Someone else can probably elaborate but had something to do with Ryan's dad who played for the crows or was employed by the crows and it ended on bad terms.
That and the fact an ex crow who became a physio/surgeon (forget his name) diagnosed Ryans injury as a junior and said it was one of the worst injuries he had seen and that he would have been lucky to play again.
I think this also had a heavy weighting on why the crows didn't take him.
This is absolutely correct, however I can tell you it ended badly not because Ryan’s Dad was bad at his job, but him and Nigel Smart never got along. Nigel was appointed to COO, and he removed Ryan’s Dad after 15 years of great service just because they didn’t get along. Nigel Smart is a well known flog in footy circles. The dumb prick then made it clear to the recruiter not to draft Ryan, specifically due to his Dad. Eat a bag of shit Nigel ya flog...we have him now and he is very happy at the Hawks!