patsfan209

Was it Parcells or Orthwein (or both) who ordered the complete uniform and logo change in 1993? Regardless of who made the decision, IMHO time proved it was the correct move and it now symbolizes the Patriots success. Yeah, Elvis and the jerseys were tweaked here and there in its first seven years of existence, but IMHO the current uniforms being used now since 2000 are here to stay for a few decades. Three Super Bowl championships guarantees for it to stay around.

MoLewisrocks

You'd be surprised to know how many people THINK they speak for most people on this board on any number of issues..."rolleyes"

I for one find it annoying in any sport when they make a present day team wear what amounts to an old time costume for a game that actually counts. Good football entertains me, not hokey costume-driven trips down memory lane. Particularly ones that conjure up what can only be categorized as bittersweet memories. While I loved many of the guys who wore those uniforms, I was at least equally disgusted by the incompetent organization they wasted their entire careers representing in those uniforms.

Pujo

If it bothers you then you're not paying enough attention to the "game that actually counts" and paying too much attention to the uniforms. I don't care what they wear as long as they wear something.

italian pat patriot

i think for the fans, quite many as i see when there are this threads, that loves/preferes Pat Patriot to Flying Elvis it could be enough to use the throwbacks + Pat Patriot on the helmet ONCE A YEAR as the third uniform

i do not think it is 'asking too much'...

this could be a good compromize between 'old' and 'new'

MoLewisrocks

You tend to see this throwback support even when sentiment runs 7 to 1 against it with the balance weighting in anywhere from ambivalent to it's occasional use to just looking to crack logo jokes.

I have no problem with teams pandering to nostalgia during the exhibition season if they feel some need to. But this is the team that deserves to be remembered and honored for what it has and will likely yet accomplish. You can respect and honor those who came before it WHO DESERVE IT without donning a characture and colors that denote a whole lot more - and much of it negative.

Tunescribe

Why even think in terms of compromise? The drastic change in uniforms was for a reason, and that was to break with a very long, miserable, LOSING tradition. You can't get away from the fact of what those red uniforms represented, plus how dated the logo had become and how wrong/historically inaccurate the color scheme was to begin with. There was little if any true glory enjoyed in those old uniforms, mostly a bumbling, inept franchise whose image was a very much of-its-time cartoon character whose style screams "1960s" journalistic cartoon art.

It's amazing how many highlight films you see from the NFL archives that show other teams killing the Patriots in those old red uniforms. It's impossible to separate that image from the reality of the futility experienced during those years. That hideous past is gone, leave it dead and buried where it belongs. Please.

Box_O_Rocks

There you go, how is the NFL going to make more inroads into the female fan market if the beefcake isn't in the display window? This could be the breakthrough trend that reverses Title Nine forcing the NCAA to insist on equal time for men's sports.

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godef

The uniform may change, but the logo/helmet is here to stay for a lo-o-ong time. (a) Teams changing their logo is a rarity. (b) Elvis is modern, eliminating perhaps the biggest reason for change (old, stale logos). (c) It's been with us through the dynasty, eliminating perhaps the other reason that logos are changed (constant losing).

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patsfan55

i really hope they keep the flying elvis
i mean, if they changed it id have a whole nother logo to learn how to draw free hand (i learned how to draw the logo one night when i was in seventh grade...which was the 96 season)
no idea how to draw the pat the patriot logo

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sieglo

LMAO. Well stated.