Helmet Stickers back!
Chris Balas (rivals) is reporting that Harbaugh has decided to bring back Helmet stickers and do away with Legends jerseys. This comes a day after Jim favorited a tweet from a fan asking if helmet stickers would come back this year.
I am not sure about all of the feelings on this board, but I believe helmet stickers were one of our best aesthetic traditions until they were discontinued in the 90's. We had them for all of Bo's years except one, and you can be damn sure that Jimmy's helmet was covered in 'em.
Go Blue!
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:29 AM ^
Co-signed. Aesthetically it definitely looks worse, IMO. But as others have noted, it fits with everything Harbaugh has said and done.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:45 AM ^
Harbaugh seems to "travel the path less taken" so to speak... maybe the stickers will be different then the past? Just a though.
March 23rd, 2015 at 11:19 AM ^
the stickers will be tent stakes or shaped like macaroni noodles....... Oh, come on. That is kinda funny....
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:25 AM ^
This is so cool. I'm too young to have any memory of helmet stickers, so I can't wait for this fall (as if I needed anything else to get excited about)!
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:26 AM ^
I hope they don't look like the ones from Jim's era. Something smaller and more subtle would be better. The stickers shouldn't take anything away from the winged helmet. Maybe little Block M's or something.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:28 AM ^
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:27 AM ^
but hated the patch.
Not really a fan of the stickers.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:46 AM ^
but it gave you a positive. I certainly would upvote a comment not supporting stickers and would have left in neutral...but since I now have to choose.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:28 AM ^
Loved helmet stickers
Hated Legends jerseys
I'm pretty happy with this news.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:28 AM ^
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:29 AM ^
In general, I like the idea of stickers. But calling them one of our"best aesthetic traditions" is just wrong. Last incarnations were flat out ugly.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:32 AM ^
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March 23rd, 2015 at 10:49 AM ^
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:53 AM ^
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March 23rd, 2015 at 10:54 AM ^
Yes, anyone who likes the helmet stickers must not like the traditional winged helmet. Okay.
March 23rd, 2015 at 11:07 AM ^
Pretty sure the stickers never cover up the winged part, ace.
March 23rd, 2015 at 11:42 AM ^
They just fill in the rest of the helmet making the winged part irrelevant.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:32 AM ^
But let's change the format a bit instead of footballs maybe a Maize 'M' instead?
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:33 AM ^
it's a team sport. i think game balls for offense, defense and special teams would be better.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:42 AM ^
stickers to be earned...It is almost amusing how so many posters feel they know how to build a team or honor the Michigan traditions more than Jim Harbaugh.
Of course, there is always room for differing opinions but c'mon. Do you really think JH is going to emphasise the individual more than the team. Think, man.
March 23rd, 2015 at 11:18 AM ^
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:34 AM ^
Im more excited that Legends jerseys are going away than anything else. I hated seeing our QB wearing #98. It should have been for the ND game only. There is nothing wrong with honoring former legends, but I felt Hoke went overboard.
March 23rd, 2015 at 11:35 AM ^
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March 23rd, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^
So, it's actually more a part of Michigan's history than any of the traditions Dave Brandon tried to invent in the last four years.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:36 AM ^
Hate the look of helmet stickers. Everyone here always freaks out about changing the helmet and yet the best part is the clean classic look. All stickers do is clutter shit up. Plus its like fucking handing out gold stars in kindergarten, oh you tryed hard in practice, here is a sticker. How about if you play well in practice you get to play in the game, that is the reward.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:40 AM ^
We had footballs for offense and hatchets for defense. Love, love, love the recognition of effort and goal obtainment. The helmet is the helmet and Jim Harbaugh or Bo would not do anything sacrilege...Fuck yes.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:47 AM ^
March 23rd, 2015 at 11:08 AM ^
If you think that Schembechler and Moeller gave out stickers simply because a player "tryed hard in practice," you're a fool.
March 23rd, 2015 at 11:45 AM ^
Not sure how my post got got corrected to tryed, that does make me look dumb. But I don't really care what Moeller or Bo gave stickers for because they look dumb and just because it happened in the past doesn't autmotically make it a positive.
So because I don't like helmet stickers and don't automatically think that because it came from Bo it must be a good idea I'm not a Michigan fan? Ok.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:36 AM ^
If I had my druthers, there would be no legends jerseys or helmet stickers. Seemed sacrelig to break out 'ol 98.
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March 23rd, 2015 at 10:40 AM ^
Also: does this mean #21 will be retired along with the retired numbers?
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
I was wondering the same thing. I'm indifferent to the legends jersey overall (good idea, bad execution, IMO) but this does seem to leave Desmond in an awkward position.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:45 AM ^
Should be interesting.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:47 AM ^
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:47 AM ^
Maybe I am the only one, but I loved having our QB wear 98. It was weird and I like weird.
Also, I thought DG totally deserved it for how much crap that guy went through and how much class he showed. However, I think the numbers should only be utilized when someone is deserving kind of like #1 for WRs.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:47 AM ^
I really hope that they will put the retired numbers on the suites. I love the towers but they are so plain looking, I would love to see the numbers and the championship years.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:48 AM ^
I don't mind the patch, but don't have the numbers be position specific. If a D lineman wants #98, let him wear it, but still have the patch on the jersey.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:49 AM ^
Love the return of the helmet stickers. Was never really a big fan of the Legends jerseys, but like the idea of honoring those players. I would like to see dedicating one game a year, (maybe homecoming), to honor those Legends using the same type of idea with having certain players wear those numbers, (maybe with a more subtle patch), but just for that one game.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:49 AM ^
Love both decisions. Award individual players cumutively, not with the one-and-done approach of a legend jersey. Also allows more players to be rewarded. Also allows players to create their own legendary numbers. Spread the wealth of rewards, dont concentrate them on 1% of the team.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:51 AM ^
Meanwhile, I HATED the legends jerseys, yet another symbol of Brandon-era gimmicks and commercialism. So that's awesome news.
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March 23rd, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
i want legend's jersies to remain that, the jersey that a legend wore back in the day. The stickers are ok, but they should be truly earned, not given out for intimidation purposes like is obviously done at OSU
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:55 AM ^
How do you know what they do at OSU? If results on the field are any indication, stickers are indeed earned for performance. They did just happen to win a national championship, in case you forgot.
March 23rd, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
I like the idea of helmet stickers, as long as they do something to blend it into the helmet. It works with Stanford, OSU, other school that try it b/c for the most part their helmets are a single color. Our helmets on the other hand, have two dominant colors in which any additions just serves as a distraction. I'm not a huge fan of the old football helmet stickers, but i'm intrigued to find out what Harbaugh will do with the concept.