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Haslams say Browns will wear new uniforms in 2020 and they’ll keep the stadium where it’s at: quick hits

https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2019/03...quick-hits.html

PHOENIX— Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam said Tuesday the team will wear new uniforms in 2020, and that they’re planning keep FirstEnergy Stadium at its current location for the long haul.

Here are some quick hits from the interview:

* The Browns will wear new uniforms in 2020, Dee Haslam said

“I think we got it right this time,’’ she said.

Asked for sneak preview, she said, “I think you need to be surprised.’’

She said she’s seen drawings but not a prototype yet. They’ll be seen for the first time next spring.

* The Haslams said after much discussion with the city of Cleveland and other officials, they’ve determined they’ll keep FirstEnergy Stadium at its current lakefront location.

“We think the best thing for Cleveland is to stay where we are,’’ said Dee. “We feel like this is the best place for us.’’

She said the important thing is to make the stadium more pedestrian-friendly with a walkway. The Browns are also committed to making the Stadium “the best it can possibly be for fans.’’

* The Haslams didn’t sound like they’ll put a dome on the Stadium.

“That would be a good question,’’ Dee said. “Would our fans really want that?’’

* Dee Haslam said she never said that if they had known how hard this would be, they never would have purchased the Browns.

An ESPN article by Seth Wickersham quotes an anonymous source saying she said that.

“I may have said this is extremely hard,’’ she said, adding that she never said the latter part.

Jimmy chimed in: “We’ve never said that.’’

* The Haslams didn’t want to comment on the article other than that.

* They said they can be very helpful in the revitalization of the lakefront area and are obviously very invested in it.

* They said they’ll keep training camp in Berea, and not move it to Columbus. They said that’s most convenient for their fans and the team.

* They acknowledged that they want running back Kareem Hunt with the team during his suspension, "but it’s complicated,'' Jimmy said

I think it would be great if the Haslams stuck to things like uniforms, the stadium, real-estate development, marketing, PR, etc and allowed Dorsey to run the football part of the business.

I'm glad they're keeping the stadium where it is.

It would probably take a lot of helicopters to lift it and move it elsewhere.

Remember the last time we revealed new uniforms and had players like Brian Hartline, Dwayne Bowe, Barkevious Mingo, Donte Whitner, Armonty Bryant, and Karlos Dansby unveil them.

Something tells me the new roster will be a little more marketable.

I like our current jersies. Why do we have to change it every other year.

I get that they want more jersey sales....but, um, our new Avengers roster and giant bandwagon forming should accomplish that.

Because you have terrible taste and our current uniforms are total garbage.

I am only ok with that comment if they go the throwback route to our 80's jersies.

I dont like the color rush other than for special occasions.

They really are. Just go back to the 80s with our uniforms.

I have a feeling that the new uniforms will be some sort of throwback type of thing.

If they can read the fan base at all, they'll do that.

Oranger, orange. What a debacle. Cringeworthy. I hope they get it right this time...

Oh, my.

I had purged that sight from my memory for years.
My cringes have cringes.

I agree. I also think they will to the largest degree. Trust has been formed.

For the first time since our return we seem to have a person who is good.

Please bring back the 80's uni's!

Making it possible to get from one end of the stadium to the other on the upper levels without having to go all the way down would be a start. Who the hell thought cutting access in half was a good idea?

J/C

I don't mind the color rush ones, but the normal jerseys are well....bad.

I am ok with a complete overhaul as long as the helmet stays the same (but I wouldn't be upset if they did).

This is a new team, a new roster, and a new beginning for our Browns. Its time we leave the past in the past. We are not known for the 80s, we are known for losing for 20 years. We are the Pittsburgh Pirates of the NFL.

Its time to change EVERYTHING!

I'd be okay making the color rush jerseys as our standard, though, we've never seen a white version. I don't think that'll happen though. Just bring back the classic and we'll be fine.

I do think they'll try to put their own "twist" on the classic look, but to most untrained eyes, it won't jump out to anyone.

Just google "Browns concept helmet". It amazes me that a multi Billion dollar organization can't come up with what trolls on the internet can.

Look how awesome this is, even if just for color rush.

They can, but the problem is you have a 70 year old billionaire making the decision on the final product, not the trolls

j/c:

I guess the conversation is going to center around the uniforms rather than the role the Haslam's. So, I will say that it's hard to make definitive statements like our current uniforms are garbage or bring back the old uniforms because aesthetics are very subjective.

For example, I think the old-style uniforms are hideous while others love them. I prefer the all white unis while others adore the all orange uniforms.

No one is right and no one is wrong. It's about personal taste. And personally, I think it is very hard to have a good look when your primary colors are brown and orange. Ewwwwww.........

Just when it took me 5 years to like these jerseys??

I don't think they can swap out the helmets throughout the year. Don't the players have to wear the same helmet every game for some safety reason?

I did not know that until I just looked it up, you are correct, they need to wear the same helmet all the time.

I'm not a fan of those. They looks like orange with mud sprayed on them.

I kjust hope that the team looks forward, and not backwards, with the uniforms. The 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, and 80's were fine decades, but they are history. They are never coming back, and the uniforms from those years ..... the most recent of which is almost 30 years past.... should never come back either.

I agree, i want no part of throw backs..hell compared to the rest of the nfl our current ones are still outdated. I think we can still be minimalist and still have something that looks current

Well at least they let us know that if we buy a players jersey in 2019 it will already be outdated by 2020. Might as well wait until then, huh?

But we were told from the beginning, "It's a marketing world".

I don't understand why that is important.

As for the stadium, it said something about lack of community support for a dome. I'd like to see those numbers. Darn near everybody I talk to at games would be in favor of a dome.


As for uniforms, I like white on white, but it doesn't really matter. I don't give a darn what the uniforms look like, as long as they are white on white at home.

Fixed it for you.

Agreed!

Did that just change? I remember the Steelers wearing yellow helmets at one point, and the Titans dressing in the old Oilers uniforms.

Orange and brown is gross. LOL

My wife and I bought a home in the mid-90s and it was an aesthetic disaster. It was built in 1976 and had the original decor. Orange countertops in the kitchen. Orange, yellow, and brown wallpaper. The kitchen cabinets were stained dark brown. Orange and brown linoleum on the kitchen floors. Orange and brown shag carpeting in the Great room. My God...the horror!

We changed everything. Put in wood floors everywhere but the kitchen--where we put in Italian tile. Installed natural cherry cabinets and put in neutral solid-piece countertops along w/neutral colored paints. The transformation went from hideous to classy.

The 70s are long gone. Hopefully, those butt-ugly uniforms from way back in the day are gone, too.

Here are a few images from the colors back in the day:








To all of that and old-school Brown's uniforms, I....

There’s a difference between living in the Brady Bunch house and our uniforms.
I happen to really like our colors. They’re the colors of fall. Football season. I love orange leaves on a brown tree. No one can tell me that’s ugly.

So it’s okay that you’re wrong.

We bought a house at auction with the dreaded Mint Green and Pink color combo... like, half the house.

Upstairs bathroom had a green wall-mounted toilet... $550 to replace that beast. Anything that wasn't green and pink was paneling. Not just any paneling, the classic high-class 1960's paneling lol. Below is the exact stuff that was in one of the bedrooms. Fun job.

The color rush jerseys are fantastic. The regular uniform is just ok. I don't like that it says Cleveland on the front or Browns on the pants.

If it were up to me, I'd make the color rush the regular uniform with variations for the white, etc. I also don't understand why we don't wear orange pants with the brown jersey more... silliness.

When I bought my house, it was painted pink, baby blue, and the living room was mint green ..... and it had lavender drapes in the living and dining rooms ..... and yellowish/orangish carpetting. 1st thing I did was paint, and get rid of the carpet and drapes. That was my 1st trash pile.

If I was owner of the Browns, I would hold a contest. Fans can submit their mock ups for new uniforms. I would pick my top 3-5 then have a fan vote. The fan who designed the winner would watch all the home games from my owners box and he can bring 3 frinds with him to each game.

Those were throwback uni's. You can do that then. You can't have for instance a home helmet and a away helmet. Been that way for maybe forever.

Personally, I don't like our current uniforms at all. I think I would favor going with more of a futuristic look. I like those helmets above with a full orange metallic look (eliminating that brown spray along the back).

I also wouldn't mind adding a third color. A tan or gray as an accessory color mixed in with the orange and brown remaining the main colors. Speaking of colors, we need a better orange.