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December 21, 2007
Ryan Cochrane happy to be returning to San Jose
Today, Mark Emmons of the Mercury News has a story on prodigal son Ryan Cochrane, the first and so far only former Quake who'll be donning the blue and black in 2008.
Short of stopping to kiss the ground after his plane arrived from Houston, we don't know how he could be any more excited to be back in San Jose. Here are a few of his quotes from the article:
"It's awesome. What an honor. There are so many Bay Area fans who have been waiting for this day to come, and I'm pretty much the guy representing the old Quakes. I've got to admit that there's a little bit of pressure, too.""I always missed San Jose."
"We had such a deep team (in Houston) and Dom had some tough decisions to make. He had asked me a couple of times what I thought about going back to San Jose. So when I was told I was going to be left unprotected, it wasn't a sad day. It was a great day."
"I want to be in San Jose, period."
Actually, after reading that, we're thinking maybe he did kiss the ground when his flight landed at SJO. What a great acquisition for the team — we're sure glad to have him back.
Posted by Jay at December 21, 2007 06:27 AM