Happy campers
In deciding to set up camps, head coach Norm Chow set a goal: Make it affordable.
The $20-a-day fee covered the cost of a T-shirt, lunch, refreshments, insurance and facility rental.
The payoff came this past week when Lt. Col. Jason Drake — a father of five and a die-hard Warrior football fan — heard murmurs the Warrior coaches would be conducting a free clinic at Pearl Harbor on Friday. The thing is, he was moving that day to North Carolina ahead of his deployment to Afghanistan. That’s when he learned about this week’s youth camp for ages 5-12. With the low price, the man signed up his three kids, as well as a neighbor’s son.
Drake said he was blessed to watch them at the camp before leaving Hawaii.
When told of the story, Chow told camp director Chris Demarest to refund the camp fee.
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The UH coaches indeed will be conducting a free clinic at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Friday afternoon.
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No definite plans yet, but Chow said he would like to have a UH coaches’ clinic for women this fall. If it materializes, the UH coaches would be the instructors.
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Congrats to Stretch for being named to Na Koa’s Board of Directors.
1st and congratulations to Stretch!
Well deserved.
Whoo-hoo!!!
Good morning and a super Hump Day, too!
Different look and loading super slow.
A waaay too early AM Good Hump Day Morning! Nice story about the military dad being deployed to Afganistan being refunded his keiki’s camp fee! Congrats to Stretch being named to Na Koa’s BOD! Have a great day folks!
Whew! Spam went nuts on the last blog.
tommui . . .
The six weeks will go by quickly. Hurry and heal up completely!
Morning!
Chow = Nice guy. With acts of kindness such as that, Chow is sure to build up some good karma for the upcoming season. He should cash in that karma when they play da Trojans.
Just a thought, but is it wrong to ask Warrior fans on the East coast (who are up earlier) to scope the press and have a condensed version of whats going on in the sports world? MW, NYUH or WNY? 😉 Beats reading through the morning spam…
K-den, going for my morning run…
Good morning Tsaikos everywhere.
Wafan . . .
Tommui . . .
Mo808 . . .
Howzit Tsaikos.
hope you feel betta mo quickly an hit mo good times on da top Mr. Mui. . .
😀
Stretch…never met u but you give out good vibes; looking fwd to becoming, Chairman of the Board. Congradulations.
looking fwd to you becoming…Chairman of the Board.
Morning, Tsaikos….2nd cup of coffee coming up….laters.
Morning all,
Spam in that last blog post was crazy… Regarding NC’s live facebook chat today, when can we start submitting questions? I know ESPN usually gives about an hour prior to online chats to start submitting questions.
Shoko,
What kind of stuff you looking for?
Morning everyone.
Read Salad had another good practice yesterday. Made a nice one handed catch on a fade route to the side lines.
Keep it up!!!!
I’m reposting this from yesterday because it was swallowed up by all the spam… I hate to repost things but this is actually a pretty good read… (Though, The article is a little over a week old)… Alright I gotta get back to work… Have a great day everyone!
http://www.presnapread.com/no-90-hawaii/
“For an in-depth look at the program, take a look at Stephen Tsai’s blog for The Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Tsai might have the most dedicated readership of any local beat reporter in the country.”
Congratulations, Stretch!
Mahalo for being such a nice guy, Coach Chow!
Tommui: After I had surgery on my umbilical hernia, I could not drive for 3 weeks. Thank goodness I could depend on hubby and daughter to get around.
Good morning, gang!
Congrats, Stretch! You’re a great addition to the Na Koa board. Well deserved!
Wonderful move by Coach Chow to refund the military Dad’s fees for his kids at the camp. Good man, Coach.
Quick healing, tommui.
I think I’m sick again…people passing around the flu at work. Ugh!
Slugger: Take care! It’s no fun being sick.
I’m very proud to have Chow as our UH FB coach because he has shown outstanding character through his actions and just keeps doing the right things….which should generate the right results in so many different ways for the Warriors, State of Hawaii and Nationally. Mahalo’s Coach !
morning gang!
congrats Stretch
Stephen – heck yes! had small kine chicken skin reading the story
Great Morning All!
Doing the right thing seems to come naturally to Coach Chow.
Nice move by Na Koa. Congratulations Stretch!
Howzit Loa!
Have a terrific day erryboddy!
HiHo…
Awesome for the community
Aloha Kakahiaka!
Congrats, Stretch!
Happy Camping!
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/rapid-reports/post/19344664
June 13, 2012 11:01 a.m. – by Jason Butt
The Ravens have waived WR Rodney Bradley and ILB Cody Glenn, the team announced on Wednesday. Both positions are high in numbers which allowed the organization to make these moves. Bradley spent time on Baltimore’s practice squad in 2011. Glenn, who played with Indianapolis from 2009-2010, signed as a free agent earlier this offseason.
Howzit Everybody,
Coach Chow is a very blessed man and is just paying it forward like we were all taught as young people growing up on the aina. That’s how real locals do it.
Oh and Congrats Stretch
Now go karang some alas and get this ship where it needs to go.
http://tinyurl.com/7hhureu
The Ravens announced a pair of roster moves this morning. The Ravens waived wide receiver Rodney Bradley, who spent time on the team’s practice squad last season, and veteran linebacker Cody Glenn.
Bradley, 23, signed with the Ravens as a rookie free agent last offseason. He has battled injuries this spring, which might have played a role in Bradley failing to distinguish himself in a crowded group of wide receivers.
Liz: That’s too bad about Rodney Bradley. Good luck to him on his next endeavor.
ST- Is Chow doing a women’s football clinic?
Congratulations, Na Koa, on your awesome edition!!
My 2 sons (ages 9 and 7) are going to the camp this week. They are having a blast! My older one went to all 4 of the camps put on by McMackin and the younger one went to 3 of them (he was only 3 the first year they had one).
The $60 is ridiculously cheap for 3 days. It would be worth it at a $250 price tag.
Thank you Coach Chow for keeping this youth program going!!
Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂
Congratz to Stretch! A most deserving selection!
You da man, Braddah Stretch!
Nice post about the camp, Stephen. Coach Chow = Awesome!
Morning all! LizKauai – Hope you are feeling better!
Congrats to Stretch!
Coach Chow is the Man!
Go Warriors!
Heck Yes!! Awesome story!!
Re #35…get TK to help Coach Chow with the clinic, too. 😉
Yes, congratulations to Stretch. Big year for Na Koa and UH football coming up.
GOOD MORNING HAWAII!
Coach Chow is terrific.
Congratulations to Stretch.
I just have to tell this story about the Man. I was at the Spring game at the Stadium and had problems navigating down the stairs (hopefully the spinal operation will take care of that!) and Stretch came over and helped me down and then walked me down the concourse to make sure I was OK. I will always remember his act of kindness.
Na Koa is lucky to have him on its board.
Sorry to hear about Bradley – hope he will catch on somewhere else.
Hello everyone, there is a fundraiser for UH football with a guest appearance by Coach Norm Chow. Please see the following link for more details. http://uhalumni.org/s/1220/uhfTemplate/ … &pgid=1056
morning 808 looking like another humid one. take shelter in some good ac place
hump day eh……
congrats tall guy, Na Koa got a good man and same to coach chow for all dem clinics and doing the right thing
btw where is the Pearl Harbor clinic being held?
just saying dpk huge man crush on DA
Hello everyone, there is a fundraiser for UH football with a guest appearance by Coach Norm Chow. Please see the following link for more details.
http://uhalumni.org/s/1220/uhfTemplate/ … &pgid=1056
Hello everyone, there is a fundraiser for UH football with a guest appearance by Coach Norm Chow. Please see the following link for more details.
http://uhalumni.org/s/1220/uhfTemplate/event.aspx?sid=1220&gid=1&pgid=1056
ok pic gone so dpk u reveled during alumni week?
Desmond:
Thanks for the notice/link.
Desmond: I wish I’d known about this fundraiser before donating to UH Foundation c/o Athletic Dept. $200 for both of us is a bit steep.
Good morning Tsaikos!!
Thanks for kind words. I hope that I can have a positive impact on Na Koa.
Hopefully JT and Demar make it to Hawaii
Good morning everyone!
Congrats to Stretch!
ST — nice story of “Aloha” by Coach Chow!
There’s a “False DPK” posting. Just so you know. Have no idea who or why. Please ignore posts with my nic and a certain picture. 😉
Now it makes you wonder if a false DPK is telling people to ignore a “false DPK.”
Thank you to Coach Chow!
Small positive steps.
‘Atta-way!!!
Is that really YOU Stephen? 😆
Is DPK talking about DPK again?
Re: ST’s #52
Sounds like a job for the Sherlock Kid. 🙂
I think many readers here could think of at least 5 verification questions to ask….
Good morning Tsaikos!
Happy Hump Day!
Nice story, ST. Stories like that should make it into the regular newspepa, not just the blog.
Congrats to the tall Asian man! 2 Tsaikos on the Na Koa BoD. What havoc can we create? j/k 😆
Best wishes to Rodney Bradley. Hopefully he finds another team who needs him.
Howzit, everyone!
Slugger (#19) and Mano1 (#21)… well stated! Tommui (#40)… great story about a great guy!
Gratz, Stretch!!!
Nice to see coach throw aside the political/bureaucratic bs and do the right thing.
Auwrite Stretch! Congratulations.
This is kinda funny. Completely off topic, but I thought I should share…
David Stern and Jim Rome kinda get into it on the radio when Rome asks if the NBA Draft is fixed… Stern actually says at the end of the interview… “I gotta go and call someone important like Stephen A. Smith.”
http://deadspin.com/5918141/david-stern-asked-jim-rome-have-you-stopped-beating-your-wife-yet-as-todays-interview-turned-ugly
I’m clueless about the DPK pictures since I don’t see any posted.
Am I missing something?
So BSU is considering paying a “special six-figure fee to join the BWC. Only 6 figures? How about 8? With all the extra Big East money, they should be able to afford it.
I wonder if UH gets a piece of BSU’s entry fee?
Don’t think it’s necessary to further punish Boise. I think the groveling is sufficient punishment.
UH’s Internet speed is really fast.
I think I might do my bills here.
good morning,
congrats stretch, good job, i know you’ll be a positive force on Na Koa…… awesome!!!
coach chow is the real deal….. can’t please everyone, but he is making an impact to all those around him..
GO WARRIORS
GO WILDCATS
I still can’t figure out why, with all of the TV I watch, that I didn’t see Bulla’s commercial on earlier.
Watching discussion(s) on espnu regarding their favorite format for fb championship game to declare #1 team(champion). Watched it replay several times today and what jumps out at me is that the discussion seems to leave out the winner of the, Rose Bowl between the PAC12/BIG10 champion. Only because it doesn’t comply with the criteria of the, TOP FOUR, format; that issue of course being discuued by conference huncho’s in Chicago today..as well as the future(demise)of the BCS after,(2013) and AQ status issues.
A late good morning Tsaikos…..and good for Coach Chow to show such Aloha and generosity!!!
Awesome Stretch…Good job!!! Now we have a voice or two!!! LOL
Can you say, Rose Bowl, irrelivant?…did I spell it right?
If they don’t have at least an eight-team playoff, then it will be worse than the BCS system, especially if the SEC wants to claim more than one spot.
Not sure what’s going to become of all of those expanded conferences, too.
mctruck . . .
???
Hey guys,
Don’t forget Coach Norm is chatting…
http://www.facebook.com/HawaiiAthletics
Congrats Srretch!
Nice chat with Coach Chow
ST, re #64, I agree there’s no benefit to making BSU grovel. However UH has to think strategically about what’s best for its long-term future.
The MWC and by extension UH will be hurt if the Big East can establish a permanent beachhead in the western U.S. That will prevent the MWC from obtaining the recruiting and exposure benefits that come with being the sole regional football competitor to the Pac 12.
Therefore anything UH can do to maximize the expense and inconvenience to BSU of being in the Big East is a good thing. That means blocking BSU from joining the Big West for non-football sports, or if that’s not possible, at least making the Broncos pay the highest possible ongoing membership premium. BSU will probably join the Big East anyhow, but making it very costly may convince the Broncos in the long run that the Big East experiment is a bad idea and they should return to the MWC.
So IMHO, UH should be polite about it, but firmly oppose admitting BSU to the Big West unless the Broncos are willing to pay a seven-figure annual fee. Like they say in The Godfather, it’s nothing personal, just business.
For some reason, I have a craving for cannoli.
Apparently Antonio’s New York Pizzaria has cannoli “to die for,” according to a review.
Interesting choice of words.
Choices in life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHzh0PvMWTI
hopefully the military man’s 3 kids will be going to the free clinic, and chow and all the rest of the coaches let the three kids know that they will watch them just as their father would; and, military father thank you 4 serving our u s a.
Re#40
Tom, stop spreading rumors about Stretch. You’re ruining his rep as a nasty guy, hah! Congrats, Stretch. Let us know if there are any special projects.
re #56
I dunno if I can do five. One question keeps running over and over: “DPK, what did that tree ever do to you?”
Stretch and Powder Puff with Na Koa. Kazz, Pomai, Ralph etc. with softball. AHouse and the garden. Big Hilo with the bikes and ball machine. Tom Mui having his client designate UH as a beneficiary. I know I’m leaving out a ton of others, but just wanted to say that I’m really proud of the Tsaikos.
ST, lol at the cannoli and Godfather reference!
Since UH becomes a member of MWC & BWC on 7/1, are they allowing us to even vote on the BSU matter regarding admittance?
Sorry ST, but I would vote no to BWC admittance. Must do everything possible to help the moneymaker, football.
BSU must be considering dropping out of the Big East to request a decision by July 1st.
What if the Rose Bowl decided to make themselves more relevant by say creating their own play off system before the others get their acts off and running and being totally exculded, which seems to be what may be occurring with the SEC led charge. So, get the Big 12, Big 10, Pac 12 and MWC to participate in their own play off. Use the “other bowls to host the play off amongst the 4 conferences, seeding them accordingly and it would be okay to have the MWC be the “bastard child of lesser parents” always being the lowest seed. The 4 Conference champions would meet two weeks prior to the Rose Bowl. The Peach and Fiesta (for the sake of naming names) would each host the conference playoff and the winners would advance to the Rose.
I think that the Rose would attract sponsors and isn’t that the name of the game..for bowls..making money.
I’m that this is full of holes so punch away.
Now, now, now.
Stretch is a nice guy.
He also was our designated driver through wine country.
There’s Gran Prix racing thru Napa Valley?
heheheh
I guess it will come down to whether Boise has the bucks to make an offer the Big West can’t refuse. LOL.
Warrior Dave, I’m with you. I vote no also. Nothing personal against Boise. Just a Business Decision in the best interest of the entire athletics departments financial future. If Boise can’t leave the MWC we stand a better chance at renegotiating a TV contract for the league. Six figures being dangled at Big West is nothing compared to a new TV deal for the MWC.
After spe
After spending some time on a blog about Pac12 and TV, I came to realize how everything will change in less than two years.
Everyon
my computer keeps hiccuping!
Quickly, e
my computer keeps hiccuping!
Quickly, everyone read Marry Meekers D10 presentation on the future of the internet.
Remember Steve Jobs legacy, TV Apple is imminent
All game
my computer keeps hiccuping!
Quickly, everyone read Marry Meekers D10 presentation on the future of the internet.
Remember Steve Jobs legacy, TV Apple is imminent
All games will be on internet and we will all be buying new TVs
Revenu
my computer keeps hiccuping!’
Quickly, everyone read Marry Meeker’s D10 presentation on the future of the internet.
Remember Steve Jobs legacy, TV Apple is imminent
All games will be on internet and we will all be buying new TVs
Revenue for D1 sports on tv will be ReDone or ReImagined as Mary said.
Bottom Line, winners will prosper no matter where they are or what conference.
TIME SLOT IS THE KEY TO UH FUTURE AND Norm Chow
I think this will happen in less than 3 years
scuse me it’s Mary Meeker, a former Morgan Stanley colleague
I’d vote for Stretch. He called out da not so bright.
Most Hawaii folks not hip to cannolis. But if you been on the east coast, you know that people will travel miles to get to an Italian bakery or deli. Nothing like the real deal.
BIK
Here’s a question to ponder.
Pateles. One olive or two?
BIK
Hey, I met the “military man” — Jason Blake — who’s a really big UH fan.
Really nice guy.
On second thought, HawaiiMongoose, let ’em suffer.
You’re right. It’s not personal.
It was really hot out there today.
The good thing is I bought French bread, and left it in the car. It’s nice and warm now.
Stephen,
Unless Antonio’s had s moved to a new location that I am not privy to, They are no longer doing business across from Kahala Mall. Miss their Pizza!!!
Thanks, Kaimuki.
My bad. I did not know they closed.
No gun. No cannoli.
ST, thanks for putting the photo of Lt. Col. Drake and his kids. Such a nice story! And thank you, Lt. Col., for your service to our great country. The Drake keiki and hundreds of other kids can attend the UH Summer Camps for low fees thanks in part to the money raised by Nā Koa. And guess what? You can help out by attending the Nā Koa Football Camp Scholarship Dinner on Tuesday, June 26 at Honolulu Country Club. Individual tickets are available for $125 per person. Come and enjoy a great evening. The Tsaikos’ newest Nā Koa board member will be there. 🙂
TAM?
Thank you to Lt. Col. Drake!
And, thank you, again, to Coach Chow.
Whoo-hoo!!!
Said it before, just say no.
Yes, TAM…what about THM?!?!? Or was it LAM and LHM? 😉
God Bless and keep you safe LCOL Drake.
BIK,
2 olives and spicy!!
I’ve got my acronyms scrambled.
RE: UH athletics and social media
Very good to see that UH is advantage of social media. This is where it’s at today. Everyone has a Facebook and or a Twitter. Recently Coach Beeman and Coach Wooley have taken to Twitter and other coaches are on Twitter as well.
Plus the advent of the smartphone makes access to social media much more easier and allows updates and news to be relayed to the public much faster.
What would be interesting is if UH could have UH related Twitter accounts for student-athletes to manage and UH would then push and push and market the hell out of following those accounts. UH would set up the Twitter account (separate from the student-athletes personal one) and they could post tweets one gameday or the week of a game. Basically having accounts that fans could follow and see tweets on a somewhat frequent basis. Other than paying for advertising time on TV, its free to manage and update.
Example:
@UHDGraves
Just arrived in LA. Time to #dowork #GOWARRIORS!
Something as simple as this just helps to get people excited and it gives them a real time update to where their favorite players are.
While some players already do this on their own Twitter accounts, they do enjoy the exclusiveness of having known individuals follow them on Twitter (i.e. friends, teammates, and family only). So with UH creating a separate account with a uniform Twitter name, that should alleviate any “stalkerness” as they would only Tweet UH athletic stuff on there and fans can tweet them back without flooding their personal Twitter accounts.
However one would have to explore any potential issues with NCAA regulations with regards to UH openly advertising and asking fans to “follow so-and-so” on Twitter.
Trending topics is also a very popular way to get word out on issues or events. Using the hashtag in a manner of a catchy phrase in relation to a UH event also helps. This is probably more useful for a younger generation
Example:
@UHhartongVB
The season is here! #letsgobows #nationalchampsintraining!!!
Or
@UHskuehuBB
New season, new coach, #newattitude #GOBOWS
For anyone unfamilar with using hashtags on twitter, the more popular the hashtag or common trending phrase the more people will see the entire tweet associated with it. If the hashtag is common enough, more people will see it even if they’re not following you or UH in general.
Example:
@Uhathletics
#MerryChristmas to everyone. Don’t forget UH vs ——- in the #ESPN Diamond Head Classic this Thursday!
Just think of how many people would be using “Merry Christmas” on Twitter that day.. Well, they will see your tweet. Free advertising!
*BTW none of those Twitter names or accounts exist. Just made them up.
Kevin must have read Mary Meeker’s presentation on the future of the internet
Social Media is amazing.
To get your personal friends and world news, sports info, etc… all in one area. Pftttt… would be dumb not to take advantage of it.
It’s free and easy to access. Lots of misinformation out there, but as quickly as the internet advances, one must be equally as quick to catch all the BS info flying around. Lots of misinformaton on TV as well, but it only appears more legitimate because TV is all we had for generations and the internet info age only skyrocketed in the last 5 years.
Catch up or get left behind!
I have precious little time online and trust this blog for a lot of accurate and timely information! I don’t need to twitter. Am I alone?
Great photo of the Happy Campers! A picture worth a thousand words…
ffffff and fly fishing…
Family, Friends, Football, Food, Fun, Fishing, and Fly Fishing! 🙂
fly fishing? …Must be some pretty small hooks you use… After you catch the fly, what do you do with it?
Never went fly fishing, but I did catch a bug a few times.
Just needed lots of fluids. Couldn’t figure out what to starve or what to feed, so I decided: Just eat.
What’s great is Demo’s speech that goes with the awarding of the shirt. Has something to do with be proud to be a Warrior. Stuff like that. OK, sounds hokey, but I did get chicken skin listening to it. Must be The Situation accent.
Time to rethink the birthday wishes.
People are 14 percent more likely to die on their birthday.
Madeinhawaii: Fishing humor. Love it. Fly fishing is fun. Did some in Oregon during the college years. Fun but pound for pound, trout can’t fight anything like a papio. But salmon, thats a different story. Pretty exciting fish to catch especially when they jump.
Congrats Stretch!
Dennis Halloran,
Good stuff. Thanks
Fly fishing?
like On Golden Pond?
OK, but only if I can drive the boat– 200 HP engines should be enough.
But I’m gonna Faraoke all the way… 🙂
Hmmm.wonder if that was what Rasu had in mind? We were talking Lake Mead Tsai-ko boating next trip. Sigh. 😐
YES!!!!!
Way to go UH Football coaches, especially Norm Chow….Talking about letting Lt. Col Drake’s ohana into their camp for free, before he gets deployed…..
That, my friends, is ALOHA!
I want a cannoli or two or three…
Great pic of Lt. Col. Drake & the keikis, ST. Bless & protect him & his men.
Night, gang!
Wonderful news on Stretch!!! Way to go, bruddah!
Hope you’re feeling better Slugger. No get sick!
Learned to fly fish for salmon and loved it! Then one day, something…might have been a king although I was fishing for reds, hit like a hammer and tore the rod right out of my hands. T’was an expensive outfit disappearing down the river!
SteveM
A houseboat on Lake Mead would have been the bomb! Alas! Make memories today for tomorrow may be too late…
G’nite all…
Good Thursday everyone!
Gosh! 6.5 hours of dead time.
Where did everyone go?
Aloha Kakahiaka!
Rasu Begasu… How I miss him!
Thanks for the fly fishing stories! I’ve been practicing my false cracks, er casts, on lawns and am eager to get to the fish soon as my teacher returns from vacay.
Good morning, gang!
I miss Rasu Begasu, too.
Civil Defense sirens were not a welcome sound in my morning. Glad it’s a malfunction.
K, gotta get ready for work…
Many reasons to watch US Open.
First guy off the tee is a High Schooler from son’s alma mater
Joe Ogilvie qualified and plays in the group behind, Tiger, Phil and Bubba
He is Son in Law of HS friend
Olympic is home course of a former fiancee
vera capital…
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