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FlashBack FRI: Aaron Brooks
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Met him personally at the Best Buy on Veterans - absolutely one of the nicest, most gracious Saint I've ever met, right on par with Archie...
My little girl (at the time) is extremely smart, matured mentally fast, was three years old. Anyways she's picking out a video and was giggling at this man on the other aisle of the videos flirting with her... I'd had some scary encounters when in public with her as she was a gorgeous baby (paternity was affirmed), so I was alert when I saw this grown man flirting with her... He stood up shook my hand and introduced himself, we returned in-kind. He complemented me, said her Mom must be beautiful, and he laughed when I said Thanks, alot... Just as I tried wish him the best on the upcoming season. Two Vanilla Ice Wannabees came up and wanted to show "AB" an unstoppable play they'd devised on Madden or whatever the game was then... They hounded him as we walked down the aisle after my girl; On behalf of calm white people everywhere, I'd apologized, and recommended he make an escape - he again laughed and said it's okay... He showed class, telling them something like "Fellas, I'm visiting, if you'd give me a few minutes, I'd like to finish visiting and then when I check out, we can discuss it at the front of the store..." He asked where'd I had my daughter in PreSchool, and I told him that I was home-based self-employed and she went everywhere with me, even to Tulane, and her Mom and I started her education early at home... He appreciated me keeping it conversation real, not just Saints. While I cursed some of his play later, have tremendous respect for him (only exception - not defending Turley vs the Jets who'd had his back)... Aaron Brooks, at least in my experiences was one class act gentleman... Punchline - have some cousins who "married up". Their in-laws are UVA alum and were throwing an UVA/NoLA NCAABB party; I'd met my cousin and her sister at Tulane and offered to run them up St. Charles Ave... Brooks (UVA) made a cameo (her inlaws are connected), and as we'd stuck our heads in, he saw and called out my girl's name - she walked up, hugged him, said she was proud of his play (she's four then)... He asked if she really watched him and she said Sundays after church, it's me and Daddy, Saints Sundays - Don't know who smiled more made my cousins' in-laws green with jealously -it so made my week... Anyways I share this not to brag (well, maybe on my daughter), but to demonstrate kind of person, class act he was when we met him... |
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I defended him to the bitter end around here. He's a quality human being. Really enjoyed reading about your experience!
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I met him as well but at the hall of fame reception and auction. I was shocked that he was so nice and friendly. Got a picture and everything with him. I guess you really can’t judge a book by its cover. I didn't much care for him before i met him but after meeting him he's ok in my book.
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That one season before he got hurt, he was killing it. Think we were 8-1 or something Saints fans had never seen the likes of before. They left him in there but the man was struggling. Should have benched him. I think today he would have been allowed to heal or put on IR.
I always felt we should have kept Blake another year. End of the day Blake was the one that got us there. Brooks got the playoff win but that win was insane fluked out. Jackson had I think 3 TD's, then the Milne recovery. |
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Oh, totally with you. That was a massive hurdle we finally got over. I think that is why he got put on a pedestal. If that injury never happens to Blake...I think we keep Blake another year if he gets that playoff W. |
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Wwwwwwhhhhhhhaaaaat?!?!?!
And AB love thread finally after all this time... |
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I blame Haslet for his performance those games. |
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