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And here it is. Where will Sterling end up playing on for his future?
Co-written with BigCed (found here: https://twitter.com/BigDawgCed ). Absolutely fun and great guy to work with, hope you enjoyed making your first interview :)
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O’Toole One on One: Sterling Bengtzing
Cedric O’Toole, Special to the Boston Howler
Jersey City, NJ - He is the wild child of an FBA Champion. Sterling Bengtzing, FBA All-Star, is one of the league’s brightest young stars, and, this offseason, one of it’s the most sought after free agents. He recently returned to his childhood home of Jersey City after concluding a three city free agency tour. I went down to Jersey City to get a piece of Beastzing’s mind.
Cedric O’Toole (COT): Thank you for inviting me to interview you, Ster. You mind if I call you Ster? Or should I call you Beastzing? (laughs)
Sterling Bengtzing (SB): As long as ya keep calling my name and get it out there, works for me! (laughs)
COT: Alright then, let’s get started...you’ve only been in the league a few years, but already you’ve proven to be one of the more talked about FBA players in recent memory for your explosive energy. Some admire you for your passion, others say you have an attitude problem. Do you think that some teams you might have been interested in signing with saw your fiery personality and said “This guy is more trouble than he’s worth”?
SB: I like to consider myself a statement maker and not a follower, that's how I was taught to carry myself. I feel the moral code with me is that if you're against me, you'll get (expletive) over, and if you're with me, I'll be the best teammate and most trustworthy fur you'll ever meet. My fans know it, my friends know it and most importantly my teammates know it. You will shrug me off and try to teach me to “work on a team", but you'll do that while my team is ahead of yours by a clear mile. (snicker). And history has proven those kinds of players are the ones who excel. I'm proud of myself, and I want to teach that there aren't any social standards that are a “recipe”, you yourself can excel.
COT: In high school and college, scouts considered you to be undersized for a bigfur. You’ve always been more of a quick and athletic big, as opposed to a more traditional center or power forward who plays in the paint. You’re also listed at just under 7 feet and 260 pounds, so you’re not “small” by any means. But some around the league see bigger furs like Jake Turner and Dan Quvianuq in Seattle, who are both about 8 feet tall, and they still say you’re “undersized”. Does being called “undersized” bother you?
SB: It did, but it gives me room to shut up the doubters. Imagine other journalists shrugging you off for having a Boston accent, you wouldn't like that, hm? Call me undersized, but I mean, I got a perfect bruiser body, good muscle ratio, my knees are healthy. (coughs) Not to mention many who are 6’10" and 6’11” have proven to be some of the most reliable centers in this league. And who says making you 7’ something makes you automatically good? (smirks)
COT: Your father, Ferdinand, led the Pride to an FBA championship. But for you, growing up as the child of an FBA great has been different compared to the experience of Crystal Davis, who has said she doesn’t care for the comparisons between her and her father Healey, or Vicki Turner’s son Jake, who has been in the spotlight since he was a kit. Do you think “flying under the radar” compared to others has been a benefit to you?
SB: I don’t feel I ever flew under any radar, Cedric. I do feel that in contrast to those two, I have been the most proud of my roots. I carry my pappa’s name highly in all that I do, and I feel that is reflected in my game. Have I ever relied on him to make it far? No, but will I push him aside to make “my own thing”? (Expletive) that, man. He always said his victories are mine as well, and my victories are his as well. The Bengtzing legacy won’t ever shy away.
COT: You grew up here in Jersey City and you played college ball in New York, but you have always been proud to represent your father’s home country of Sweden, and Swedes are likewise very proud of you. You have also engaged with other players like Erik Toivonen of Finland on Twitter, pointing out what you feel makes Sweden better than the neighboring countries of Finland and Norway. Some people look at that part of the world and lump it together, call it Scandinavia, they basically don’t consider these three countries to be different in any significant way. What does it mean to you to be Swedish?
SB: First of all, Finland is not Scandinavia. It’s Sweden, the Lego furs and the mountain hermits (laughs). It means a ton since, at least in some degree, I understand the plight of the immigrants, the plight of the ones who dream, the pride of two countries in one. Sweden is (expletive) crazy for me, with the world record attempt and all, and it opened the eyes to an amazing culture. My parents wanted me to keep that tie to where they were from, and it paid off tremendously. Sweden, New York, Jersey, they are all equal to me and all help shape what I’ve have become, not only as an athlete, but as a proper fur.
COT: Last season, you appeared in FSPN’s Body Issue. You publicly revealed, for the first time, extensive scarring from burns you received in a car accident when you were three years old. That took a lot of courage on your part. And despite this injury, you have become a world class athlete, one who takes pride in taking care of his body. Do you feel you have inspired others to face their fears, and pursue their goals, despite the hardships they may face?
SB: That’s what I always have preached. If the message comes across as a result of these (he flexes his arm up, showing the forearm scars as an example), then it’s good. I’ve met with guys from the Crow nation, from prison, gays, dropouts, street-dwellers, you name it. They have told me that seeing me play or reading that interview have inspired them to keep them on the way they want to go, so that’s (expletive) neat. I pave the path, go and follow whoever wants.
COT: Okay, we’re just about ready to wrap up, but first, Ster, I understand you have an important announcement to make.
SB: Don't play educated with me, I know ya just want my answer to that question. (laughs)
COT: Alright, yes, it’s that question. You’ve got contract offers from Montana, Lorain, and Biloxi. Where are you signing?
SB: (Expletive) man… this has been the hardest decision for me yet. Lorain has the ambition, Biloxi has the conditions on paper and Montana… man they got the foundations and the story I started… But all three got their drawbacks too, and those I can’t ignore. Sleepless nights, lots of talks, thinking... It was pretty (expletive) daunting. All three are serious about this, and I’m thankful we got three teams with proper principles in this league.
Lorain wants it and wants it bad, and have heeded to most of my requests. But I feel that their path may not be for the results I want. But it may not be the path I want to take yet. In the future it could make a 180 and be the perfect team for me to thrive on… but will that happen?
Then you got Biloxi, immediately hitting me with the goods, and telling me that they are scrapping everything they have been to start something new and that my style is the way they want to go. But going there might feel like I got to start all over again, I felt them less… welcoming than the other two. Even if the actions around them are spot on, the words may not be. And I might have a feeling it may not be with just me. Will they keep their word for all they promised?
Last but not least, there is Montana, the team that against all odds and wishes around gave me a chance, and have given me everything to date. I feel that it was I who recovered what was missing from their glory years and helped them transmit that in the present. But… is this as good as it’s going to get for me? I know there are signs that a team trusts a player that happens around this time in my career, and I am not sure if it has happened. I do still have all I’ve done there, but is it the appropriate team to continue growing my legacy?
In the end, I have made my decision.
(Sterling reaches inside his jacket getting a bandana out, it has a team’s logo, the canine leans closer)
SB: I chose… the Biloxi Voodoo
COT: (visibly impressed, for a change, congratulating the polecat soon after) So, Biloxi is a team with a proud history, one of the original FBA teams. They’ve had great players like Jeremiah Vanhorn and Barton Rouge star for them. But last year, not quite good enough to make the playoffs. They’re going to expect a lot from you. Are you confident you can lead them back to the playoffs, and eventually to the point of being title contenders again?
SB: I chose Biloxi because they embody what I have believed in the most these past years. The underrepresented, the unlikely, the ones who were always blindsided, and the ones who want to make a damn change for themselves. They have their story and their cultured past, ja, but the talks I had with the management and the direction they want to take tells me they are 100% willing to entrust me with revolutionizing the team, and having the biggest intention to pay me up to do so. They treated me like a player, they’re set to bring back Evans; a hell of a great captain, they got Kim, who I am tight with, and they want to completely wipe off the Rouge/Heron era and all of those who deserted them for something brand new, and they told me that I am exactly that something they seek to change everything up... in short, it was tough to refuse. So many plans have blown up on their face, so many potential big players have left, so many outcasts dropped there to perish but actually excelled, looking at you Craig, They want to move past all that, want to do an absolute 180, and I feel that with me and all they have switched for these past months, the Voodoo are set to really surprise us all. As my father before me when he jumped ship to the FBA and made a name for himself after all of that hard work, I am ready for this new chapter. Waldrop, you wanted it, you're set to pay for it, you got it.
COT: Any final thoughts to share with our audience?
SB: (paused, pensive) Thank you for these two amazing years, Howlers, it was the best way to start my career and so it will continue to be for these new people. Keep the way you are going and never lose that path, and that way, I am sure we'll meet up in the Finals. And for the bosses of this new path I’ve taken, I have given you the utmost trust in you. It’s time to prove that my trust is not in vain. You got a game changer in your team, so let's get (expletive) started! Heja Voodoo!
Co-written with BigCed (found here: https://twitter.com/BigDawgCed ). Absolutely fun and great guy to work with, hope you enjoyed making your first interview :)
All part of the
furrybasketball world, characters belong to their respective owners.================================================================
O’Toole One on One: Sterling Bengtzing
Cedric O’Toole, Special to the Boston Howler
Jersey City, NJ - He is the wild child of an FBA Champion. Sterling Bengtzing, FBA All-Star, is one of the league’s brightest young stars, and, this offseason, one of it’s the most sought after free agents. He recently returned to his childhood home of Jersey City after concluding a three city free agency tour. I went down to Jersey City to get a piece of Beastzing’s mind.
Cedric O’Toole (COT): Thank you for inviting me to interview you, Ster. You mind if I call you Ster? Or should I call you Beastzing? (laughs)
Sterling Bengtzing (SB): As long as ya keep calling my name and get it out there, works for me! (laughs)
COT: Alright then, let’s get started...you’ve only been in the league a few years, but already you’ve proven to be one of the more talked about FBA players in recent memory for your explosive energy. Some admire you for your passion, others say you have an attitude problem. Do you think that some teams you might have been interested in signing with saw your fiery personality and said “This guy is more trouble than he’s worth”?
SB: I like to consider myself a statement maker and not a follower, that's how I was taught to carry myself. I feel the moral code with me is that if you're against me, you'll get (expletive) over, and if you're with me, I'll be the best teammate and most trustworthy fur you'll ever meet. My fans know it, my friends know it and most importantly my teammates know it. You will shrug me off and try to teach me to “work on a team", but you'll do that while my team is ahead of yours by a clear mile. (snicker). And history has proven those kinds of players are the ones who excel. I'm proud of myself, and I want to teach that there aren't any social standards that are a “recipe”, you yourself can excel.
COT: In high school and college, scouts considered you to be undersized for a bigfur. You’ve always been more of a quick and athletic big, as opposed to a more traditional center or power forward who plays in the paint. You’re also listed at just under 7 feet and 260 pounds, so you’re not “small” by any means. But some around the league see bigger furs like Jake Turner and Dan Quvianuq in Seattle, who are both about 8 feet tall, and they still say you’re “undersized”. Does being called “undersized” bother you?
SB: It did, but it gives me room to shut up the doubters. Imagine other journalists shrugging you off for having a Boston accent, you wouldn't like that, hm? Call me undersized, but I mean, I got a perfect bruiser body, good muscle ratio, my knees are healthy. (coughs) Not to mention many who are 6’10" and 6’11” have proven to be some of the most reliable centers in this league. And who says making you 7’ something makes you automatically good? (smirks)
COT: Your father, Ferdinand, led the Pride to an FBA championship. But for you, growing up as the child of an FBA great has been different compared to the experience of Crystal Davis, who has said she doesn’t care for the comparisons between her and her father Healey, or Vicki Turner’s son Jake, who has been in the spotlight since he was a kit. Do you think “flying under the radar” compared to others has been a benefit to you?
SB: I don’t feel I ever flew under any radar, Cedric. I do feel that in contrast to those two, I have been the most proud of my roots. I carry my pappa’s name highly in all that I do, and I feel that is reflected in my game. Have I ever relied on him to make it far? No, but will I push him aside to make “my own thing”? (Expletive) that, man. He always said his victories are mine as well, and my victories are his as well. The Bengtzing legacy won’t ever shy away.
COT: You grew up here in Jersey City and you played college ball in New York, but you have always been proud to represent your father’s home country of Sweden, and Swedes are likewise very proud of you. You have also engaged with other players like Erik Toivonen of Finland on Twitter, pointing out what you feel makes Sweden better than the neighboring countries of Finland and Norway. Some people look at that part of the world and lump it together, call it Scandinavia, they basically don’t consider these three countries to be different in any significant way. What does it mean to you to be Swedish?
SB: First of all, Finland is not Scandinavia. It’s Sweden, the Lego furs and the mountain hermits (laughs). It means a ton since, at least in some degree, I understand the plight of the immigrants, the plight of the ones who dream, the pride of two countries in one. Sweden is (expletive) crazy for me, with the world record attempt and all, and it opened the eyes to an amazing culture. My parents wanted me to keep that tie to where they were from, and it paid off tremendously. Sweden, New York, Jersey, they are all equal to me and all help shape what I’ve have become, not only as an athlete, but as a proper fur.
COT: Last season, you appeared in FSPN’s Body Issue. You publicly revealed, for the first time, extensive scarring from burns you received in a car accident when you were three years old. That took a lot of courage on your part. And despite this injury, you have become a world class athlete, one who takes pride in taking care of his body. Do you feel you have inspired others to face their fears, and pursue their goals, despite the hardships they may face?
SB: That’s what I always have preached. If the message comes across as a result of these (he flexes his arm up, showing the forearm scars as an example), then it’s good. I’ve met with guys from the Crow nation, from prison, gays, dropouts, street-dwellers, you name it. They have told me that seeing me play or reading that interview have inspired them to keep them on the way they want to go, so that’s (expletive) neat. I pave the path, go and follow whoever wants.
COT: Okay, we’re just about ready to wrap up, but first, Ster, I understand you have an important announcement to make.
SB: Don't play educated with me, I know ya just want my answer to that question. (laughs)
COT: Alright, yes, it’s that question. You’ve got contract offers from Montana, Lorain, and Biloxi. Where are you signing?
SB: (Expletive) man… this has been the hardest decision for me yet. Lorain has the ambition, Biloxi has the conditions on paper and Montana… man they got the foundations and the story I started… But all three got their drawbacks too, and those I can’t ignore. Sleepless nights, lots of talks, thinking... It was pretty (expletive) daunting. All three are serious about this, and I’m thankful we got three teams with proper principles in this league.
Lorain wants it and wants it bad, and have heeded to most of my requests. But I feel that their path may not be for the results I want. But it may not be the path I want to take yet. In the future it could make a 180 and be the perfect team for me to thrive on… but will that happen?
Then you got Biloxi, immediately hitting me with the goods, and telling me that they are scrapping everything they have been to start something new and that my style is the way they want to go. But going there might feel like I got to start all over again, I felt them less… welcoming than the other two. Even if the actions around them are spot on, the words may not be. And I might have a feeling it may not be with just me. Will they keep their word for all they promised?
Last but not least, there is Montana, the team that against all odds and wishes around gave me a chance, and have given me everything to date. I feel that it was I who recovered what was missing from their glory years and helped them transmit that in the present. But… is this as good as it’s going to get for me? I know there are signs that a team trusts a player that happens around this time in my career, and I am not sure if it has happened. I do still have all I’ve done there, but is it the appropriate team to continue growing my legacy?
In the end, I have made my decision.
(Sterling reaches inside his jacket getting a bandana out, it has a team’s logo, the canine leans closer)
SB: I chose… the Biloxi Voodoo
COT: (visibly impressed, for a change, congratulating the polecat soon after) So, Biloxi is a team with a proud history, one of the original FBA teams. They’ve had great players like Jeremiah Vanhorn and Barton Rouge star for them. But last year, not quite good enough to make the playoffs. They’re going to expect a lot from you. Are you confident you can lead them back to the playoffs, and eventually to the point of being title contenders again?
SB: I chose Biloxi because they embody what I have believed in the most these past years. The underrepresented, the unlikely, the ones who were always blindsided, and the ones who want to make a damn change for themselves. They have their story and their cultured past, ja, but the talks I had with the management and the direction they want to take tells me they are 100% willing to entrust me with revolutionizing the team, and having the biggest intention to pay me up to do so. They treated me like a player, they’re set to bring back Evans; a hell of a great captain, they got Kim, who I am tight with, and they want to completely wipe off the Rouge/Heron era and all of those who deserted them for something brand new, and they told me that I am exactly that something they seek to change everything up... in short, it was tough to refuse. So many plans have blown up on their face, so many potential big players have left, so many outcasts dropped there to perish but actually excelled, looking at you Craig, They want to move past all that, want to do an absolute 180, and I feel that with me and all they have switched for these past months, the Voodoo are set to really surprise us all. As my father before me when he jumped ship to the FBA and made a name for himself after all of that hard work, I am ready for this new chapter. Waldrop, you wanted it, you're set to pay for it, you got it.
COT: Any final thoughts to share with our audience?
SB: (paused, pensive) Thank you for these two amazing years, Howlers, it was the best way to start my career and so it will continue to be for these new people. Keep the way you are going and never lose that path, and that way, I am sure we'll meet up in the Finals. And for the bosses of this new path I’ve taken, I have given you the utmost trust in you. It’s time to prove that my trust is not in vain. You got a game changer in your team, so let's get (expletive) started! Heja Voodoo!
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Caught up on the entire story arc while on a train ride :)
Of course I love Sterling's decision (despite him being a perfect fit on Montana :/ ). Yes, Waldrop has taken a big gamble on him, and a few of his new teammates aren't going to make life easy for him - yet I feel he will fit in just nice given some time to adapt to the change of scenery.
And of course, him donning the alternate skull jersey will be a sight to behold :)
Of course I love Sterling's decision (despite him being a perfect fit on Montana :/ ). Yes, Waldrop has taken a big gamble on him, and a few of his new teammates aren't going to make life easy for him - yet I feel he will fit in just nice given some time to adapt to the change of scenery.
And of course, him donning the alternate skull jersey will be a sight to behold :)
Well, the Voodoo wants to shape up as the Montana of the East, innit? Waldrop said it himself :P
It's because they haven't played with him yet, always against him :P And the same goes for Sterling to Waldrop, if he keeps his promise and has a happy polecat, then happy times for MS.
And yes that thing is cool af.
It's because they haven't played with him yet, always against him :P And the same goes for Sterling to Waldrop, if he keeps his promise and has a happy polecat, then happy times for MS.
And yes that thing is cool af.
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