I fully understand and respect your opinion killerjumpshot,,we have had a series of teams that lead JB to a good amount of sales,,jumpman pro`s,,b`loyals,,9.5`s,,and we are ready for the 12.5`s,,but almost all of us on NT could care less about team J`s,,only a fraction of us care about teams,,i`ll be truth full when people post things on teams i dont bother reading them because i could care less about teams,,retro`s are what really get us,,without retro`s we wouldnt have a JB forum on NT,,but we do have retro`s so we do have a forum,,do you see hypebeasts every where when teams release,,where im from i dont see any,,on the other hand when a retros releases,,im cluttered around hypebeasts,,its because teams arent as hot as retros and that will never change,,overall JB is a brand going down hill with this decision,,but we as people cant do anything about this matter,,we are basicly the consumers in this whole era of hype shoes that started around the mid-late `80s and continued on for more then a decade and going,,JB is a dominant producer among many,,if they really want to do something insainly different with the brand,,well,,they can do it,,its almost as if we are under a spell,,because anything they put out for us to buy as consumers,,were gonna buy it,,?no more retros?,,its a move that could have only been decided by michael himself,,
so my personal thoughts & opinions on the future of JB is this:
2008-2009: JB will make outstanding sales on the 11 packages & the XX3`s
2009-2010: JB will drop a new era of teams that will resemble J`s like the XV`s-XIX`s and will make a smaller percentage of sales from that of the past sales from `08 {as expected}
2010-2011: JB will release more teams but less than the past,,this will result as less sales & less effort into new releaes
2011-2012: JB will be looking like a small company,,like shaq & converse,,the value of the company will decrease leading to many low sale prices on shoes,,less demand,,and less effort,,
"The falling brand of the new millenium"- a7rome