New England’s Newest Hurdle Will be Their Highest
Padraic Meehan
Tuesday June 13, 2000
Charlie Davidson has been having the best two years of his career now that his job moved him from Madison Square Garden to the Hull. Ever since Cablevision decided to salvage the New York CityHawks, the Mississippi State graduate has scored 19 touchdowns, 4 more than the sum of his career totals with previous teams. His 82 receptions with the Sea Wolves also eclipse his career totals with his previous teams, Albany, Orlando, Nashville, and New York, where he combined for a mere 63. But now Davidson must bear much more weight of the Wolves for the remainder of the 2000 season with star WR/DB Damian Harrell out for the year with a broken arm. Expect Davidson to rise to the occasion. He will be working twice as hard to prove he is more than just a complement to Harrell.
QB Tim Carey also has raw talent; it simply needs to be harnessed. On the roster, Carey is listed as a rookie. Perhaps in the AFL he is a rookie, but in reality this product of the University of Hawaii spent last year in his home state with the Hawaii Hammerheads of the Indoor Professional Football League, where he lead them to a championship win over the Texas Terminators 28-13 in its inaugural season. The IPFL is clearly similar to the Arena Football League, in that it is pass oriented, and played indoors. So far though, the talent level is still a few notches below the AFL. Still, the similarity to the AFL should have helped prepare him for his latest test.
Friday’s loss in San Jose wasn’t completely the image the league wants. Two San Jose players who weren’t dressed to play allegedly attacked Wolves DS Alonzo Hampton, leaving him with a potentially broken jaw. Hampton plans to sue the two unnamed players.
 Anthony Derricks returned this and 3 other kickoff returns for TDs against the SaberCats Image courtesy of Robert Babcock |
Padraic Meehan was a writer for ArenaFan Online from 2000 to 2001.
