CRUSH HOLD ADDITIONAL INVITED COMBINE

Along with the announcement of the 2009 Dispersal Draft and Free Agent signing period, the Colorado Crush held another invited workout on Monday. The combine-style workout was held in Maryland, close to the home of head coach Mike Dailey, and saw almost 40 athletes participate. 

It is the second invited tryout the Crush has held so far this offseason and will be holding an open tryout for all interested athletes in January. Check out ColoradoCrush.com for more details on the open tryout. 

“It was a very positive and productive workout for us,” Dailey said. “We were able to hone in on some decisions going forward.”

 

The workout gave coach Dailey and his new assistants something more to think about going into the free agency period. Among the nearly 40 athletes was QB Brandon Kirsch. Kirsch tore his ACL last season in a game at Cleveland and sat out the rest of the 2008 campaign. The two-year Crush quarterback performed for coach Dailey in a series of workouts after being cleared by team doctors last week.

“Brandon lives about two hours away so we wanted to bring him out and see his progress,” Dailey said. “After evaluating him it looks like he has little to no adverse effects from the injury and we were pleased with his effort.”  

The Crush currently has 16 players under contract for the 2009 season and will remain busy in the coming weeks with the shortened signing period. 

With the holiday coming up the Crush and coach Dailey would like to thank all of the Crush fans for their continued support and offer our most sincere “Happy Thanksgiving.”  Stayed tuned for much more in the coming weeks and GO CRUSH!

AFL ANNOUNCES DISPERSAL DRAFT AND FREE AGENT SIGNING PERIOD DATES

The Colorado Crush hold the fifth overall pick in the 2009 AFL Dispersal Draft to be held on Tuesday, December 2 at 11 a.m. MST, the league announced Monday. All 16 teams will have a chance to acquire key former New Orleans Voodoo players such as 2008 All-Rookie and All-Arena Second Team selection LB NORMAN LEJEUNE, as well as proven AFL veterans DL HENRY BRYANT and WR DERRICK LEWIS.

The Dispersal Draft will be conducted via telephone conference and will consist of an unlimited number of rounds until all eligible players are selected or all teams in a round pass. The Columbus Destroyers will have the first overall pick. A maximum of five minutes per selection is allowed in each round. If the time limit expires, the pick is forfeited. Trades between teams may occur at any time prior to or during the draft. All undrafted players will become free agents.

The free-agent signing period begins at 12:01 a.m. ET on Thursday, December 4 with a healthy crop of 172 veteran free agents. It is expected to be an entertaining signing period highlighted by athletes including QB Matt D’Orazio(Philadelphia in 2008) and WR Mark Grieb(San Jose in 2008). The Crush has 16 returning players and will look to begin training camp in late January with as many as 37 athletes.