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Andy Roddick Splits with Brother; Parents to be Dealt with Next
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Despite the "guns," John Roddick (on the right) sheepishly takes abuse regularly dished out by little brother Andy. |
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NEW YORK (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) Andy Roddick, the No. 8 seed in the U.S. Open, unceremoniously jettisoned his older brother John, who had been coaching him since Jimmy Connor resigned earlier this year. While Roddick described the unexpected parting as “amicable,” John Roddick is reported to be “angry, hurt and waiting for their parents to leave the house so he can give the little punk a sound thrashing.”
“Which begins to give you an idea of the underlying problem -- John never could deal with being employed by his younger brother, the punk kid he abused growing up,” said Rob Anson, a friend who grew up with the Roddicks in Omaha, Nebraska. “It was a weird coach-player dynamic. John would make a comment Andy didn’t like, Andy would make a comment John wouldn’t like, next think you know John’s got Andy in a headlock, Andy can’t breathe, John’s calling him little Andy Dickrod – ‘ooh, little Andy Dickrod wants him mommy now?’…and Andy’s screaming ‘I’m going to tell daddy, I’m going to tell daddy.’ Which of course just made it worse.”
Others spoke of the ever-present tension between the older and younger siblings, as it was apparent John had trouble adjusting to a subservient role.
“As the player-coach relationship developed, Andy relished the role reversal and loved nothing more than finding new ways of tormenting the guy,” said Anson. “Andy would ask John if he wanted to tag along when Andy and his girlfriend went to a movie or out for a drink. He had John do chores and would publicly threaten to withhold his ‘allowance’ if he forgot to wash the car or make Andy’s bed. It was just embarrassing.”
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