Thunder seek new incentives with playoffs out of picture

By John Kovach

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning Valley Thunder have no chance of making the af2 playoffs.

They have to find some other incentive to win at Manchester Saturday, and at Wilkes Barre/Scranton July 19 and then at home against the Green Bay Blizzard July 26 in the season finale.

But coach Mike Hold of the Thunder said that his players, who are coming off their second bye week of the season after a 42-41 win over the Louisville Fire at home June 27, don’t require special incentives to try to play their best in a game.

“Obviously, the playoffs are not an incentive [for us now]. But these guys are here for different reasons, one of them is to move up [in their careers], so they have to continue to play tough as they have been,” said Hold.

Read more in Tuesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com.