Post by gopats54 on Feb 5, 2008 19:59:42 GMT -5
In the New York Times today....an article about Tom Coughlin...but one line in it that truly defines Tedy and our Patriots organization. (Of course- the press can only talk about how Bill walked off the field 1 second early, or how Brady laughed when he was told that Plaxico said they'd only score 17 points)...but the below is the exact reason i'm proud to be a Patriots fan and proud to know #54: 
"He was standing on another small stage, the kind of pedestal Tom Coughlin had spent half his week on here in the Valley of the Sun. Only now it was also a championship spotlight, perspiration dotting his brow, a much warmer and very different picture than the frosted cheeks that lit up Green Bay two weeks earlier.
A hand poked through the crowd of reporters, and suddenly a linebacker’s familiar and famously rugged face came into view.
“Congratulations, Coach,” said Tedy Bruschi, a three-time champion, a stroke victim after the last title in 2004, showing his class in what had to be the worst competitive hour for him and the Patriots."
I hate that they said stroke "victim" and not "survivor" but I'll take what I can get.
"He was standing on another small stage, the kind of pedestal Tom Coughlin had spent half his week on here in the Valley of the Sun. Only now it was also a championship spotlight, perspiration dotting his brow, a much warmer and very different picture than the frosted cheeks that lit up Green Bay two weeks earlier.
A hand poked through the crowd of reporters, and suddenly a linebacker’s familiar and famously rugged face came into view.
“Congratulations, Coach,” said Tedy Bruschi, a three-time champion, a stroke victim after the last title in 2004, showing his class in what had to be the worst competitive hour for him and the Patriots."
I hate that they said stroke "victim" and not "survivor" but I'll take what I can get.
. lol...