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Post by zona55 on Feb 16, 2009 12:22:15 GMT -5
My wife, a huge TB fan has been following him since his U of A days here in Tucson is waiting to board a flight from Chicago to Tucson when she notices this little tike in a Patriots jersey. She makes a comment "oh look a little Patriot's fan" just as she finishes her sentence she is now standing right next to Teddy in the boarding line. Real quite, she comments "oh my, it's Teddy Bruschi!" explains to him how she's a big fan etc..... She then asks if it's ok to get a picture. Teddy then replies "I'd rather you not" Needless to say my wife was soooooo bummed. Now she is going to mail her team jersey to Teddy and tell him she won't be needing it anymore.
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Post by gopats54 on Feb 18, 2009 14:56:12 GMT -5
I wasn't going to say anything, but I can't seem to help myself.
As someone that has worked pretty closely with Tedy (it's one D by the way) for over a year, your story really surprises me. I can only assume that he had good reason to not want to take a picture at the time that your wife and him spoke. When I worked with him, Tedy's #1 goal was to make sure that his fans got everything they came for and he was as gracious to them as he was to anyone he encountered. He was more than willing to take pictures, stay at events as late as possible, etc if it meant that it was making his fans happy. Perhaps when you saw him, though, he wasn't working. He wasn't at a signing or on the field. Or perhaps he didn't want to sign because he thought it might start a "frenzy" of pictures/autographs and he was with family?
I am sorry that your wife didn't get what she wanted, as I'm sure she is/was a huge fan of his. However, I think we need to remember that everyone is human and everyone has an "off" day..no matter who you are or what you do.
I don't think she should stop being a fan of Tedy's because of one bad experience, but that is up to her, of course. I do know that is just not the experience I have had with Tedy, and I hope you have a chance to meet him again so he can change your mind.
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Post by robd54 on Mar 4, 2009 1:24:47 GMT -5
That does seem kind of odd, but like gopats54 said, everyone has off days. I recently had a difference experience I was going to post about. In November my wife sent a nice letter to Tedy (to the stadium) with a picture of me, my wife and Tedy at one of his book signings. She sincerely told him again how we are huge fans of him and asked if he could sign and return the picture so she could give it to me for xmas or my birthday (january). She received it back early January in time to give it to me. It was a great gift, and I thought a great gesture by Tedy to take the time to sign it and mail it back. Every time I have seen Tedy at a signing or a game (wearing my license plate PATS.54) he has made a point to come over and say hi. I'm sorry you had a not so good experience!
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Post by 1TruPatriot on Jul 29, 2009 18:33:23 GMT -5
wow, that just doesnt sound like him. You know, though, maybe one of the kids was ill, maybe Heidi was, or maybe HE was? You never know, he could have been heading to a funeral, or coming home from one. Know what I mean? His response was very polite, and I think it was awesome of your wife to have asked first. I once asked him to sign a jersey to give away in a raffle, and he SO graciously did it for me through a friend I also think that just shaking his hand and letting him know how much respect I have for him would be one of the highlights of my life, tell your wife Im jealous.
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Post by TEDYBR on Aug 22, 2009 13:28:05 GMT -5
I'm sorry too that your wife had that experience but I can also attest that it is completely out of character for Tedy. I've had several encounters with him over the years and he has always been super friendly and personable. BUT, those encounters have always been when he was appearing in public as Tedy Bruschi, Patriot, not as Tedy, family man. My guess would be that if he submitted to a picture in the boarding line, he would have been bombarded throughout the entire flight by fans which is not fair to him or his family. I'd suggest to your wife that she write him a note telling him what a fan she is, enclose a photo and a SASE and ask him to sign it and mail it back. I'd bet he does it.
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