away? Or disappear into a light or cornfield?

If you change it, he will go.......

(04-22-2014 02:37 PM)klkuhn30 Wrote:  Have you ever asked the question point blank to any of these people? Have you ever approached anyone about this besides this forum? Stop wasting your time here. Send Josh and email, pick up the phone and call.

I personally don't care so much about the color... but I just sent an email to the PR department at the UofM. My hope is that they'll forward it on to someone in Athletics that can answer the question.

I worked as the IT guy in Athletics for several years (actually grew up a few doors down from Bob Winn... I'm a little older than his daughter), so hopefully they'll recognize my name and get back to me.

Edit: PR told me to call the general inquiries number in Athletics. I talked to an old friend in Athletic Communications and Marketing, and she sent me to the voicemail of the Assistant AD for Athletic Communication (Ron Means). I left him a voicemail.

(04-23-2014 03:40 PM)aardWolf Wrote:  

(04-22-2014 02:37 PM)klkuhn30 Wrote:  Have you ever asked the question point blank to any of these people? Have you ever approached anyone about this besides this forum? Stop wasting your time here. Send Josh and email, pick up the phone and call.

I personally don't care so much about the color... but I just sent an email to the PR department at the UofM. My hope is that they'll forward it on to someone in Athletics that can answer the question.

I worked as the IT guy in Athletics for several years (actually grew up a few doors down from Bob Winn... I'm a little older than his daughter), so hopefully they'll recognize my name and get back to me.

Edit: PR told me to call the general inquiries number in Athletics. I talked to an old friend in Athletic Communications and Marketing, and she sent me to the voicemail of the Assistant AD for Athletic Communication (Ron Means). I left him a voicemail.

I think the days of having "a" color are over, or at least for the time being as we and other schools are wearing multiple uniform combinations throughout the season. I would be interested in learning what you find out from the school. This gets tossed around a lot on this board.

I just talked to Ron... I had forgotten, but I remember working with him. It find it HILARIOUS that I mentioned "an online message board" asking about the colors, and he knew Gray Avenger. :-P

He said he would bring it up at the next senior staff meeting... just mention that people are asking about the uniform colors (you're welcome.)

Anyway... no official word on why it's not exactly Tiger blue. My guess is it probably has more to do with the market... If we were selling jerseys like Michigan or Uconn, you can bet Nike would get our color right.

(04-22-2014 12:38 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-22-2014 09:10 AM)Tiger46 Wrote:  Nike can make any color they want to. This current standard of blue came around before Calipari. Rip and Larry had teams wearing this color.

Rip and Larry's teams wore royal blue but the shade wasn't as light as Nike's. More important, the university's brand standard wasn't in place when they began coaching. It WAS in place when Calipari began, and he was made aware of it, but chose to ignore it.

The past is the past - the important thing now is to do better going forward.

They didn't ignore anything...you know good and well that the "Brand Standard" only has to do with printing and has nothing to do with uniforms or any other product. But, don't let facts get in your way.

(04-24-2014 10:32 PM)SigEpMike Wrote:  

(04-22-2014 12:38 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-22-2014 09:10 AM)Tiger46 Wrote:  Nike can make any color they want to. This current standard of blue came around before Calipari. Rip and Larry had teams wearing this color.

Rip and Larry's teams wore royal blue but the shade wasn't as light as Nike's. More important, the university's brand standard wasn't in place when they began coaching. It WAS in place when Calipari began, and he was made aware of it, but chose to ignore it.

The past is the past - the important thing now is to do better going forward.

They didn't ignore anything...you know good and well that the "Brand Standard" only has to do with printing and has nothing to do with uniforms or any other product. But, don't let facts get in your way.

Don't let common sense get in yours! Regardless of the official scope of the brand standard, the old adage: "what's good for the goose is good for the gander", certainly applies here. The athletic department's apparent decision to adopt colors unnecessarily different than (1) those professionally recommended for the brand standard and (2) what was intended by the class of 1912 (and worn many times in UofM's history) was not in the best interests of the university overall. UofM needs more pride and recognition - weak and/or inconsistent symbols hurt both.

(04-25-2014 09:17 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-24-2014 10:32 PM)SigEpMike Wrote:  

(04-22-2014 12:38 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-22-2014 09:10 AM)Tiger46 Wrote:  Nike can make any color they want to. This current standard of blue came around before Calipari. Rip and Larry had teams wearing this color.

Rip and Larry's teams wore royal blue but the shade wasn't as light as Nike's. More important, the university's brand standard wasn't in place when they began coaching. It WAS in place when Calipari began, and he was made aware of it, but chose to ignore it.

The past is the past - the important thing now is to do better going forward.

They didn't ignore anything...you know good and well that the "Brand Standard" only has to do with printing and has nothing to do with uniforms or any other product. But, don't let facts get in your way.

Don't let common sense get in yours! Regardless of the official scope of the brand standard, the old adage: "what's good for the goose is good for the gander", certainly applies here. The athletic department's apparent decision to adopt colors unnecessarily different than (1) those professionally recommended for the brand standard and (2) what was intended by the class of 1912 (and worn many times in UofM's history) was not in the best interests of the university overall. UofM needs more pride and recognition - weak and/or inconsistent symbols hurt both.

You know, the colors in that Leaping Tiger logo in your signature look a bit washed out. Are you sure those are the official colors?

GA, YOUR AAC LOGO IN YOUR SIGNATURE IS NOT OFFICIAL AND SET TO THEIR BRAND STANDARD. GET IT RIGHT YOU HYPOCRITE. IT LOOKS LIKE SOME BULLS#IT YOU MADE WITH MICROSOFT PAINT.

AND IT'S NOT EVEN THE SAME SHADE OF BLUE AS OUR LOGO NEXT TO IT. YOU CAN'T EVEN GET THE **** TOGETHER THAT YOU ARE BITCHING ABOUT.

(04-25-2014 09:17 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-24-2014 10:32 PM)SigEpMike Wrote:  

(04-22-2014 12:38 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-22-2014 09:10 AM)Tiger46 Wrote:  Nike can make any color they want to. This current standard of blue came around before Calipari. Rip and Larry had teams wearing this color.

Rip and Larry's teams wore royal blue but the shade wasn't as light as Nike's. More important, the university's brand standard wasn't in place when they began coaching. It WAS in place when Calipari began, and he was made aware of it, but chose to ignore it.

The past is the past - the important thing now is to do better going forward.

They didn't ignore anything...you know good and well that the "Brand Standard" only has to do with printing and has nothing to do with uniforms or any other product. But, don't let facts get in your way.

Don't let common sense get in yours! Regardless of the official scope of the brand standard, the old adage: "what's good for the goose is good for the gander", certainly applies here. The athletic department's apparent decision to adopt colors unnecessarily different than (1) those professionally recommended for the brand standard and (2) what was intended by the class of 1912 (and worn many times in UofM's history) was not in the best interests of the university overall. UofM needs more pride and recognition - weak and/or inconsistent symbols hurt both.

(04-25-2014 09:17 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-24-2014 10:32 PM)SigEpMike Wrote:  

(04-22-2014 12:38 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-22-2014 09:10 AM)Tiger46 Wrote:  Nike can make any color they want to. This current standard of blue came around before Calipari. Rip and Larry had teams wearing this color.

Rip and Larry's teams wore royal blue but the shade wasn't as light as Nike's. More important, the university's brand standard wasn't in place when they began coaching. It WAS in place when Calipari began, and he was made aware of it, but chose to ignore it.

The past is the past - the important thing now is to do better going forward.

They didn't ignore anything...you know good and well that the "Brand Standard" only has to do with printing and has nothing to do with uniforms or any other product. But, don't let facts get in your way.

Don't let common sense get in yours! Regardless of the official scope of the brand standard, the old adage: "what's good for the goose is good for the gander", certainly applies here. The athletic department's apparent decision to adopt colors unnecessarily different than (1) those professionally recommended for the brand standard and (2) what was intended by the class of 1912 (and worn many times in UofM's history) was not in the best interests of the university overall. UofM needs more pride and recognition - weak and/or inconsistent symbols hurt both.

http://theamerican.org/custompages/files...lities.pdf

Here are the guidelines you hypocritical old ****. That logo isn't even in this guide.

I honestly can't see how you are a SME on brand standards, you don't even respect the one for the conference. Hypocrite.

(04-25-2014 11:04 AM)klkuhn30 Wrote:  I honestly can't see how you are a SME on brand standards, you don't even respect the one for the conference. Hypocrite.

Ok, so I am less than skillful at computer graphics and maybe even a hypocrite - shame on me. That does not change the fact that the athletic department needs to get on the same page with the rest of the university.