It's a cash grab using "heritage" as a gimmick.
Only way I'm ok with this is if Karmanos doesn't own them. Cuz screw that guy.
It's like an ex-wife wearing the dress you bought her to celebrate the anniversary of her new marriage.
(not a popular opinion, but if they wanted to honor the old team, they should have never changed their colors).
This is such a good analogy, mainly because this somewhat happened to me, and it's accurate.
A girl I dated years ago had been eyeing this really nice dress for a while. I ended up buying it for her on a whim, but we never went anywhere fancy enough for her to wear it while we were still together. About a year later she popped up in a picture at a mutual friends wedding, with her now fiancee wearing that f***ing dress. I was so aggitated about it. We didn't end on good terms whatsoever (much like the Whale and Hartford), so that probably had something to do with it. Looking back on it, it was so petty and stupid, and life is infinitely better.
To keep on topic, when I saw they were using the Whale unis yesterday, my immediate reaction was negative. Now? On the fence. Love the look, but it just doesn't seem right to me.