Late Night

• I was just about to go to bed, when I read on espn about Brandon Rush tearing his ACL. In the article it mentioned that the team hoped to have him practicing again by Nov. 1st. That would mean he needs 5 months to completely recover from surgery, rehabilitate his knee to full strength. Of course I don't know any of the specifics about his tear, but I can't believe these pro athletes keep doing this. I tore my ACL about 2 and a half years ago playing basketball, I know first hand that it is hard to get back to full strength from this type of injury. I am almost positive I had no where near the quality of doctors and surgeons and physical therapists that this guy is going to have or that pro athletes have. However I did my rehab every day for 5 months, and guess where I was after 5 months...still learning how to jog and walk backward. It took me nearly a year to be able to run again, but even then my agility was terrible and my speed was slower than a turtle, it took me at least a year and a half to feel 100% again. Which leads me to wish I could talk to Brandon Rush about what is about to happen to him, the man is a good basketball player, and there is no need for him to rush back from injury to face teams like USC or Arizona or Georgia Tech in November. He needs to be smart about this one and think about his future, and slowly bring himself back. I really hope he does take his time, because if he doesn't, he could turn out to be another Daunte Culpepper.