![]() ![]() "We halfway thought we were members of the team. "We were kids, and if we weren't being asked to judge cheerleader auditions, we were on the field playing catch with Matt Robinson and Marcus Dupree," said Brunelle. His assistant was Blunck, his top wide receiver with the Tigers. The director of public relations was John Brunelle, a 23-year-old who had recently spent four years as the quarterback at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. They sent two first-round draft picks to Tampa Bay for quarterback Wayne Peace, then watched as he left after one day.ĭespite the obstacles, no franchise has ever employed a more across-the-board joyful and enthusiastic staff. ![]() The organization tried signing Dieter Brock, the big-armed Canadian Football League quarterback. After Dupree, the second-most famous Breakers were Tim Mazzetti, the kicker, and Dan Ross, the tight end who had starred with the Cincinnati Bengals. But immature and exhausting." Now, he was gone, and the team lost the centerpiece of its entire marketing strategy. "One day ESPN was in town to interview him, and he wouldn't do it without first getting a blackberry shake. "He was a big baby," said Russ Blunck, the assistant director of public relations. Though the news was upsetting, the team's staff had tired of the star's sense of entitlement. Then, in the opening day loss at Arizona, halfback Marcus Dupree suffered a devastating knee injury that ended his year. Coming off of a solid 8-10 season, the Breakers seemed to have promise. ![]()
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