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Jets’ Maccagnan Goes From Behind Scenes To Sudden Celebrity

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The shouts from the stands kind of caught Mike Maccagnan off-guard.

“Hey, what’s up, Mike?” yelled one New York Jets fan, excited to see his team’s general manager standing just a few feet away.

“You’re the man, Mike Mac!” exclaimed another before several others in the crowd at training camp begged for an autograph from the Jets’ newest Mr. Popularity — a reluctant celebrity after a career spent behind the scenes.

“I’ve never gone through that before,” Maccagnan said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I probably never really signed an autograph before I took this job, but it’s very nice and I feel very honored.