RYAN, DOGS FANS IN SQUABBLE AT THE BOMB

East Nashville GM Buddy Ryan (shown in file photo above) was involved in an altercation with Bakers fans last night at The Cherry Bomb Café.

By R.E. Porter
Associated Web Press

Some fans of the 12th Avenue Bakers were involved in a confrontation with East Nashville GM Buddy Ryan at The Cherry Bomb Café last night; a situation that almost got ugly when some Black Dogs fans who happened to be in the club decided to come to Ryan's rescue, the AWP has learned.

An eyewitness who asked not to be identified described the scene as follows: "I was at the bar when this guy came in who looked familiar, and as he walked by, I realized it was Buddy Ryan," the eyewitness said. "He went over and sat down in the booth that is always reserved for Powers Boothe, you know the actor on that show Nashville, who is a huge Bakers fan. Before any of the staff could wait on him, three young guys wearing Bakers hats and jackets went over, and one of them told Buddy to get out of the booth, that it was reserved 'for Powers.'

"Well, Buddy looked at the guy's Bakers gear, and said, 'Son, I've been the power in this league for 10 years, so get on out of here before I have to kick your ass.'

"The Bakers fans didn't like that," the witness continued. "One of the other guys said, 'You got it backwards, pops. You're the one about to get his ass kicked.' 

"Then as they were about to pull Buddy out of the booth, two guys wearing Black Dogs hoodies suddenly appeared from another part of the club. I heard one of them say, 'We're from the East Nasty, mother[expletives] — we ain't gonna play wit' ya. Mr. Ryan doesn't want to be bothered by you bitches. Now get outta here before we do to you what the Dogs are gonna do to the Bakes this weekend.'

"At that point, the Bakers fans reluctantly returned to their table, and Buddy invited the two Black Dogs fans to join him in the Powers Boothe booth. After several rounds of Touchdown Tasers™, the Dogs fans began taunting the Bakers fans from across the room with chants of 'J.J. Watt, J.J. Watt.' Buddy was laughing so hard I thought he might have a heart attack. The situation almost got out of hand all over again," the witness concluded.

When reached by phone today, Bakers owner QCurl Sharif said he hadn't heard about any trouble at the club last night. Ryan responded to an email query with "No comment."