Cheers to David Tyree

I'm a Pats fan, so it takes a lot for me to say anything nice about David Tyree.

But last night, he was in the bleakest section of Newark for a fund-raiser for a group called Safe Haven, a which I have a very loose tie to. It's a big outreach from some big-hearted people to some of the poorest people I've ever met.

Tyree came early, he spoke, he signed autographs, he took pictures with everyone, and he apparently was one of the last guys out the door.

And then he found that the windows to his minivan had been smashed and everything was gone.

My friends who were there with him at the end said he exhibited tremendous grace, essentially shrugging it off.

So nice job, David Tyree -- one of the NFL's nice guys.

 

Thanks for checking in, David. Nice catch.

 

Hell of a story, MMSW, despite dools' doofus comment.

Of course, Tyree grew up right next door to Newark in much better surroundings in Montclair.

 

Damn, is the board so touchy that I have to add the "but seriously, great thing to do"?

 

Why the hell is David Tyree driving a minivan?

 

If you had to make a trip to the crappy part of Newark, and you had a choice, would you take your Maserati or your maid's minivan?

 

Your logic is flawed. It implies there's a part of Newark that isn't crappy.

 

Yes.

 

When did you get so touchy that we can't make sarcastic comments about your posts?

 

Man, this is getting too meta for me to handle.

 

That's good of Tyree, I guess; definitely cool he signed autographs. But that story reminds me of one someone told me last week about someone taking advantage of another's good deeds.

This middle-aged man, a college professor, I believe, stopped to give a homeless man some change on the street. He had to dig around his pockets for the money, hands full and struggling to pull the coins out. When he finally gave the man money, he walked away and stopped. He began to have a seizure and collapsed on the ground. Instead of helping, the homeless man took the dude's wallet and bailed, and everything was caught on tape.

Some people's actions just make you stop and think a little. Life works in weird ways.

 

I believe that story actually happened in Dallas, and it wasn't to a college professor - it was too an 18-year-old man. http://www.wlbz2.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=85692

However, the DMN ran a story the other day where they said the 18-year-old is not an active ROTC member nor does he attend the college he originally claimed too.