Who Dat!

[Joe Allonby]

I forgot about the owner who got into a fistfight on the field in
Oakland after a game with Raiders' defensive lineman Howie Long. You
read that right, the OWNER got into a fistfight with Howie Long who
was in uniform and wearing a helmet at the time. This is the same guy
who decided that he was a music maven too and was going to manage the
Jacksons' tour, resulting in financial disaster. Even worse, the
selectmen of the town of Foxboro voted to deny the Jacksons a permit
to play in their town because "it would attract the wrong element".
Apparently, drunken idiots flying gasoline-powered model airplanes
into the stands during a riot are the right element.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, Foxboro Patriots doesn't have much of a ring to it.
>
> I'm wearing a Patriots cap right now. Don't forget that before The New
> Orleans 'Aints there were the Boston Patsies. Boston football fans
> suffered for decades with mediocre to terrible teams and downright
> bizarre ownership. The move to Foxboro (to a sheet metal and concrete
> stadium that was just an over-sized high school field combined with a
> wind tunnel) was idiotic. Somehow the Jackson 5 Reunion Tour almost
> bankrupted the team. I'm not kidding. This is true. The cool Pat
> Patriot logo was changed to something like a cross between the Nike
> swoosh and a mutant sperm cell. Players sexually harassed a female
> reporter and the new whackjob owner defended them. In the Year of the
> Quarterback, they drafted Tony Eason who is remembered as a nice guy
> with a lot of talent and a complete lack of the courage necessary to
> play a violent contact sport.
>
> The first time they made it to the Super Bowl, it was because of
> opportunistic special teams play. They were absolutely crushed by the
> Chicago Bears. The next day Coach Berry announced that it was because
> they were all on drugs. Seriously. This actually happened.
>
> The second time they made it to the Super Bowl (the Parcells/Bledsoe
> Era), Coach Parcells announced his resignation the day of the game.
> Really. That was the day that Brett Favre became a superstar. For you
> non-football fans, Favre wasn't playing for the New England Patriots.
>
> Then came Pete Carrol. Nice guy. Great college coach. Complete lack of
> understanding of the pro game.
>
> I haven't even mentioned Chuck Fairbanks, or trading away Jim
> Plunkett, or sending Drew Bledsoe out to run an offense with a line
> consisting of two tight ends and three guys who suck. Or the Monday
> Night Football game when there was a riot and some guy in the stands
> was killed by a model airplane. Once again, I'm not making this up.
>
> So if you think New England Patriots fans are spoiled or arrogant,
> consider what we've had to sit through over the years with our jaws
> hanging open asking "Did that really just happen?"
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Henry Musikar <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yeah, damn Patriots! Most teams are named after a city, some after a state,
>> but oh, no, "New England Patriots!"  That said, there's always "America's
>> Team" Dallas Cowboys.  Yeah, the team America loves to hate!
>>
>> As if I really care,
>>
>> Henry Mu
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>>
>> From: owner rich
>>
>> Eli's got one ring, too that stellar win over those damn patriots in 2007
>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 2:23 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The Manning family is our football dynasty.  And Peyton is the current
>> brightest star of that constellation.  But he's had his Superbowl win,
>> so I think Archie wasn't feeling much bitter in our sweet.  And for
>> those who've not been paying attention, our Drew Brees is a truly
>> stellar person, much more than a great quarterback.
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Joe Allonby wrote:
>>>
>>> I thought that the interesting back story to this SB was the Manning
>>> family and their ties to the city of New Orleans. My friends from the
>>> Garden District claim that the three Manning boys wwere always very
>>> polite and nice despite their father's celebrity. The Saints victory
>>> must have been bittersweet for Archie.
>>
>>
>>
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