Someone Broke The Machine

Typically when my predictions or warnings result in the opportunity for me to say "I told you so" (always), I enjoy basking in the warm light of a long hard gloat. Sadly today this is not the case. For those who don't know Dean tore his ACL Wed. evening playing with the Blue Griffins. Out of respect for Doc and his continued efforts and the dedication of the players who have put in time away from their own clubs I will gladly step down from my soap box and wish them the very best in their competition tomorrow at Ruktoberfest. Even without The Machine, they stand a good chance of giving those dushe bags from the dirt communities of Fresno and Riverside a run for their money. If they are anything like this Pasadena side, I am sure they will gladly sacrafice life and limb for Doc Bryant. Since they crushed our #15/#10, the least they can do is take out a few Kern players for good measure.

No doubt Dean feels that his preseason and hopes for another crushing year could have just come crumbling down. Chin up Dean. A few years back I was standing next to Frazier when his Achilles snapped and ended up behind his knee cap. No one ever thought he'd recover from that and right now he is coming off of what was probably the best season of rugby he has ever played. Dean is young, fit and a critical member of this club. In the grand scheme of things with only 4 or 5 seasons under his belt he is a rookie and and has a long career as a Pasadena player still to look forward to. The best thing Dean can do is to take it easy and rehab slowly... and pass out some of those pain killers out to elder players whom he respects immensely for all of the nice things they say about him on their blogs.

We told Doc that since he broke Dean, he has to replace him. Since it was Brian Wolf who made the tackle, we will accept 1 season of indentured service from Wolf wearing a Pasadena #15 as payment. We will also take Vince McGlade as collateral for future mishaps.

In other news, Pasadena Rugby is actively looking for the student who stole Rob Ingles test forcing Rob to miss last nights work out. We're holding a spot for you on the EC kid, keep up the good work.