9. It's pretty clear that the Berlin Fire Salamanders weren't exactly good this season. They finished the season with three wins and thirteen losses, earning them the top pick in the upcoming ISFL draft. It didn't really surprise anyone that they were this bad either. The Fire Salamanders are an expansion team in their first year of existence. This means they have the second youngest team in the league right now. They have holes pretty much everywhere. On the offensive side of the ball and the defensive side, they were dead last in point totals. That stat basically sums up their entire season. Their offense couldn't make it to the end zone and their defense couldn't keep the opposition out. The one bright spot, in m completely unbiased opinion, is their running backs. Berlin's runningbacks Danny King and Joseph Petrongolo combined for the most rush yards per game in their conference (second most in the league), with the help of course of their quarterback Nick Kaepercolin. Neither of those two hit regression any time soon, so if they can continue to progress and perform they'll be even better, maybe even good enough to have the best ground game in the league. All the Berlin Fire Salamanders need to do for now is wait for their players to get stronger, more experienced, and faster, AND draft active rookies for the longer term future. Next season I definitely see them being on the verge of making the playoffs, fourth in the conference, maybe even getting third and making it, depending on how the rest of the conference performs. I'm predicting six or seven wins from them. The team is so young that nobody is retiring from it this offseason, and I don't think anyone is next season either. They're just playing the waiting game now, waiting to get better and waiting to win games. In five seasons or so, I see the Fire Salamanders being unstoppable, rivaled maybe by the other expansion team, the New York Silverbacks, though they made a few win now trades before they ever played a game that might cost them. The season before all their season 23 players hit regression is going to be an easy Ultimus win, or at least it would be if the sim didn't sim. The rookie drafts before then are important to build a roster of young rookies that are ready to take over when the current starters get too old and start declining in performance. If Berlin can draft smart and make sure they don't have any massive holes then, I can see them being the league's next powerhouse team.
18. My favorite non playoffs game of this season came early on, in week one Specifically, the matchup between the Berlin Fire Salamanders and the New York Silverbacks. This was the first game that either of the expansion teams played in, and I am glad to say that Berlin ended up winning it, with a final score of 30-27, making Berlin an undefeated franchise, if just for one game. Berlin scored first in the game, more specifically the Berlin defense, with an Asher Quinn pick six less than five minutes in. New York quickly came back, and lead at halftime by one point, before scoring first in the second half, putting them up by a touchdown. This game really was a nail biter, and Karmichael Hunt ended up winning the game for the Fire Salamanders with a 33 yard game winning field goal with only 41 seconds left on the clock. This game also included my player, Joseph Petrongolo's first ever touchdown on a team not from America, a three yard run in the fourth quarter which gave Berlin a late lead over their expansion counterparts. It's a shame they couldn't continue this success, they only won two games other than this matchup, one in week four at the Philadelphia Libery, and one at home against the San Jose Sabercats, which is Berlin's only franchise home win.
30. The two expansions teams first ever seasons in the ISFL were... not great. They finished with a combined record of just 7 wins and a whopping 25 losses. But this was exactly what people expected from them. They're expansion teams. The only people that had either of them doing better than fifth in their respective conferences are either delusional, on one of the expansion teams, or both. The New York Silverbacks started their season 0-10, and it looked like they would easily get the first pick of the upcoming rookie draft, but they ended up winning four of their last six games,including their final game of the season against the San Jose Sabercats, bumping them up in the standings but down in the draft. The brightest spot on their team this season was their passing defense, which was 6th best in the league giving up only 253.4 yards per game. For Berlin, the bright spot was the run game. They averaged 148.3 rush yards per game, which was second in the league, not bad for an expansion team. In the future, I see both of these teams consistently making the playoffs. Both teams are so young right now, they are only slightly better than DSFL teams. Given time to grow and strong leaderships, both of them should blossom into fully functioning, above .500 teams.
18. My favorite non playoffs game of this season came early on, in week one Specifically, the matchup between the Berlin Fire Salamanders and the New York Silverbacks. This was the first game that either of the expansion teams played in, and I am glad to say that Berlin ended up winning it, with a final score of 30-27, making Berlin an undefeated franchise, if just for one game. Berlin scored first in the game, more specifically the Berlin defense, with an Asher Quinn pick six less than five minutes in. New York quickly came back, and lead at halftime by one point, before scoring first in the second half, putting them up by a touchdown. This game really was a nail biter, and Karmichael Hunt ended up winning the game for the Fire Salamanders with a 33 yard game winning field goal with only 41 seconds left on the clock. This game also included my player, Joseph Petrongolo's first ever touchdown on a team not from America, a three yard run in the fourth quarter which gave Berlin a late lead over their expansion counterparts. It's a shame they couldn't continue this success, they only won two games other than this matchup, one in week four at the Philadelphia Libery, and one at home against the San Jose Sabercats, which is Berlin's only franchise home win.
30. The two expansions teams first ever seasons in the ISFL were... not great. They finished with a combined record of just 7 wins and a whopping 25 losses. But this was exactly what people expected from them. They're expansion teams. The only people that had either of them doing better than fifth in their respective conferences are either delusional, on one of the expansion teams, or both. The New York Silverbacks started their season 0-10, and it looked like they would easily get the first pick of the upcoming rookie draft, but they ended up winning four of their last six games,including their final game of the season against the San Jose Sabercats, bumping them up in the standings but down in the draft. The brightest spot on their team this season was their passing defense, which was 6th best in the league giving up only 253.4 yards per game. For Berlin, the bright spot was the run game. They averaged 148.3 rush yards per game, which was second in the league, not bad for an expansion team. In the future, I see both of these teams consistently making the playoffs. Both teams are so young right now, they are only slightly better than DSFL teams. Given time to grow and strong leaderships, both of them should blossom into fully functioning, above .500 teams.
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