Adidas losing another school...

[Arthur2478]

Looks like UCLA is going with Under Armour:
http://www.scout.com/college/ucla/story/1671850-ucla-set-make-major-announcement

 

[DudyDog]

More reason for Strick to stay with Adidas, in his mind. Or is has seemed to be the case. I've read of more than one occasion him mention how they cater to us. I would guess this in part is because we are becoming, or have become, one of their major teams. Albeit, by default.

Someone smarter than me answer me this...

> I've heard some of you talk about how Adidas helped us get Howland. And have heard you say it has brought us such and such recruit. Will this not hurt UCLA in that regard? Or can Under Armour be able to provide the same?

> I think our deal is worth 17 mil or so I've read. Maybe wrong on that. But what exactly does that mean? Do they give us 17 mil to use their product? Do they give us a 17 mil credit on what we purchase? Just how does that work?

 

[ArcherSPS]

They give us 17 million in funds and they give us free gear. At least that's what I think.

 

[121Josey]

Under Armour has all-star invitations that are coveted by young athletes. I'm sure they have some influence with players.

 

[BiscuitEater]

More reason for Strick to stay with Adidas, in his mind. Or is has seemed to be the case. I've read of more than one occasion him mention how they cater to us. I would guess this in part is because we are becoming, or have become, one of their major teams.

Hopefully, Strick and the Athletic Dept have some REAL input into the uniforms we get. And while I totally understand that we share Maroon & White with A&M, I don't understand why we can't get distinctive uniforms instead of the same ones.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

The same fan gear as well. That's really my only gripe with them is like they don't try to set us apart from aTm, except for baseball jerseys and the new football jerseys

 

[The Peeper]

That makes Michigan, Note Dame, TN, UCLA, and the NBA that I can recall quickly that have left. I don't recall any they have picked up either but there could be some. I don't know about the money but those teams didn't leave for no reason.
They have given us bats that sucked donkey balls, the uniforms they give us seen to be just ok or totally suck and in my opinion their "sideline apparel" is turrible, I'm sick of their stripes and zip up polos. Time to open up the bidding, no matter how important we as a school may be to THEM, it's about US not them and what we as a school want and can get in the open market

 

[Mafiadawg]

The new coaches polos are atrocious. Multiple shades of maroon on the maroon shirt.

 

[Arthur2478]

There are only 9 remaining Adidas schools in Power 5 conferences:
Louisville
Miami
N.C. State
Indiana
Nebraska
Kansas
Arizona State
Mississippi State
Texas A&M

 

[aTotal360]

Multiple shades of maroon on the maroon shirt.

That means it's authentic.

 

[esplanade91]

The new coaches polos are atrocious. Multiple shades of maroon on the maroon shirt.

That shirt is the only thing that matters.

 

[johnson86-1]

That makes Michigan, Note Dame, TN, UCLA, and the NBA that I can recall quickly that have left. I don't recall any they have picked up either but there could be some. I don't know about the money but those teams didn't leave for no reason.
They have given us bats that sucked donkey balls, the uniforms they give us seen to be just ok or totally suck and in my opinion their "sideline apparel" is turrible, I'm sick of their stripes and zip up polos. Time to open up the bidding, no matter how important we as a school may be to THEM, it's about US not them and what we as a school want and can get in the open market

You don't think Howland was a pretty strong bid?

As long as they are strong in basketball, I'm ok if we get the shaft some otherwise. Our apparel company isn't going to hurt us in football or baseball recruiting. I'm not sure why they matter in basketball, but since it seems clear they do, it seems like a pretty good deal to have Adidas and share them with 9 other schools, with only three of them being particularly relevant in basketball (Louisville, Indiana, and Kansas).

 

[The Peeper]

Verdict still out on Howland, I'm not sure he lived up to most expectations this year, although expectations on this board seem to be pretty high. I guess we'll really never know what role they played in getting him here either since that's based on a lot of speculation by alot of people that have no idea of what goes on in those decisions. My bottom line is they put a lot of subpar crap on the backs of our athletes and in the stores around Starkville and if someone wants to pay us more for a better product I see no loyalty we should have for them just because they possibly put in a good word to an out of work basketball coach for us.

 

[aTotal360]

Verdict still out? He made lemonade out of chicken ****. He brought in Newman and just landed us a top 10 recruiting class. He resuscitated a dead program. Fans support is way up (granted it couldn't have gotten worse). We were way more competitive in our loses and aren't the laughing stock of the SEC anymore. Expecting him to get us to the Big Dance was a little silly.

With that being said, if we don't make it to the Final Four next year...FIRE HIS ***!!!

 

[Shmuley]

Merlot.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Now that Cohen

has won COY, Howland is in charge of hoops, and football is far off...is this the (re)initiation of fire Stricklands?!

 

[KurtRambis4]

Let's be honest, "mosts"

expectations also included us winning about 10 SEC games in baseball this season, sooooo...

 

[anon1781797764]

You don't think Howland was a pretty strong bid?

As long as they are strong in basketball, I'm ok if we get the shaft some otherwise. Our apparel company isn't going to hurt us in football or baseball recruiting. I'm not sure why they matter in basketball, but since it seems clear they do, it seems like a pretty good deal to have Adidas and share them with 9 other schools, with only three of them being particularly relevant in basketball (Louisville, Indiana, and Kansas).

This^^. Adidas goes out of their way to promote us 'cause we're one of the top teams now wearing the brand. ESPN FB website was covered in State ads when we went to #1 thanks to Adidas. I remember The Kang griping about Nike catering new cooling equipment to another Nike team, Oregon maybe, while we got the scraps. Adidas may have some funky gear but they no doubt had a hand in getting a championship BB coach here so I'll wear my weird shirt all day when we beat UK, win SECT again, or make a run in March. Y'all remember Russell Athletic?

 

[121Josey]

Better bats.**