Did mine too
Nothing.
I think you are correct
They need to update it, it has been 20 years lol
God no. So sick of everybody and their brother doing black.
Update how though? Unless they change color scheme, or go with red being the primary color over blue, there's not a whole lot they can do. I'm just afraid there's going to be a bunch of feedback of people wanting Columbia blue in the mix, which I am not in favor of at all. I mean I've already seen a pic of Toro on Twitter this morning in it.
That picture is fugly!
I noticed that Academy and Lids have been selling a lot of different Oilers merchandise lately. Not that it means anything and I’m sure that ship has sailed but it is just odd.
I don’t know dude. I see a whole bunch of people wearing the Columbia blue Oilers jerseys at every Texans game. I’m almost willing to bet an entire paycheck on majority of the fan base choosing the Oilers over the Texans being the home team in Houston if it was a real option. It’ll never happen though.
Oh, I have no doubt that the fan base would embrace it.
Lipstick on a pig might be just the thing needed to soften up those in Tennessee that could get them to sell the rights.
Oilers merchandise would not only sell well in Houston, it would sell well nationally as well. Especially in the social media and internet age.
That's going to really ******* suck if they switch to Oilers colors just to appease people who can't let that trash ass team go. Not saying I don't get the loyalty to the players, Earl is still one of my favorite's all time, but the owner gave the city of Houston double rods as he moved the team to hillybillyville, and the family ain't about to let anything Oilers come back to Houston. Not to mention a lifetime full of failures and disappointments with that franchise while they were here. Not that the Texans are any better mind you, but **** them and their colors.
If it was available I would be willing to bet that Cal would jump on it!
Sell well.. yes.
Same. I told them to see if Jim Crane would be Cal’s “Big Brother” so he could learn the importance of winning. Winning fuels everything. Winning cures all ills. Without winning it’s all just rearranging deck chairs as the ship sinks.
Right. I guess if it comes down to it I don't care if they wore pink with purple polkadots and called themselves the Houston P***ies as long as they were winning, always being in contention and at least getting to some AFCs or SBs. Win and I'm a huge P***y fan
There was a time when all I wanted was the Oilers back but that time has passed and I wouldn’t want them to assume that identity even if it was offered free of charge. The window has closed on that era and now it would only resonate with old fans like me who are the past and not the future.
Disagree. The Astros comparisons show you so clearly how an owner can change everything by just being focused on the right things. “Bottom Line Bud” was a cheapskate who came around to valuing talent in his later years but had crap facilities and was unwilling to pay for a top tier coach. John McMullen was another bottom line guy who just wanted profits and seemed to have no interest in the success of the team outside of what it meant to his bank account. He owned the Astrodome lease and so got to feast on all that parking and concessions cash from Oiler games. He was a greedy man in a business that didn’t penalize him for being bad so he barely bothered to build anything here. Drayton was the closest thing to Bob/Cal we ever had. Drayton ran his baseball team like he ran his grocery stores. Watch that budget. Don’t take any chances. Keep it family friendly and take the slow road to as much success as you can afford. He got bold a couple of times but only when home town discounts were on the table. Mostly he just wanted everyone to have a good time whether the guys won or lost and he sure liked changing those uniforms.
I could see keeping the dark blue and bringing the Columbia (Bluebonnet?) blue in as an accent color maybe but what difference would any of it make? They’re not going to rename the team and they’re not going to change the colors out too drastically so again with the deck chairs.
This is a reflection of the founder and owner, Bob McNair. IMO, he was a true conservative, not just in a political sense, not even meant as negative either.
The problem is many fans including on this MB dont want to go through the necessary losing. They didn't want to go through it with Crane either, but Crane stayed strong to his beliefs during the hard times. Will Cal be strong like Crane was? Not a chance. These fans would rather be entertained than go through the pain of a rebuild done right.
The problem is many fans including on this MB dont want to go through the necessary losing. They didn't want to go through it with Crane either, but Crane stayed strong to his beliefs during the hard times. Will Cal be strong like Crane was? Not a chance. These fans would rather be entertained than go through the pain of a rebuild done right.
what about white uniforms with small blue flying saucers shooting red death rays?
Instead of being outlined in white, I think being outlined in Columbia Blue would look better
No thanks! Too many black uniforms as alternates or main already.
Couldn't have said it better...& its not the over 40 crowd, its the over 50 crowd simply b/c most of them are the only ones who can really remember the Luv ya' Blue Oilers..which is the only real version of that team in its entire existence here that had a legit SB window for a while.
