Tom Brady puts himself out there in a lot of good ways and he's not afraid to speak his mind about what he feels should be the direction for this game or what needs to be done, wich is great. Good for him.
In that same breath i'll mention that nothing justifies beeing a total dick, especially someone with his status and responsibility in a way. That guy has an ego as big as a house wich is a damn shame in any case but mostly since he is supposed to be this MK golden boy at the moment.
Sure, a lot of people rip on him for various reasons, partly because of his succes.
But you don't see people like Justin Wong for instance get ripped on like that and it has nothing to do with the type of game he plays. If Tom Brady would be a SSF4 player as of EVO, no one would say, oh it's okay now we'll put up with his crap.
I want to make clear that I do not know the guy or have some sort of grudge of any kind towards him, again I think he is attempting to do great things, but you just can't act that way (in general). People will eventually spit you out.
~As far as the controller goes, if your stick were to break I'm assuming you would be able to find someone that would let you use his, I can't imagine otherwise (unless I totally misunderstand how things work).
If you are a pad player like Tom brady and you would have a certain type that hardly anyone uses...
You already packed your stuff to travel right?
It's not like bringing an extra controller would sacrifice room in your suitcase, he wouldn't have to step outside his comfort zone during that match then.