I concur with
@den-the-coach
Class act all the way.
I met him at an outdoor street fair around 2010 in Summit NJ. I was working a booth, place was jammed. I looked up and there he was, asking some questions about rates etc. He was with (I'm assuming) his grandkids and they were clearly agitated. So while I was talking my spiel, it came to me who he was. I paused for a second, and kind of gave a look like, "Are you??" and he just nodded, with an indication of "please dont say anything". So the kids grabbed the chakis we were giving away and off they went. He glanced back at me with a subtle, "thanks bro" kind of look. About an hour or so later, the even was slowing down, vendors were starting to break down, and who comes over to my He was now solo and the look on his face was priceless. He was like, "hey man I really had my hands full there, appreciate you keeping it on the down low". He shook my hand, introduced himself, (like, no shit Jimbo) and then introduced himself to 2 others in the booth with me. He had on some sort of golf visor, maybe Taylormade or Callaway, and he took it off prior to shaking my hand. At that point, several attendees realized who he was now. He hung around for a couple minutes, like one of the guys. Was really cool, just a couple guys talking sports. Lots of Giants fans said hi. Anyway, he says to me that he was again grateful, and then apologizes for not having anything NY Giants on him that he could sign. I of course tell him Im a Rams fan, and say I dont want that crap in my house anyways. We both laughed (he was fired from NY a couple years earlier), and he says, "I could go back to my car, might have something Ravens logo", to which I replied, "thats ok, I'd have thanked you for it, and then thrown it in the trash after you left anyway". To which he let out a big belly laugh. He then wrote me a note on the back of one of the flyers we were handing out.
Then he ended things with putting a laugh on me, said "I'd love to follow up on financing but I cant buy anything now 'cause I dont know who will keep me" with a little shoulder shrug. (Hadnt been retained by Baltimore)
Really cool moment.
Only thing that bummed me out was that Bones wouldnt become ST coach for another couple years. I imagine things could have gone different then.
RIP Jim, you'll always be the guy who fired Asshole Face
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