European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 13, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 25veris new England not standing Pat by Walt Morrissette staff writer Wiesbaden West Germany a new England patriots defensive end Garin Cris has seen the highs and lows of a professional football career. He started in super bowl xxx As a Rookie in the 1985 patriots team that lost 46-10 to he Chicago bears. He started 40 of 55 games until the last 989 exhibition game against Green Bay when he suffered a season ending injury to is left knee. Veris was suffering Jet lag after arriving i Frankfurt thursday with Minnesota safety Joey Browner Cincinnati tight end Lodney Holman and san Diego linebacker Slie of Neal As part of a group of National football league players visiting gis. As part of a Deal Between the nil and department of the  pan am flew the slayers Over and Usa eur communities ire their hosts. The air Force is bringing Mother group of players Over later this Pring. Veris said of his injury a i was scoped in 88 on left knee missed five games. But very things a Fine there. I got the nit and had constructive surgery in september. �?o1 think Blair Bush was the Center. It was j goal line situation and i was just too High and he got at the  the hit on the outside of his left knee Mekled it inward tearing ligaments. He tvs on crutches nine weeks then began building the Muscles that had atrophied n the cast. He Sable to walk without a Limp Aow and expects to Start running after he tums from this trip. Veris has fond memories of his super jowl season something so Many players never experience. A that was my Rookie year a he said. We had a couple of Guys go Down with injuries. I started starting games about the oth game of the regular season. And tarted All the Way up through the super owl. A a question in a always asked is a How o you feel about getting to a super bowl in our Rookie year when so Many players lever get there a a i feel it works two ways. You re a Rookie and you re excited to be in but the fact that we Haven to been Back Lites at you because you want to get Back and win it this  he a looking Forward to playing under Lew head coach Rod rust. A the was our defensive coordinator for by first three years 1985-87. I think hell a great head coach a Vens said. A i in oyed playing for him As a defensive Coordie Lator and it gives me a great feeling know no the head coach is a defensive minded by. In a really looking Forward to playing is style of defense and hopefully we can improve on the 5-11 we had last  with rust in Charee and Tony Eason one to the jets Veris said he a not sure0 will be the next patriots quarterback it the pats have the third pick in the first found of the april 22-23 draft and they expressed interest in san Francisco a Steve Loung. Marc Wilson was the no. 1 Guy under coach Raymond Berry a Veris ii l was readin8 in Boston paper Okay that one of our scouts said we re not Mcking for need we re picking for the Best layer available. But the obvious question that we let Doug Flutie go Eason is amps Dave Didio Garin Veris missed the patriots 5-11 season of to. They draft third on april 22. Gone now we need a quarterback to come in. You be got Jeff George Andre Ware and major Harris coming out so its going to be  the Story behind Berry a firing was a study in franchise politics. A i did like Berry and i think he a a great coach a Veris said. A but we had a lot of key injuries last year and its Tough to Field a competitive team if you done to have your starters out there the whole season. We just did no to have the depth that we had in the past. I think a lot of the blame too much of the blame was put on his shoulders. He has to work with what he has and i thought he did a great Job. A but we did no to make the playoffs the last three years and you had the controversy with management. We did no to have an offensive coordinator a Veris said. A Berry wanted to do things the Way he always has and management wanted to go a different direction and the Only Way to do that was to get Berry out and go with someone else. A hopefully a he said a things will Settle Down this year Well stay away from injuries and we wont be in the papers As much the distraction it seems like we have every year. Veris said of his injuries a if you play professional football you re going to get Hurt. Very few players go through whole careers without a Nick or Cut. Few go All the Way through without a major injury or surgery. In be had a major knee injury now but its just a matter of rehabilitating it to get it to the level it was before. Hopefully i can play another five to 10 years. That a the  Veris a five year Veteran has so far protected his starting Job beyond the usual four year lifespan of an nil career. �?o1 have to work hard on the off season because in a one of the smaller defensive ends in the league 6-foot-4, 255 pounds. What i done to have size Wise i try to make up for Quick Wise. Its the off season where you prepare for the challenges of the season coming up the challenges of the rookies coming in the free agents and everyone else who a trying to take your  what does a pro football player do Between game Days Here Svenso nil work week monday a a we la come in about 1 of clock review the film for about three hours altogether. Then Well have a Short nil in Germany where the nil team of new England s Garin Veris Cincinnati s Rodney Holman Minnesota s Joey Browner and san Diego s Leslie of Neal will visit Friday a Day off. Saturday a 9 30 , Wiesbaden air Force regional medical Center with patients and staff noon-1 ., lunch at the Hospital 1 30 ., fitness festival at Wiesbaden a gym for aerobics Racquet Ball weight training 4-5 ., Wiesbaden a mess Hall 5 30-6 30 youth services Center at Haine Berg housing area. Sunday a Day off. Monday a a 8 30-9 45 ., Assembly at Wiesbaden High school and Junior High 11-11 30 ., lunch with bad Kreuz Nach Junior High students 11 30-12 20 bad Kreuz Nach High school . Class and football players 1-2 15 ., visit the 520th pc and 8th finance 4-4 45 ., bad Kreuz Nach youth services 5-6 ., dinner with co of 708th dining facility at Hospital Cavern 7 ., at Century club. Tuesday a Kaiserslautern. Wednesday a Pir Masens. Thursday a Day off. April 20 a 11 .-l ., lunch at Darmstadt s Kelly Barracks dining facility 3 ., Babenhausen recreation Center 5 ., Cambrai Fritsch Cavern dining facility 7 ., basketball game with command staff at Cambrai Fritsch gym. April 21 a Worms. April 22 a Back to the world. Workout for about 45 minutes. Tuesday Day off. Wednesday thursday Friday a a regular practice films from 9-5.�?T�?T saturday a you May be in there for two hours at the most you re out of there by about 12 or 1 of clock. The next Day is game Day  but if the team hits the Road for sunday a we usually travel that saturday. We usually have a Short practice before we Load up the buses about 2 or so depending on where the game is. Get there around dinner time eat dinner have the dinner meeting and play the game the next  if the patriots have to Fly to the West coast for a game a we take off Friday for California it Ames. That gives us time to get Over the Jet a and get settled in. There a no practice on riday. Then Well go Over to the stadium or a Short workout on saturday morning or about an hour. Team meetings that  Are there any teams he gets up for More than others �?o1 hate every team a Veris said. A whoever we re playing against i get myself ready to play and hopefully have a Good game. But division games arc always big Imes. Right now i d say n _ Buffalo is our est rival in the acc East. We always games. Kint now i d say biggest rival in the acc e split with the jets 1 and i a Miami a always Tough we be been playing Well against them the last five years. I think we be Only lost a couple to them. Indianapolis is always Tough. There a no team anymore that you can say a this is an easy win for us a because the league s getting More and More balanced each  Jas eur tricksters in running for All  team compiled by Tom Saunders staff writer fourteen Usareur-5 a c1mrs have been selected to at a i n a Karmy track and Field trials a june 1 a an Franeisco april a Schaffenburg leads the pack wit local Roundup Lins Brian Appell and Efrein Cruz. Baum older a duo Are John Detro and Larry Robinson. Others going to the trials include Augsburg a Waddie Freeman Nellin ends Tyrone Goslee Ramstein a Darryl tree Hon Fuu nah u. Genes Lyrone Goslee Zamstein s l Jle tees Baum older has two 5avis> for Masens Horta Harrise _ aschafronhm.�. A a tending end a Delinda Patino Wurzburg a Ruscha Kouril a Frankfurt Junior High Edburgs Trio Are Bobby col Stacie Culmer Frankfurt a Kimberly ninth grader during the sport in int Parrish Smith ludwigs Burgh a Susan Grau and Rimini a William Mckee. Selectee to the All  team will attend the armed forces championships set for june 2-8 at Mare Island naval Complex in Vallejo Calif. Gymnastics a the German to program Sii West 3 says it will feature German National gymnastics team Star  Monday. Kouril the european gymnast ten show at 9 55 14, is training for. Tics championships May 4-6 in Athens. Rugby a the Heidelberg Black sheep tournament runs at i  Saturday and sunday at the san Rugby grounds near the Heidelberg zoo. Competing with the Black sheep arc the London Grasshoppers Frankfurt Rugby club 1880 and a combined Side of the Ansbach americans and Baden Baden canadians