Flyers fans are irate over team's new gold-accented jerseys
The Philadelphia Flyers unveiled a new 50th anniversary jersey on Wednesday and — surprise! — pretty much everybody hates them.
The jersey, which will be worn 12 times next season to celebrate the organization's 50th year, is much like their regular primary road jersey ... but with plenty of gold accents. There's gold around the team's logo, inside the numbers and around the trim of the nameplate. It's a lot of gold, but the Flyers seem to like it.
Hello, gorgeous ? pic.twitter.com/9uMgNE44hD
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) August 31, 2016
See the 50th Anniversary jersey from every angle ? → https://t.co/YFLdSwHvh7 pic.twitter.com/SZqWrafi5n
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) August 31, 2016
Dig deeper into every aspect of the 50th anniversary jersey and the reasons behind them → https://t.co/kEzPeuz6s1 pic.twitter.com/kCPWLydbxt
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) August 31, 2016
Unfortunately for the team, nobody else on the internet seems to dig them.
@NHLFlyers BURN THEM AND MAKE NEW ONES
— matt (@ffsgrealish) August 31, 2016
Who designed this? @NHLFlyers @28CGiroux pic.twitter.com/kKUdrQzoNw
— YeSUV (@IslesWhiteSUV) August 31, 2016
@NHLFlyers An inside look at how the designer created the new Flyers Jersey. #Flyers pic.twitter.com/hUrCE1Kvy9
— Kevinhoughton (@Kevinhoughton) August 31, 2016
@NHLFlyers harambe would have hated these
— Taylor (@tayburgh7) August 31, 2016
Flyers new jerseys up in here like pic.twitter.com/K9FyNMIhHx
— Zoo With Roy (@zoowithroy) August 31, 2016
@NHLFlyers Someone call Chris Sale.
— Chris McCabe (@PhilsFan629) August 31, 2016
In addition to the "special" jersey being quite weird and lazy, many also questioned the team's decision to incorporate so much gold, when it's one of the colors used by cross-state rivals the Pittsburgh Penguins.
@NHLFlyers @28CGiroux You realize gold is our main rival's color. Right. Like the Eagles adding a blue star.
— Chad Gambone (@Mountainhawk98) August 31, 2016
Others teams: We want to be like the Penguins! Speed! Youth!
— m g bot (@kikkerlaika) August 31, 2016
Flyers: We want to be like the Penguins! Gold?? pic.twitter.com/FklvwsHFHK
@NHLFlyers @28CGiroux you don't get a Stanley cup just for adding black and gold to your jersey
— 2X Cup Champ (@Fleury4Vezina) August 31, 2016
@NHLFlyers why gold???? do yous not realize ur rivals are GOLD or are we merging with the penguins
— claude giroux's dogs (@chickyfila) August 31, 2016
There you have it. Everybody hates this dumb jersey. Is it as bad as everyone is making it out to be? Probably not. But it's definitely not good.
