Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:11 pm EDT The 49ers are about to get old school on us By MJD Following in the path of the Detroit Lions (which is always a good idea), the 49ers are scheduled to unveil some helmet and uniform tweaks this weekend. It seems that we've got some leaks, though, and I'm thrilled to tell you that what's new is what's old. Mining the Gold Rush spotted new authentic helmets for sale at NFL.com, but they've since been taken down. Fortunately, they grabbed a picture first, and here are (presumably) their new lids: The differences may be subtle, but they're there, and I adore them. The biggest change is the shade of red, which has gone from a blood red back to an old-school fire engine red. The black strikes have been removed from the center, there's a white stripe in the middle, and the facemask has gone from blood red to gray. In other words, Joe Montana style. Word on the street is that the jerseys are taking similar steps, going back to a more simplified look and the original shade of red. Mining the Gold Rush also found these tiny little cell phone pictures on 49erswebzone forums, from someone who says he works at a Reebok warehouse and got these pictures of the 49ers new duds. The Montana-era 49ers uniforms are one of the classic looks in all of NFL history, and I think it was nuts of the 49ers to ever get away from them. Going back is the right thing to do. I'm thrilled about the change. Absolutely tickled. That third 49ers preseason game against at Dallas is going to be, if nothing else, aesthetically pleasing. http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog...-about-to-get-old-school-on-us?urn=nfl,158199
Gay? Why because they don't have neon colors and glow-in-the-dark numbers? I like the fact that San Francisco is going old school - Singletary is using this as a way to pump up his team...he wants to turn them back into what they used to be.
The giants unis are awful(the white ones are, the blue jerseys are ok) but the old SF unis were great. SF is making a good decision here.
Honestly, I'd have to say these are probly the BEST unis in sports. LOVE THEM. Classic. Tons of history. And they just look damn good. Great move. Singletary is just fucking pumping out good decision after good decision.
They should have kept them that way in the first place. You run off a bunch of Super Bowls, why change anything? Didn't they get superstitious during the 1994 throwback year and end up winning it all again? I think that's where they started to veer from what they had. Glad they're going back to it.
I like the new/old ones they have now much better than the Snicker-bar helmets and those plastic looking unis from the LT days.
They did but did so wearing the throwbacks which were a variation of the unis they had been wearing the last decade. In '98(our game against them) they returned to the gold pants.
I have one of those white Young jerseys. I liked them, but they're nothing to the classic 80's jersey.
