Post by Gene on May 1, 2010 2:34:54 GMT -5
By Brian Rippey
Reading Eagle
Don't tell Reading Express coach/general manager Bernie Nowotarski about the easy part of his team's schedule.
He doesn't quite see it that way.
The Express (3-4) will play its next three American Indoor Football Association games against teams with a combined total of four wins. First up at 7:05 tonight is a game at Fayetteville, where the Guard (2-4) lost to undefeated Baltimore 91-19 a week ago.
"I don't think it's that easy," Nowotarski said. "Fayetteville, I wish they wouldn't have gotten beat 91-19. I don't expect them to lay down. I expect a very tough game from them."
The Express, loser of two straight, follows that game with a trip to New Jersey (0-6) before returning to the Sovereign Center May 14 to face Richmond (2-4), a team the Express has defeated twice this season.
"I see it as three tough games," Nowotarski said. "I see it as three must-win games. It's a critical time. You can't give games away that you need."
The Express starts the week a half-game behind Erie for the third and final playoff spot in the Eastern Division.
Tonight's game against the Guard will feature the Express debuts for offensive lineman Elliot Seifert and wide receiver Nate Romig.
Seifiert, an Exeter grad who played at Temple and in the Arena Football League, brings experience to an offensive line that has struggled this season.
Romig, a Daniel Boone grad who finished his collegiate career at Albright last fall, joins a group of talented receivers that Nowotarski said has underperformed so far this season.
Former Express center Scott Blum and linebacker Anthony Smith, recently signed by the Express, are not expected to play until next week at New Jersey.
Although Seifert and Blum have been signed to join veteran Chris Nunn on the offensive line, Nowotarski said he isn't placing the blame of the Express' inconsistency on the offensive line.
"To me, it's not really any one position and any one person," Nowotarski said. "Within the group of the eight, when the play comes in it has to start up front. As a group we're not putting it all together."
Contact Brian Rippey: 610-371-5070 or brippey@readingeagle.com.
Source: readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=216851
Reading Eagle
Don't tell Reading Express coach/general manager Bernie Nowotarski about the easy part of his team's schedule.
He doesn't quite see it that way.
The Express (3-4) will play its next three American Indoor Football Association games against teams with a combined total of four wins. First up at 7:05 tonight is a game at Fayetteville, where the Guard (2-4) lost to undefeated Baltimore 91-19 a week ago.
"I don't think it's that easy," Nowotarski said. "Fayetteville, I wish they wouldn't have gotten beat 91-19. I don't expect them to lay down. I expect a very tough game from them."
The Express, loser of two straight, follows that game with a trip to New Jersey (0-6) before returning to the Sovereign Center May 14 to face Richmond (2-4), a team the Express has defeated twice this season.
"I see it as three tough games," Nowotarski said. "I see it as three must-win games. It's a critical time. You can't give games away that you need."
The Express starts the week a half-game behind Erie for the third and final playoff spot in the Eastern Division.
Tonight's game against the Guard will feature the Express debuts for offensive lineman Elliot Seifert and wide receiver Nate Romig.
Seifiert, an Exeter grad who played at Temple and in the Arena Football League, brings experience to an offensive line that has struggled this season.
Romig, a Daniel Boone grad who finished his collegiate career at Albright last fall, joins a group of talented receivers that Nowotarski said has underperformed so far this season.
Former Express center Scott Blum and linebacker Anthony Smith, recently signed by the Express, are not expected to play until next week at New Jersey.
Although Seifert and Blum have been signed to join veteran Chris Nunn on the offensive line, Nowotarski said he isn't placing the blame of the Express' inconsistency on the offensive line.
"To me, it's not really any one position and any one person," Nowotarski said. "Within the group of the eight, when the play comes in it has to start up front. As a group we're not putting it all together."
Contact Brian Rippey: 610-371-5070 or brippey@readingeagle.com.
Source: readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=216851