Berlin Adler Nico Schumann on the Players Corner!!
We’ve had the honor of Berlin Adler Nicolai Schumann joining us on the players corner for a little 1 on 1 !!!
We talked for a bit, when we asked Schumann about his skill level he stated i do really try to improve my skills and get better every year to differentiate myself from my competitors. Schumann is a huge guy and he knows it, my strengths are my size and my catching skills. And that i am still pretty fast for a 6’4 255 pounds TE/DE laughed Schumann. My biggest weekness is probably the fact that i still have to run my routes a little more accurate and keep my backside lower in my cuts and on tackles. One of Schumann’s biggest goals this offseason is to try and loose a bit of body fat he gained last season when he played more defensive end.
I want to become faster and more agil.
A huge In season goal for Schumann is to improve his knowledge in reading defenders and out smarting how they are defending him he said. When ask what are some things you think could improve the program, Schumann paused for a second and said ,the programm can only be improved if the sport gets more followers in germany and in Europe. As well as the contact to the ncaa and the nfl needs to continue growing.
Schumann gave us a mental picture of game day. Schumann and the Adlers have a team meeting 3 hours before kick off.
After that we have time for treatment taping and to get dressed.
Everybody can warm up on their own a little on the field.
Untill the specialists go out for warm ups. Followed by the skilled players and later on the offense and defense line.
Individual warm ups and some half speed basic run and pass plays to get the blood flowing.
Field goal and punt and back in the locker room till kick off.
When ask about one moment he will never forget Schumann instantly spoke of the moment where the Adler beat the current German champion in the play off quarter final for the german bowl. They were undefeated for 3 year’s on their home field. Berlin has some of the best football fans in Germany, and when asked how he feels getting acknowledged by the fans Schumann smiled and said its a great feeling.
I started playing football only 4 years ago and i acchieved a lot in that time. i started in a very small team and now i am playing for the berlin adler the 6 times german champion in the GFL that is pretty cool. And especially when kids watching our games in the stadium ask for autographes and pictures,I sometimes feel kind of famous 🙂
We also asked Schumann about the coach player relationship. Schumann told us for this year we have a new HC and a new DC the rest of the staff is still the same but we are all very excited about the 2014 year. And reaching our goals.
The relationship between the players is really familiar and you can count on each and everyone standing next to you on the field.
Thats what makes football so awesome :).
I think the ability to play is what makes you a great player. I dont have to be best friend with every one but as long as i can count on my teammates i am satisfied Schumann stated when asked what’s more important in a teammate, character or ability.
Schumann was also asked in his opinion who was the teams top performer last season. With no doubt he said it was our import reciever Conrad Meadows 2013 GFL All Star.
He allready played two years for our team and was always a game changing player with great abilities and he is a funny guy and good friend as well Schumann end with.
We would like to thank Nico Schumann for his time and wish him and the Berlin Adler a great 2014!!!!!!
Early Christmas for Hall !!
Just before Christmas, the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns can already announce the first two Americans for the 2014 GFL season. Running back Marcus Sims and Safety Cody Pastorino venture next spring the jump across the pond.
“I am sure that we have landed with these two players a absolute hit,” said offensive coordinator Jordan Neuman, who has since taken over the main part of the recruitment work among the coaches Haller says. When choosing were the wide-ranging contacts of the Unicorns coaches of use: Pastorino was first with Neuman’s old club from Vienna in contact, Sims was recommended by former players Fritz Waldvogel and Xavier Mas. The former French international Mas played in 2002 in Hall, for some time it gives college players to Europe. Waldvogel, who won in 2012 with the Unicorns the German Bowl, comes from the same area as Sims and met him in joint college recruiting visits know.
While bird then landed at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, Marcus Sims opted for the University of South Dakota. At this school the second highest college level he was in his last two years (2011 and 2012) each of the leading ball carrier of his team, he brought it to a total of 1598 yards. In his high school years he also ran track and field and was among other things the 100 meters in 10.8 seconds. In the summer of 2013 he attempted to land in the Canadian professional league CFL, fortunately for the Unicorns without success.
Cody Pastorino comes from Willamette University in Oregon, which plays in the Northwest Conference, among others, along with Linfield, home to four Unicorns-Americans in recent years. In this Conference he was elected to the 2011 and 2012 All-Star team, 2012, he even became the third All-American College Division. In addition to his strengths in pass defense he made primarily known as a specialist while negating kicks. With seven blocked kicks he holds the school record at Willamette. Josh Scott, the Special Teams Coordinator of the Willamette Bearcats, Pastorino referred to as “best special teamer, we have ever had.” The season just ending they had Pastorino as linebackers coach at his old university.
Marcus Sims on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTSdcq3xxg0 Cody Pastorino on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M05-HgOtkco
Tigers will move down to the 3rd
Overall, 36 of Lower Saxony teams have submitted their gaming licenses for the 2014 season with the responsible AFCVN. A change stands out particularly here!!! The Osnabrück Tigers will not play 2014 in the GFL and only have a license for the third league they have requested. “We have the license for the Regionalliga Nord applied for and will take a step back in order to build our players. Currently we have for the men’s team only 35 passes. That’s just too little, and it would have been irresponsible to the competition in the GFL continue, “Tigers head coach Jovi Stojceski said”
The Tigers had five victories in 2013 and occupied sixth place. In 2012 they finished fifth with 16:12 points in their second league debut season.
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