Guy Fields Pre Draft Interview
Interviewer: Welcome everyone, and a very special welcome to our next guest: From Northwestern University, the Linebacker prospect Guy Fields.
Guy: Hi, thanks for having me here!
I: Guy, or should I say Gantha? Gunther? Sorry, I can’t do umlauts.
G: Haha, Guy is fine. That’s the exact reason I changed how I call myself!
I: Thank you, that makes this interview a lot easier, so this Guy here *laughs* came off of a monster season for Northwestern which ended in winning the Pinstripe Bowl. 105 combined tackles, that’s quite the stat line you put up in 2038.
G: Yeah, it was an amazing year, to be honest. The whole team just clicked and it culminated in a great end to the season, I’m very honoured to have been able to play with this team of great athletes.
I: I can imagine. So, what made you choose football in the first place?
G: Haha, that’s a kind of funny story: My parents are from Austria – the place in the middle of Europe, not the one with the Kangaroos, that’s Australia, a lot of people get confused about that here – and Football – the other football, so you’d say Soccer – is big there. So my dad always wanted for me to become a soccer player. When I started high school I soon realized it just was not fun, I did not enjoy it at all, so I tried track, experimented with hockey and in the end decided I enjoyed football – or as we call it back home: American Football – the most.
I: Interesting, so was it always defense for you, or did you play a bit of offense in high school?
G: I tried playing a bit of Tight End in my first year of high school, but simply said my hands weren’t good enough. It was good enough for the odd Interception as safety or linebacker in coverage but as a pass catcher I simply was not good enough.
I: Your hands seemed to suffice last season though. I mean 6 INTs with 2 Pick Sixes as a Linebacker are nothing to feel bad about.
G: Oh for sure. I feel like I got lucky once or twice there though. It may not look like that on a stat sheet but even an Interception is a team effort. The coverage must be great for me to be able to get where I need to be and pull the trigger. And then have the lanes to run it in, a lot of factors playing into that.
I: So do you see yourself more as a rusher or a coverage linebacker?
G: I certainly like to drop into coverage more than rushing the passer or stopping the run. My coaches always thought so as well, but I worked heavily on those traits in my last two years of college and feel like I got better, but my focus certainly remains on coverage.
I: That also seems to be what most draft analysts agree on with you. A lot of people say you lack the pure speed for a coverage linebacker, what would you say to those?
G: I’d say that that is certainly true, especially for the big leagues where you have a lot of speedier competition than in college, but that’s why I currently focus parts of my training on speed and strength. I don’t want to lose those receivers and pass catchers on the field, I want to keep up with them.
I: That’s surely good to hear for some of the scouts and GMs out there. One of the DSFL mock drafts had you as 9th best linebacker of the draft what would you say to this analyst about your position?
G: I think I saw that mock draft. It was a very strict analysis of pure values and not really looking into what I can offer beyond that. It would be hard for GMs to find a more hard-working, dedicated and willing athlete in this draft. With me you get the whole package beyond stats. You get a person who is willing to go above and beyond to get better, help the team and form a great unit that will get your team where you want it to be. You say “jump”, I ask “how high?” and deliver. “First one in, last one out” is more than just a cliche with Guy Fields.
I: Which DSFL team would you prefer to be drafted to?
G: I don’t really have any favourites, to be honest. Of course, it would be an honor to be drafted by the SeaWolves, for example, seeing what they achieved this season. But wherever I will end up I will do all humanly possible to help and get a trophy for this team.
I: Thank you so much for this interview, Guy. I’ll end up with one last question: Is a Hot Dog a sandwich?
G: *long pause* I don’t think it is smart to answer that seeing what happened to other people. I can probably give you my thoughts on that after the draft. *laughs*
I: Haha, thank you very much, have a great day and I wish you the best of luck for your draft!
G: Thank you, have a beautiful day!
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Interviewer: Welcome everyone, and a very special welcome to our next guest: From Northwestern University, the Linebacker prospect Guy Fields.
Guy: Hi, thanks for having me here!
I: Guy, or should I say Gantha? Gunther? Sorry, I can’t do umlauts.
G: Haha, Guy is fine. That’s the exact reason I changed how I call myself!
I: Thank you, that makes this interview a lot easier, so this Guy here *laughs* came off of a monster season for Northwestern which ended in winning the Pinstripe Bowl. 105 combined tackles, that’s quite the stat line you put up in 2038.
G: Yeah, it was an amazing year, to be honest. The whole team just clicked and it culminated in a great end to the season, I’m very honoured to have been able to play with this team of great athletes.
I: I can imagine. So, what made you choose football in the first place?
G: Haha, that’s a kind of funny story: My parents are from Austria – the place in the middle of Europe, not the one with the Kangaroos, that’s Australia, a lot of people get confused about that here – and Football – the other football, so you’d say Soccer – is big there. So my dad always wanted for me to become a soccer player. When I started high school I soon realized it just was not fun, I did not enjoy it at all, so I tried track, experimented with hockey and in the end decided I enjoyed football – or as we call it back home: American Football – the most.
I: Interesting, so was it always defense for you, or did you play a bit of offense in high school?
G: I tried playing a bit of Tight End in my first year of high school, but simply said my hands weren’t good enough. It was good enough for the odd Interception as safety or linebacker in coverage but as a pass catcher I simply was not good enough.
I: Your hands seemed to suffice last season though. I mean 6 INTs with 2 Pick Sixes as a Linebacker are nothing to feel bad about.
G: Oh for sure. I feel like I got lucky once or twice there though. It may not look like that on a stat sheet but even an Interception is a team effort. The coverage must be great for me to be able to get where I need to be and pull the trigger. And then have the lanes to run it in, a lot of factors playing into that.
I: So do you see yourself more as a rusher or a coverage linebacker?
G: I certainly like to drop into coverage more than rushing the passer or stopping the run. My coaches always thought so as well, but I worked heavily on those traits in my last two years of college and feel like I got better, but my focus certainly remains on coverage.
I: That also seems to be what most draft analysts agree on with you. A lot of people say you lack the pure speed for a coverage linebacker, what would you say to those?
G: I’d say that that is certainly true, especially for the big leagues where you have a lot of speedier competition than in college, but that’s why I currently focus parts of my training on speed and strength. I don’t want to lose those receivers and pass catchers on the field, I want to keep up with them.
I: That’s surely good to hear for some of the scouts and GMs out there. One of the DSFL mock drafts had you as 9th best linebacker of the draft what would you say to this analyst about your position?
G: I think I saw that mock draft. It was a very strict analysis of pure values and not really looking into what I can offer beyond that. It would be hard for GMs to find a more hard-working, dedicated and willing athlete in this draft. With me you get the whole package beyond stats. You get a person who is willing to go above and beyond to get better, help the team and form a great unit that will get your team where you want it to be. You say “jump”, I ask “how high?” and deliver. “First one in, last one out” is more than just a cliche with Guy Fields.
I: Which DSFL team would you prefer to be drafted to?
G: I don’t really have any favourites, to be honest. Of course, it would be an honor to be drafted by the SeaWolves, for example, seeing what they achieved this season. But wherever I will end up I will do all humanly possible to help and get a trophy for this team.
I: Thank you so much for this interview, Guy. I’ll end up with one last question: Is a Hot Dog a sandwich?
G: *long pause* I don’t think it is smart to answer that seeing what happened to other people. I can probably give you my thoughts on that after the draft. *laughs*
I: Haha, thank you very much, have a great day and I wish you the best of luck for your draft!
G: Thank you, have a beautiful day!
THIS IS MY FIRST ARTICLE, CAN I HAS BONUS
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