Game Day Thread Tom Brady night watch thread

[Real fan 02]

Bill Belichick's time has finally come.

I'm sure gresh had his pom poms out..

 

[NE_Zealot]

I’d like to hear more about that ring he was wearing. Looked custom, guessing team gave it to him?

 

[Real fan 02]

Bill is not going to mention Kraft under any voluntary circumstances. If pushed, he'll mention some positives and move on.

Mayo was a good player but he's kind of far down the list of iconic Brady era defenders. And as a coach he didn't have much of a role during Brady's tenure. There was zero reason to mention him.

Wich Would be an oxymoron because all 3 men had the sustainability because of each other. I don't believe there Is any bad blood at all. It's just impossible the tenure,success and generations of wealth they all gained. Mayo was a multi time all pro, defensive rookie of the year, a captain his 2nd season, a leader on and off the field. Mayo played 7 seasons, and dealt with injuries alot. Bill asked him to come back to coach.

Mayo was back with the team in 19, Brady's last season. He was right up there will BB type players. Nevertheless the night was about TB12 sometimes we the fans get caught up sometimes in perception. Privately these 3 great men TB12, Bill, rk are forever linked.

 

[Sect140]

Great event put together by the Krafts, I’m so happy I went.

My two favorite moments were the ovations for Moss and Bill. I was happy for Randy, I’m sure it kills him that they didn’t win that Super Bowl, it was good that the fans let him know how well liked and respected he is.
I lost my voice during Bills ovation.

I have to admire how Drew always says yes to these events when asked, I’m sure it opens some old wounds, as someone mentioned earlier it’s great that Tom and Drew are still good friends.

As others have mentioned I was surprised by some of the players that didn’t attend, especially Bruschi since he lives near by.

 

[Real fan 02]

Great event put together by the Krafts, I’m so happy I went.

My two favorite moments were the ovations for Moss and Bill. I was happy for Randy, I’m sure it kills him that they didn’t win that Super Bowl, it was good that the fans let him know how well liked and respected he is.
I lost my voice during Bills ovation.

I have to admire how Drew always says yes to these events when asked, I’m sure it opens some old wounds, as someone mentioned earlier it’s great that Tom and Drew are still good friends.

As others have mentioned I was surprised by some of the players that didn’t attend, especially Bruschi since he lives near by.

That's odd ! Bru not being there!

 

[Real fan 02]

Wich Would be an oxymoron because all 3 men had the sustainability because of each other. I don't believe there Is any bad blood at all. It's just impossible the tenure,success and generations of wealth they all gained. Mayo was a multi time all pro, defensive rookie of the year, a captain his 2nd season, a leader on and off the field. Mayo played 7 seasons, and dealt with injuries alot. Bill asked him to come back to coach.

Mayo was back with the team in 19, Brady's last season. He was right up there will BB type players. Nevertheless the night was about TB12 sometimes we the fans get caught up sometimes in perception. Privately these 3 great men TB12, Bill, rk are forever linked.

@Brotherblues

Sorry if I confused you on the post reply. Was just touching on some points about mayo and Bill ,TB12. Nothing to much just wanted to mention that.

 

[Tunescribe]

Everyone in attendance received a swag bag with T-shirt, two-sided commemorative coin and oversized fridge magnet (lower left). Also pictured is the light-up bracelet placed on the seats.

 

[bresna]

Me & my daughter had a blast. The swag bag was nice and I am really surprised that the stuff they were selling/giving away this night is not being offered for sale at the Patriots Pro Shop, especially since they ran out of almost everything before the red carpet started. I heard in the crowd that they even ran out of swag bags.

We were the first into the stadium when it opened at 5:00 and went right to the first souvenir shop we came up to and bought one of the last few Brady Night tee shirts (the Pro Shop was sold out before we got there). I even managed to buy a coffee mug and though we were the first ones in line, I bought one of only 4 mugs they had. Weird that they didn't have more of everything. A lot of people were complaining that they couldn't even get a tee shirt. It's not like the Pats to not sell something that makes them more money.

A few things on attendees... I was surprised that Bruschi didn't show but I am almost positive that we saw Rodney Harrison up on the screen out on the red carpet interviewing players as they arrived. Maybe Tedi was there too?

I loved that Belichick got the standing ovation he deserved. As long as it was, it would've gone much longer if Bill didn't interrupt it by starting to talk over the top of the cheers. And when Brady got to thanking him, he very emphatically said, "It wasn’t me. It wasn’t you. It was us", and then added, "Our hard work, our love of the game, and the way we worked for one another, that’s what it was all about. Let me make this crystal clear. There is no coach in the world I would rather play for than Bill Belichick". Thanks for that Tom.

Tom singling out Alex Guerrero was a bit odd, especially when he gave him sole credit for extending his career. It came across as TB12 schilling for TB12. Then again, Kraft made sure to go off on explaining who RTX was for long enough that it was obvious he was securing a few more bucks in sponsor money by mentioning them.

It was great to be able to show Tom how much we appreciated him and I'm glad I was there.

 

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Me & my daughter had a blast. The swag bag was nice and I am really surprised that the stuff they were selling/giving away this night is not being offered for sale at the Patriots Pro Shop, especially since they ran out of almost everything before the red carpet started. I heard in the crowd that they even ran out of swag bags.

We were the first into the stadium when it opened at 5:00 and went right to the first souvenir shop we came up to and bought one of the last few Brady Night tee shirts (the Pro Shop was sold out before we got there). I even managed to buy a coffee mug and though we were the first ones in line, I bought one of only 4 mugs they had. Weird that they didn't have more of everything. A lot of people were complaining that they couldn't even get a tee shirt. It's not like the Pats to not sell something that makes them more money.

A few things on attendees... I was surprised that Bruschi didn't show but I am almost positive that we saw Rodney Harrison up on the screen out on the red carpet interviewing players as they arrived. Maybe Tedi was there too?

I loved that Belichick got the standing ovation he deserved. As long as it was, it would've gone much longer if Bill didn't interrupt it by starting to talk over the top of the cheers. And when Brady got to thanking him, he very emphatically said, "It wasn’t me. It wasn’t you. It was us", and then added, "Our hard work, our love of the game, and the way we worked for one another, that’s what it was all about. Let me make this crystal clear. There is no coach in the world I would rather play for than Bill Belichick". Thanks for that Tom.

Tom singling out Alex Guerrero was a bit odd, especially when he gave him sole credit for extending his career. It came across as TB12 schilling for TB12. Then again, Kraft made sure to go off on explaining who RTX was for long enough that it was obvious he was securing a few more bucks in sponsor money by mentioning them.

It was great to be able to show Tom how much we appreciated him and I'm glad I was there.

Kraft going off-topic for a short commercial about RTX Corp. amidst his closing praise of Brady was a real eye-roller. I was thinking, "Oh come on, Bob, is their sponsorship THAT important?" Also Brady pumping Guerrero.

 

[203Pat]

The organization did an amazing job with everything the other night. There was just a happy atmosphere in the crowd and it seemed like this was a great way to close the book on the dynasty for the fans. The ovation for Bill would have gone on forever if Bill had let it and it was a great way for the fans to let him know how appreciated he is here in spite of the way it ended. The amount of players I saw walking around before and after the show was so cool. Saw some of the big names like Ty Law and Matt Light but also saw guys like Stephen Neal, Tully Banta-Cain, and Logan Mankins. I listen to the Patriots Unfiltered podcast and they were promising a lot for this show and they definitely delivered.

 

[203Pat]

Kraft going off-topic for a short commercial about RTX Corp. amidst his closing praise of Brady was a real eye-roller. I was thinking, "Oh come on, Bob, is their sponsorship THAT important?" Also Brady pumping Guerrero.

I agree. I assume Raytheon paid for some of this event so he had to shout them out but it didn't seem even close to organic the way he shoehorned that in. Brady pumping up Guerrero will always irk me but it is what it is and I thought it was a little odd Portnoy got a shoutout but obviously those were just small nitpicks on a great night overall.

 

[203Pat]

They also immediately pulled the video of the entire event from every social media account. For anyone who couldn't see it live, that's really disappointing. Hopefully they're just editing it and plan on re-posting it, but I'm a little surprised they did that.

Fred Kirsh said they have to edit it to to licensing issues. Apparently they can't show the Jay-Z performance and Bono didn't want to be on the recording so I am sure there are a few things to edit out.

 

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[signbabybrady]

Kraft going off-topic for a short commercial about RTX Corp. amidst his closing praise of Brady was a real eye-roller. I was thinking, "Oh come on, Bob, is their sponsorship THAT important?" Also Brady pumping Guerrero.

I roll my eyes at that sort stuff and just take it. But if we're being fair that's what they paid for. As the sponsor for the Patriots Hall of Fame they should be mentioned when the Hall is talked about.

 

[signbabybrady]

I agree. I assume Raytheon paid for some of this event so he had to shout them out but it didn't seem even close to organic the way he shoehorned that in. Brady pumping up Guerrero will always irk me but it is what it is and I thought it was a little odd Portnoy got a shoutout but obviously those were just small nitpicks on a great night overall.

Funniest part about the Portnoy shout out was that he had taken off to get to a bar for the second half of the Celts. The other Barstool guys were still there.

They met Brady before the event. And Zo brought them up on stage during the red carpet part so they probably thought they got everything they were going to get and Portnoy has to create some content for the Celtics too. I'm sure he's beating himself up over it.

When they met back stage Brady got a kick out of the fact they were in full costume and I recall him laughing about the idiots that got arrested in the past so it was a nice acknowledgement.

 

[TinhWoodhead]

Kraft was wrong about Brady ‘s statue being a first for a Patriot. Bledsoe was the first statue

 

[signbabybrady]

Kraft was wrong about Brady ‘s statue being a first for a Patriot. Bledsoe was the first statue

 

[Steve102]

Kraft was wrong about Brady ‘s statue being a first for a Patriot. Bledsoe was the first statue

 

[Steve102]

@signbabybrady i didn't even check to see that you did this.

 

[Sect140]

Everyone in attendance received a swag bag with T-shirt, two-sided commemorative coin and oversized fridge magnet (lower left). Also pictured is the light-up bracelet placed on the seats.

We got in a half hour before the event started, they were out of the bags, lots of people didn’t get bags and the reason why it looks like if someone asked for three bags they got it, we were walking out after the event and a bunch of people were complaining about not getting a bag, then we all started looking around and so many people had multiple bags, we saw one couple and each had three bags, one lady had five of them.