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This is interesting. We need a new face. If its for the better, only time will tell. But we need a new direction period.
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Right? Isn't this old news?Originally Posted by RockDeep
Oh yeah..... something else that COULD have been leaked long ago, but I may have gotten the blame for that too... lol
NTers are EVERYWHERE Listening.. lol
Yeah.. we will see what happens when G makes his move to International, with Mark Smith moving into this role. This means someone comes in to quasi take G's spot until Josiah gets the position OR..... will they move Big J right in???
Ahhhh... The possibilities.....
Laser Anyone? lol This is a Gooooooooooooood Move I'd say. Mark is that guy. Believe that.
Isn't the intent of the Team Jordans to provide new designs?Originally Posted by allthingsjordan
I'm not sure Mark Smiths new position will eliminate the wack/trendy colorways that are sitting on shelves as we speak...I believe he was always part of the equation when deciding what colorways were released...so in fact it could make it worse when it comes to those horrible color choices...
and to hear that Gentry is just being moved to international instead of banished from the brand is a bit disappointing, especially since it probably means Josiah will take over that position...
So all in all we still have the same 3 people making all the decisions for the Brand so I doubt things will change that much...
In fact it may mean we see an even greater explosion of trendy colors of classic shoes
I think if they really wanted to help the Brand grow, without using trend following hype and gimmicks, they would just put Tinker in charge of designing some new and original Team shoes, Player signature lines, and maybe and even more exclusive line within JB ...similar to what they did with the two 3 series back when the brand first went on its own...
but IMO they have to quit ruing the image of the Original designs that got them to this point by releasing all the trendy colors, hybrids and fusions...can't they just come up with some original designs that people actually like...Tinker did it the first time around why not now????
Isn't the intent of the Team Jordans to provide new designs?
It was when the brand first started back in '98...and we did have a few releases in the following years that were, for the most part,original designs...not necassarily "good" original design but original none the less (i.e. jumpan pro even though it resembled the 12 a lil, Teamelite's & Vindicate's, etc...) It was around 2003 when we saw the NU retro 2 that it seems like they decided to stop being creative and justdecided to "borrow" the cues from famous OG designs, (i.e. 9.5's, 12.5's, AF1 fusions, etc...)
Fortunately, they have introduced the JAQ, ESTERNO, DENTRO & TGIM which for the most part are original designs, again the question of whether they are"good" design or not is still questionable...
but still, it was also supposed to be about "performance brand excellence inspired by the greatest athlete ever"....as stated many times over thepast few years, and seen by the lacking quality of the past few years releases, that is def. not a concern of the company anymore...and I'm afraid if theydon't get back to that, they will continue to run the elite image of the brand into the ground, no matter what position shifts they make on the corporatelevel...
Originally Posted by halfyhalf
I know that there are a lot of people who have been critical of Gentry recently. Soon you will have a new name to curse when things don't go your way.
Originally Posted by MaZeDOwNeR
Right? Isn't this old news?Originally Posted by RockDeep
Oh yeah..... something else that COULD have been leaked long ago, but I may have gotten the blame for that too... lol
NTers are EVERYWHERE Listening.. lol
Yeah.. we will see what happens when G makes his move to International, with Mark Smith moving into this role. This means someone comes in to quasi take G's spot until Josiah gets the position OR..... will they move Big J right in???
Ahhhh... The possibilities.....
Laser Anyone? lol This is a Gooooooooooooood Move I'd say. Mark is that guy. Believe that.
There is A LOT more to this entire situation. A LOT.
I'll have to leave it at that. I dont want to say anything that I shouldnt.
Im actually surprised that this was put out there so "early".
MaZe
How the Stuff gets marketed is a WHOLE Other Story.... But Concepts Coming out, and probably Designers getting more freedom to actually Design and not include Past DNA will happen.
That is music to my ears...
I hope you are right....
I am already seeing it a bit because I actually like the TGIM & Dentros the more I see them...I'm curious why they are called Dentro's...
sounds like they named them that as a tribute to MJ getting Dentures?