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OT: Hats off to Tom Brady

superjohn said:
Brady is an amazing quarterback but anyone trying to make it out like he's Jordan or even Tiger in his importance has gone off the deep end...

Jordan was and still is a cultural icon, he was the most famous person in the world and is still one of the most famous people in the world 20 years after he stopped dribbling a basketball. He changed an entire sport, he made shaving your head cool, he made wearing oversized shorts and clothes cool, he had little kids in Africa, South America, China, and Europe sticking their tongues out when they drove to the hoop. His friggin' shoes will still be the highest selling shoes long after he's dead and all of us have passed on...

Brady is an amazing QB who is undeniably the greatest winner whenever he retires but he hasn't changed anything and has about as much personality as a door knob.
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I'd say this is a little unfair in the other direction.

He made it perfectly acceptable for stoic New England men to have man-crushes, wear pom pom hats and Uggs. All major cultural shifts.
 
superjohn said:
Brady is an amazing quarterback but anyone trying to make it out like he's Jordan or even Tiger in his importance has gone off the deep end...

Jordan was and still is a cultural icon, he was the most famous person in the world and is still one of the most famous people in the world 20 years after he stopped dribbling a basketball. He changed an entire sport, he made shaving your head cool, he made wearing oversized shorts and clothes cool, he had little kids in Africa, South America, China, and Europe sticking their tongues out when they drove to the hoop. His friggin' shoes will still be the highest selling shoes long after he's dead and all of us have passed on...

Brady is an amazing QB who is undeniably the greatest winner whenever he retires but he hasn't changed anything and has about as much personality as a door knob.
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I still recall a trip to Brazil. Was talking to my driver (who owned the company we used) during the 2.5 hour drive from the airport and saw Giselle up on a billboard. The conversation shifted to her, and he said that yes, he was aware she was married to some athlete of some sort. Giselle is way more famous than Tom.

Basketball is an international game. Modeling is an international game. American football? Not so much. Helmets also provide a level of anonymity. Plus, even a QB isn't as important as a great basketball player is, for team success. Jordan has his own shoes. Until recently, the NFL covered up all shoe logos. It's harder to have that kind of impact as a football player. Tom comes as close as anybody is likely too.
 
superjohn said:
Brady is an amazing QB who is undeniably the greatest winner whenever he retires but he hasn't changed anything and has about as much personality as a door knob.
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I live in a city with a complete butthole (also on a HoF track) as the team's QB. Having grown up within a short drive of Shea, I was never a Steelers fan, but I've lived here for better part of 20 years now and haven't been to a single game since he's been QB, and I actively root against them. Can't wait till he retires. Hope it's this year as I really want to see a Matt Canada offense. I'd take a doorknob over that scumbucket every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Anyway, while America could learn from Brady, they don't wish to be like him because his regimen for success on the field and keeping Gisele happy is much more difficult than taking one of Frank Thomas's pills.
 
storrsroars said:
his regimen for success
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Be still my beating heart:
So, what the heck does Tom Brady’s diet actually consist of?

A lot of fruit, a lot of recovery fluids, and just the right amount of pizza.
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"If I’m craving bacon, I have a piece. Same with pizza. You should never restrict what you really want. We’re humans, here for one life," the quarterback told Men's Health. "What’s changed as I’ve gotten older is now if I want pizza, I want the best pizza. I don’t eat a slice that tastes like [crap] and then wonder, 'Why am I eating [crap] pizza?'"
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8893 said:
Be still my beating heart:
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He previously had a no tomatoes during the season policy, because they cause inflammation. I wonder where he is getting good pizza in Tampa.
 
Umami Zen said:
So the night of this picture.. I'm at Max's Downtown. Meeting a business associate who worked in the tower that Max's is located in for an adult beverage.

I take the only available chair at the bar. Order a drink.. Look to my right .Who is sitting next to me at the bar but Mayor Mike Peters. He was "working the room" as usual. We had an interesting conversation about Pats/Kraft,etc. Can't make this "stuff" up. Coincidental but still fun.
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Where does this rank against Chief at the urinal and whoever it was who stalked whichever coach it was in the Capital Grill men's room. Was it Calhoun?

I'm liking page 11. Started one place and has gone to a couple more. Lots of life in this thread.

Keep batting that beach ball in the air. It's a, long intermission.
 
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
Where does this rank against Chief at the urinal and whoever it was who stalked whichever coach it was in the Capital Grill men's room. Was it Calhoun?

I'm liking page 11. Started one place and has gone to a couple more. Lots of life in this thread.

Keep batting that beach ball in the air. It's a, long intermission.
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As I stated ,Hans, it was totally coincidental but an interesting conversation with an insider on the Kraft negotiation.

Not trying to displace any of the BY luminaries with stories. When I saw 8893's pictures, just had a flashback back to that conversation.

Will try to show more restraint in the future. It was a "you had to be there" kind of thing. Try to limit my better stories to the Real World. Not cyber space.

And to answer the unasked question. In the Real World, if I'm at a watering hole waiting for a business associate (pre-COVID), I would likely strike up a conversation with the bartender and/or customers because I enjoy talking with people. Everybody has a Story.Enjoy hearing their Story.
 
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Umami Zen said:
As I stated ,Hans, it was totally coincidental but an interesting conversation with an insider on the Kraft negotiation.

Not trying to displace any of the BY luminaries with stories. When I saw 8893's pictures, just had a flashback back to that conversation.

Will try to show more restraint in the future. It was a "you had to be there" kind of thing. Try to limit my better stories to the Real World. Not cyber space.

And to answer the unasked question. In the Real World, if I'm at a watering hole waiting for a business associate (pre-COVID), I would likely strike up a conversation with the bartender and/or customers because I enjoy talking with people. Everybody has a Story.Enjoy hearing their Story.
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To hell with restraint
Like haiku, it's team effort
Toward twenty pages
 
HuskyHawk said:
I still recall a trip to Brazil. Was talking to my driver (who owned the company we used) during the 2.5 hour drive from the airport and saw Giselle up on a billboard. The conversation shifted to her, and he said that yes, he was aware she was married to some athlete of some sort. Giselle is way more famous than Tom.

Basketball is an international game. Modeling is an international game. American football? Not so much. Helmets also provide a level of anonymity. Plus, even a QB isn't as important as a great basketball player is, for team success. Jordan has his own shoes. Until recently, the NFL covered up all shoe logos. It's harder to have that kind of impact as a football player. Tom comes as close as anybody is likely too.
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Well that all changes in WesMass even with the male fans. They'd much rather go out on a date and hang with Tom than Giselle :eek: :D
 
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
Where does this rank against Chief at the urinal and whoever it was who stalked whichever coach it was in the Capital Grill men's room. Was it Calhoun?

I'm liking page 11. Started one place and has gone to a couple more. Lots of life in this thread.

Keep batting that beach ball in the air. It's a, long intermission.
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Why would you foul up a perfectly good thread (Perfectly good except superjohn's irrational love for dough-eyed boy) by bringing Chief in to it?

You know darn well posters are going to start wanking about seeing his name, which results in a seemingly endless back in forth. Then Chief comes in to thread to thank everyone and then adds some whacked out irrelevant story.
 
8893 said:
I'd say this is a little unfair in the other direction.

He made it perfectly acceptable for stoic New England men to have man-crushes, wear pom pom hats and Uggs. All major cultural shifts.
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“Be like Mike” vs Concussion water
 
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Incredible. He was already but proved once again that (and why) he’s the GOAT. Are they not already the favorite next year as well?
 
methodology said:
Hate Brady with every ounce but respect the hell out of him.

told everyone I knew to take Tampa plus the points or ML because 80%bets were on the chiefs
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#Anchorman
 
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