Brady calls out Gillette Stadium fans

[borg]

I don't know what all the fuss is about. We had a lovely day at Gillette. Our limo skirted past the blockage at the parking corrals and pulled up to the Sky Box entrance unhindered. Our suite concierge, Alexander, greeted us at the private elevator with champagne flukes and guided us up to an elaborate brunch featuring local seafoods as well as some nonregional fare. I heard the stone crab arrived that morning (you could taste the freshness). A Mr. Robert Kraft spoke to those who had interest, but we set off to the suite to discover what new electronics were in place. Four flat screens were nice, but the senior execs were most impressed with a fully outfitted PS3. Two dozen games were available....the usual sports choices and fun games...but the latest Halo was a grand hit.
At 1:00PM, it was game time. We briefly opened the windows and participated in the welcome ovation. We were very excited. Of course it wouldn't be a true sporting event if wagering wasn't present. Several partners pulled out their money clips....and the fantasy bets came fast and furious. As we waited for the CBS feed to recap RB and WR stats, Alexander arrived with flights of wines fron Sonoma. I was quite partial to a Merlot from a little vineyard in northern Sonoma that I will keep secret for selfish reasons. I even snapped a photo of the label with my new Droid....outstanding detail.
Our suite was centrally located to the field elevator and a couple of us wandered down to the sidelines in the 2nd quarter and took pictures with some RB that wasn't dressed in his game outfits. Good fun. When it began to get a little too noisy, we escaped back to the suite...just in time for ice cream sundays.
The afternoon was wonderful, and we even managed to get back to the Ritz before the 4:15PM games started. And to top off a marvelous experience, I managed to win my fantasy game, thanks to the Patriots defense...16 points....I had no idea.

 

[Wolfpack]

Amen.

When I attended Pats games in the 70s & 80s, man that place was rockin'.

I think some people in here are employing revisionist history with regards to the 70's and 80's. Don't tell me how much the place was "rockin'" when there were only 22,000 fans in attendance. Even during the 70's when the Pats were good, the stadium was never full. Foxboro was notorious for the worst crowds in the league; MNF refused to come back to Foxoboro for well over decade following the debacle against Dallas in 1981.

I'd much rather have 68,000 fans enjoying a football game than 22,000 drunken a-holes destroying the place.

 

[captain stone]

I don't know what all the fuss is about. We had a lovely day at Gillette. Our limo skirted past the blockage at the parking corrals and pulled up to the Sky Box entrance unhindered. Our suite concierge, Alexander, greeted us at the private elevator with champagne flukes and guided us up to an elaborate brunch featuring local seafoods as well as some nonregional fare. I heard the stone crab arrived that morning (you could taste the freshness). A Mr. Robert Kraft spoke to those who had interest, but we set off to the suite to discover what new electronics were in place. Four flat screens were nice, but the senior execs were most impressed with a fully outfitted PS3. Two dozen games were available....the usual sports choices and fun games...but the latest Halo was a grand hit.
At 1:00PM, it was game time. We briefly opened the windows and participated in the welcome ovation. We were very excited. Of course it wouldn't be a true sporting event if wagering wasn't present. Several partners pulled out their money clips....and the fantasy bets came fast and furious. As we waited for the CBS feed to recap RB and WR stats, Alexander arrived with flights of wines fron Sonoma. I was quite partial to a Merlot from a little vineyard in northern Sonoma that I will keep secret for selfish reasons. I even snapped a photo of the label with my new Droid....outstanding detail.
Our suite was centrally located to the field elevator and a couple of us wandered down to the sidelines in the 2nd quarter and took pictures with some RB that wasn't dressed in his game outfits. Good fun. When it began to get a little too noisy, we escaped back to the suite...just in time for ice cream sundays.
The afternoon was wonderful, and we even managed to get back to the Ritz before the 4:15PM games started. And to top off a marvelous experience, I managed to win my fantasy game, thanks to the Patriots defense...16 points....I had no idea.

Post of the Day candidate.

 

[BSR]

I don't know what all the fuss is about. We had a lovely day at Gillette. Our limo skirted past the blockage at the parking corrals and pulled up to the Sky Box entrance unhindered. Our suite concierge, Alexander, greeted us at the private elevator with champagne flukes and guided us up to an elaborate brunch featuring local seafoods as well as some nonregional fare. I heard the stone crab arrived that morning (you could taste the freshness). A Mr. Robert Kraft spoke to those who had interest, but we set off to the suite to discover what new electronics were in place. Four flat screens were nice, but the senior execs were most impressed with a fully outfitted PS3. Two dozen games were available....the usual sports choices and fun games...but the latest Halo was a grand hit.
At 1:00PM, it was game time. We briefly opened the windows and participated in the welcome ovation. We were very excited. Of course it wouldn't be a true sporting event if wagering wasn't present. Several partners pulled out their money clips....and the fantasy bets came fast and furious. As we waited for the CBS feed to recap RB and WR stats, Alexander arrived with flights of wines fron Sonoma. I was quite partial to a Merlot from a little vineyard in northern Sonoma that I will keep secret for selfish reasons. I even snapped a photo of the label with my new Droid....outstanding detail.
Our suite was centrally located to the field elevator and a couple of us wandered down to the sidelines in the 2nd quarter and took pictures with some RB that wasn't dressed in his game outfits. Good fun. When it began to get a little too noisy, we escaped back to the suite...just in time for ice cream sundays.
The afternoon was wonderful, and we even managed to get back to the Ritz before the 4:15PM games started. And to top off a marvelous experience, I managed to win my fantasy game, thanks to the Patriots defense...16 points....I had no idea.

I don't know if this is a joke or not, but this sounds pretty good.

 

[BillyD123]

My 2 cents,
1- Brady should keep his mouth shut regarding how the ticket holder chooses to enjoy their time before, during and after the game.
2- Kraft would want the fans to stay until the last second... Why?
To sell the food & drink at 500% above reasonable prices.
3- Brady is serving the business of football with his remarks as well, by asking the fans to stay.

 

[PatsWSB47]

My 2 cents,
1- Brady should keep his mouth shut regarding how the ticket holder chooses to enjoy their time before, during and after the game.
2- Kraft would want the fans to stay until the last second... Why?
To sell the food & drink at 500% above reasonable prices.
3- Brady is serving the business of football with his remarks as well, by asking the fans to stay.

My $117 per seat trumps your 2 cents.
I think a better attitude is that we're all in this together. We pay to go watch high level football and to watch as many victories as we can. As fans our attitude shouldn't be "hey we pay good money so win, entertain us and shut up." I'm, more than willing to participate in helping the team win so that I do indeed get what I'm paying for. Fans like you stand in the way of me getting what I pay for.

 

[VJCPatriot]

By building a comfortable stadium with good sight lines, Kraft made the game experience better for the fans, but made it worse for his team -- the stadium is too open and doesn't hold sound, so less home field advantage. Wonder if the sound holding aspect of the stadium was ever considered by the architects or by Kraft's people.

It seems that adding seats to the open end would make it louder, make more seats available to fans and increase the Kraft's revenue. Only big downside would be to further increase traffic problems.

Definitely think the Pats should expand the seating. More fans = more noise. Plus how about putting up a 'bleacher seats' type seating arrangement at the locations that were considered too poor for regular seating. Then charge a discount price for those seats? It worked for Fenway. Why wouldn't it work at Gillette?

 

[SeymourTrophies]

The pats fans aren't the only ones facing exorbitant ticket prices or bad traffic. Even the stadiums that don't sell out cost an arm and a leg to get tickets for.

The loudest the stadium has been in years was when Cassel was QB because the wine and cheese crowd goes as Brady goes. Even then, I heard such gems as, "who is that Mayo guy?" from other fans in attendance. Unfortunately, not everyone spends their days on PatsFans.com.

I do agree that the stadium was pretty loud against Cincy. Traditionally, the Gillette crowd doesn't even watch until late October.

 

[BillyD123]

My $117 per seat trumps your 2 cents.
I think a better attitude is that we're all in this together. We pay to go watch high level football and to watch as many victories as we can. As fans our attitude shouldn't be "hey we pay good money so win, entertain us and shut up." I'm, more than willing to participate in helping the team win so that I do indeed get what I'm paying for. Fans like you stand in the way of me getting what I pay for.

Fans like me I've been a fan for 35 + years & been to quite a few games, paid the price just like everyone else.
First and foremost, I'm an American, I have the right to cheer or boo regardless, if I'm tailgating & at the game, or watching the game at home. At the stadium, I stay when it's a good game & leave for the parking lot early when it's not. Up by 28 points? Why shouldn't you want to beat the crowd?
Hey, I'm very happy that TB is our QB, BB is our coach, and Kraft is the owner. I've stuck with the Pats when the thought of having a winning season was all I could realistically hope for.
My comment regarding TB to keep his yap shut, is basically the same as going to a U2 concert. I want to see them perform, not listen to Bono tell me how to think & vote.

 

[PowerRunRevival]

The problem with extremely long season ticket waiting lists is that going to a game has less meaning when it's your 100th game vs your 1st game. Especially with a team that has perennially high expectations and has won recent super bowls. Fans who have been going to the games for years upon years have become apathetic and would rather beat traffic than watch the end of the game.

Of course it is your right as an American to stay as long as you want and cheer in the manner you prefer. However, if you prefer to leave early and not cheer loudly haven't you conceded that the game isn't that important to you? I understand that it is your right to pay to go to a game and not be emotionally invested in said game. However, if you are paying such a high sum to go to the game and you don't care, why continue to go? If you leave the games early why not just sell your tickets and not deal with the traffic at all?

Fans like me are obviously going to be bothered by those fans who leave early because it reflects poorly on us as fan base when our fans aren't into the game. Realize that when you leave early or don't cheer you are negatively representing us. A lot of you fans who leave early say that we paid for the seats so we can do what we want. However, if you're leaving early the value you're getting from that payment could be put to better use elsewhere.

 

[PatsWSB47]

Fans like me I've been a fan for 35 + years & been to quite a few games, paid the price just like everyone else.
First and foremost, I'm an American, I have the right to cheer or boo regardless, if I'm tailgating & at the game, or watching the game at home. At the stadium, I stay when it's a good game & leave for the parking lot early when it's not. Up by 28 points? Why shouldn't you want to beat the crowd?
Hey, I'm very happy that TB is our QB, BB is our coach, and Kraft is the owner. I've stuck with the Pats when the thought of having a winning season was all I could realistically hope for.
My comment regarding TB to keep his yap shut, is basically the same as going to a U2 concert. I want to see them perform, not listen to Bono tell me how to think & vote.

Well, of course we all have the right to but that doesn't mean we have to prove it. Tom Brady seems to think hanging around helps the teams moral and he'd argue that he has a right to express that. half a stadium does kind of take the "fan" out of the word "fanatic" doesn't it? I don't think he's trying to deny you your rights as an American forcrisesakes. It's not like it was out of line or something.

Beat the crowd? Games are but 8 times a year and when we're good a playoff game or two. That extra hour or so can be worthwhile if you give it a chance. If you don't then that's your right of course. just sayin....

 

[BradyManny]

Great news, talk radio has another day of fodder:

Like Brady, Welker wants more from the fans - Projo Pats Blog

Welker calls out the fans as well.

 

[italian pat patriot]

Too bad we can't have a crowd like KC does. They're awesome.

i agree with you , they are awesome - they impressed me, again, when i saw Sd@Kc game

 

[Ilikehappyppl]

This is 100% accurate. Everyone knows that you can only be a "real fan" if you can't afford those ticket prices. Real fans are only those neanderthal knuckle draggers that can barely keep a job but can scream at the top of their lungs. Men that have jobs don't have the ability to produce sound due to years of submission to "the man". You know who else dosen't qualify as "real fans"? Women and children. Lets not forget the children with their little shrill voices. To hell with a child friendly atmosphere, nice seats, enclosed areas, resteraunts and actual urinals! These are artifices of Kraft's greed set there to create an actual place someone with a sense of selfworth might actually want to visit, not "real fans". I say all of these extra accomadations be stripped immediately from the facility making it a place nobody would want to visit and even scalpers would have difficulty selling at half the current cost. Ticket prices would then plummet and "real fans" could attend as god had intended.

Space bar is your friend....

You keep painting broad generalizations of ppl, I never said any of that but thanks for insinuating.

Life is a two way street, I have a job and I'm a great guy but I won't pay those prices.

*Middle Finger*


BTW if you think life is sunshine and rainbows you have a lot to learn son, goodluck.

 

[Ilikehappyppl]

I don't like calling people greedy when all they are doing is maximizing revenue, which is something every single one of us would do in the same situation.

If you were selling 60,000 widgets and you knew you could sell every single one of them for $60, or you could sell every single one of them for $100, are you "greedy" to price them at $100?

'

maximizing revenue

Is a fancy word for "greed" and you don't know that everyone else would do the same, when you assume you make an ass out of me and you

I never said you should not be able to make money off your product but there comes a time when it becomes too much, its called moderation and nobody seems to know what that means anymore.

You can put lipstick on a pig, its still a pig.

 

[TheGodInAGreyHoodie]

Sounds like some fans not only feel they have the right to not stay for the whole game and the right not to cheer, but they also have the right not to have players on the team even ask them to stay for the whole game and cheer.

Well, sorry. You do have the right to leave early. And you do have the right to sit there as quiet as a church mouse.

But Tom Brady absolutely has a right (and even a responsibility as a team leader) to request you do otherwise.

 

[BillyD123]

Jeez! Some people
I get concerned when those here, who don't know me, make generalizations on my leaving a game early. As it may have some bearing on how much I'd like to see the Patriots win or lose.
I have a life outside of being a Patriot fan. If I made a better living for my family by staying to the last second of the game ... I would. Going to a game is a luxury for me. However in the big picture the travel to & from, and time for tailgating all are parts of the game experience. Myself, I don't like the hassle of leaving the parking lot at all. I'll admit, it must bother me more than most. If reducing that time means missing some of the game, so be it. I never said I didn't regret missing some exciting plays. It blows when you're walking down the ramp from the top tiers & you hear the cheers and wonder what went on?
But, that's the way I roll.

 

[BillyD123]

Sounds like some fans not only feel they have the right to not stay for the whole game and the right not to cheer, but they also have the right not to have players on the team even ask them to stay for the whole game and cheer.

Well, sorry. You do have the right to leave early. And you do have the right to sit there as quiet as a church mouse.

But Tom Brady absolutely has a right (and even a responsibility as a team leader) to request you do otherwise.

Have you ever head of the term Sheep
Another post from someone who know what's best for those other than himself. Try living the life that makes you happy? And not what others say is expected of you.

Sounds like some fans not only feel they have the right to not stay for the whole game and the right not to cheer,

Please explain what pains you so much, that I can have my own opinion.
But Tom Brady absolutely has a right (and even a responsibility as a team leader) to request you do otherwise.

I concour, TB has every right to say that. I never challanged that. Just in the same way people on this board can disagree with others and say so. However, as a free thinker
and a football fan I know when staying and cheering helps my home team.
In the case of last Sunday, at 31-3 the Pats started mailing it in. I believed the outcome was never in doubt.

 

[Leave No Doubt]

I don't know what all the fuss is about. We had a lovely day at Gillette. Our limo skirted past the blockage at the parking corrals and pulled up to the Sky Box entrance unhindered. Our suite concierge, Alexander, greeted us at the private elevator with champagne flukes and guided us up to an elaborate brunch featuring local seafoods as well as some nonregional fare. I heard the stone crab arrived that morning (you could taste the freshness). A Mr. Robert Kraft spoke to those who had interest, but we set off to the suite to discover what new electronics were in place. Four flat screens were nice, but the senior execs were most impressed with a fully outfitted PS3. Two dozen games were available....the usual sports choices and fun games...but the latest Halo was a grand hit.
At 1:00PM, it was game time. We briefly opened the windows and participated in the welcome ovation. We were very excited. Of course it wouldn't be a true sporting event if wagering wasn't present. Several partners pulled out their money clips....and the fantasy bets came fast and furious. As we waited for the CBS feed to recap RB and WR stats, Alexander arrived with flights of wines fron Sonoma. I was quite partial to a Merlot from a little vineyard in northern Sonoma that I will keep secret for selfish reasons. I even snapped a photo of the label with my new Droid....outstanding detail.
Our suite was centrally located to the field elevator and a couple of us wandered down to the sidelines in the 2nd quarter and took pictures with some RB that wasn't dressed in his game outfits. Good fun. When it began to get a little too noisy, we escaped back to the suite...just in time for ice cream sundays.
The afternoon was wonderful, and we even managed to get back to the Ritz before the 4:15PM games started. And to top off a marvelous experience, I managed to win my fantasy game, thanks to the Patriots defense...16 points....I had no idea.

<~~tears That was awesome

 

[PatsWSB47]

Have you ever head of the term Sheep
Another post from someone who know what's best for those other than himself. Try living the life that makes you happy? And not what others say is expected of you.

I concour, TB has every right to say that. I never challanged that. Just in the same way people on this board can disagree with others and say so. However, as a free thinker
and a football fan I know when staying and cheering helps my home team.
In the case of last Sunday, at 31-3 the Pats started mailing it in. I believed the outcome was never in doubt.

Cripes, we're talking free thinking, this this right and that right, being a sheep....? lighten up, sheesh. You flat out said Brady should shut up about fans leavings so it's only semantics that lets you get away with saying you never challenged his right. It ok if you're not a passionate fan. Brady wishes you were, and only brought it up so that we'd think about participating more which can only help the team