I was a pretty good football player, was a 6-4 300 pound DE who punted, played backup QB (threw a TD pass underhanded after shoulder surgery the same season) and LT and LG, was a short yards FB for a couple seasons and won a most valuable lineman award in the cmfl, won a ton of individual awards I dont even bother listing those, 3 national and 8 provincial championships, started at 5 different positions on national champion teams, at DE, DT, LG, LT and RG, once had a season where I led the league in sacks with 15 , tackles with 75 and tackles for loss with 22 and tied for second in the league for interceptions with 6 in a 10 game season playing mostly DE (won the most valuable lineman award, and lost the DMVP to a guy who had one more interception than me but no sacks and only a couple tfs and yes im still bitter lol. we lost in the league final 7-0 after I returned a pick off a screen pass 75 yards and was tackled on the 5. our Offence went 3 and out and we lost. the following season we lost 1-0 despite scoring on 3 straight plays with each TD being called back for brutal penalty calls. I went back to school, played a season of college basketball as a forward, retired from football and then unretired to play for the Wolfpack where we went 3 years without a loss, and won 8 provincial and 3 national titles. at the U of A I was the only player on the football team who was invited to the basketball tryouts but they wanted me to drop 25 pounds and the football team wanted me to gain 25 pounds. that made my choice really easy. In canada we have this thing in university called NLC national level competitor, basically varsity athletes do a set of exercises and depending on where you finish you are a NLC or not, I was NLC at bench, vert, 40 yard dash, 3 cone drill, standing long jump and shuttle run, I dont recall all my numbers but I know benched 225 25 times, my max in college was only 415 because I ruined my shoulder and was basically benching by cheating to one side. and my 40 time was 4.89 at 305 pounds and my vert was 38 inches. I have a scouting report that a guy did for a european team that I will post here for shits and giggles. I was invited to a few pro tryouts but in canada they dont pay very much.
Mario Stromboli <
milantigers@hotmail.com>
To:
Tue 2003-09-02 6:19 PM
Mr.Bellrose, I recently received a recomendation of you to be a Lineman of the defnse and coach of them as well.
According to our Canadian Dirctor of Scouting Jim Stadnyk You are an outstanding player who is also a coach of the Defensive Line who has expressed interest inplaying in Europe and as we are new Team in the Continental Football league we are offering you a position with our club here in Milan for the 2003-2004 season as a Coach and Player. As you know in european league we only have limited number of roster spot for Canadians /American and so that is the reason we are offering you a dual position with our club.I received your E-mail from a Mr.Jerry Frisesen at the Unversity of Aberta, He mentioned you are recovering from an injuries so we will need you to provide us proff that you are able to play. Please contact me by E-mails at your earliest coveniences.
If you have any questions our website should be activated Sept 29 but I hope we will be in contact sooner.
Managing General Milan Tigers
Mario Stromboli <
milantigers@hotmail.com>
To:
Wed 2003-09-10 8:47 AM
Ryan you wished to see some of our scouting reports as you had some questions to their accuracy as you had no knowledge of any scouts at AFL games.here is a part of the e-mail i received from Jim Stadnyk last summer when we originaly were awarded our franchise.Do you agree with the assesment of players?
Mario here are a few of the player scouting reports you asked for i believe there are at least 35 players currently playing Here in Alberta that could help your club I have reports on 25 others that I have been following here in Calgary and Edmonton I am doing this as I am a fan of canadian football and I am not affiliated with any teams.
Matt Oberle-QB 5-10 165
Strengths
Very aware, understands the game very well.
Very strong and accurate arm(much better than his build would suggest.)
could run more as has good speed but is not really a running QB, moves in pocket well.
Crisp in his reads as far as i can tell (didn't have a lot of time as the O-line wasnt very solid.)
Good footwork.
Excellent hands in the running game uses good positioning on handoffs.
Weaknesses
Tends to hang on to ball looking for big play and takes needless punishment rather than throw the ball away.
Frail Build.
Needs to work on just running if no options in the passing game.
season stats G played 8 174 attempts 88 comp 50.1 % 1620yds 9tds 6int sacked 15 20 carries 108 yds 3 tds
Matt could be a good one if he bulks up a little and works on getting rid of the ball sooner I would recommend him to a team that needs a QB as he is a good risk with great upside although his being out of football so long worries me. I have watched only four games but Matt seems to be a Steady Kid after talking to his junior coach i was leery but after watching him i would offer him a spot.He can be contacted @
Stallionsball@hotmail.com
Ryan Bellerose-DL 6-4 325
Strengths
Great intensity
Has great awareness of the Ball really understands the game.
Uses hands well to shed blocks, Uses size and strength to collapse pocket rather than shed blocker.
Excellent athleticism for such a large man, great size/speed combination.Very good in pursuit.
He is Huge! 192cm 135kg but moves like a much smaller man!
Excellent short area quickness off the ball.
Very adept at taking on double teams and still making the tackle.
Very Productive led AFL in tackles in 2001 and averages about 6 tackles a game Playing DT.
Very Tough played very well despite shoulder injury that should have sidelined him.
Weaknesses
Very intense can be a little hard to handle on the sidelines. Has very strong personality Seems to lack strength at times (could be from shoulder injury)Has great push but seems to lack upper body strength at the finish.
Tends to favour his right arm (definitely from shoulder injury)plays better when his right shoulder is towards the outside.
Gets frustrated and plays a little out of control at times. Rarely takes penalties.
Injury prone and although he plays through injuries it could prove to be a problem (probably should be signed to a performance incentive based on plays played).
Needs to be in better cardiovascular condition as well seems to wear down.
Needs to work on shedding blocks rather than just running them into the backfield!
Trash talks constantly could be a problem.
Last seasons stats 4 games played 17 tackles 3 sacks 3 tackles for a loss 2 fum forced 1 fum rec
Ryan seems to be having trouble with his body, particularly his shoulder, however he is a dominating Lineman even when not 100% and he would be a great pick up as he is a natural leader and his intensity rubs off on those around him ; However you will need a very strong Coach to keep him reigned in but I believe he is well worth the effort. Talking to his former team the Icemen is a waste of time as Ryan left them to Start his own Team contact Jim Lightfoot at
JIMLi50@aol.com for info or
Stallionsball@hotmail.com also there are rumours that he left to attend university.
I still get a kick out of reading that lol, but I disagreed about lacking strength, I favoured my arm but I was still shitcanning dudes.