News Hawthorn and Skechers sign on for 2023 and beyond

[Bremner20]

Joel Embiid isn’t French. Both Kane and Embiid have global marketability our sport could only dream of - but sure, sneer at the fact a growing sporting brand wants to be part of our club.

‘But ThEiR ShOeS are UgLy’ - yeah, Nike make some absolutely god awful shoes in my opinion, doesn’t stop me living AF1s and Dunks and buying them.

And if you think athletes spruiking a product doesn’t change hearts and minds - have a look at Nike’s market position before and after they got on Michael Jordan from the start.

They don’t make football boots anyway and their runners aren’t really high performance so don’t think our players will be forced to wear their shoes or anything, they are just a shoe company that happens to be our sponsor be no different to being sponsored by RM Williams or Blundstone or something. Besides their shoes aren’t even cheap anymore and they are very popular with nurses and old people for their therapeutic value .

 

[Bremner20]

Joel Embiid isn’t French. Both Kane and Embiid have global marketability our sport could only dream of - but sure, sneer at the fact a growing sporting brand wants to be part of our club.

‘But ThEiR ShOeS are UgLy’ - yeah, Nike make some absolutely god awful shoes in my opinion, doesn’t stop me living AF1s and Dunks and buying them.

And if you think athletes spruiking a product doesn’t change hearts and minds - have a look at Nike’s market position before and after they got on Michael Jordan from the start.

They don’t make football boots anyway and their runners aren’t really high performance so don’t think our players will be forced to wear their shoes or anything, they are just a shoe company that happens to be our sponsor be no different to being sponsored by RM Williams or Blundstone or something. Besides their shoes aren’t even cheap anymore and they are very popular with nurses and old people for their therapeutic value

Would prefer the all Gold back as an option from the 80s/90s

Speaking of the back of our jersey saw this version of a hawks jumper on a local junior club wonder how it would look with our sponsors etc it’s a design we’ve never done before I know but we went back to the black number on white square design in the mid 2000s so anything is possible.

 

[Mr Lizard]

They don’t make football boots anyway..

https://www.skechers.com.au/shop/men/football

 

[Bremner20]

https://www.skechers.com.au/shop/men/football

Never knew that and at $379 they’d be decent boots id imagine .Be interesting to see if they sign any of our players to wear them .

 

[Millsie69]

Hawks retro guernsey winner announced.

The Menacing Hawk is back! Retro Guernsey unveiled

Hawthorn will revive its 2024 Retro Guernsey later this year.

www.hawthornfc.com.au

 

[Mercy Seat]

Hawks retro guernsey winner announced.

The Menacing Hawk is back! Retro Guernsey unveiled

Hawthorn will revive its 2024 Retro Guernsey later this year.

www.hawthornfc.com.au

Maybe I’m getting old but this “retro” feels like a couple of years ago.

 

[cryptor]

#notmyretroguernsey

 

[MrPremiership]

Maybe I’m getting old but this “retro” feels like a couple of years ago.

hardly a retro jumper when it was used in 2014.....

 

[DogDaySonny]

Maybe I’m getting old but this “retro” feels like a couple of years ago.

My daughter voted for this one. I didn't look at the options but we're lucky opposition supporters didn't flood the voting and get the Power Rangers kit back. Or maybe it wasn't available to vote for.

 

[xreenberg]

hardly a retro jumper when it was used in 2014.....

i know! And why would we wear our whitest jumper against Collingwood!
Didn't Kennett say we'd never wear white again?

 

[Blackhawk42]

When the hell was this available to vote on? What were the other options?

 

[theiaofseed]

When the hell was this available to vote on? What were the other options?

Start of the year and the 2008 big Hawk and the rugby inspired one from like 2003.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

We are wearing a predominantly white strip against Collingwood? Yikes.

 

[Hawthorn23]

The worst option out of the three got chosen, bit disappointing

 

[cryptor]

We are wearing a predominantly white strip against Collingwood? Yikes.

Big yikes.

"Menancing Hawk" my bum. Looks like a cartoon hawk bib on a plain white jumper. Real baby hawks.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Big yikes.

"Menancing Hawk" my bum. Looks like a cartoon hawk bib on a plain white jumper. Real baby hawks.

You’d think the club would just override the fan vote to avoid a guernsey clash. I get Collingwood are predominantly black with white stripes but it’ll still be an annoying lack of contrast.

 

[hawkman]

i know! And why would we wear our whitest jumper against Collingwood!
Didn't Kennett say we'd never wear white again?

There is a Richmond game 4 weeks later that they could of done it

Here is a crazy idea, how about a retro jumper from the 70's or 80's. Brown and gold stripes looks good to me

 

[MrPremiership]

The 3 best retro options were used last year

Diamond
Hawks claw

Hopefully they're revived for next year

 

[cryptor]

You’d think the club would just override the fan vote to avoid a guernsey clash. I get Collingwood are predominantly black with white stripes but it’ll still be an annoying lack of contrast.

It's our home game too. So we'll presumably be wearing brown shorts with this white jumper (which will look bad) while they'll be wearing white shorts? Or will we wear white shorts with this "retro" jumper that was originally created as a clash jumper.

It's not too late to just scrap this, Hawthorn. Traditional home jumper with brown shorts against the reigning premiers in front of 70k, fighting for a finals spot.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

It's our home game too. So we'll presumably be wearing brown shorts with this white jumper (which will look bad) while they'll be wearing white shorts? Or will we wear white shorts with this "retro" jumper that was originally created as a clash jumper.

It's not too late to just scrap this, Hawthorn. Traditional home jumper with brown shorts against the reigning premiers in front of 70k, fighting for a finals spot.

Yeah wear it for another game - I don’t care if it’s retro round - let’s wear the home guernsey for this game.

 

[Mercy Seat]

You’d think the club would just override the fan vote to avoid a guernsey clash. I get Collingwood are predominantly black with white stripes but it’ll still be an annoying lack of contrast.

Pretty sure the club did override it last year after diamond jockey kit supposedly won in a landslide.

 

[undefined]

No way that won the actual vote, lmao

We'll wear white shorts with Pies in black. Won't be pretty but w/e. Rugby top would've been sick - Box hill had one last season (as well as an inverse) but I couldn't get my hands on it

 

[Xtreme]

I like the guernsey but wearing it against Collingwood the Hawthorn kicked ball is going to get marked by opposition players constantly.

May as well have umpires in white to complete the retro round look.

 

[The BIG X]

It's our home game too. So we'll presumably be wearing brown shorts with this white jumper (which will look bad) while they'll be wearing white shorts? Or will we wear white shorts with this "retro" jumper that was originally created as a clash jumper.

It's not too late to just scrap this, Hawthorn. Traditional home jumper with brown shorts against the reigning premiers in front of 70k, fighting for a finals spot.

This !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bremner20]

Now that we are on the way up and playing exciting football with some young really marketable players I’m hoping that we have a big player like Nike , Adidas , ASICS or Puma knocking on our door to supply our onfield strips again , not a big wrap for what ISC have done to our home jumper.