Ryan Cousins
Ryan Cousins missed the Swarm season opener in Portland because he is recovering from knee surgery he had four weeks ago. He warmed up today but did not play in the game. I asked him about it after the game and he told me about having surgery four weeks ago and he’s still a week or two away from being ready to play. I don’t know what type of surgery he had, just that it was knee surgery. Since this is only the first week of twenty this season it was a prudent playing decision by coach Jacobs to not rush him back.
What I didn’t find out about was Nick Patterson who also didn’t play. If I remembered what he looked I maybe would have asked him at the bar.
January 4th, 2009 12:54 am
Well Minny’s back-up goalie looked good once he settled down in the 2nd. The commentators did not talk about Patterson missing the game. I think that Cousin may have had basic Arthroscopic surgery. I’ve had it done to clean up the junk in my knee. I was a sprinter/long & triple jumper in high school and college and had it done a few times. Took about a 6 weeks to get the knee ready. Minny’s defence looked good and aggressive. I’m hoping Cousin will be ready when the Stealth visit them…then again maybe not.