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Turns out one of my wine reps (Sergio) used to work for Fuji Film, and knows Bob Lilly quite well through his photography work. He tells me that every positive thing that's ever been said about Bob is true, he's the perfect gentleman and would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it for the day.
Sergio was having a photo exhibition at the McNay Museum here in San Antonio years ago and Bob was a contributing artist to it. Sergio tells him on the phone that they usually don't have much of a turnout for these sorts of things, especially for a younger salesperson new to the business. Sergio orders up catering from Crumpets for around 40-50 people.
The exhibition starts at 4:30, and at 4:00 there's a line outside the doors waiting to get in. Bob walks in with his wife after signing a few autographs out in the hot sun and tells Sergio, "hope you don't mind, I called a few friends on the radio." Final tally for the night was over 900 people. The owner of Crumpets supposedly closed the restaurant and was shuttling food back and forth until 10:00.
Another story he had comes from Super Bowl VI. He said that Landry had the defense playing conservative the first quarter and the defensive starters wanted to get off the leash and give 'em hell. After a fumble recovery and the offense driving, Pugh and Lilly get together on the sideline and chat for a few seconds. The defensive players were instructed not to walk between the sidelines and I think Lilly so they could get the signal called in. We score a field goal, defense back on the field.
The call comes in, and it's another conservative defensive call for 3rd down. Lilly and Pugh have a feeling that Miami is going to try and break the stalemate on 3rd down and try to get rolling. The story goes that Lilly and Pugh change the play in the huddle but Lee Roy Jordan calls them on it. Team goes with Lilly's change.
Result was the 29 yard sack of Griese. Bob said he yelled at Griese like a man possessed on that play as he chased him down and from that point on the defense was in Griese's head. They get back to the sideline, and Landry gives them a stare because he had a good idea of what happened. No words, just "a stare that could melt rock" from what Sergio said.
Anyway, thought I'd share.
Sergio was having a photo exhibition at the McNay Museum here in San Antonio years ago and Bob was a contributing artist to it. Sergio tells him on the phone that they usually don't have much of a turnout for these sorts of things, especially for a younger salesperson new to the business. Sergio orders up catering from Crumpets for around 40-50 people.
The exhibition starts at 4:30, and at 4:00 there's a line outside the doors waiting to get in. Bob walks in with his wife after signing a few autographs out in the hot sun and tells Sergio, "hope you don't mind, I called a few friends on the radio." Final tally for the night was over 900 people. The owner of Crumpets supposedly closed the restaurant and was shuttling food back and forth until 10:00.
Another story he had comes from Super Bowl VI. He said that Landry had the defense playing conservative the first quarter and the defensive starters wanted to get off the leash and give 'em hell. After a fumble recovery and the offense driving, Pugh and Lilly get together on the sideline and chat for a few seconds. The defensive players were instructed not to walk between the sidelines and I think Lilly so they could get the signal called in. We score a field goal, defense back on the field.
The call comes in, and it's another conservative defensive call for 3rd down. Lilly and Pugh have a feeling that Miami is going to try and break the stalemate on 3rd down and try to get rolling. The story goes that Lilly and Pugh change the play in the huddle but Lee Roy Jordan calls them on it. Team goes with Lilly's change.
Result was the 29 yard sack of Griese. Bob said he yelled at Griese like a man possessed on that play as he chased him down and from that point on the defense was in Griese's head. They get back to the sideline, and Landry gives them a stare because he had a good idea of what happened. No words, just "a stare that could melt rock" from what Sergio said.
Anyway, thought I'd share.
