Warriors land DB

mornin

welcome to warrior nation ne’quan! we haven’t had a safety that can lay that hat like you since leonard peters and jake patek!

Ne’Quan Phillips, at 5-10 and 175 pounds, hits like 195+ pounds.

Boise State and San Diego State may travel the most miles next to Hawaii when they join the Big East. They will learn the affects of long distance travel to the east and how difficult for the body to have maximum effort when physicalness becomes hampered due to long distance travel. Their loss record will be at least 2 to 3 more each year and for Boise to have 1 loss a year will be history. The 1 loss will be far and in between.

Good morning everyone!

Welcome to the Warriors, Ne’Quan Phillips!

Wow kinda Hot today, anyways enjoy y’all..WELCOME HOME WARRIORS!!!

Ne’Quan Phillips, what will you major in?

oceanography would be good for you since you are from Florida.

I like this kid a lot! Why has he not signed somewhere already…Hopefully he is not another that we lose because he can’t qualify academically. Can he sign his LOI while he is here?

ST, any word on the other two recruits visiting?

fields, pierce and phillips….hana hou!

# 20 – – – GOOD news …

Thanks for the update ST!

You can’t have too much high quality db’s. Great job NC.

GOOD MORNING HAWAII!

WELCOME MR. PHILLIPS!

ST -thanks for the updates!

He should be a terror on special teams right off the bat. Reminds me of an Antoine Windfield type.

one down, now for a safety and brown.

Any word on Fehoko Fanaika yet?

Welcome to the Warriors Ne’Quan Phillips!

Boise State and San Diego State may travel the most miles next to Hawaii when they join the Big East. They will learn the affects of long distance travel to the east and how difficult for the body to have maximum effort when physicalness becomes hampered due to long distance travel.

I’ve seen this posted a number of times by different people, but I don’t think that SDSU and BSU will have anywhere near the travel challenges that UH has. My guess is that the schools in the western division of the Big East will end up being BSU, SDSU, SMU, Houston, AFA, and Cincy.

4 of the 8 conference games BSU will have will be home games, so no travel.

1 of the road games will be in Texas (SMU or Houston).

1 or 2 of the other road games will come against SDSU and AFA

That means possibly just *1* road trip back East. At most 2 road trips back East.

Note that Boise State has been playing nonconference games against Virginia Tech (in DC) and Georgia (in Georgia), so they have been taking 1 long trip every season anyway, even in years where they also traveled to Hawaii for a second long trip.

So, I don’t see the argument that their travel will increase significantly.

Put this another way, if UH could do well enough under Coach Chow to get into the Big East’s western division, UH would have just *1* trip to the East Coast each season and would actually have less travel time than UH had in the WAC (considering the long travel time to La Tech).

Howzit Tsaiko Village People!…I wen drag dis buggah ovah from da lass blog.

Aloha Kakahiaka Ipu Man.

Re: HAL Ferry Svc

Don’t give HAL anymore excuses to extract more money from us. They would monopolize the interisland travel industry forever. Plus they would be even more creative by charging you for excess opala in your trunk! (Imagine paying $25 extra for your spare tire).

Having experienced the Supah Ferry R/T to Maui once, I’m still angry at the way that our opportunity to travel was blown. No doubt that it was a great option for local peeps to use for business & pleasure.

Our ohana & frenz would’ve been able to pack up the SUV for the weekend trip to cheer for the Warriors. We could ‘trip’ to outer island festivities as well. [What a simple concept destroyed by people who think they know better, what’s good for us].

Having the Navy bring the service back for military use is a step in the right direction. If we did decide to bring annodda boat back, I believe that they might even share access to the port facilities with us.

Ok…dream bubble wen buss because I flashed on the Outdoor Circle of Sierra Club Tree Huggers throwing another huge hissy fit!

Nevah Mine!

…back to recruiting. (tsai)

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My apologies for being late for breakfast this morning. Please continue without me as I am heading out to enjoy this beautiful Hawaiian day. (DPK – curb da violence brah!)

Just as I believed – no need to linger on loss of local DB to WSU. Life goes on & find somebody else (or 2) who is better & wants to be a Warrior!

West Virginia just gave strong evidence that they will be in the Big 12 next season…the Big 12 plays 9 conference games and the Big East plays 8 conference games, which means that West Virginia would need to cancel a nonconference game at this late date if they were switching conferences.

West Virginia is going to pay the Big East around $24 mil and now they have to pay Florida State $500k.

“We were informed in writing late Friday afternoon of West Virginia University’s intention to cancel its 2012 football game with Florida State University scheduled for Sept. 8 in Tallahassee,” Florida State AD Randy Spetman said. “We are disappointed for our coaches, players and fans that this game will not take place as originally scheduled.

“We now face the challenge of completing our 2012 schedule just seven months before the start of the season. We will work quickly and diligently to fill the hole on our schedule and will communicate with our season ticket holders and fans as the process moves forward.”

The Mountaineers must pay Florida State at least $500,000 because they cancelled the game less than 12 months before kickoff, The Orlando Sentinel reported.

http://brett-mcmurphy.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/29532522/34691398

Kekoa,

That’s the kind of violence I want to see when those big TEs try to go across the middle on us next year. Other than on UH opponennts I’m down with peace and love, y’all!

Quick J.D., call the Seminoles and schedule that game!!!:)

# 50.

no way, jose.

J.D. aint gonna put our team in a more precarious position.

thia guys a beast! Taliulu not even close to this guys level. No where near his aggression and tsckling ability. Great find and pick. Like someone said, “one door closes, another one opens

Awesome!

Tis a good day in hawaii

Kid can hit

I hope we can also land the other two recruits. But Nequan is definitely a solid pickup! Nice get!

OPPS.

3 THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MR. PHILLIPS.

1. da kid can HIT

2. da kid got a name, “Quan” like cuba gooding said 😀

3. da kid can HIT!

i dunno if i can all dis excitement.

Bhf2 i like your pidgeon betta den most people…always being possitive…and good comedy relief lol

an how you like prose wit da big wurds? 😆

Nah i no use big words…takes too much time looking up the word just to spell them correctly

uh….

MA…… MA……….

know what i mean? 😀

@63. taliumu is fair game. no crack on his commitment vascillation, just a matter of contrasting talent levels. it’s called poetic justice. @54–go get ‘um, fans can rejoice with redemption 🙂

72.

😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆

i stay blush. mostly.

😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆

cuz da Quan is a wacka! trilled I tells ya. jus trilled as all getgo.

i feelin you gettin my back MIH.

now take out da knife please.

brudda Jackson’s video clip is … UNREAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hope he likes fine dining. Coach Chow gonna teach him culinary skills. 😀

umm…

goals and expectations fo da Quan….

um….

jus chro da Quan at em… 😀

howz dat?

The Blog Host has a new friend. Expect more news soon?

d1shima

howzit friend.

an who might dat be? 😀

.72

you know wat Kanoa said on tv last night dat wen supagas me?

A: flip flop

now dat wen crack me up because da subliminals was a rush! 😀

Was hoping we would be able to land him as well. I guess you can’t always get what you want.

tsaikological warfare…

FAU posted that in January.

Hmmm…ok.

If we could land Marrell and Quenton as well that would be awesome! Hoping for the best!

54.

I agree, thanks Wazzu for taking back Taliulu, where its is good to keep our local kids home and he would have been a good get, I think De`Quan is a much better player.

I think Nequan is a far more talented, skilled player than Taliulu.

FAU signed a DE from the same florida high school (miramar) as marrell jackson. geez, so much talent in this area. go chris!

Jkjones: You are an articulate fella I like reading your post (very intelligent). Keep it up!

@87. the article was dated 1/29. QUINTON made a verbal and didnt sign bc he was not listed as a faxed and signed recruit by FAU. so, he is either trollin like hoku or is lookin for some surenditipitous wonderment out in the middle of the pacific….brown has sand in his riddells.

104.

sarah who?

@106, [sic] poontang.

@107. sharp 🙂

an das my favorite movie, when I like go gush and stuffs.

i think when da Quan goes into play,

da announsah gotta go

“viewer discretion is advised”

109…no tv. espn radio only.

ah……

my life going good ever since da Boomah showed up. 😆

an befo dat, wen baby Sai said “Uncle Norm” sheesh, da goose bumps wen rise up!

back laters gang.

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15-21

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21-23

Lets go bows!

23-30

24-33

26-33

We need Brereton to bring back his dhc magic.

Murray State the only unbeaten men’s team left this season in Division I at 20-0 and are ranked No. 9 nationally…That someday

could be UH…

The community embraces Murray State sortof like Hawaii.

Grandmothers bake birthday cakes for players…

http://warriorbeat.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/02/04/warriors-land-db/comment-page-3/#comment-1042558

Welcome to the Warriors Ne’Quan Phillips! Nice highlight video, looking forward to seeing this team come fall!

25,056 fans watched the K State mbb and wbb today in Manhattan. The men played at 3 p.m., the arena was cleared after the game, and fans were able to return and watch the wbb for a $1.00 on pack the arena promotion.

The men defeated Texas A&M, but the women fell to undefeated Baylor by 29. Bramlage coliseum hold 12560 fans.

People, mbb team is very far from where Murray St. is at. They are right now struggling big time against lowly SJSU, losing by 16. Good teams do not do that.

Fort Riley Kansas, home of the Big Red One, First Division.

Forget about Fehoko. He’s not coming. Seems like “too many stars in his eyes” at the moment and we’re not one of them.

Next….

54-54 tie

five minutes left…

I am not very fantastic with English but I find this real easy to understand .

you know what?

we’ve gotten alot of killer players that want to play for Coach Chow and us. US. das like…

phenomenal. stupendous. bewildering. beautiful.

time for a cheer.

Slimmest of margins….

good

70-69

The “finish” line

Thomas to the line.

0:11.8 left

again!

Yikes! 😯

Johnson fouls on the shot. 2 FT for SJSU

Tied

94 feet

All you, I-Man

what’s with the blog?

“fonts” changed on me 3xs in the last 3 minutes – driving me crazy!!

😀

Yeah Warriors win

Any road win is a good win.

duffer,

Thanks for translating the kapakahi post. Couldn’t unnastan dat one! 😉

thanx d1island, took a dinnah break…

You did good.

😆

When I play bb, we did not leave the practice floor

till every man hit at least 10 practice free throws

in a row. Sometimes we upped it to 20.

duffer,

Get one moa for translate. But deep down I’m shua the buggah mean the same ting!

It’s great that the coaches got all 3 recruits to commit. All have speed and a lot of talent

btw, right now…to me, Gib is one great basketball coach.

Phillips and Jackson. Miami Vice!!! Maybe Mack was right. Hawaii might be the Miami -Florida of the West. Only thing, he isn’t the coach anymore. Good job new coaching staff.

Way to go bows.

d1, my dinner tonight was half a fuji

and sea weed miso tofu soup…

mmmm-mmmm good. Hope you had

a tasty experience, too.

Wonder where the three new Warriors will watch

the super bowl…on de plane?

Tanks Ah gives some good insight into how we found Brown on the Scout board. Good stuff

If it’s all true.. three for three over this weekend!… whoo hoo… looking good.

great balance in 2012 class: Chow & Co recruited an entire D (11).

4 DL, 3LBs and 4 DBs.

On O (12) the focus was in the trenches, 4 OL, 3 TEs, 3 QBs, 1 RB, and 1WR/RB.

Great win for MBB tonight! Proud and delighted!

Fehoko was not on my list of “gets,” but Patrick Hughes was. Anyone know what happened to him. He fell off the radar.

but…thar might be other players around the country

with the same name?

WOW! Welcome to all the new Warriors!

Whoo-hoo!!!

*burp*

Hawaii failed to recruit a JC center. No one returning with game experience at this position. Hawaii also needs a break-away running back. Someone like Aaron Harris who chose Cincinnati. Lakalaka is more of a power runner like Toby Gerhart. Jerrfrey Coprich was another that got away, choosing Cal instead. Maybe John Ursua can be groomed to fill this spot.

#222. bleedgreen,

OT Patrick Hughes (Butte JC, Cali.) was being recruited by previous coaching staff, so not certain that he was being re-recruited by Norm Chow and staff.

Even more so than Oline, I’m still hoping for a late JC DT signee….since only 5 DTs (Correa, Hanohano, Samia, Matagiese, Friel) returning….not counting Elisara (since assuming that he’ll move to FB)….nor counting on Lavaka or Allen to play this coming season.

Tsai san….

any update on warriors we lost to injury last season?

Allan Sampson

Justin Clapp

Sampson Anguay

Sean Shigematsu

BIK

Florida has enough talent to go around. The entire south does. It would be great to establish strong ties to Florida. Allan Sampson is our rep right now. Would be nice to pick up recruits from Georgia and Alabama too. If we can pluck a few players out of SEC and ACC country every now and then, I’d be happy with that!

BIK

This offense is made for Will Gregory…I think he will surprise alot of people.

The one player nobody has mentioned so far, and I believe he will suprise alot of people, is Miah. Maybe does not have the straight ahead speed, but he does have a very quick accelleration, and very tough.

ST, can you confirm that the other two have committed?

Will Gregory is a nice player, I am not too worried about Coprich signing with Cal. I think Ursua will end up at RB and be a nice 3rd Down/Change of pace back for us.

Congrats, Ne’Quan, in becoming a Warrior! Welina!

Not watching the SuperBowl tomorrow…going to da beach. Y’all enjoy!

I dunno about da rest of y’all,

but I’mma happy camper today. Da Coaches did good in selling themselves,

selling our program, selling UH football.

I am totally stoked dat da Florida speedy guys saw day got a great spot ova here.

thank you Coach Chow on a stupendous performance. and congrats to the coaches too

in selling our product.

Go Warriors! Thank you Quan. Thank you Action Jackson. Thank you Mr. Brown.

yep, i had a great day, and will have a great sleep. thank you thank you thank you!

We have enuff talent in stock for center. the concern is at TB, where realtime speed is required. chow & co. did the right thing by filling the gaps due to dips n slips in the past regime.

im sure next year they will bust out for skill n thrill players on the O side. the good part about skill players, if they are good, they play immediately.

bhf2 – I totally agree with you, Coach Chow did a marvelous job recruiting these players, in the short time he had, to do so. Not only did he replace the players that the Warriors lost, but upgraded those positions in the process. Knowing the style of defense he wants to put on the field, it looks like he has gotten a few shutdown corners, so he is able to do so.

the next focus is to see how chow & co sort out returning players for spring that will essentially form the basis for his team in the fall. next, will be a glance at his staff personality and the manner in which they direct warrior team ’12. we are in need of team discipline that transcends above individuality….i believe coach chow will make his points, but will this team buy into it? they were all recruited by MAC w few exceptions.

jkjones (254) – The players have 2 choices, either, buy into Coach Chow’s philosophy 100%, or find yourself either, riding the bench, or off the team.

mbb…did a very credible job tonight in san jose.

over coming a lot of obstacles in the process.

the road,

zane held to 0 points in the first half,

down by as much as 14 points six plus minutes in to the second half.

overcoming the change of venue and travel,

zane coming out in the second half with 20 points including a critical 3 in ot,

busting out with a 16-0 run to take a lead,

battling the determined sjsu team in ot take a narrow 83-81 win.

joston hitting a career high 29 pts with 12 reb, (okay we can forgive you for missing the pair of frees at the end of regulation),

the tandem down low duo continues as vander chimes in wtih 17pts and 10 reb.

solid bench play.

great chess match by the coaching staff.

@ 253 we dont disagree in general. i was responding to another post in #250. so, i have been on record as contending that Chow & Co filled gaps in his inaugural recruiting class and NEXT year they will prioritize skill positions on the O side.

however, im not as confident as you re making assumptions that certain players who redshirted last year or are returning on the OL will meet chow’s standards. perhaps they were under coached. Our OL was nothing to boast about in 2011. they certainly werent chow recruits. naturally, im hoping, as most fans, that our young guns MAC recruited on the OL can produce in Chow’s system. as for the others that redshirted at RB or on the flanks–ditto….we shall see. the point im making? when it comes to talent, you cant count it like eggs. the proof is in the puddin or on the field.

247Sports site for DTs: 247sports.com/Recruit/Position-Ranking/2012/Football/DT/.

@ 256. expected that response. if you follow coaching transitions, in particular at A2, players never bought into rich rod. his hard sell turned people off. he lasted three years and is now in tucson.

urban meyers had a successful transition at florida. the gators returning talent was Ok (great recruiting class by the departing coach), but the team was undisciplined according to urban’s standards. they eventually bought into it, but it got testy in the first spring following his hire. he closed the weight room tomake a point.

Of course, i’m simplifying, each situation involves its own unique complexities.

The point being–transitions can be tough. it’s not as black and white as you infer.

Norm Chow is a guy that has uncompromising values that comes with 40 years in the trade at a high level of success. you wont see him fiddling with NFL fight songs or censoring our band or wearing slippers to practice. he has already set standards for lockerroom appearance and decorum. this is just the start. train wreck ahead or aquiescence? im all ears and eyes.

@ 264. again, ur counting eggs. 50% of those you cited DNP. the others have playing time. IM not a part of Chow’s evaluation team, r u? let’s see how it shakes out and hope for the best. im rooting for those athletes too. just REM, in Chow’s O system, we move on the ground first to make it happen. the hogs must win the battle in the trenches.

Quenton Brown.

Ron Fields.

We got some skill defenders coming to play. mostly, we got a great coach with great values leading the way.

Go Warriors. Go show em how, Coach Chow. 😀

All of the US/Hawaii Oline players were either all-State, or all-league players during their high school years.

We have the ingredients for a “good” team, but it will take some gelling before things start to come together. I still hope Chow gets another kicker/punter to back-up or replace the guys we have.