Go Fix Me a Turkey Pot Pie

Wilman Conde has pouted for a while in Chicago. Apparently, he thought he signed a personal contract with Juan Carlos Osorio, who bolted Chicago for the "greener pastures" of New York thefirst chance he got. We know all of this though, right? How Andrew Hauptman, the new owner of the Fire, won't even think about trading Conde because he's more pissed than Ross when rachel started dating that Paulo dude. And how Conde didn't play a minute in Chicago's first few games.

Well, that all changed Saturday when Conde suited up in Chicago's 1-0 win over San Jose in a sauna somewhere in the middle of Oakland. Now we have a report from Chicago's outstanding beat writer Luis Arroyave that Conde found his testicles and apologized to the team.

The thing is, some players seem to think that Conde apologized for selfish reasons.

"It was nice he [apologized], but at the end of the day, we were trying to focus on the game when he did it. It was a pre-game meal."

That's Jon Busch, the Fire's goalie, going all John Bender's father on one of his defenders. You remember Jon Busch. He's the guy who couldn't beat out Matt Pickens and had the Fire so secure in their goalie situation that they drafted Dominic Cervi. Sure, they didn't sign Cervi, but I think that had more to do with Cervi thinking he could cash a check in Europe than it did with Denis Hamlett's supreme confidence in the guy who couldn't beat out Will William Hesmer and Bill Gaudette last year.

I don't know if Conde is being sincere or if he's just making nice to get playing time, but someone who might be playing in the USL any moment now and has the gentle touch of Tony Meola when dealing with his defenders shouldn't get up in arms just because he had to interrupt his breakfast to listen to someone try to maintain team unity.