From the BBQ parties to the “Palinka” festivals – our import players first impressions (english version)

We talked with our import players about their first “green-white” game:

How does it feel to play for the Crushers at the first time? Did it meet your expectations?

Trevin

My first game here was great, loved every second of it and yes all my expectations were definitely met.

Billy

I loved it, it was a great experience and I’m happy we were able to give the fans a show and come out with a Win.

We know the number of fans not exactly the same as in the USA, but what do you think about the feeling the fans made?

Trevin

The fans are great! I think they actually helped our teams at times with there energy. When our players heard and saw the fans get loud it made our players want to go harder. I’m thankful for all the fans support.

Billy

The fans were amazing. They were cheering the whole game and that helped us a lot. It made me feel like I was back home. Much thanks to everyone that came out to support us!


What are your thoughts about the opponent?

Trevin

The cowbells seem to be a smart team that played hard. Good luck to them in the rest of there season.

Billy

The Cowbells is a well coach team and a good opponent. They played us hard to the very end of the game, definitely a respected team.

What do you think about the Crushers, are you satisfied after the practices or not?

Trevin

I think we played really well in the second half, probably due to nerves calming down over the course of the game. Once we fix some of our minor errors in practice we should good to go! A lot of our players stepped up and made big plays for us aswell.

Billy

I think everyone did a good job coming in the game and sticking to the game plan. Also when things wasn’t going right, no one panic, we made adjustments and ten executed those adjustments. Practices are always good because everyone wants to learn what they can do to get better and that’s always good.


About the game, was anything that’s weird for you, or not?

Trevin

No the gameplay was just like in America. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Billy

This game felt exactly like any other game I played in. From the players cheering each other on, from us responding to changes we made mid game, and to the fans, it was great.

Who do you feel after the game (physically and mentally)?

Trevin

Surprisingly my body was feeling fine the day after. I didn’t expect this because I took a couple hard hits. Mentally I’m ready to get back to practice and game planing for our next game!

Billy

This was my first game in a couple of years so I was definitely mentally and physically exhausted. I was ready to lay down and sleep after.

How was the after the game celebration

Trevin

The after game celebration was great as always. It was even better this time because more people showed up. In the US usually we go out to eat something, some burgers or BBQs, and then have a party, but here in Hungary the tone is on the “pálinka”, not on the food. 🙂

Billy

The after game celebration was fun. Unfortunately I didn’t stay out to long with them because of how tired I was after, but for the time I was there it was fun


What do you want to improve for the next game?

Trevin

I just want our team to fix our minor errors, so we can get a lead early instead of waiting until the second half to get rolling.

Billy

For this next game, there’s a lot of stuff personally that I want to improve on to help the team out more. Overall, we just have to correct the mistakes we made in the game, and just better our craft so we can be even better next time out.

By the way Trevin was the most productive player in the air, with 9 REC, 135 yard and 1 Touchdown. And he was great with the yards after catches. In the special teams, he played holder, and get two 2point conversion on the run.
Billy dominated the line of scrimmage, the OL players and the running backs can’t hold him. He get 4 tackles and 2 sacks. And a lots of hurries on the QB, which result many incomplete passes.
They fit in great in our team, even in the first game we feel, they our now part of our family and this is a huge plus for us. They gave us so many energy and advice, this is a huge boost for the team. We are happy to have them in our team.

Balogh Tamás (Kisnyúl)
(2019.04.02.)