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…and randall is a good guy.

Beat ’em ALL!

Coach Wagner is No. 1. Why? His ’92 team beat Illinoi in the Holiday Bowl. No other Hawaii coach has done this – winning a major bowl game on the Mainland. Plus, his teams beat BYU when we were huge underdogs.

Tyler Liana sounds like a great young man.

Good to hear Aaron Zwahlen is excited to come to Hawaii!! Can’t wait to see him play after his mission.

A-House family continues to pray for the speedy and full recovery for Tom Mui!

Okimoto was a tough guy who fought for every extra yard he could get. I’d guess every one of his players develops some extra toughness and competitiveness.

We now have 3 long snappers (not named Ingram or Yap) to go with 3 place kickers.

Welcome aboard, Tyler Liana.

” … Liana was a student intern with the Queen Lili‘uokalani Trust last summer. ”

Good going, Tyler.

ST,

Any pictures of what the inside of the Ching Complex is supposed to look like?

Paul Johnson, Mike Sewak, Ken Niumatalolo, and Chris Smeland left when they saw the writing on the wall with regards to the lack of support from the AD and administration (“You were successful with what you now have”) and the implementation of ridiculous admission policies that affected Prop 48 and JUCO transfers to UH (“We’re going to be the Stanford of the Pacific”). The other WAC schools pounced on that opportunity in terms of recruiting players from Hawaii, not to mentioned upgraded their facilities. Coach Wagner, basically, had his legs cut out from under him.

yo abunai guy…been busy. pulled in many diections these days. no time for lunch even.

eh, what a great recruit class?!

So, Col. A-house, MasaBoy is coming home to take charge of the culinary needs of our UH athletes – right?

We could be looking at even more gourmet grub featured at our tailgates!

old school dave…always like wags. didn’t like the way the ad handled his situation.

Al: Wagner’s firing was probably a low point in UH athletics, along with the firing of Red Rocha. Interesting to see Hugh Yoshida at Norm Chow’s welcoming reception at Washington Place when he was hired last year. Small island, gotta make nice.

Coach Wagner was a Defensive coach just like Mac

It was Paul Johnson’s Offense that made the team run.

We should have hired Paul as head coach.

Once he left the offense became history along with Wagner.

So in a sence Paul Johnson was #1 in my book

Judge Mui ~ Take it slow ‘n easy on the recovery track. I’ve learned to give it your best effort and strive to push past what the doctors tell you.

This is the season you’ll want to see the Warriors push past usc and attack the rest of teams on the schedule. Think of them as being the team everybody wants to beat…and can’t!

My brother suggested I would possibly like this blog. He was entirely right. This post actually made my day. You can not imagine just how much time I had spent for this information! Thank you!

Now that we have a very good Offense minded coach to run this team.

I hope he surrounded himself with great defense minded coach to stop coach Chow plays.

And practice practice practice over and over to perfection…

Let the Spring training begin!

Hey Mr A-house, that was the ideal situation to sit with other Tsaiko’s, but can can, no can no can. At the least maybe get chance to say Hello to everyone before or after the game.

Tommui speedy recovery!!!

#34, I think the trio of Herman Frazier hires was the low point in UH Athletics. Greg McMackin, Bob Nash and Jim Bolla.

#35, I love Garcia-Williams… He was the starter for most of last year and if he puts on some weight he’s going to be really good. On film, he’s got nice speed. I have no idea what his 40 is but he plays fast. Just needs some bulk.

I also love the safeties. Jackson and Hill are going to be laying the lumber. UH just needs to avoid the injury bug this year. Not sure if Art Laurel will keep his starting job. The returning freshman (now sophomores) have higher ceilings and the new guys are quicker on paper.

Can’t wait to see who wins the LB position battles. UH is going to improve greatly with the competition.

I thought UH, during Wagner’s years, went downhill once Coach Johnson lost or his playbook was stolen. I heard that his plays were being passed around to the WAC coaches. But that was a long time ago.

Always nice to see another gov get into uh. Why not give him a scholly? Maybe if he came out of Kahuku ah, wat u tink? How u figah? I’m joking. In my eyes, Okimoto will be a great hs coach when he wakes up and gets da molokai donkey of his back an wins the big games. He also needs to help get more of his athletes qualified. I mean his star athletes. Over the years I can recall stand out last names like Fatu, Faumui, Lesu, Silva, Iuta, Kealoha, Isumu, So’oalo, Tuilepa, Noga, Siliga, Tauefa, Sula, Sua, Taolelagi, Latu, Masalosalo, this years Sataraka, Taumua, A’mo Silva, Anakolea, Tavae, and the list goes on and on. What will it take to get these guys qualified along with some exposure to get some offers? Da Kilihi people is looking fo some answers. Any recommendations? LOL.

How can one hire someone when he is not present to do so?

A former athlete should be more abreast to the happenings and details at his/her alma mater.

After being on probation now for close to five years my probation was nearing an end. I have paid all fees, completed my community service, and live a drug free life! However, I was in route to the hospital to admit my sick father several months ago. At the time, I was pulled over by a NC State Trooper that had absolutely no compassion for the situation. The court date was set one month and three days from the alleged speeding violation. The ticket was dismissed on the court date. To my astonishment, I received an additional two and a half months to my probation sentence-For a SPEEDING TICKET! Now, if that is not being “guilty until proven innocent,” I do not know what is… The system, although having a shortage of officers, does everything within it’s power to keep you “locked in the system forever!” I am still in shock about this… Does Tolling really apply to a traffic violation, as well? Jamie, thanks for letting me vent about this matter and I appreciate, in advance, your response.

I also think that given time, McMackin will be seen in a positive light…He didn’t leave the cupboard bare and probably would have won more games than Chow in his final year. Just bad karma with the ND gay thing, the huge $$$ contract, and lots of injuries (especially to QBs) during his tenure short-circuited his stay. I really thought that McMackin would have done better had he “cleaned-house” like Chow did and brought in his “own” coaches. However, Mac tried to be “politically correct” and kept some assistants that should have been discarded. Also, it should be noted that Mac was a genuinely “nice-guy” and a “players coach” maybe to a fault.

Just heard that will gregory will not b on team anymore or enrolled at uh,that sucks its something legal

I don’t think anyone would question Coach Mac’s ability as a DC. I think he will resurface as a DC somewhere. Probably at a BCS school. His UH defenses in 99 and in 07 were pretty good.

#60

do you mean george lumpkin?

dave aranda may end up being the greatest Hawaii football coach in history. he’ll end up in the nfl.

#49…one was “stolen” because all along his heart wasn’t with us, we were only a safety valve for him.

the other was lolo and a victim of his own consequences.

Funny story from the late Bo Schembelchler:

Initial contact with recruit: “Oh my god, Coach Schembelchler? It’s an honor to meet you sir.”

A few months along the recruiting process: “Hey Bo, how ya doing?”

…but if the qb can’t run and dodge onrushing linemen, all hope is lost.

Period.

UH- Mac never went 3-9 at UH….this coach has yet to prove he can do better than that.

#49

I know we had those but should’ve could’ve would’ve but we didnt. That’s my point. Had and we got them is two different things. Like I said I wanted one more DT and DE.

iF pEOplE aRe so concerNeD abouT WhaT the cOach NOw haS to proVe in the PreseNt, tHen why keeP comparing to paSt coacHes of YesTerdAy?

77- that was directed toward UH who always bashes Mac while pumping up Chow. If and when he proves Chow more successful than Mac, I might believe it. Hoping Chow can hold together a cohesive team. That will be a huge key to his success. I hope he pulls it off.

81- a few of those Mac recruits were immediately picked up by D-1 programs. I guess we’ll get to see their talent playing against UH…

Mac may have been a nice guy, but he was not head coach material. His disorganization showed. His coaches were near mutiny during his last year. And he was nuts, literally.

What happened to Tom Mui? Haven’t been around for several days so I am not aware of what’s going on. In any case, good luck, Tom, and look forward to seeing you again.

CHANGE OF SUBJECT #1: We have two tickets for this Saturday’s baseball game – we’ll be at the Wahine basketball game’s Senior Night. If you would like the tickets, please send me an e-mail with your (real) name and a daytime phone number to swood at hoku dot com.

CHANGE OF SUBJECT #2: I purchased a Mac desktop nearly two months ago but it is still sitting in the box because I have not been able to find anyone who can help me transfer my word processing and e-mail files (WordPerfect and Eudora) from the PC to the Mac. I cannot just dump them because I am still using them – especially the WordPerfect – aand have been for over 20 years.

I’ve tried to find someone at the Apple Store in Ala Moana and at Mac Made Easy, but they are not able to help me out. If you have any recommendations, please send me the information to the above e-mail address. Mahalo.

CHANGE OF SUBJECT #3: I am going through the first draft of the State Budget bill – HB 200 – which will be heard for the first time before the House Finance Committee at 2 pm tomorrow. It’s over 150 pages long.

However, I have not yet found a single proposed item to address the Capital Improvement Project upgrades at either Aloha Stadium or the Department of Athletics at UH-Manoa.

With respect to the Stadium Facilities Special Fund which was passed in 2012, it is very likely to die unless someone steps in to address the issue of removing it from the about-2-b-repealed Public Land Development Corporation to another state department. The Stadium Fund was administratively attached to the PLDC although all the decisions were kept with the Stadium Authority.

84: Pretty bold comments…I hope you have supporting evidence to back it up.

I didn’t see much improvement in “organization” in Chow’s first year either and he didn’t have to “inherit” a staff like Mac did. In fact, until Chow can show that he can “coach” kids to play up to their potential, then the jury remains out on him.

McMackin was a great person and great Defensive Coordinator without a doubt. He was just left a lot to be desired (Game Mismanagements, calling timeouts at the wrong time, losing to powerhouse programs in 2011 like UNLV, SJSU, Utah State (at home), blow out losses to Notre dame, Wisconsin, Tulsa on national TV, I could go on and on) for a $1.2 million dollar a year head coach that made just as much or more than Boise State’s Chris Peterson from 2008 to 2011. Add the fact the Hawaii was having Furlough’s during the period and Mack didn’t take a significant paycut to help the State/University but rather a really minor one that was more like a small charitible donation. Plus, Mack followed in the foot steps of a 2007 Sugar Bowl season head coach June Jones and didn’t have change much of anything but had the luxury of recruiting off of that 2007 Sugar Bowl nation lime light seasons success. But McMackin did alot of good things at the University of Hawaii as well, just was not a successful $1.2 million a year and over the past 4 years he made $4.4 million plus the retirement agreement of $550,000 to equal $5 million total D1 level head coach. Hawaii came from a 2007 Sugar Bowl head coach to a head coach with 1 shared WAC championship in 2010 and 3 disappointing seasons 2008, 2009, 2011 with blowout losses and only paid $5 million for those 4 years. It’s time to move on from the soft, cookies and milk days of over paid McMackin. McMackin never had the pedigree, National Name recognition, national media respect of a June Jones or Norm Chow. Chow is a Hawaii native “Local Boy” that cares about Hawaii and is not taking Hawaii to the bank for all he has to offer.

For example, Chow is getting paid $550,000 (which in 5 years will total around $2.5 million and thats half of what McMackin made in a only 4 years as head coach) with incentives and is recruiting with a 2011 6-7 team and 2012 3-9 team. The recruits mainland and local boys that Chow and his staff are bringing in are outstanding. The recruits are commiting early, I mean very early now and that the type of recruits (Marrel Jackson, Nequan Phillips, Jerol Garcia Williams, Steven Lakalaka, Kiha Sai, Kennedy Tuilimaseali, Afoga Wily, Aaron Zwahlen, John Wa’a (Very early commit) to name a few that have commited already and the 2014 very early commits Manly Williams, Daniel Lewis and (soft verbal) Fitou Fishiiahi add transfers like Taylor Graham and I impressed. Chow hired some quality coaches that can recruit, he kept Tony Tuioti which was smart. Now I know a lot of folks are going to say that not keeping Aranda and Rolo was crazy and I tend to agree with those of you. But that was Chow’s call and we will see how that plays out in the future. But lets keep in mind that Chow is overhauling the entire program and this past season he had to use the holdover players that where recruited for the RnS offense, not the Prostyle offense. Now the hold over defensive players are still studs McMackin and Aranda knew how to recruit defensive players and Chow, Kaumeyer, Demo, Tuioti are just adding or even upping the talent level on defense with there own recruits. New coaches, AD, Conference (MWC), new recruits, new offense, defense and special teams systems, new no nonsense discplinary system, it’s alot! It’s going to take a few years for everything to work and the Warriors get back to winning a lot of games again.

Next season 2013 I expect another not so great season with maybe 4-5 wins (No Bowl Game) with the defense leading the charge and the offense still needing to mesh a little more with a possible QB change to Taylor Graham. And it is comforting to know that we have the tough heart of a champion Sean Schoreder in the QB mix as well. But with Mike Edwards gone the CB play is going to be huge with this type of defense. I’m hopeful but not expecting much next season, if they do better than I expect then awesome, if not, only Chow’s 2nd season and are still going to have some grown pains. In my opinion the 2014 season will be much better with the players and recruits in the 3rd year and really starting to grasp the new offensive and defensive systems. They should be playing faster and not thinking/second guessing themselves by 2014 and beyond. Plus, QB Taylor Graham and the O line should be improved by 2014, I hope the injury bug goes away too! It’s way too early to tell if Norm Chow is the man to take Hawaii football back to the Sugar Bowl glory days but I’m hopeful and excited for the future of Hawaii Warrior Football.

alnbama:

March 5th, 2013 at 10:47 am

Hey Mr A-house, that was the ideal situation to sit with other Tsaiko’s, but can can, no can no can. At the least maybe get chance to say Hello to everyone before or after the game.

As usual, I’m tracking the away-game Tsai-kos at:

http://home.roadrunner.com/~smurashi/tsai-kos/away13.html

Data is scant without the MWC dates known yet , but whatever is posted here on the blog or emailed to me will be added to the above page. I will email the attendees prior to each game to ensure that everyone can establish their own game site comms net as desired.

#87

Boise State wins and win kinda boringly for the most part, they may once in while use a trick play but the base offense and defense is not the Flashy RnS. The blue turf didn’t mean much when they were nobody’s and Boise had the blue turf for a while. But what got Boise State no the map was winning, all programs that are on the map have or had a tradition of winning. June Jones brought Hawaii winning, the other stuff was nice like the uniform changes. But without the winning Hawaii would even be a after thought in college football in 2006-2007. June Jone did a lot of good for the University of Hawaii Warrior Football and McMackin to the program a step back over his 4 years as head coach. But hopefully Chow, Kaumeyer, Demo and the rest of the staff can turn the Warriors around in a few years. The one thing that Norm Chow has is that he is Nationally respected in the college football media and by his peers. Make no mistake Norm Chow national name recognition in college football makes a huge difference, you can already to start seeing it by type of recruits and how early they are commiting. Hawaii is getting top local boys to stay home and commit very early. In the McMackin Era I really can’t remember recruiting being this good? And when Hawaii starts to win again you will hear things like “Norm Chow’s Hawaii Warriors” being said and annouced in the media, just like it was with “June Jones RnS with the Hawaii Warriors”. Gone are the days of the base Offense as the RnS and now it’s time to move on the the Pro style offense and I’m guessing the new OC Price will put in some spread elements to the offense as well. But having said all that, it’s not the system of offense or any gimmick that brings your program to the national limelight, It’s winning and more winning.

Whats Up:

Nice post with good information. Plus its well written and easy to read.

An English teacher would find little wrong with it. I’ll give it an A.

Look whose back, any way June’s offense was awesome, very exciting, the problem was u need players like colt Brennan, Devon bess, grice Mullins, without those types of guys u cannot operate the run and shoot, uh was not getting that caliber players, and that’s the truth. Then a one dementional pass team will always lose to fast defenses, like Georgia, any sec PAC 10 schools. Chows offense is the key to success. Look a

When he was at USC, their teams was one off college footballs best, and he’s giving uh that caliber coaching, for kale Anes salary at punahou! Turn around is inevitable!

100

ah you dannyp….humbug you.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1553526-terrell-sinkfields-419-40-yard-dash-time-mandates-suspension-of-disbelief?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=college-football

sorry eh.

Are you kidding me? I love my warriors but USC is gonna kill us come opening day.

what i do like about chow is that he is unafraid to make the tough call in spite of critical public opinion from the arm chair quarterbacks and expert pundits regarding player evaluations and coach-shuffling.

Oh, for crying out loud! Talk about ridiculous!

#94

as i said winning is a part of it.

if you want to compare Boise to hawaii…how long, how many did years did it take Boise to reach prime time and on ESPN almost every week compared to how short it took JJ to get hawaii to prime time much the same way.

What I’m saying is i agree, yes, wins are the bottom line….but if you can make it look good, smell good, taste good, and make those wins appealing by having that something extra…you will get a farther reach, and that ultimately means more money. people will be more tolerant and will still want to see you even if you have a few losses and that’s because they have a taste for you, something more that they like about you.

if you got ahi-great, you win. if you got seasonings to go along with that ahi, you still win, but now more people will come, follow, and join. all i’m saying is what can the marketing department do to spice things up?

#91

agree, different offenses. the point was when people want to compare JJ to chow you can’t! 🙂

otherwise you can easily argue in year 2 of JJ he went 3-9 with 2 recruiting classes. Chow went 3-9 in his first year with 1 year of recruiting. the point is, give it time before comparing and live in the now because this can be an incredible time for the program if we back it up. we all backed up jj in year 1, that was easy to do after 0-12 the year before and jj produced in the years ahead…and so will chow-in the years ahead.

…so why compare chow to jj now? and that was my point 🙂

When it’s all said and done, Coach Chow must produce wins and show progress every year.

Mr Jay has already been on record as saying mediocre is not good enough. How this statement translates to tolerance in time and “progress evaluation” only our current UHAD can define–by his acts or omission to act… Football is the big revenue sport that pulls the train. Coming from Ohio State, Ben Jay knows that. Contract notwithstanding, by the close of the 2014 football season we will know whether Norm Chow or Ben Jay is for real. In the meantime, enjoy the loops and spins. It should be fun watching it all unfold.

Great article is there any chance I can take it and copy it onto my own blog

LOL… any time someone mentions Mack’s mental capacity in or the morale of the coaching staff during Mack’s last season, someone will say “I hope you have proof…” Well, who’s gonna have “proof” ? No one is going to come out publicly and confirm this (other than the Graves interview, which was disregarded by those who didn’t want to hear it), but that doesn’t mean that it didn’t happen. This is a small island, and people talk. Those who don’t believe that this is the biggest reason that UH struggled in 2011 just need to look at the successes of Mack’s former assistants at their new jobs (Rolo, Aranda, and even Miano). There were great coaches on that staff, but they had to work around Mack in 2011 instead of working with him.

Mack’s biggest crimes were simply getting older and having too good of an agent.

#81,

Don’t forget the Andrew Manley recruiting fiasco was mishandled.

Kinda ironic that Chow (then as the UCLA OC) contacted then NMSU Aggie HC (and former UCLA DC) DeWayne Walker about Manley.

#118,

Yup!

Had several personal conversations…..that unfortunately made me feel like Punxsutawney Phil.

121. Didn’t mean to call him under sized. More describing the others. I just threw him in considering I don’t know how we discovered him and wasn’t really recruited by anyone else. Could really list a whole lot more guys but probably better not to.

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here’s another look at the ‘bama weight room…37000 sq ft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fquDTF09bk

hey What’s Up! that was a great piece you wrote…

#133

you left off jeremy tabuyo from st louis, he was good enough for texas a&m.

al:

March 5th, 2013 at 6:06 pm

#92…gee whiz stevem…almost sounds like you are stalking.

Whatever is posted on a blog (any blog) is public information. Some compilations are helpful–especially to the attendees. Been doing this since the first Tsai-ko UH-UNLV game in 2007.

Don’t worry Al, I’m a pro stalker and have my standards. 🙂

This reminds me of the well-known Tsai-ko who posts here often who was at a UH road game and was waving frantically at mainland Tsai-kos in the same section–but was ignored. He was bummed. I had to politely remind him since he requested absolutely no photo of him from Blog Parties or Karaoke Calls be posted, how would the mainland Tsai-kos he was waving at know who he was? 😐

If you go to a road game in “secret”, it’s because you want to be mostly by yourself.

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Getting weirder.

#145 – wow. Beat USC?

I don’t think the spread against Hawaii will be as much as it was last season (+43). Marquise Lee is still at USC.

Appears Wisconsin head coach Gary Anderson (former Utah State HC) has lost his ST/TE coach after only two months on the job.

Anderson’s reaction to his departure?

“It’s disappointing. It’s upsetting, I brought the wrong guy in here. We’ll be better off as we move forward. It is my responsibility to get the coaches in here. I don’t like the timing of it. I don’t like the situation that we’re in at all.”

So, what does he do?

He steals Nevada’s ST/RB coach who has been on the job for two months…lol!

http://blogs.rgj.com/packblog/2013/03/05/report-wolf-pack-loses-special-teamsrunning-backs-coach-to-wisconsin/

Just heard on the BC Show, beside the 2 Seniors (Ricketts & DeAngelis), Kanisha Bello & Vicky Tagalicod, will be involved in Senior Night, per Laura Beeman. Bello & Tagalicod, will be foregoing their Senior Years.

#145

usc is bigger, stronger, faster, have more experience, players know the system and express more dedication to football, and lane kiffen is their coach. bottom line, Hawaii get chance.

#139

why did you limit your list to only FBS schools. your list is misleading. get many football players from hawaii schools going to college, and had a few from farrington. why you no acknowledge the guys from farrington that earned a football scholarship? why you only care about D1? you part of the problem, not the solution.