Signing Day
The Warriors welcome:
> Ilm Manning, OL, Apollo HS (Arizona)
> Eric Rooks,WO, The Taft School (Conn.)
> Jeremy Moussa, QB, Eleanor Roosevelt HS (Calif.)
> Kamuela Borden, OL, Iolani
> Jeffrey Keene, DE, Fort Scott CC
> Cedric Byrd, SB/PR, Long Beach City College
> Khoury Bethley, OLB, Don Lugo High (Calif.)
> Blessman Ta’ala, DL, Faga’itua High )(American Samoa)
> Mason Mata’afa, DL, Orange Coast College
> Zach Ritner, DE, Capistrano Valley High
> Chevan Cordeiro, QB, Saint Louis
> Kai Kaneshiro, DB, Saint Louis
> Jonah Kahahawai-Welch, DE, Kamehameha
> Jonah La’alu, ATH, Centennial High (Las Vegas)
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Here we go
Here we go
Ilm Manning looks like a great catch?
OL/DL?
OL
Apollo HS is only a couple miles from my house.
His clips remind me of “blindside”.
20-25 lbs away from the playing field.
Nice athletic dude.
Yes! Welcome & Mahalo for wanting to be a Warrior!!!! It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…..
DE Jeffrey Keene and WR Cedric Byrd should be signing today. Byrd is electric. Immediate starter at KR and PR. Should work in slot.
jeezy33~I don’t think UH returns punts. Haven’t in a while.
And that is why you recruit a guy that can fly like a Byrd.
QB Moussa signs.
Updates :
http://hawaiiathletics.com/news/2017/12/19/2018-football-early-signing-day-live-updates.aspx
Showing them Aloha via Twitter! It’s a good day!
GOOD MORNING, HAWAII!
Anything from the signing-ceremonies? Who were the locals that signed?
Big time DL Mason Mataafa commits to Hawaii
Just saw on Hawaii Prep that Jonah Welch decommitted from Navy. Maybe Hawaii?
The Byrd is the Word”
https://youtu.be/aPrtFxd9u9Y
Great pickup!
Does Cordeiro & Kaneshiro sign today?
Good. Hawai’i players still sign on February 7, 2017. Wednesday. Sheraton Waikiki hotel. I think.
#9 well does 6 returns count averaging 5.0 ypr.
#17 Some will sign today my friend.
Who are they? Serious.
#14. Huge get. Loving these “hide n seek” recruits coming in.
Very wise decision to keep these guys under wraps.
Adam Boyd expected to join the staff on defensive side of the ball. Prior stops at ASU and UCLA.
Boyd’s profile can be found here https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-p-boyd-04a66522/
How come the St. Louis guys not signed yet? Hope nobody wavering.
On another note…
There should be a rule or bylaw regarding any coach who was actively recruiting a prospect at his recent most former institution of employment may not recruit said prospect to his new place of employment.
i.e. Hynson/Jesiah Irish
The punishment;
1. Said coach is placed on a one year immediate suspension of the recruiting process.
2. Said coach’s New/current institution of employment forfeits one full scholarship for the same year and pays a fine of $100,000 the approximate cost of a scholarship.
That’ll work.
Crusaders will have a news conference at 11 am
Stephen:
I assume there is no longer a big signing ceremony at some hotel for all LOI signees?
Great news and a very nice Xmas gift to all Warrior fans!
Sounds like Cedric Byrd, SB/PR, and Mason Mata’afa, DL, are impact players who can make our team much better!
Keep them coming until Feb!
Who are the other impact players?
Ilim Manning, OL, Jeremy Moussa, QB, Khoury Bethley, OLB, & Zach Ritner, DE?
I don’t see any OTs and no Tristan Nichols yet. Fingers crossed.
And where is Cordeiro?
Focus on Defensive linemen, if the Defensive linemen don’t work out put them on the offensive line. Get some SPEED at skill (aka Pookies & Junebugs). We Need DAWGS if we want to Win!!!
I cannot remember being as excited about a recruit as I am about Cordeiro in the longest time.
Wow. Jonah. Nice. Dline looking better. More depth. Rolo filling the pukas. I am just hoping for more speed at the skill positions.
ST, what happened to Derek Thomas? You reported just a week ago that he planned to sign today.
Keep it coming! Like the big guys, skills look good too!
Wow! Almost filled the whole class. I expect another 2 or 3. Hopefully ammon bailey signs and another offensive linemen.
Tsai you said blessmen and borden count towards this class??
What happened to Panoke? Did we lose him?
This is the early signing period so some of the other verbals that didn’t sign today could be signing in February.
#15 Jonah Welch has committed to Hawaii
Fourteen. Looks like that’s about it. Pretty good haul. Welcome all new Warriors !!!
Mitchell Quinn
Jonah Panoke
Baraka Beckett
?????
#32 Scholarship for Welch might have cost Thomas an assured his. Unexpected availability of superior athlete at the same position could cause a problem … remember that MacMakin withdrew a juco qb’s scholarship offer when Greg Alexander suddenly came available. I hope I am wrong since the more pass rushers we pick up, the better for our defense. Oh yeah, Thomas might be reconsidering when he got wind of Welch’s possible switch to UH. Either way, I hope we see his name on the signee list at the end of the day!
Nichols isn’t coming. So people can stop worrying about him. Quinn was never a Hawaii commit. It is said he is going to pursue track in college. Hawaii doesn’t have track so not likely coming to Hawaii. Maybe he can come back later when he misses football. Similar to Tuileta.
Jeezy,
You think Thomas will sign? Or did Hawaii stop pursuing him?
I think he will.
3 local recruits doesnt make it. Rolo predicted 8 local recruits a month ago. Need more
Hawaii players. Remember this is the University of Hawaii football team. Representing Hawaii.
So far give ROLO D+ for this recruiting class.
4 local recruits
We need a D-line! Haven’t had one in years!
43. Keeping locals is great, but it’s quality over quantity. Cordeiro, Welch, Kaneshiro, Panoke, and Borden are 5 locals. Panoke should be signing in Feb. There’s a few targets still being looked at.
#46 jeezy33, if Panoke was a verbal from the Crusaders, do you know why he didn’t sign along with Cordeiro & Kaneshiro today, and waiting till February? Wondering as he is a WR and the UH position coach is now at OSU.
Beckett and Thomas. Today? Tomorrow? Gone?
Don’t worry about getting Locals, worry about getting players that CAN PLAY!!!
Ilseboy … what are you thinking. Accept that most local kids actually prefer to go away for college. We occasionally pick up a few good recruits from the islands, but if you want the UH to be competitive, you need to lose this local bias. There are plenty of great Mainland kids who want to go away for college … for which the UH is a great choice.
Isnt that the REAL problem. Too many of the recruits past 5 years CANT PLAY !!! Look
at team win-loss record.
How can anyone think they know so much about football and enough about this years recruits to give Rolo a D at this point, is beyond me. Its like if you gave someone enough money to buy a Yugo and they came back with Toyota, you would complain that they didn’t get a Mercedes.
All the successful Hawaii Head Football coaches agree on one thing. Majority of recruits
must come from Hawaii if team is to be successful(winning record). Ever Since Norm Chow
took over majority of recruits do not reside in Hawaii. That’s a problem !!!!
Billy Ray, WR coach ? someone speculates that.
Seems like we filled most of the critical needs but what about DB’s?
Love the signees so far. Talent, athleticism and the want to be a part of the programs growth. The immediate help added to last years group that will be in the mix next year is exciting. The edge rush presence will be a welcome sight. The QB’s can make you dream. Did someone say Hawaii POY?!! On to recruiting…phase two! And, about those coaching positions…
Howzit Tsaikos!
Panoke will sign.
#55 Big Fan
Signed Kaneshiro out of St. Louis School.
Also have RS DBs on roster.
Like how many DEs we have signed so far! I think that was our #1 need. Hopefully a couple of them pan out. We need to add more speed at the WR and CB positions. Also keep building the depth and size at OL. I think those should be our main focus for the next signing period. Maybe we should start targeting the small fast WR that the big schools pass on. As the Patriots and Antiono Brown have showed you don’t need tall receivers to win. Speed kills! We can add height at the TE position.
I thought Bethley was a RB? They gonna use him as a LB? Seems undersized for the position.
53… Not that anyone should be concerned about your crazy ideas… Just a sampling that shows that # of local players has no bearing on Win/Loss record. Also, in none of these years was there a Majority of local players on the roster.
2001 = 51 local players. 9-3
2007 = 40 local players. 12-1
2012 = 46 local players. 3-9
2017 = 41 local players. 3-9
53 isleboy you can’t make kids play here that don’t want to! Kids go to college to play football for many reasons, and when Marcus goes to Oregon that’s where he wanted to go! Hawaii doesn’t have very many ELITE players, as a matter of fact they sorely lack when it comes to SKILL POSITIONS sorry but the kids on the mainland have MORE TALENT! What used to work dosen’t anymore so if Hawaii is to succeed it MUST ADAPT so put away your 8 track and pick up your smart phone and open up an INSTAGRAM account so you can communicate with the BALLER’S on the mainland. Tell them (DM) how great it is to go to school and play football in Hawaii, THAT’S HOW IT WORKS NOW!!!
Well, nice looking core of recruits.
14 down with 8 more to go.
be Nice if we could get…
2 OL
1 RB
2 CB
1LB
2 BEST ATH AVAILABLE @any position
Nice start and some hidden gems. Welch was a surprise catch love that he’s staying home.
Who is the new 6-6 wide receiver from Canada who just committed to Hawaii?
Defensive commits look terrific. Kahahawai-Welch looks so explosive. Mataafa looks like he can shed blocks and blow up runners. And with Keene he makes contact with chest squared, slides to legs and then wraps them up old school style, you don’t see that technique too much nowadays. Love seeing that. They should make our coverage guys look better. Combined with the redshirts they waited on last year I’m excited to see what the new coordinator does with all the pieces. Go Warriors!
Hats off to Coach Rolo and his staff. They’ve been dealing with a negative attitude and belief among local recruits and their families that UH is a “second-rate university” along with the old island missionary mentality that you’re not good enough unless you “get off the rock” and go to the mainland. The UH coaches have also been competing against schools with all of the fancy facilities and resources. Sure, UH has it’s share of problems, but what universities don’t? Much more than “….And us guys, we still stay hea” mentality as you’re getting your college education paid for. The proof is in the puddling in UH signing 5 local players, including the POY after batting 00 last year. It will always be an uphill battle for UH against schools with more resources, not just P-5 schools, but including those in the MWC. More to come in February.
Hats off to Coach Rolo and his staff. They’ve been dealing with a negative attitude and belief among local recruits and their families that UH is a “second-rate university” along with the old island missionary mentality that you’re not good enough unless you “get off the rock” and go to the mainland. The UH coaches have also been competing against schools with all of the fancy facilities and resources. Sure, UH has it’s share of problems, but what universities don’t? Much more than “….And us guys, we still stay hea” mentality as you’re getting your college education paid for. The proof is in the puddling in UH signing 5 local players, including the POY after batting 00 last year. It will always be an uphill battle for UH against schools with more resources, not just P-5 schools, but including those in the MWC. More to come in February.
CSU’s Mike Bobo has to replace his entire Defensive staff, partly due to the DC retiring and the DBs coach taking another job at Tennessee, but the others have been let go.
http://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/csu/football/2017/12/20/csu-football-coach-mike-bobo-replacing-his-entire-defensive-staff/971227001/
Kevin Clune or Chad Kauhaahaa resurfacing there?
#61 Bethley is going to be used as a hybrid linebacker-safety. With 3-3-5 defensive schemes being used more frequently, he may be a rover or nickel type player. It has been said that coaches might also use him on offense in certain situations. However, it has been made clear from the start in one of his interviews that he would be used on defense. Only fans and recruiting services kept talking up his running ability.
67.. Looks like Nick Mardner, but I haven’t found any confirmation. Here’s his Hudl: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/7603972/59f7dcc7ab92f91920bc4956
I thought I read that this is a “3 days signing days” for December. If that’s the case, will there be anymore recruits committed to Hawaii?
I am wondering who Rolo is now considering for the Offensive line coach and the Defensive Coordinator positions? Except for Greg MacMakin, who was Coach June Jones DC for our Warrior football team, all the DCs afterwards were all failures.
Cordeiro and Welch put a smile on my face after a tough week. I like the group overall and figure at least 8 to go
#74…I agree. I watched a lot of HS football this season and both Cordeiro and Welch were big time. The Welch kid is probably more sought after that some of us know. I read that he not only got offered by all the academies but also got offer from Nevada, Syracuse and Vanderbilt so this guy was not some under the radar guy. He was well recruited and I super stoked he decided to stay home and represent Hawaii.
70. Clune is not the type of guy for Hawaii, i think. He took off after one year here in 2014, despite a 2 year contract.
Jonah Kahahawai-Welch was offered by all these teams Navy, Syracuse, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Air Force, Army, Nevada, Boise State, Oregon, San Diego State, Central Florida, Washington, and Utah.
The total may have been as I am sure a lot of teams tossed their names in to the hat soon after he decommitted from Navy.
You really can’t blame a young assistant coach from accepting a promotion, DC in this case. That’s just the ladder progression.
Especially when most contracts are for just a year.
I’m hoping Chad Kauhaahaa comes to UH. Maybe a long shot, but who knows. Make him DC and give him 2 or 3 year contract. Maybe the lure of coming back home will do the trick.
Recruiting looking good. Is Panoke having trouble with grades? Still possible for February?
#43, #51, #53 – I thought Steve was banned from this blog. (not talking about SteveM)
Panoke not grades.
#67 Nick Mardner is listed on UH website as signing.
Nick Mardner’s video from UH Athletics – his LOI came in late in the evening.
hope that the link works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfMUaCTdTSA&feature=youtu.be
The class looks solid. Would still love a half dozen OL/DL split 4-2. Would really love some of those slots filled by local kids who can contribute as freshman. Becket and Maama are yet to surface. Some kids will string this out but outside of the top 300 or so you can be replaced. Some kids are big timing and are gonna wind up with less than desirable options. This early signing has increased the pressure and allows programs to meet needs take a breather and search for under the radar prospects who pay off. Hopefully we get just a few more while the window is still open-
Looks like ST fell asleep before the last signee
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