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Well, well, well.  That’s about all I can say about this Post.  Those three words describe it all.  And we owe it all to Bull and Turner.  They came over to my little pad in Montrose known as “The Dome.”  They had somebody else with them.  I said “who’s this.”  It was LANCE EVANS.  Yeah, LANCE EVANS.  Turner and Bull had already closed him.  He wanted to play for VERDUGO.

Evans was probably the best player returning to the Glendale Legion squad for ’92.  I was speechless. 

“He can’t play for us until they sign him over to us and they’ll never do that” I said to Turner and Bull. 

“Oh yes they will” piped in Evans.

The meeting was short.  The three guys left “The Dome” and I just kind of sat there for about ten minutes saying to myself “well, well, well.”  This would be the biggest THEFT in the history of Legion if we pulled this off….

“Don’t worry…it’ll get done” Evans promised before he left.

There were no qualifying questions.  We already knew ALL about Evans and his commitment to and love for the game. 

I wondered HOW we had gotten to the point of having a player of his caliber wanting to jump ship and be a part of what we were doing.

“We’ve already laid the groundwork”  Bull told me on the phone later. 

I really didn’t understand how far “The Many Tales of Verdugo” had traveled at this point.  But it was starting to sink in.

And it was exciting that so many people wanted to get on board our Train. 

I made a phone call to check the enrollment numbers at Glendale High.  I needed to see if the current combination of enrollments were do-able.  Guess what?  They were!

Yes, Lance Evans wanted to play for us.  But he still had to get signed over by the Glendale coaches.  And if I was coaching the Glendale team, I would have told him to pound sand. 

As it turned out….Evans told them to pound sand….and they signed him over!

Enjoying every moment of the “theft of the century,” I spent the next few weeks just kind of smiling and saying the words “well, well, well” EVERY CHANCE I HAD!!!!

Turner and Bull orchestrated this whole thing.  Just incredible….

We still had a few open seats left on our Train….and things were staring to get very, very interesting for 1992!!!!