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My user name is Hokie Stone so I'm going to play devil's advocate to your comment for a second:
We've made some BAD decisions regarding helmet and uniform design, but this is beyond any of them.
NO WAY THIS IS WORSE THAN THE CARTOONS LAST YEAR!
Nobody outside of VT understands what Hokie Stone is or what it means so there is no "brand identity" in this design.
That's true but that's kind of the point of the helmet... to showcase what is a very unique tradition at VT. And people will defintely know Hokie Stone about after we wear these. As for brand identity, this is definitely detering from the norm (if one even exists any more) but its doing so using a very disntinct VT tradition (not just slapping goofy designs on a white helmet.) And if you layer on the VT logo and wear this with maroon unis/pants with orange trim well... its may look crazy but its definitively VT.
I can vouch for this
Somewhere along the way, a memo was misunderstood. Someone probably said "hydrochrome" and someone else heard "Hokie Stone" and went with it. That's the only explanation for something like this.
In other words, you watched real man football, not this sissy video game bubble screen spread nonsense.
I am so tired of the spread. If a team came out and ran power sweep with two split backs where either could get the ball, I'd have a heart attack from joy.
I also think that it should be matte instead of glossy. This has some real potential. Definitely needs to be gray and black instead of that yellow color...
Yeah, they claimed an injury that first year. Not sure if it was legit or not. Also, he played some in that fifth year, so a lot of people were upset he got the sixth year and their players didn't.
I have not watched GT on D yet, so I will have to pass there. UNC uses a four man front with two linebackers and five DBs, so Marshall will give us a look there.
Miami runs a 3-4 with both OLBs on the line like the LT era Giants. Assignment wise, they are very similar to Alabama in that their DL tries to tie up blockers, the ILBs take inside gaps, and the OLBs are the playmakers in space. Miami looks smaller than Bama.
Also, it is really weird to see the Hurricanes playing anything other than 4-3.
That's... interesting
See my comment above
Near the end he talks about how they should have run more outside stretch plays, but the game plan was to go inside because of all the corner blitzes they were sending. French even noted this. I'm not smart enough to know how to beat that though.
Well
1) it's not really a matter of understanding
2) as we've learned in recent history, well designed and 'cool' uniforms are a nice leveraging tool for recruits
3) our players WANT to look good, and I think psychologically, if your players like the way they look they're more likely to play well...and we need them to play well
These helmets are hideous, regardless of who understands what Hokie Stone is. There is really no reason that our equipment department needs to be rolling out stupid ugly designs. We clearly haven't done a good job designing unis lately (the only 'new' unis I kind of liked were the black ones we played against noise state in) so I think we should take a page out of Bama's book and just go old school and traditional. Pick one uniform style and pattern and stick with it. It's classy, and if we can't make the flashy ones work that's our best bet.
I was hoping that the helmets would be carved out of Hokie Stone. Now THAT would be bad ass.
Nope.
THIS HAS HUGE POTENTIAL AND I LOVE IT. Sure, the initial mock up looks terrible. We don't need to see all those colored stones in there, just stick to one grayish stone color and make it look chisled a bit. Boom.
Am I the only one who loves this?
I get the Hokie Stone thing. I'm a Hokie.
I just think the rest of the world is going to be thinking..."Doesn't Virginia Tech know that most buildings are made of bricks? Not really a big deal."
*Counts down days until Weaver retires*
This is awful. Like you said, no one outside of Hokie Nation knows what the heck is going on.
My only hope is that they go ahead and get the pylon logo out of the way on this helmet...
I dont know, I think I'm actually thrilled about this. No one outside of VT needs to understand the importance of Hokie Stone. Every VT fan understands it and that's all that matters if you ask me. Possibly add a VT to the helmet and I think its pretty cool
I don't. I would like to see a wham counter or back side seal counter, and the bootleg can be an effective misdirection.
My one caveat vs ECU is that their inside backers were taking away the inside, but the safeties were coming in on run support outside in. If Loeffler had used boot or a counter, that safety would be unaccounted for IF they can get in position in time.
8 man front or not, if the Hokies had controller the nose and jack linebacker, the numbers would have been much better. Those two guys had outstanding games. The other uniform kids are on scholarship too.
It has potential to be cool but.... no, just no
This is just another really bad idea in a long string of really bad design ideas for our Unis....who the hell is in charge of these? They need to be fired. We should write a petition.
No. I make fun of my friends from UMD so much because of how disgusting their uniforms are. Don't give them ammo to shoot back at me.
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Beer this week:Left Hand's 400 Lb Monkey India Pale Ale
I'd rather have the lunch pail depicted on the helmets than this. my lord these are hideous.