lonny23
04-15-2007, 01:51 PM
Guys,
I meant to post this a few days ago, but I'll do it now. I didn't want to hijack the Vince Young thread.
As you can see from the USO schedule below, Drew Brees and Donnie Edwards are making their rounds in the Middle East right now.
Entertainment 2007 Tour Schedule
July 22-28 Chely Wright Mediterranean
TBD Cast of the upcoming film “Nice Guys”: Cecily Gambrell, Danny Trejo, Michael DeLorenzo, Jason Mewes and David Faustino Persian Gulf
TBD International Fight League Tour featuring Pat Miletich, Carlos Newton and Matt Lindland Persian Gulf
TBD Tito Ortiz and Team Punishment featuring Matt Hamill, Kendall Grove and Justin McCully Persian Gulf
TBD Gary Sinise Persian Gulf
May 6-17 Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band Germany and Belgium
May 1 "Delta Farce" premiere featuring Larry the Cable Guy Washington, D.C.
TBD NFL Tour featuring Drew Brees and Donnie Edwards Persian Gulf
TBD Tom Arnold, Dax Shepard and Nora Zehetner Persian Gulf
Apr. 2-3 Michael Buffer (Voice of "Let's Get Ready to Rumble") Germany
March 26-Apr. 2 "Jeopardy!" with Alex Trebek Japan
March 11 Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band Twenty-nine Palms, Calif.
March 6 Wilmer Valderrama with the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels El Centro, Calif.
March 5-10 Mallory Lewis Germany
March 4-15 NFL Tour featuring Alge Crumpler, Shelton Quarles, Will Shields and Benjamin Watson Kuwait, Iraq and Kyrgyzstan
March 3 Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
Feb. 26-March 3 Five for Fighting lead singer John Ondrasik Cuba
Feb. 23 Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
Feb. 19-25 Jamie Kennedy's Hip-Hop Comedy Tour featuring Paul Wall with Special Guests: comedian Bill Dawes; DJ Joey Nicks; B-Boy Casper & Famous Rap Sidekick, Stu Stone Kuwait and Iraq
Feb. 9 "Everybody Hates Chris" cast visit: Terry Crews and Tyler James Williams Ft. Lewis, Wash.
Feb. 8-14 David Alan Grier with Kevin Avery and Kristopher Tinkle Kuwait and Iraq
Jan. 10-19 Los Palominos Korea
Jan. 7-13 Trevor Romain Okinawa and Guam
Jan. 4-11 Jo Dee Messina Italy
Jan. 2-8 Wilmer Valderrama Germany
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I got them to autograph a football I had bought a few days before and they also signed my t-shirt that shows a C-130 crew standing in front of the plane with all kinds of bombs, munitions, and rockets scattered around. They liked the caption on the t-shirt that says, "The enemy has won the coin toss and elects to receive":p
All total, they were in the base theater almost 2 hours. They started out with a question and answer session and also took questions during the autograph and picture session. I'd post my picture with them if I could, but the base network won't let me get onto Photobucket.
They were personable and friendly and looked like they really enjoyed being there. They had done many things with the Navy and Marines when they were in San Diego.
I'll give you the lowdown on what I asked them and some of their other comments, too.
I asked Drew how special it was to come back and play in Texas and thanked him for helping force Big Bill into retirement!:D He said the Cowboys game was big because it was the first time he'd been back in Texas Stadium since the 1996 title game with Westlake. It was special for him since it was on National TV (Sunday Night) in his home state in a big game (Both teams were 8-4) and the fact that Sean Payton was his coach made it a bigger game. He said Sean really respects Bill, but wanted to beat him so bad he couldn't stand it. Sean told the team, "They were going to kick the Cowboys *** " and that's exactly what they did.
Drew has a cocky edge that you always expect from QB's and shortstops in baseball and softball, which leads to another one of my questions when I was going to get an autograph. I was trying to set farmerfan up, but Drew didn't come through. I asked him what would've happened if he'd played Lewisville in 1996 (The guys that ran for over 500 on Judson in the D1 title game) with that 16-0 Westlake team. I expected and hoped he'd say they'd beat their brains in (Actually, a few different words), but the only thing he could come up with was, "They were pretty good weren't they?"
My other question during the autograph time was for both players, but geared more for Donnie. I asked how they liked having Wade Phillips as a coordinator (Donnie played MLB while Wade was D Coordinator in San Diego and Drew was the former QB for the Chargers). Donnie said he was a good guy and one of the best coordinators out there, but he wasn't sure how good of a head coach Wade is. Drew just basically nodded. Donnie's answer was my concern from the start and I've said the same things. I don't think Wade Phillips is the type to come in and ruin a good thing, but I also don't know that he's the type to come in as head coach and make things a lot better.
One guy asked both players how they overcame being undersized (Drew is only about 6 foot tall and Donnie plays MLB at about 225 pounds) and they both agreed that it's hard work. They both said that how the NFL looks at players in the combine and draft is flawed because they need to see who can play, not what their measurements are or how much they bench or how fast they can run. One time Donnie said he could bench 275 pounds 25 times and said he was the strongest guy on base and would go to the gym to prove it. I was hoping somebody would challenge him, but they didn't!:D
Drew said it wasn't his fault for Rezzie Boosh getting flattened in the Eagles game in the playoffs. He said that play was scripted before the game and he was worried what would happen because Jim Johnson has his defense blitz a lot, but he ran the play anyway. He said he knew trouble was coming as soon as he released the ball.
Somebody asked the guys who they could have as a teammate if they could pick any one. Donnie said he liked playing with Jamal Williams (6'3" and 348 pounds) because he clogs up the middle and lets a little guy like Donnie get to where he needs to go. Drew said some center they had gotten from the Browns and made a general statement about several offensive linemen over the years. He wouldn't say any one receiver was his favorite, but he did mention Colston as being a real good player.
We all got a laugh when a Chiefs fan asked Donnie if he enjoyed not having to play against "arguably the best RB in the NFL, Larry Johnson" now that he's back in Kansas City. Drew said, "There is a guy in San Diego that wears #21 that's pretty good." Donnie asked the guy if he was a Chiefs fan.
Drew told one of the girls that works for me to go out for a pass and after she dropped it, she faked like she was going to throw the ball at him!:p
Drew and Donnie really leaned down low to take a picture with another guy that works for me and they were just clowning around in general. You can tell they really like each other and Donnie kept asking Drew questions like what plays he likes to run and who his favorite receivers were since they're going to play each other in August in Pre-Season!
One guy asked Drew about how he responds to different receivers and if guys bother him about throwing them the ball. He said some guys are quiet and he knows that somebody like Joe Horn really means it when he'd tell Drew that he could beat a guy. He said he'd tell T.O. to shut up if he came over asking for the ball and then dropped it!:D That's the whole gist of his feelings. He said if you're a receiver and complain about passes, you better catch them.
Somebody asked the guys about Marty Schottenheimer getting fired. They both said that Marty was a great guy, but neither of them said it was an injustice for him to get fired. I get the feeling that they both think he won't win the big game, but they didn't want to say that.
Drew said he was really impressed that the Saints sold out every game last year with a lot less people in New Orleans than before. He said that first home game on Monday Night Football vs. the Falcons was electric.
Somebody asked Drew about playing with Boosh. Drew said he was a great receiver from the start, but Rezzie learned how to run from Deuce. It made me think about Emmitt and Barry in the 90's. Deuce would come out of the games with like 11 carries and 75 yards and Rezzie would sometimes lose yards. Rezzie had to learn that you need to make positive yards on carries and not negative yards. In the 90's Barry Sanders would break a lot of big runs, but what you don't see on the highlights is how many negative runs he'd have in a game and how many drives were stopped by his negative runs. Emmitt was nowhere near as flashy, but he also kept drives going.
Drew told one Falcons fan to get ready to lose some more!
I'll post more things if I can remember. I didn't give a shout out to the website since Drew didn't seem to want to talk about his high school days. I told him I was rooting for Westlake in the title game last year.
I meant to post this a few days ago, but I'll do it now. I didn't want to hijack the Vince Young thread.
As you can see from the USO schedule below, Drew Brees and Donnie Edwards are making their rounds in the Middle East right now.
Entertainment 2007 Tour Schedule
July 22-28 Chely Wright Mediterranean
TBD Cast of the upcoming film “Nice Guys”: Cecily Gambrell, Danny Trejo, Michael DeLorenzo, Jason Mewes and David Faustino Persian Gulf
TBD International Fight League Tour featuring Pat Miletich, Carlos Newton and Matt Lindland Persian Gulf
TBD Tito Ortiz and Team Punishment featuring Matt Hamill, Kendall Grove and Justin McCully Persian Gulf
TBD Gary Sinise Persian Gulf
May 6-17 Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band Germany and Belgium
May 1 "Delta Farce" premiere featuring Larry the Cable Guy Washington, D.C.
TBD NFL Tour featuring Drew Brees and Donnie Edwards Persian Gulf
TBD Tom Arnold, Dax Shepard and Nora Zehetner Persian Gulf
Apr. 2-3 Michael Buffer (Voice of "Let's Get Ready to Rumble") Germany
March 26-Apr. 2 "Jeopardy!" with Alex Trebek Japan
March 11 Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band Twenty-nine Palms, Calif.
March 6 Wilmer Valderrama with the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels El Centro, Calif.
March 5-10 Mallory Lewis Germany
March 4-15 NFL Tour featuring Alge Crumpler, Shelton Quarles, Will Shields and Benjamin Watson Kuwait, Iraq and Kyrgyzstan
March 3 Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
Feb. 26-March 3 Five for Fighting lead singer John Ondrasik Cuba
Feb. 23 Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
Feb. 19-25 Jamie Kennedy's Hip-Hop Comedy Tour featuring Paul Wall with Special Guests: comedian Bill Dawes; DJ Joey Nicks; B-Boy Casper & Famous Rap Sidekick, Stu Stone Kuwait and Iraq
Feb. 9 "Everybody Hates Chris" cast visit: Terry Crews and Tyler James Williams Ft. Lewis, Wash.
Feb. 8-14 David Alan Grier with Kevin Avery and Kristopher Tinkle Kuwait and Iraq
Jan. 10-19 Los Palominos Korea
Jan. 7-13 Trevor Romain Okinawa and Guam
Jan. 4-11 Jo Dee Messina Italy
Jan. 2-8 Wilmer Valderrama Germany
Privacy Policy ©2007 USO Inc. All rights reserved. design and technology by blenderbox
I got them to autograph a football I had bought a few days before and they also signed my t-shirt that shows a C-130 crew standing in front of the plane with all kinds of bombs, munitions, and rockets scattered around. They liked the caption on the t-shirt that says, "The enemy has won the coin toss and elects to receive":p
All total, they were in the base theater almost 2 hours. They started out with a question and answer session and also took questions during the autograph and picture session. I'd post my picture with them if I could, but the base network won't let me get onto Photobucket.
They were personable and friendly and looked like they really enjoyed being there. They had done many things with the Navy and Marines when they were in San Diego.
I'll give you the lowdown on what I asked them and some of their other comments, too.
I asked Drew how special it was to come back and play in Texas and thanked him for helping force Big Bill into retirement!:D He said the Cowboys game was big because it was the first time he'd been back in Texas Stadium since the 1996 title game with Westlake. It was special for him since it was on National TV (Sunday Night) in his home state in a big game (Both teams were 8-4) and the fact that Sean Payton was his coach made it a bigger game. He said Sean really respects Bill, but wanted to beat him so bad he couldn't stand it. Sean told the team, "They were going to kick the Cowboys *** " and that's exactly what they did.
Drew has a cocky edge that you always expect from QB's and shortstops in baseball and softball, which leads to another one of my questions when I was going to get an autograph. I was trying to set farmerfan up, but Drew didn't come through. I asked him what would've happened if he'd played Lewisville in 1996 (The guys that ran for over 500 on Judson in the D1 title game) with that 16-0 Westlake team. I expected and hoped he'd say they'd beat their brains in (Actually, a few different words), but the only thing he could come up with was, "They were pretty good weren't they?"
My other question during the autograph time was for both players, but geared more for Donnie. I asked how they liked having Wade Phillips as a coordinator (Donnie played MLB while Wade was D Coordinator in San Diego and Drew was the former QB for the Chargers). Donnie said he was a good guy and one of the best coordinators out there, but he wasn't sure how good of a head coach Wade is. Drew just basically nodded. Donnie's answer was my concern from the start and I've said the same things. I don't think Wade Phillips is the type to come in and ruin a good thing, but I also don't know that he's the type to come in as head coach and make things a lot better.
One guy asked both players how they overcame being undersized (Drew is only about 6 foot tall and Donnie plays MLB at about 225 pounds) and they both agreed that it's hard work. They both said that how the NFL looks at players in the combine and draft is flawed because they need to see who can play, not what their measurements are or how much they bench or how fast they can run. One time Donnie said he could bench 275 pounds 25 times and said he was the strongest guy on base and would go to the gym to prove it. I was hoping somebody would challenge him, but they didn't!:D
Drew said it wasn't his fault for Rezzie Boosh getting flattened in the Eagles game in the playoffs. He said that play was scripted before the game and he was worried what would happen because Jim Johnson has his defense blitz a lot, but he ran the play anyway. He said he knew trouble was coming as soon as he released the ball.
Somebody asked the guys who they could have as a teammate if they could pick any one. Donnie said he liked playing with Jamal Williams (6'3" and 348 pounds) because he clogs up the middle and lets a little guy like Donnie get to where he needs to go. Drew said some center they had gotten from the Browns and made a general statement about several offensive linemen over the years. He wouldn't say any one receiver was his favorite, but he did mention Colston as being a real good player.
We all got a laugh when a Chiefs fan asked Donnie if he enjoyed not having to play against "arguably the best RB in the NFL, Larry Johnson" now that he's back in Kansas City. Drew said, "There is a guy in San Diego that wears #21 that's pretty good." Donnie asked the guy if he was a Chiefs fan.
Drew told one of the girls that works for me to go out for a pass and after she dropped it, she faked like she was going to throw the ball at him!:p
Drew and Donnie really leaned down low to take a picture with another guy that works for me and they were just clowning around in general. You can tell they really like each other and Donnie kept asking Drew questions like what plays he likes to run and who his favorite receivers were since they're going to play each other in August in Pre-Season!
One guy asked Drew about how he responds to different receivers and if guys bother him about throwing them the ball. He said some guys are quiet and he knows that somebody like Joe Horn really means it when he'd tell Drew that he could beat a guy. He said he'd tell T.O. to shut up if he came over asking for the ball and then dropped it!:D That's the whole gist of his feelings. He said if you're a receiver and complain about passes, you better catch them.
Somebody asked the guys about Marty Schottenheimer getting fired. They both said that Marty was a great guy, but neither of them said it was an injustice for him to get fired. I get the feeling that they both think he won't win the big game, but they didn't want to say that.
Drew said he was really impressed that the Saints sold out every game last year with a lot less people in New Orleans than before. He said that first home game on Monday Night Football vs. the Falcons was electric.
Somebody asked Drew about playing with Boosh. Drew said he was a great receiver from the start, but Rezzie learned how to run from Deuce. It made me think about Emmitt and Barry in the 90's. Deuce would come out of the games with like 11 carries and 75 yards and Rezzie would sometimes lose yards. Rezzie had to learn that you need to make positive yards on carries and not negative yards. In the 90's Barry Sanders would break a lot of big runs, but what you don't see on the highlights is how many negative runs he'd have in a game and how many drives were stopped by his negative runs. Emmitt was nowhere near as flashy, but he also kept drives going.
Drew told one Falcons fan to get ready to lose some more!
I'll post more things if I can remember. I didn't give a shout out to the website since Drew didn't seem to want to talk about his high school days. I told him I was rooting for Westlake in the title game last year.