Owners' Awards Ballot

[sovstar]

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PM me your votes by 9 pm central, June 4th (a Monday). Feel free to pimp your own players in this thread.

The players listed below are only possible candidates. You can still vote for other players.

DO NOT VOTE FOR YOUR OWN PLAYERS OR YOUR ENTIRE BALLOT WILL BE REJECTED
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MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

[ifl]Jay Caro[/ifl], QB, Portland Seals (14-2) -- 343-531 cmp (64.5%), 4,377 pa.yrd, 34 td, 6 int, 106.9 qbr

[ifl]Jim Hickman[/ifl], QB, Hartford Grizzlies (13-3) -- 278-459 cmp (60.5%), 3,512 pa.yrd, 28 td, 10 int, 95.7 qbr

[ifl]David Rodrigez[/ifl], RB, Pittsburgh Power (13-3) -- 331 att, 1,398 ru.yrd, 10 ru.td, 253 rc.yrd

[ifl]Brian Dixon[/ifl], RB, Little Rock Toads (11-5) -- 394 att, 1,841 ru.yrd, 8 ru.td, 265 rc.yrd, 3 rc.td

[ifl]Lenny Romano[/ifl], WR, Lawrence Phantoms (14-2) -- 73 rec, 1,321 rc.yrd, 14 rc.td

[ifl]James Tart[/ifl], RB, Salt Lake City Stallions (11-5) -- 403 att, 1,496 ru.yrd, 9 ru.td, 501 rc.yrd, 2 rc.td

[ifl]Olin Holst[/ifl], WR, St. Louis Cardinals (11-5) -- 99 rec, 1,568 rc.yrd, 9 rc.td

[ifl]Wilford Timmerman[/ifl], RB, Houston Renegades (11-5) -- 311 att, 1,186 ru.yrd, 12 ru.td, 533 rc.yrd, 6 rc.td


OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

[ifl]Jay Caro[/ifl], QB, Portland Seals -- 343-531 cmp (64.5%), 4,377 pa.yrd, 34 td, 6 int, 106.9 qbr

[ifl]Ralph Given[/ifl], QB, Little Rock Toads -- 266-406 cmp (65.5%), 3,083 pa.yrd, 25 td, 7 int, 101.6 qbr

[ifl]Jim Hickman[/ifl], QB, Hartford Grizzlies -- 278-459 cmp (60.5%), 3,512 pa.yrd, 28 td, 10 int, 95.7 qbr

[ifl]Brian Dixon[/ifl], RB, Little Rock Toads -- 394 att, 1,841 ru.yrd, 8 ru.td, 265 rc.yrd, 3 rc.td

[ifl]Charles Bell[/ifl], RB, Madison Demons -- 398 att, 1,558 ru.yrd, 11 ru.td, 434 rc.yrd, 2 rc.td

[ifl]Jaques Crosby[/ifl], RB, Reno Wolfpack -- 366 att, 1,548 ru.yrd, 8 ru.td, 268 rd.yrd, 2 rc.td

[ifl]James Tart[/ifl], RB, Salt Lake City Stallions -- 403 att, 1,496 ru.yrd, 9 ru.td, 501 rc.yrd, 2 rc.td

[ifl]Wesley Connell[/ifl], RB, Orlando Pirates -- 300 att, 1,464, 10 ru.td, 441 rc.yrd, 3 rc.td

[ifl]Olin Holst[/ifl], WR, St. Louis Cardinals -- 99 rec, 1,568 rc.yrd, 9 rc.td

[ifl]Lenny Romano[/ifl], WR, Lawrence Phantoms -- 73 rec, 1,321 rc.yrd, 14 rc.td

[ifl]Wilford Timmerman[/ifl], RB, Houston Renegades -- 311 att, 1,186 ru.yrd, 12 ru.td, 533 rc.yrd, 6 rc.td


DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

[ifl]Oliver McKenzie[/ifl], CB, Murfreesboro Mules -- 11 int, 17 p.def, 63 tkl, 24 ast

[ifl]Sandy Lindo[/ifl], CB, Little Rock Toads -- 3 int, 27 p.def, 62 tkl, 29 ast

[ifl]Brenton Palmieri[/ifl], CB, Lawrence Phantoms -- 5 int, 19 p.def, 41 tkl, 16 ast

[ifl]Bryant Gattis[/ifl], S, Vermont Mountaineers -- 2 int, 19 p.def, 107 tkl, 40 ast

[ifl]Jason Minton[/ifl], DE, Norfolk Vipers -- 33 tkl, 12 ast, 12.5 sck, 7 blk, 20 hur

[ifl]Keith Montgomery[/ifl], DE, Louisiana Voodoo -- 38 tkl, 15 ast, 12.0 sck, 6 blk, 18 hur

[ifl]Joe Otey[/ifl], DE, Salt Lake City Stallions -- 54 tkl, 21 ast, 10.5 sck, 3 blk, 14 hur

[ifl]Lenny Olson[/ifl], LB, Anchorage Lynx -- 115 tkl, 35 ast, 6.0 sck, 2 int, 11 p.def

[ifl]John Maynard[/ifl], LB, Columbia Fire -- 149 tkl, 57 ast, 2.0 sck, 10 p.def

[ifl]Justin Callihan[/ifl], LB, California Heroes -- 137 tkl, 35 ast, 2.0 sck, 2 int, 13 p.def

[ifl]Isaiah Graybill[/ifl], LB, Pittsburgh Power -- 117 tkl, 1.0 sck, 6 hur, 2 int, 17 p.def, 2 ff

[ifl]Randell McCreary[/ifl], LB, Lawrence Phantoms -- 90 tkl, 2.0 sck, 5 int, 12 p.def

[ifl]David Day[/ifl], LB, Iowa Snipe Hunters -- 116 tkl, 49 ast, 3.0 sck, 4 hur, 3 int, 13 p.def, 3 ff


SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR

[ifl]Percy Brenner[/ifl], CB, Norfolk Vipers -- 26 pr, 320 pr.yrd (12.3), 31 kr, 900 kr.yrd (29.0)

[ifl]Alonzo Booher[/ifl], K, Hartford Grizzles -- 29-33 fg (87.8%), 57 lg, 45-45 xp (100.0%)

[ifl]Lawrence Wiggins[/ifl], CB, Little Rock Toads -- 28 pr, 370 pr.yrd (13.2), 23 kr, 557 kr.yrd (24.2)

NUMEROUS OTHER KICKERS

**I've just considered dropping the STPOY award because there are never very many candidates that stick out. It might be easier to pick out the better kickers with the more in-depth field goal kicking stats, so we'll chug along and see what the candidates look like next year.


OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

[ifl]Roy Ramsey[/ifl], RB, Cleveland Clawz -- 339 att, 1,089 ru.yrd, 5 ru.td

[ifl]Dana Glover[/ifl], WR, Lawrence Phantoms -- 59 rec, 1,025 rc.yrd, 7 rc.td

[ifl]Nathan Mullin[/ifl], WR, California Heroes -- 52 rec, 797 rc.yrd, 6 rc.td

[ifl]Xavier Armstrong[/ifl], QB, Vancouver Killer Whales -- 297-531 cmp (55.9%), 3,073 pa.yrd, 17 td, 18 int


DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

[ifl]Jon Hawkins[/ifl], LB, Oakland Devils -- 86 tkl, 29 ast, 2.5 sck, 2 blk, 3 hur, 6 p.def

[ifl]Roger Delcorio[/ifl], LB, Montreal Firebirds -- 70 tkl, 17 ast, 9 hur, 6 p.def

[ifl]Al Armanda[/ifl], DT, Columbia Fire -- 59 tkl, 27 ast, 2.5 sck, 1 blk, 8 hur

[ifl]Neal Pearson[/ifl], CB, Cleveland Clawz -- 36 tkl, 16 ast, 13 p.def

[ifl]Tyrus Boyles[/ifl], DE, Columbia Fire -- 27 tkl, 19 ast, 5.5 sck, 2 blk, 7 hur

[ifl]J.J. Johnson[/ifl], DT, Cleveland Clawz -- 36 tkl, 21 ast, 5.0 sck. 4 blk, 7 hur

[ifl]Andrew Kinney[/ifl], DE, Little Rock Toads -- 30 tkl, 10 ast, 5.5 sck, 6 blk, 21 hur


BREAKOUT PLAYER OF THE YEAR

**This is for a player whose production has dramatically increased from years past. Only players with four or more years experience allowed

[ifl]Jim Hickman[/ifl], QB, Hartford Grizzlies

[ifl]Brady Lange[/ifl], RB, Texas Trojans

[ifl]J.J. Thornburg[/ifl], RB, Tulsa Cows

[ifl]Gaston williams[/ifl], WR, Portland Seals

[ifl]Reuben Caffrey[/ifl], WR, California Heroes

[ifl]David Norris[/ifl], WR, Columbia Fire

**Harder to find defensive breakouts, so pimp baby pimp and I will add any that I think are worthy


EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

**Try to base this on on-the-field performance only as many of the better league contributors are "unknown"

[sovstar]

THAT WAS TIME-CONSUMING

[Hell Atlantic]

um, why isn't [ifl]Dennis Colella[/ifl] not a Breakout Player of the Year candidate? i certainlt think he also deserves to be mentioned at least as an Offensive Player of the Year as well.

[sovstar]

um, why isn't [ifl]Dennis Colella[/ifl] not a Breakout Player of the Year candidate? i certainlt think he also deserves to be mentioned at least as an Offensive Player of the Year as well.

LOL & LOL

MrB spelled it out pretty well as to why Colella is not a breakout candidate:

In 2008 Colella had a better completion percentage, better yards per throw, and similar TD/int rating last year (1.4 to 1.6). It's really only the amount of times he has thrown the ball that has given him the better stats, not any increase in efficiency.

And there are 17 (count 'em) quarterbacks with better QB ratings. Not even close, dude.

[Matt]

I've got no one to pimp. :cry:

[Hell Atlantic]

um, why isn't [ifl]Dennis Colella[/ifl] not a Breakout Player of the Year candidate? i certainlt think he also deserves to be mentioned at least as an Offensive Player of the Year as well.

LOL & LOL

MrB spelled it out pretty well as to why Colella is not a breakout candidate:

In 2008 Colella had a better completion percentage, better yards per throw, and similar TD/int rating last year (1.4 to 1.6). It's really only the amount of times he has thrown the ball that has given him the better stats, not any increase in efficiency.

And there are 17 (count 'em) quarterbacks with better QB ratings. Not even close, dude.

and Colella has more td's than 7 of those guys and more yards than all but 3 of them, so what's your point?

the guy has more completions, more yards, more td's this year than any other, and all by a healthy margin. we passed so much cuz he was good. in his 7 years he's had 500+ attempts 3 other times in his career. we're not talking about a guy who has averaged 300 attempts per season to the 576 he attempted this season. he only attempted 60 something more passes this season than his 2nd highest attempts in a season, that's not a gross increase in attempts.

[sovstar]

For Colella to be an OPOY candidate I would've had to list like 50 players.

[Hell Atlantic]

Nathan Mullin has 7 total td's. he had a fumble recovery in the endzone for a td. since a receiving td and a fumble recovery td both count the same please update his stats.

[sovstar]

last time i do a ballot. ever.

[Warhammer]

I think everyone knows how much I think of Hickman. He is the player that makes the Grizzlies go. He set every major Hartford QB record this year by a large margin. We won 4 more games with him playing nearly every game this year. We have the second best point differential in the league behind Lawrence, we lead the league in 3rd down conversions, have one of the best overall offenses, etc. Jim Hickman should be 2nd in the MVP voting, and should win the Breakout Player of the Year in a walk.

With the other BPotY candidates, most of them were not in starting roles until this year. They produced more because they played more. Hickman produced more over last year, and even better compared to his previous years where he played a full slate of games.

Booher connected on over 85% of his FGs and all of his PATs. What is impressive about his FG% is that he kicks long range FGs, as shown by his long of 57 yards this season. No other kicker has the combination of range and accuracy that Booher has. He is the ideal candidate for STPotY.

[sovstar]

Uh, I just considered that maybe guys would think that you can only vote for players listed on the ballot. That would be wrong. Should've mentioned that and now I have added a note about that. Vote for whoever you want as long as they aren't your own players.

[Warhammer]

last time i do a ballot. ever.

I think this is the best way to do it. What if we put together an awards committee to put these things together?

[Hell Atlantic]

last time i do a ballot. ever.

I think this is the best way to do it. What if we put together an awards committee to put these things together?

shotgun being in the awards committee.

[sovstar]

last time i do a ballot. ever.

I think this is the best way to do it. What if we put together an awards committee to put these things together?

I was just being sarcastic. Having a group of guys come up with a list of possible candidates seems like overkill to me. I can depend on myself to come out with a list pretty quickly and can always add to it if need be.

[Kobeck]

Oliver McKenzie is 3rd all time INT leader for the Mules. Of course he has only played 16 games as a Mules compared to the 50+ games the leaders have suited up for Murfreesboro. Another similar season and Oliver will the the All-time Mule leader in INTs.


Vote Oliver for 2009 DPoY or else you will feel really really bad about yourself in the morning.