I didn't want to start a thread on this but i just saw the NESN clip with Fox, Dr. Evil and Reiss.
I get to play psychoanalyst in 2 threads, (see Terry Glenn and Tuna).
BB's gone through the "great start phase" 2002. That team left it in the 1st 1/4 season.
When Milloy went, it was like a funeral. But the team recovered.
With Branch topping a list of tough departures, BB will let them mourn, even as they win 2 of 3 so far.
They wonder, "The Skins and Titans have shiny new receivers this year"?
Dad says nothing.
He knows he's invested, more than spent, over the years and his investments have borne fruit to a dramatic degree, putting him at the top of his field as often as not.
They know they can count on BB and they are starting to get tired of all the crap they're hearing in the media.
Dad doesn't react, he just goes to work each day. Tom and the boys know if they want to get back to the top they will have to get it together themselves.
Dad will always be there. Like a rock.
I apologize for this, but that's really his secret IMO.
No one works harder, no one is more consistent.