UH, Wade agree to 5-year deal

Congratulations to Mr. Wade.

Congrats Charlie Wade 🙂

Sweep?

Congratulations Charlie!

Blah for the baseball Bows. That was hard. I did not sit around for nearly 12 hours at Les Murakami Stadium for THAT.

Well, see everyone at 11:00. Don’t be a stranger, come join us in upper section A.

Was hoping the BaseBows would hang on for the W but it was not to be. That one really hurt!

Anyway, Go Bows! @ 11 a.m.

Congrats to Mr. Wade!

Hence, “Take Out the Trash Day.” 😀

During the 11 a.m. game, I saw Karl Benson and John McNamara standing a few feet away from me. I had to control myself …

I guess Stretch is #1.

It is great. But I think all the Sierra Mist I drank today has more to do with why I’m still up than anything else. Plus the ultra rich, decadent chocolate/peanut butter/marshmallow brownies that midori7 had tonight. One bite and I couldn’t have anymore! But yeah, I’m amped on sugar.

st….now i understand what you were saying the other day about the real prize being the women’s hc and how it is easier to transition from being an in house hc to another. although, i must admit i kind of caught on at that point.

is hinshaw going to get involved in the women’s bb hc job?
wasn’t she pushing for gross?

will there be a surprise guest tomw…the mysterious fifth candidate since cooper-dyke has bowed out? dana?

is cooper-dyke dropping out cause there may be more dirty laundry in the locker room at prairie view? i am not buying her “its taken too long” excuse.

will the best candidate win the job? bonvicini for example. or is she too high profile(salary)? wasn’t there some whispers that vinnie is pushing for her hire?

is wolfe the token local boy candidate?
where does harrington fit in?

logically, it would seem that hiring bonvicini makes sense. what with her experience, ability to recruit, and she is a proven speaker she also satisfies many gender issues on the lower campus. but, that fifth possible candidate just keeps throwing a monkey wrench into the wash that we can’t refute.

ah. life between the upper and lower campus never ceases to amaze in the lush valley of manoa.

can i say…….
…nuff said.

but, being no. 2 for the men’s could be a great position when dave does retire and charlie becomes the no. 1 women’s mentor. going from no.2 to no. 1 could happen for the right guy at the right time.

and yeah, do you think charlie would offer tino? or has he a staff in mind already?

unfortunately for tino the past two seasons painted a program on the down swing, thus, guilt by association syndrome is in affect.

had wilton left, say, after the national championship, tino would have sailed through and be the head coach.

wafan – your up early

Somehow my aloha shirt got stretched out a bit. If I could only get the rest of my clothes to do the same.

Too bad the BaseBows weren’t able to pull it out. So close and yet…

Thanks to LizK for the updates.

I hope their pride won’t let them go two and out. Not in our house!

Good luck, BaseBows!

can someone ask karl benson about my balloons again for basketball? i already talked to him once but i’m wondering if the wac will ease up on all these rules about indoor sports. they’ve seriously cut out the fun factor in going to basketball games.

Good Morning Everybody! TGIF! Hope everyone has a great Friday!

I’m looking at PP’s photo album and thinking, “Why would Stephen boost the pic of Colt?”

heheheh

Kekoa,

From that group just me, Jason and some newly-announced HC’s in-law going be there at 11.

(if I can find Jason’s phone number!)
(…which would have been a really smart thing to check to see if I had before I left last night 🙄 )

Good morning Tsai-kos!!

Happy Friday! Start of a long weekend. 😀

Congrats to Charlie Wade. Welcome back to Hawaii and UH.

Good luck to the Bows. Gotta win today to keep up hopes of extending the season.

I wish that some local paper (hint, hint) could put together a database like this for UH football players.

Ohio State football
Player database, 1890-2008

Search a database of nearly 3,000 football players at Ohio State. Find out which players were letter-winners, All-Americans, All-Big Ten, academic All-Americans, academic All-Big Ten and captains.

so, what happened to the pikcha?

d1島: See ya there…

Jason: If you need a ride, let me know.

Stretch: Did you have a chance to ‘voice’ your opinions loud enuff to drive Benson Bonzo?

Aloha Kakahiaka!

Off to holoholo w/ my friend from Flagstaff. I’m doing my part to boost tourism in Hawai’i.

Have a great day everyone. Esme & whoosh….

I have two extra tix for today’s game.

e-mail me if you want ’em…meet me at the Les!

dean(dot)shima(at)gmail

Gee, top 100!

Congratulations to Coach Wade! Welcomee home.

Stretch,

No doubt.

Anything you want us to pass along to the WACommish today?

Shoot. Missed the pic…

Aloha Kakahiaka!

Headed for Tootles Bay today for the Rotary Conference. So close to the Les… and so far away.

Catch you late Sunday night!

Yup… Colt… REPRESENTS – raw fish and a shaka!

Number 73!

Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂

I think I know which finger Stretch was holding up…
not the pinky…
not the thumb…
not the ring finger…
and not the pointer…

anyway, good for you, Stretch!
I’m sure lotsa folks were thinkin’ it. 😉

last night bball game 👿 ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, nuff said. nice to see cmac at the bball game last night. give stretch some slack at least he not cheering for da oddah team like some big isles guy we know. 😕

congrats to cwade (good choice), very timely and such quickness. wondering what happened. see 8) rob25 can keep secret you told us last night about 11pm.

working hard to see if I can make today’s game.

NMSU is changing their helmet–it seems like they have had a lot of helmet designs, as each coach tries something different.

The New Mexico State football team will sport a newly designed football helmet in 2009, as head coach DeWayne Walker has moved back to the all crimson helmet, which will feature the NM State logo on the side. The helmet will feature a white face mask. Also on the back of the helmet will be the logo of the 2nd Engineer Battalion out of White Sands, as the Aggies honor the battalion for their service to our country.

Go Michelle!!!

So… Sig Hansen didn’t get the gig??? BAH!

Well, good luck to Mr. Wade. Commish hopes for good things to come. Heartbreaker for the Basebows. Was listening on the radio coming home from the gym up until the 7th inning and could sense that their luck would only hold up so long.

In the pros, NBA semi-finals turning out some great games, and this is coming from a non-basketball fan. Wow. Nobody at the gym was actually working out because everyone’s eyes were glued to the TV sets.

TGIF! Long weekend! Hooah!

Wei -5 on the day……

Congrats to Coach Wade…I feel that UH Men’s Volleyball needs a coach that wears his/her emotions on their sleeves…counteracts the laid-back lifestyle…

Last-nite, Trap left his pitchers in too long IMHO….its a tourney Trap, get the win and ride it…no sense saving arms…keeping a LHP in vs. right-handed hitter with the tying run on 2nd…ouch.

Just a cursory thought about Coach Mike’s rollover.

Unless Jim Donovan has a certain former Kalani alumnus in mind, Im OK with Mike Trapasso. I dont trust slection committees to pick a baseball coach.

Coach Trapasso has shown growth and his current depth in the pitching department bodes well for the future.
He is a solid pitching coach.
I would like to see more local boyz on the roster and Im sure with Kolt’s success and the inspiring play of Kramer and Kevin Fujii we will see more in the future.
Hitting is still a problem and we need a h-coach like Kolt’s dad Kaha.
Kolt is aggressive at the plate, a first pitch swinger, yet has the lowest KO ratio.
His KO to BB ratio is at 1.0, truly a mark of a good hitter. He puts the ball in play and constantly is re-tooling his swing. I dont see that consistency with the rest of our batters with a few exceptions. I do see alot of ball topping and you wont hit linedrives consistently with those swings.
Smallball is OK, but not to the point of being predictable.
You cant bunt your way to a WAC championship.

LaT beat us on 2 HRs and their bunts produced zero runs.
This conference bangs! Period.

We have a Michelle on the baseball team?

Hmmm… must be French.

Kazz!

A-Joe,

I was frozen in my seat until the BaseBOWS walked back to the dugout. Couldn’t help but give them a hand afterwards. So sad to see the disgusted look on their faces. Sometimes the best of us can forget that the players feel is 808% WORSE than the fans when they lose a game like that.

Afterwards I found out that the banners they had hanging out in the front of Murakami Stadium are not easily flammable, especially the LaTech one… or the Fresno State one… 😆

😆

😆

Madness is a talent. 😈

Chicken-skin moment of the night:

When Kevin Fujii “blocked off” home plate to close the inning in the 6th or 8th (can’t remember).

The crowd was GREAT last night. For people that are able to come to games, BUT PREFER to stay at home they will never realize that there is no amount of “HD” that can truly capture the essence of being there LIVE.

fujii played well as he has all his life. always known as tough player with great instincts. he is never out of the game mentally whether it be on defense or on the bases or at the plate.

nice to see him get his due.

Nevada and Hawaii are teams playing with the same low-esteem image.
Both are cousins to WAC teams in which they have dropped 5 consecutive games.
Both are trying to pull out of late season nose-dives.
So, both Hawaii and Nevada will be scratchin like alley kats in their 11 am encounter today and the loser says,
A-lo-ha means adios!

It will be a great one, be there, watch with Pops n uncle Pal or tune in and listen to the venerable Mr. Robbs….it’s a great way to begin a long week-end….enjoy and
Go! bowboyz!!

al, u r right and i didnt want to critize any one player or coach, but suffice it to say, LaT’s coach outsmarted UH.
Our lineup is loaded with batters from the leftside and he brought in his southpaws at crucial moments and they were able to sneak their FB in on the first pitch as we were lookin at hit n run opportunities and wanting to get deep into the pitch count to play games. It backfired with Fujii on base and Morford, a hot hitter, taking pitches or swinging at bad pitches to protect the runner.

Congratulations Charlie Wade! bring in assistants who can recruit as well as teach the fine points of vb..let’s change the image of UH, no longer the shortest team with great vb IQ, we need size and power..

Vinnie has been struggling at the plate in the last few series, he just needs to relax and not press, the hits will fall just keep on swinging

a lineup in 2010 w/ vinnie, kmac, kolten, and Coach Almadova’s boy would be pretty nice. we’ll see what this june draft does to those pipe dreams…

I think Vinnie should stay for his senior year. As I see it right now, he is not ready for the big show and right about now, he is not even ready for Class-A. He needs to learn how to go opposite feild with his hits and also needs to work on his ability to adjust during an at bat. As I see it, Vinnie does none of this consistently enough to even merit a high draft pick. I think that one more year under his belt would do him much good.

Sorry,

While in the batters box=While in the on deck circle

ST,

THERE IS OPTIMISM AND IT’S HARD TO DENY IT!!!

damn it, vinnie, what if we saw that yesterday, what if what if what if… grrrrrrr

building out strength through the middle in future years, hopefully w/ carmichael at catcher, kitamura at SS, and KW in center w/ BA flanking him somewhere. sounds good to me, pending the draft of course…

David Veikune made this list of rookies who have already impressed their NFL teams.

David Veikune, ILB, Cleveland Browns: Like Orakpo, Veikune is making the transition from defensive end to linebacker with Cleveland. Unlike Orakpo, however, Veikune was asked to move to the inside linebacker position — a transition he showcased surprising comfort with during rookie camp May 1-3. Veikune showed better-than-advertised agility at the position and impressed coaches with his instincts and understanding of the defense in his first days at the position.

idk kitamura is already pretty thick. he does have good height though, so he might fill out a bit more. he needs to work on his hitting to succeed at D1.

carmichael is only a JR at kapalama. verbally committed to hawaii a month ago. he is a good hitting catcher with some pop. i think his arm is strong and quick enough to keep runners honest.

The 49ers special teams coach praised Ulbrich. Ulbrich’s role on special teams is a great way for him to extend his career.

“For a guy to be going into his tenth season with the same team, going through free agency with him making the decision to stay and for the Niners to keep him is a great tribute to him,” 49ers special teams coordinator Al Everest said. “He is what football is all about. He prepares well, he has fun, and he’s a great learner. He learns his techniques and plays with those techniques. He knows his assignments and has fun doing it. He’s a real pleasure to coach.”

Everest has had no problem relying on Ulbrich over the last few seasons to be a standout on his special teams units. Last season after he started the first two games on defense, Ulbrich was a starter on five of the 49ers special teams units and was named “Top Gun,” an honor bestowed upon the Most Valuable Player on special teams.

http://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=175313&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

Ulbrich does some MMA training in the offseason.

Besides using the 49ers offseason program to keep his body in top shape which has been a big factor in his longevity, Ulbrich has been doing specialized training at Train For Life, a gym in Morgan Hill owned and operated by his friends.

At TFL, Ulbrich is able to have fun with one of his other passions, mixed martial arts.

“I’m a huge fan and I was always into wrestling growing up,” he said of his love of MMA. “You can only do so many 40-yard dashes and so many linebacker drops. MMA training is just a way to stay in shape and keep things interesting. At TFL, we do some MMA stuff, we do judo and wrestling and they have the old-school training which I’m a big fan of. They do the tractor tire flipping and some work with sledgehammers.”

Anyone have updates on the BBall score?

almadova will play in rightfield. the kid can hit and with power. nobody’s moving kolten.

kitamura has tools defensively. he will have to get a bit quicker to remain at ss and hit better otherwise he may end up at 2b.

carmichael can play. the prospect we should be courting at kapalama is soph kewby meyer.

st……so who’s been going in and out of the ad’s office today?

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=090511/billups

this article is a couple of weeks old now, but i have to post it up from the dead bc of the play chauncey pulled on kobe last night. he actually did the exact same play, except dunking it, in the state tournament his junior year in high school!

I wanna thank Stephen for all the inside scoops during the Men’s volleyball coaching search.

Now I will be eagerly waiting for the scoops on Coach Wade’s coaching staff. 🙂

cj finally some1 clutching up

Bottom 8 and we are still 4 to 3, UH.

2-run homer in the near future?

b

Ill forever remember what Al said…

“A bad day at the ball park BEATS a good day at work”…

Rgr that Liz!…and we are tied @ 4-
Bottom 9.

We go to xtra innings!

al:

all the names you guys are tossing around for Rainbow BB are those who have already commited to play for the Bows?

my short and long term memory is taking a beating!! anyone kind enough to post a list for guys like me? us old timers, and I do not speak for all, need constant reminders of who, what, where, when, how.

wonder the impact on commits and those uncommited to continue to see the names of committed players being in the sports section during league play and tournaments – would it be a “good time feeling”? – I think so – continue to give recognition does not cost a penny, but it can have dramatic positive effects for the program.

perhaps an interview with Kolton, after the season, to discuss his decison to play for UH rather than turn pro out of high school can impact players who are committed, but drafted in June.

Thank god.

Get your heads in the game and smash the damn ball.

A-house,

http://hawaiipreps.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090401/SPORTS03/904010379/1042&template=PrepSports

cross off namba, hes going JC.

What is happening at BB?

At the airport.

That a boy Vinnie.

You finally did something.

Good job.

Deep fly ball by VC! Game over!

Catricala… hits a fly ball… … just deep enough for Fujii to take it all the way from third to home for the win. Phew.. thought they were going to lose it there for a moment when Nevada tied it in the 9th. Nice to see our Bows grit their teeth and come back to win it.

It was a nail biter but a win is a win and I’ll take a W on any day.

Nice win Baseball Bows!!!

A win is a win.

Next opponent is the loser of tonight’s La Tech-NMSU game.

Yee Ha! Way to go, BaseBows!!!!
Thanks for the updates, guys!

lgw:

many, many thanks for your help – I showed the article to Mrs A-House and both us said, “what, when did this come out?’

of course the artilce was posted on 4/1/09.

YEA, YEA, YEA, YEA, the Bows win!!!!!! big mahalos to Kekoa for kekeping us working guys posted.

see, I was so excited I could not spell “keeping”

We have hitting issues….we have a lineup with 5 hitters batting from the left-side. Naturally our opponents are throwing southpaws and they are dropping charlie-balls which break away from our left swinging batters.
By this time of the season our boyz shouldnt be looking at curves like a deer caught looking into the headlights….but they do.
Our pitching is holding out and except for a some bad throwing decisions we have performed well on the diamond.

Coach Mike is going to have to do something in the future about hitting instruction–coaching can make a difference even with average hitters.

Nevada is not a good hitting team and as the tournament continues to go deeper, pitchers become scarce, its quality diminishes, games will turn on hitting…. so, we will have to score more runs to remain competitive.

Congratulations to Charlie Wade!

Thanks to Robert Kekaula for the breaking news last night!!

Great to see the ball going the BaseBows way for the win!!

Gotta show up to support the NMSU team to beat LATech so that we have another shot at taking down those “trees” (as midori7 calls them) from the bayou.

Just me & Pops watching next game! SJS Spartacus vs Frezneck-Dogfaces! Place your bets!

Congratulations Coach Wade! Lets get some excitement back in men’s VB.

Can’t wait to see what we do for our next big hire (for wahine BB). Bonvicini appears to have the highest profile. Anybody know what happened with her last job at Arizona State?

congrats to Coach Wade and the bb team for their win.

Bonvicini got dumped in-season and her last payday was in MARCH. She goes through assistants like Elizabeth Taylor went through hubbies. A real gem that doesnt bend like bamboo–her better dayz were when Reagan was President and Obama was a community organizer.

If Fresno doesn’t win then Hawaii must go 4 games in two days to win the tournament. If Fresno win’s then it gets alot easier because everyone has one loss.

We’ll see.

warriorfanny2,

Thanks for the info. You so funny.

Am I luck 200.

2-2 in the 4th

hi!
Go Bows!

my couz Vinnie hit his HR 16 hours too late–last nite the diletantes had 15 floribunda roses to toss to Signore Catricala as he circled the loop…..shucks, his loss was my gain, I slept with the roses last nite 🙂

All WAC fresnecks, Robinson and Mendonca go yard in bottom 6.
FSU 4 SJSU 3.

So if I’m reading the tournament bracket correctly:

If SJSU beats Fresno, UH will play the loser of tonight’s game between La Tech and NMSU. Fresno would be eliminated.

If Fresno beats SJSU, UH will play Fresno in what would be an elimination game.

Which opponent would you like to see?

What I wrote sometime back in the SH forum.

I’ve been doing some reading of old articles and maybe.. just maybe along with the death of Polk (Sept. 2006), there were a number of bad recruits. Kaylee (the recruiting coach) left just before Joan was fired. The number of suspensions and transfers seem to point to disciplinary problems with players. Half of set of twins that were supposed to make a huge impact on the team was suspended for a year. You know that’s going to cause some discord. The sister and a friend were suspended from the final tournament game when they walked out of a meeting because Bonvicini announced that the till then suspended twin was not going on the trip to the tournament.

When you have a successful program you know your assistant coaches will be lured away, and her staff was no exception but the death of Polk and suspension on players accelerated that, as well.

Regardless of her loss records in the last three years at Az, with a 287-223 record, she was still their winningest coach ever. So that tells you a little more about the Az program, as well.

Bonvicini holds a career mark of 612-294 as a head coach. This is on par with Vince Goo. She staunch in disciplining and generous when praise is due. I believe that with the right atmosphere and recruiting team, she could do wonders for UH.

CRW, we play the loser tomorrow at 3pm betw NMSU and LaT ( I would rather play NMSU). If we win, we play the loser among 4 teams at 7pm…and at that point it doesnt matter.
If we dont hit we are gone. 4 games deep into T-play and pitching is as rare as a $2 beer.
FSU (h) 4 SJSU (v) 3, bottom 7, 2 outs, none on.

warriorfanny2: No, CRW is right. We face Fresno State if they win; otherwise, we face the loser of NMSU and LaTech. What you are describing will only happen if Fresno State loses (and thus, is eliminated). Then there will be four teams entering tomorrow. If Fresno State survives, then you look at the alternate brackets.

Yes, it is quite confusing. We spent quite a while to figure it out at today’s game. You need a Ph.D. in quantum physics to figure this thing out.

Robinson and Mendonca at it again. Robinson walks, Mendonca doubles and scores on another single–all w 2 outs….FSU 6-3, still 2 outs, new pitcher on the mound for sparts.

Mendonca is showing why he’s the class of the WAC at 3rd

Wow, Fresno tried to steal home?

Live stats

http://www.sidearmstats.com/hawaii/baseball/?DB_OEM_ID=10100

Windward Mall has a GNC store? Since when? May 24th?

Jason:
Thanks for the confirmation.

6-3 Fresno, Bottom 8.
Can Fresno hold on for the win?

Ok, I got it.
If fresno State wins, here are the games…
11am Loser (nmsu/laT) v. SJSU
3pm Haw v FSU
7pm winner 11 am G vs winner of Lat.NMSU G
* If HAW beats FSU, we only play one game SAT.

FSU 6-3, top of ninth, 2 outs, runner on first.

Fresnecks win 6-3, play HAW SAT @ 3pm.

This is the bracket from the WAC site

Need a win and for Alexander to eat a lot of innings tomorrow.

According to D1Baseball.com we play Fresno at 3 Sat.

Time for the BaseBows to take care of the ‘dogs.

Get out the little clippers!!!

Snip! Snip!

Good outcome for BaseBows; win at 3pm tomw. then wait for Sunday.

Of course, it’s one game at a time….

Fans gotta bring it tomw. afternoon!

unreal ending to another nba game. can they keep this up??

Oh kazzy you so funny. Is it da bettah team or da bettah team dat day dat wins.pitcha or CAtcha. Bettah team or bettah team dat day. I know… Confused yeah ?

BullPuppies got a CG from their pitcher today and rested their Puppy Pen; BaseBows gotta wake up at the plate early and “batter” their pitchers tomorrow.

Sure hope Trap is right about Kolten Wong’s hip flexor….

Brah I da real deal.

tufiddywun

anyone, who has the UH wahine BB team recruited for 2009?

are there any ex-hawaii players on the mainland or already in Hawaii ready to play for the “home team”?

for whatever reason, I’m totally out of it when in comes for 2009 recruits for BB or VB or Baseball.

I, for one, would like to see the SID’s office take a higher interest in publicizing other UH sports/winners. What is put out by that office to make people on the mainland or Hawaii or international interests seriously consider UH as a “prime” location to get an education and excel in a sport? or, are they soley focused on football? Mr. SID, care to comment and put me in my place? Am I missing something?

Hi A-House,

How’s da mrs. doing? Regarding wahine BB recruiting, I don’t think anyone was signed this year. No coach, no players. Not good. Maybe Mrs A-House would like to play for the home team. She could play center as she’s a natural center of attention. I can see her defending those 6’3″ post players. 🙂

The only player I heard about was the Punahou twin who was playing for Idaho and was contemplating transferring to UH. Don’t know what the situation is now.

I don’t think the Wahine Basketball roster has been updated, yet. Has it?

Are most out celebrating the BaseBow win? Or are they still trying to figure out who is up next and at what time?

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Mouton is among those limited by injury with the Titans right now.

Injuries: Center Kevin Mawae (elbow) defensive end Jevon Kearse (knee) did not practice Friday, while receivers Lavelle Hawkins and Britt, cornerback Ryan Mouton and defensive tackle Sen’Derrick Marks were limited with hamstring injuries.

The “drivers” of the Mars rover Opportunity have discovered a wealth of information during their two-year exploration of Victoria Crater, including finding supporting evidence that water flowed once on the surface of Mars. Great photo of Victoria Crater in the article.

New Zealand couple asked their bank for a $6300 loan and the bank accidentally put $6.3 million in their account instead! Instead of telling the bank about the error, the couple transferred the bulk of the money to an offshore account and fled the country.

Free play links pau.

What is wrong with that woman who threw her nephew at people in order to get away? As if no one was going to notice? It was bad enough at shoplifting; but, now assault and child abuse, too?

Dang. Sick and not-bright people!

LaTech goes down to NaMaSu, 5-6.

Way off-topic:

Just a little peeved about the prices for flights between PHX and the Bay Area. I’ve got an interview up there in a couple weeks and having to pay nearly $300 for a roundtrip ticket isn’t sitting well with me. It’s either that or a 12 hour car drive.

Some of the things that make you go hmmm…….

Take care Frank.

CRW,

Have you check Southwest Air? They have fares at $99 (web only) in a couple of weeks.

D1,

Were you able to give away that ticket? See you guys there tomorrow.

Night!

Kekaula reports 6 finalist for wbb…Bonvicini, Harrington, Thak sp? of USC, Wolfe, Peterson, and Gross. Committee keeps flip flopping, Gavin was added on again…

Congrats to Charlie Wade, welcome home.

Nitey nite and SWEET BASEBOWS DREAMS!

Good night all!

Test only….