Not sure how many times I have to say this before somebody actually read, and comprehends, it: I still haven't seen 1 single person who actually wore Nike's new cleats slip. All of the Frogs I saw slip were wearing the same cleats they have worn all season and some last season: nike carbon vapors.
Well, genius, I don't have the obvious benefit of a roster of who exactly is wearing what footgear. All I know is: 1.) Nike rolled out New,
Improved Super Cleats, and graciously deigned to allow our players to wear said New,
Improved Super Cleats. 2.) TCU players were slipping and falling all over the place during the game. Ergo, 3.) The fabulous New,
Improved Super Cleats were blithering failures, not gripping the turf worth a flip and damned near losing us the game.
Now, whether this was the case or not, my point was that NIKE SHOULD HAVE MADE SURE THEIR PRODUCT LOOKED GOOD BY INSURING THAT WE LOOKED GOOD. If we went out and slipped and flopped over many times, the perception would be that the Nike gear was worse than worthless. As you can see by the reactions here and elsewhere, this perception has taken hold. The onus to avoid this was on Nike, considering that it was
their product and
their technology, and most damagingly, their
reputation that was on display.
Whoever was responsible for this epic fail should have their severed heads up on pikes in front of the Nike Marketing offices as a suitable example.