Tough break

As everyone knows, injuries are a part of the game and we had our first injury occur on Wednesday. The good thing is that it wasn't contact related. The bad thing is that was one of our American imports. WR/DB Zack Sledge from SMU was working out back in the states and while back pedaling got his foot caught in the turf and wrecked his ankle. Consequently, Zack needs to have surgery and will not be coming over. That kind of puts us in a scramble mode to find a new American import that is ready to go and can be here in about a week. We have some leads and some calls still need to be made, but I think we will still be able to bring over an impact player who can really help us.

Wednesday was an off day from football and Jim, Joe and I took the opportunity to head up to Germany and visit a castle in the city of Meersburg which is nestled along the Bodensee. It was an absolutely beautiful day. There was a few wrong turns along the way, but that just allowed us to see more scenery. Not to mention that there was also quite a few "adventures" at the multiple roundabouts that we had to navigate. The castle was pretty amazing and I took some cool pictures as well.

Let me also introduce a few other people involved with the team that I will likely write about.

Elka - She is our office manager and takes care of most the communication with the players about practice times. Her English is pretty good, but she isn't quite fluent so there is some difficulty communicating what needs to get done at times.

Luis - He is our other Ameican coach. Luis also coaches the 3 youth teams that play and this will be his 3rd year with the team. He has been a big help just showing us around and letting us know all about the city, team, league, players, and other that we come into contact with. Luis is also my roommate.

Which brings me to my other point. Our apartment is less that a 15 walk from the office and the view is pretty amazing. Let me take you on a tour

Last Saturday, Christoph Piringer our team president took Jim, Joe, and I out for dinner. We went to this restaurant that was on top of the mountain. The only way to get up to the restaurant was to take a cable car. Once you get up to the top, you can see for miles and miles and can see the whole region, which stretches into both Switzerland and Germany. It was kind of foggy on Saturday, but you get the jist.

We have two practices this weekend. One on Friday and another on Saturday. We are starting to install some of our offense and defense this weekend which is a good thing. The only problem is that our American players have yet to get here. They come on Monday and it will be a day or two before they are really adjusted and ready for football activities. Not to mention that we are short an American too, but I have no doubt that once training camp starts on the 11th we will be ready to go and be able to get everything installed.

That is all for now. Once again, don't be shy about sending emails and letting me know what is happening back in the states. Take care

--Josh