05-13-2024, 03:15 AM
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16. Describe your player and/or team’s journey through this latest season. What were the highlights? What were the lower points? What might you have done differently? What are your expectations for next season?
It's no secret to anyone in the league that the Berlin Fire Salamanders entered a bit of a rebuild phase in the last season or so and as such, expectations of what S47 might entail were a little bit lower than they normally would be for a team that prides itself on a level of success. Led by a deluge of new faces in the locker room, the team is looking to build strongly for the future with the young talent that they have and acquire significant draft capital to acquire future assets. What this means in the short term however is that results might not be the the strongest.
Despite this knowledge however, the fans expectations might have been a little unfairly skewed by the opening week result of the team, where they were able to score 5 touchdowns in a home victory over the Honolulu Hahalua. This success could unfortunately almost entirely be chalked down to the level of opposition that they faced, as the team would shortly embark on a four week losing streak, that would reach its apex with a complete drubbing against the Cape Town Crash where the team gave up 66 points and were thoroughly embarrassed. Sometimes it takes a game like this to light a fire under a team and remind them that they're not actually that bad, because the following week would see Berlin snap the streak and pick up a comfortable win against the Colorado Yeti which I would argue was the high point of the teams season in real terms. To be able to finally snap the losing streak and demonstrate that we were capable of putting up wins in this league despite the inexperience and youth of the team was an important moment for us and one that I don't think can be underestimated when it comes to building confidence for the future.
In terms of expectations for the team next season, its hard to say. I think if we're being realistic, we aren't going to have the firepower to compete with the big guns and push for a playoff spot, but I think we will be able to demonstrate some growth and at least give a better account of ourselves. In my mind, we're probably 3 seasons away from being able to really compete for an Ultimus, so the key measuring stick for me is that each season between now and then we show some improvement and push to get closer to that point at the end of the road.
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It's no secret to anyone in the league that the Berlin Fire Salamanders entered a bit of a rebuild phase in the last season or so and as such, expectations of what S47 might entail were a little bit lower than they normally would be for a team that prides itself on a level of success. Led by a deluge of new faces in the locker room, the team is looking to build strongly for the future with the young talent that they have and acquire significant draft capital to acquire future assets. What this means in the short term however is that results might not be the the strongest.
Despite this knowledge however, the fans expectations might have been a little unfairly skewed by the opening week result of the team, where they were able to score 5 touchdowns in a home victory over the Honolulu Hahalua. This success could unfortunately almost entirely be chalked down to the level of opposition that they faced, as the team would shortly embark on a four week losing streak, that would reach its apex with a complete drubbing against the Cape Town Crash where the team gave up 66 points and were thoroughly embarrassed. Sometimes it takes a game like this to light a fire under a team and remind them that they're not actually that bad, because the following week would see Berlin snap the streak and pick up a comfortable win against the Colorado Yeti which I would argue was the high point of the teams season in real terms. To be able to finally snap the losing streak and demonstrate that we were capable of putting up wins in this league despite the inexperience and youth of the team was an important moment for us and one that I don't think can be underestimated when it comes to building confidence for the future.
In terms of expectations for the team next season, its hard to say. I think if we're being realistic, we aren't going to have the firepower to compete with the big guns and push for a playoff spot, but I think we will be able to demonstrate some growth and at least give a better account of ourselves. In my mind, we're probably 3 seasons away from being able to really compete for an Ultimus, so the key measuring stick for me is that each season between now and then we show some improvement and push to get closer to that point at the end of the road.
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