Satele expected to miss 2009 season

still up, but ready to go to bed

top five. didn’t expect grandpa to have the energy to be up for a new post.

Hiya and nitey nite.

Rapid and complete healing, Brashton!

Went back and looked at the $$$raiser… got the scoops, thanks, bhf2!

btw- please remember the ohana of Lauren Kagawa in your prayers… her mom lives in our neighborhood and her younger sister is a classmate of my #2 son.

Condolences to Lauren Kagawa’s ohana on Kauai. May she Rest in Peace and fulfill a better life hereafter.

9/19 Game day bus reservations
Checks recvd for bus 9/19
5 A-House/808UHF
2 Wafan
2 SteveM
2 D1Shima
1 LizKauai
2 Mana Alohi
2 SJ/Myki
2 A-Joe/Sports
7 Lost Hawaiian
2 Midnight
4 las vegas
If you sent a check and are not on this list, pls contact me

Dunno if this one was posted already; article on Colt on the Redskins’ site…

http://www.redskins.com/gen/articles/For_Brennan__It_s_One_Step_At_a_Time_47043.jsp

“As the Washington Redskins prepare for the regular season, there are three certainties: Jason Campbell is the starting quarterback, Mike Williams is the largest human being this side of the Beltway, and Colt Brennan has been dubbed by some Redskins faithful (lovingly called the “Cult of Colt”) as the next coming of Sammy Baugh.

In fact, Brennan is such a fan favorite that if the typical Redskins fan were a 14-year-old girl, he would be a Jonas brother. Judging from his various outbreaks into song around the practice facility, he may just be the fifth Jo-bro, albeit a hip-hop loving more down-to-earth version.”

This article has a lot of information about Central Arkansas. They sure are trying hard to get ready for their season opener against the Warriors…95-play scrimmage on Sunday! The transfer QB that was projected to start for Central Arkansas seems like he’ll miss all the practices leading up to the UH game, so the Park will probably start at QB.

After reviewing the video from Sunday night’s 95-play scrimmage, University of Central Arkansas football coach Clint Conque saw several bright spots.

True freshman Wynrick Smothers, whom the UCA coaches plan to redshirt, got all the work with the second team as sophomore transfer Nathan Dick was held out because of a triceps strain on his throwing arm. Smothers will continue to work with the second team as Dick will miss live action for another 10 days to two weeks, Conque said.

Good Morning Tsaikos!!

Best wishes to Brashton for a full recovery. I would expect him to get the 6th year if he petitions for it.

I hope that Kenny’s MRI shows nothing major and he is able to get back on to the field. Injuries are part of the game but they sure suck.

BHF2,

Is there a way I can send paypal to somebody? I don’t write checks anymore, except to the IRS and property tax collector.

Good morning Tsaikos!

Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Brashton & Estes.

Only a couple of more weeks till we start hearing Ronnie shout “Is it Friday yet?” 😀 😆

Praying for a full and speedy recovery for Kenny Estes and Brashton Satele.

Congratulations to grandpa ST!

A belated Happy Birthday to everyone and anyone who has had a birthday in the month of August!!

Kenny Estes

Brashton Satele

best wishes for to both of you for a speedy healing and recovery.

remember reading about Bryan Clay and his shoulder surgery at
Straub.

if wuz me, da surgeon I’d be lookin to be doc fo my future would be dat Straub guy who did Clay 3 years ago.

get docs who talk, an get docs who practiced plany an are lucky.
if yu wanna talka, see a lowya. 😆

Aloha Kakahiaka kakou!

Hope the shoulder surgery & recovery goes well for Brashton.

Stay healthy, Warriors.

BHF2, I’ll call you today when I’m in Hilo.

Esme & out for a couple of days…

Morning, Tsai-ko ohana!

Prayers out to the Kagawa ohana, Liz. Very sad news.

Aloha kakahiaka!

Healing vibes for Satele and Estes.
Liz, my condolences to the Kagawa family.

Adrian Klemm got hired as SMU’s Oline coach, following da passing of Gaenz. thought this would fire up somebody. 😀

By gokamoto Warrior Quotes

“Trivia question: who was the New England Patriots’ first draft pick in the 2000 NFL Draft? Answer: new SMU offensive line coach Adrian Klemm. Sure, the Patriots also grabbed some quarterback from Michigan named Tom Brady that year, but that wasn’t until the sixth round. With no first-round pick, New England used its second-round selection (46th overall) on Klemm. Brady was chosen 156 picks later.

Klemm played two years with the Green Bay Packers after winning three Super Bowl rings in five seasons with the New England Patriots.
Klemm played five seasons with the Patriots, collecting three Super Bowl rings in the process. He then played a couple of seasons with the Green Bay Packers, and signed with the Oakland Raiders in 2007 before retiring because of the cumulative effect of numerous injuries.”

About the year he spent as a volunteer at SMU, Klemm said:
“I came out to visit Coach Jones and some of the coaches, and then I just ended up staying a little longer than I expected. I really enjoyed myself, I enjoyed the environment. I’d been away from football — I hadn’t watched it on TV or anything. In terms of watching NFL games, I don’t watch it the same way as a regular fan. I look at line play and things like that, and it makes it less enjoyable. But when I came here, I was back in the mix — I just really enjoyed it. I was going to come and (be a) G.A. (graduate assistant) this year, and instead I got the opportunity to be the offensive line coach.”

About how he quickly learned he could trust JJ in the year he played for him, Klemm said: “He creates such a great work environment. It’s a family atmosphere, and he makes everybody feel really comfortable. You always know where you stand — he’s just a really loyal individual. He hasn’t changed at all. He was just like that when he first came in (to Hawaii). At Hawaii, I had three head coaches, five offensive coordinators and I think offensive line coaches. So when he first came in, he was my third head coach, and I really didn’t buy into it initially, but after a couple of weeks … you can’t help but buy into it. He’s just such a good guy. I really trusted him, and obviously he helped out my career tremendously. I was one of the higher draft picks come out of (Hawaii) recently, and a lot of that is attributed to June, and the system that he brought and the different things that he taught me — how to carry myself, and things of that nature. So I owe a lot to him, in terms of my success.”

About how he learned a lot from Dennis McKnight during the year that McKnight was a coach in Hawaii while he played there (JJ hired McKnight as part of his first coaching staff at UH) “Mac (McKnight) was doing what I was doing last year, helping out with the offensive line. We were talking about it two or three weeks ago. I guess, when you’re a kid, you sometimes don’t tell adults how much of an impact they have on some things. He’d talk about certain things he did when he was a player, like when he’d watch film, and on every single play, he’d write down what his opponent would do, with the down and distance, and things like that. That’s something I took from him, and the other tackle took from him … there were four or five of us who went to the NFL from that offensive line, and we all did the same thing, but we just never said anything to him about it.

Then, when it came to lifting — we didn’t have a strong lifting program — and we used to lift with him. You talking about training with the insane — you think he’s wired now? Imagine what he was like 10 years ago. He had the long, flowing hair, the handlebar moustache, he was in great shape. We all emulated things he said he did throughout his career and we watched some film on him. We had a really good offensive line coach, Mike Cavanaugh, who’s the offensive line coach at Oregon State now. Those are the three that had the biggest influence on me before I got to the NFL: June, Mac and Mike.” (PF)

About transitioning from playing to coaching, Klemm said:
“One of my former coaches told me that the biggest transition will be articulating what you want the players to do, because not everybody has the same abilities that you may have, or had, or that you would expect them to have. So you have to articulate in a way that they can understand, and you have to make it clear enough that different people with different skill levels can apply it. It’s one of the things I expect — I expect them to work hard in the things that I ask them to do. Not everyone is going to be the same caliber of player, so I had to learn patience and teaching. That’s my big thing. I’m not a yeller, I don’t get all over guys. My thing is I want to teach, and I want them to rep enough that whether it’s from technique or plays, that it becomes ‘unconscious competence.’” (PF)

About how he won’t change much from what McKnight taught the OL last year, Klemm said:
“Scheme-wise, nothing really changes. That’s pretty much Coach Jones’ deal. There are a number of things that are the same as when I was playing.”

“Klemm has the benefit of having played in Jones’ system that teaches linemen to block out of a two-point stance in Jones’ pass-heavy offensive attack. His background as a player also gives him the versatility to teach every position across the line, having played four of the five in college and in the NFL.”

About how he played 4 of the OL positions and can teach them all, Klemm said: “I feel comfortable teaching every position on the line. I played everything except center in New England, and even played all four positions in one game. In Green Bay, I played primarily guard, and played tackle in one game when our left tackle went down. Other than snapping the ball — that’s the only thing that’s really different. Other than snapping the ball, they have a lot of the same responsibilities as the guards.”

About how he gets game film from his friends in the NFL to try to pick up new techniques or schemes that he can use, Klemm said:
“I still have a lot of friends who are playing now, and ask them for game film,” he said. “Just yesterday, I brought in four films from New England, and (running backs) Coach (Wes) Suan and I sat down and looked at their outside zone scheme — not so much what they do, schematically, but how they go about doing it, technique-wise, and seeing if we want to tweak anything and apply what they do to what we do. So I talk to guys like Coach Cav — or I have another friend who’s coaching in Baltimore — so I can reinforce to the guys that ‘these guys are at the highest level, and they’re doing the same techniques that we’re telling you to do.’”

About how their OL is young and need to drill until they can just react to situations, Klemm said:
“It’s a young line. The offense, initially, is complicated, but once you grasp it and once you get it down … like I said before, that’s where it becomes ‘unconscious competence,’ where you don’t have to sit there and think — you just react. That’s when everything starts clicking and starts looking real good. It’s one of those things where you keep drilling, and keep repeating things over again, teaching off the film, and once they get it, it will be really clean.”

About how he played as a Freshman and he will play the best players they have regardless of seniority, Klemm said:
“It’s a mixture of young guys, but we obviously have some young guys who will be competing for spots. But some of these guys can come in and mature, and can possibly help us this year. We just need to get some depth, and they need to push each other, and we’ll get better that way. I played as a freshman. If that’s our best option, and they’re mentally tough enough to handle the rigors of a full season, then I don’t have any problem with putting them in there. I don’t believe in a seniority thing, or anything like that. The best players play.”

Note: “One of Klemm’s strengths as a player was the power of his punching; not coincidentally, that’s an area on which he said the Ponies’ offensive linemen will focus intently.”

About how their OL will be aggressive even while pass blocking, Klemm said: “My goal for us is reestablishing the line of scrimmage — not that we didn’t before, but as these guys get bigger and stronger and more comfortable in the system, we can take it even further. If we start on the 24-yard line, we’re going to try to move the line of scrimmage to the 26- or 27-yard line — just move the entire line. My philosophy is that there’s nothing passive about our passing game. We’re going to be really aggressive, and just because we’re passing the ball doesn’t mean we can’t take the aggressiveness and physical nature of the running game and apply it to the passing game.”

Not concerned about the weight of their OL, but more how what type of weight they are carrying, Klemm said:
“I don’t care what their weight is. What I care about is their body composition. I don’t want a bunch of fat slobs. I don’t want extra weight — bad weight. What I prefer, and what I’ve told them that I want, is guys that are leaner, and I’m not so concerned with them being 275 or 265. If a guy like (right tackle) can be 300, and be lean and be explosive and move his body well, then I’m fine with that.”

Expecting their OL to be better than last year because of their experience in the system, Klemm said: “I expect them to perform better than they did last year — not necessarily because of me, but just because they’ve gone through it already, and they’re a year older and stronger. Even though we had a couple of seniors last year, it was a very young line — in a way, they were all freshmen, because none of them had blocked in this system before — and Coach McKnight really laid the foundation for what we do. They have a year under their belts, so they’re not being introduced to the offense, so a lot of things they learned last year should carry over, and they can learn from their mistakes. The greatest advantage we have is that they’re not seeing it for the first time. When the live bullets are flying out there, it’s going to be things that they’ve seen.

I’m real big on mental toughness, and I think that with maturity and mental toughness, they’ll get better. We want to go out there and impose our will on every single play, and I think the guys are ready to do that — they’re buying into that. I’m excited to see them when we put pads on. Everyone can look good in shorts, but I’m excited to see them put pads on and see how they perform, and I’m excited about what’s ahead.”

50 A House 50
wafan 25 LizK 50 Pride 50
tom mui d1 25
jesse james big hilo 100
jason 25 oldie 25
ralph al 25
whitey BG 50
haka JGM
curveball 25 Las Vegas 25
22 Tokyo Cindy..cenn..
rich2176
sj & myki

gettin dare, gettin dare.
see you this evening gang. have a great day.

btw, don’t you just love how Adrian talked about power punchin?

i just love ampin up Gordy and da gang!

whitey

you musta been a chicken fighta in da day. 😀
you recognize dat besides having nice birds, gotta have a good tie man. 😆

why yu jus no go whack da guy if you like give em a massage 😯

okay,now i gotta go.

bhf2, hahahahaaaaaaaaa. fell down from the chair.

Kanani,
Hawaii is so proud of you!

You told me at the golf tournament that the chemistry this year is good. Though you are an underclassman, how will you lead this team to make sure that everyone is on the same page from practice to gameday?

Mahalo and Let’s Go Bows!

How is Pepa?

Just heard on 1420 that Sol got signed by Buffalo!! Congratulations and Good Luck!!

good morning hawaii looking like a hot and humid one again. head for the nearest ac establishment before the temp rises higher

sorry to hear about brashton but glad he will be getting his shoulder fixed. praying nothing serious with estes. maybe coaches should taper down dem thunderous hits and save some bodies.

was thinking about making this morning practice but getting lazy. tried to call peeps for info but no one answers oh well………………next time

wow at least some good news today mahalo stretch for the info. since I dont want to listen to bcurran the update is welcomed.

btw not planning to go this thursday

koakane™:
August 18th, 2009 at 8:19 am
btw not planning to go this thursday

just cause you not getting a free ticket this year doesn’t mean you can’t support the team

koakane,
at least i’m going on thursday!!!!

God luck to Ryan Mouton, I hope that the ankle injury isn’t serious. He was doing so well.

Question for HC shoji.

First question: What is your evaluation of freshmen Kristiana Tuaniga. Do you think that she will be redshirting this season?

Second question: How is recruiting for the 2010 and 2011 classes coming along?

Go Solly and the Bills!!!

more goodies

K5 The Home Team will show the bulk of the Rainbow Wahine home TV broadcasts, but all six matches of the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Classic (Sept. 3, 5 and 6) are only on the school’s Pay-Per-View package. That package includes home football games and a few men’s basketball games. Pay-Per-View productions will be in high definition.

Question for Coach Shoji:

Seeing as how you are a UH coaching legend, what facility would you liked named after you after you retire?

Aloha this morning,
Paypal is not an option that we may use at UH.
I understand the hesitancy to leave a paper trail.

Na Koa is just getting a meeting together with web design and UHF techs to make accept on-line donations and membership payments happen. This meeting should have happened 10 years ago. But the good news is we are moving into the modern era, perhaps PayPal will be next. I will bring it up tomorrow at the meeting.
I value your comments and suggestions to make us better.

Great synopsis ST at the Quarterback Club yesterday.

Is it appropriate to post the Na Koa Monday lunch schedule at the Willows with Coach M on this site??

Coach Dave,
What part of the team will be the most improved over last year?

Good morning Tsaikos…

BHF2…put me down for $25.

Pride…I need to send the check for the RFL…where do I send it to????

Good luck to Brashton. Hope the surgery goes well. Rest and heal up and come back stronger next year.

Hope the MRI doesn’t show anything serious with Kenny. Good luck to him too….

okay..gotta run for now….BBL

Don Weir – #70 – of course! Anything to do with UH sports is appropriate here. (and so are a lot of other things… 😀 )

Kanani,
Best rush…Stuff block or Terminate the coconut?

ALOHA Coach Shoji and Kanani………COACH, Do you feel with the personal that you have this season, that the FINAL 4 is a LEGITIMATE GOAL and WINNING It ALL?

As i mentioned, our DTs will set the tone for our D.
MAC talks about a 2.0 rotation at this position, but realistically he needs 5. The progress of Haku and Hanohano is key….and good health for the first three.
We are inexperienced in every other position.
Until we start banging 11 on 11, our secondary is still unknown and untested.
7 on 7 performances are encouraging as far as closing and swarm but is not the true lithmus for alignment and pursuit against run blocking.

Make no mistake, oppenents will run at our D.

We need to be concerned about O gametime communication with Gordie Shaw the only veteran coach on the field (if we assume Ron Lee will continue spoting from the booth) but new to this regime’s system.
Im not getting into it on this blog, but suffice to say, we need improvement over last year.
It’s MAC’s to manage or mismanage.

As far as Oline development is concerned, we should be looking for progress, not miracles. It’s still too early, but Shaw has already demonstrated command of his unit and there have been positive changes he has made that is encouraging.
I believe there is chemistry but we are still dealing with the same personnel. Gordie needs help from key players.
If big John steps up in a leadership role, which Shaw is depending, it could be positive. Talent and leadership dont always ride in tandem.
This week will be crucial as the coaches turn up the intensity and put-in-place their schemes for opening day.
Player IQ will factor-in this season as our 3-game road trip will present severe adversity and challenges.

It’s also good to see application to detail on our STs–in every transition and phase.
Something we have lacked in the past.
Dotting the “I’s n T’s” is a lesson in coaching.
It’s just a matter of persistency (which Tormey has)chemistry and player attitude in execution.

basic
everything needs improvement
everybody needs to step up
everyone is untested until the whistle blows
everyday is important
everywhere is anywhere
imho

(J)James ~ re Pride’s RFL – go to this website

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY09PL?px=12593159&pg=personal&fr_id=16901

print the offline donation form. I has the address where you can mail the check. Please don’t forget to send the form with the donation so Pride gets credit for the donation.

Mahalo for the support. SB

what’s a “zone dog pass rush”?

Did somebody make those names just to hear the Princess say them? 😮

stretch….you still down poipu?

coach dave

it seems to me that your approach and the way you interact with your players has evolved over the past 5-7 years. am i imagining this or have you “mellowed” with age?

kanani

what are you majoring in and what are your aspirations after volleyball?

coach dave

you realize that your stint here is legendary and soon you will join les murakami in the 1000 win elite club. too often, we, take the stuff that you both have done for our state and university for granted.

having both established and pioneered these respective sports.
did you ever think, did you ever think this would become this big???

mahalo.

gramps

is there a depth chart?
i thought for sure that you were going to publish it today.

A quick break from screen repair — last major job of the summer!!! Yahoo!!!

Yay that Satele will have his shoulder repaired. With a medical redshirt he will be available next year — USC.

Yeah!

jm2375:

August 18th, 2009 at 10:14 am
what’s a “zone dog pass rush”?

Basically JM it means exactly what it says, the defensive line is responsible for rushing the qarterback while we play zone with the defensive backfield. In the meantime everyone on D barks like dogs to distract the quarterback getting him to lose his focus. Works will well if excecuted properly. Arf, arf, arf, arf.

bhf2

mailman just picked up the check. will take a few days to get across the ocean though.

i do agree with wf2 that our game day field management needs to improve.

Who will pay the power bill at the stadium?

6:45pm in the PNW at this time of year is hardly a night practice. Sun sets around 9pm.

did the camera man forget to show up???
what up……..

hey ralph, i think danny is the better blocker.

Wonder how the TV merger will affect UH sports coverage?

http://tinyurl.com/mnrqan

how about Stephanie Lum and Tanya Joaquin co anchors

i think the warrior beat show needs to pare down to one guest at a time. too many questions left unanswered especially since we have learned to expect delays.

#82- are those comments from live observation or hypothetical? Jes’ wonderin.

Got back from the Dr. just in time to catch the last question to Coach Shoji. Gotta watch the replay later. Good news: I’m now on a “must eat some carbs with every meal” diabetic weightloss diet. I celebrated with a mini bowl of pancit and gisantes. PHEW- just in time for football season!

HiHo!

Auwe! Sending out positive energy to stop the injury bug!

Howzit UKU!

Bulla, good observations and as I mentioned yesterday, the BIG SIX on Hawaii’s schedule ALL averaged close to 5 ypr. in 2008 and will be every bit as good, if not better, in 2009.
Its no secret that our DEs are tweeners and suspect holding ground against 300+ OLM.
Last year’s FSU game highlighted some mismatches in straight-hand-to-hand push.
We may get away with a few zone blitzes off the edge but unless our CBs properly man and our safeties are in position to close quickly, for the most part we will give away generous running lanes for big gainers. Not uncommon for our D given its philosophy and set-up and especially if our LBs are slow to the gaps n crushed in the blocking stampede.
We didnt have the player personnel last year and it would surprise me this year….other than Coach Tormey, we have the same coaches. Some think that one year could make the difference in their learning curve and that has merit…but again, MAC cites three JUCO DBs that he feels will make mega-impact. While that may also be true, JUCOs players have experienced simple basic ball on D and so their IQ must also be measured and their learning curve configured as much as their 40-time and verticality.
Im looking for progress on-the-job from our secondary as we play into the season more than immediate impact.
If it comes immediately–no one will need to say so–it will be that obvious!

BHF2: Check for $50 is in the mail! (Honest!!!)

#122, aunt Liz, dont take this too far but to respect your request as being level n well intended–eyes, experierience, discussion with others who r dialed-in and player intel 🙂

Is it my imagination or is there a weather girl that looks just like UKU@LA? UKU@LA, you not moonlighting as a weather girl are you? Maybe das his daughter doing the weather.

went to a.m. Practice today defense was amped,wr’s looked scared going across the middle defense was hitting with purpose and thanks ST for the snack congrats again.

al,
only if all 3 were in HD….

Hawaii better not take Central Arkansas lightly. Remember Portland State? Remember Texas A & I? If you forgot, Texas A & I – 43, UH – 0 in the first game ever at Aloha Stadium in 1975. Up til now, Central Arkansas is most famous for being the school that Scottie Pippen went to. UCA has a very good record. The caliber of players that they have are excellent. All we need to remember recently is Appalacian St. went on the road to Michigan in the first game of the season and won. Hopefully, Mack and the coaches will make sure the players have their attention.

P.S. Yang beat Tiger who was supposed to be invincible w/ a lead in the final round. You gotta give it to the South Korean. He’s a fighter, not fazed w/ the gallery (maybe he doesn’t speak or understand English so it doesn’t bother him), and it doesn’t hurt to eat a lot of Kim Chee. I give him a lot of credit and he played super. He won it, Tiger did not lose it.
He played the steadiest.

BHF2 & LV Both of you will be receiving some money from me to put some wheels in motion. The snail left yesterday, and has just now reached the mail box down the street.

Keep your fingers crossed that no accidents, incidents, hostage situations or employees going Postal, shall stop the US Mail from it’s completed rounds.

Go Warriors!
DPK, howzit!
Pride, more like gran-daughter, thank-you!

MANEO !!!

in 2004, uh, led by record setting qb timmy chang, lost to div 1aa florida atlantic 28-35. florida atlantic had something like 20 returning starters. they were coached by howard schnellenberger, who coached the 1983 national champions at miami.

BHF2 Money on the way $50

BHF2–mailed it today…

Football talent it what it is, but what you do with it is just as important, as is the case with Boise State.

In recent years, UH’s defensive schemes are predictable. It would be better to use more schemes and more guys. I’d like to see some 5 man fronts from time to time, especially with quick linebackers and corners and safeties.

tonight’s news
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMizBisytJc

One of the many articles about Ryan Mouton’s injury.

It was a dreary day on the practice field, and that was before Titans cornerback Ryan Mouton went down with an ankle injury. Mouton’s left ankle injury silenced the fans that did show up in the rain. He was carted to the dressing room after trainers looked at him on the field.

It didn’t look good, although there were initial indications the injury is a sprain that won’t require surgery. Still, it could keep him out a while.

It’s a shame because the rookie from Hawaii was having a great camp. He was injured while defending receiver Phillip Morris in 1-on-1 drills. He immediately reached for his ankle, and looked extremely disappointed as he was carted off. A few fans clapped. Coach Jeff Fisher later said the extent of the injury was still to be determined.

Update on Mouton’s injury…glad it isn’t as bad as they were worried it was.

Rookie cornerback Ryan Mouton, who was carted of the field in Tuesday’s morning practice session, was diagnosed with a significant ankle sprain.

“We are going to get him back as soon as we can. We are going to have to treat it aggressively,” Fisher said. “There was some fear that there may have been a fracture involved but there wasn’t.”

The Texas students are actually having their seats upgraded this season…I’ve read about how school after school (including UH) has been downgrading student seating to sell the better seats to boosters, but this is the first time I remember students getting upgraded.

In 2009, about 2,000 students will move from the upper deck to the lower level of Royal-Memorial Stadium.

It is good that Hawaii’s climate is much more mild than the south…those pills that are used to monitor athlete’s health are expensive! $35 per player per day!

Every day, between 12 and 24 Longhorns players deemed high-risk for heat-related illnesses take a pill that allows Boyd and other Texas trainers to track their core body temperature by pressing a button.

The silicone-coated CorTemp capsule — which is the size of a vitamin and contains batteries, thermometers and radio transmitters — is swallowed about five hours before practice begins. During that time, the pill makes its way to the player’s intestines. Once there, it keeps a constant reading of the player’s temperature before the pill is passed naturally.

The pills have been used by other teams as well, including the Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars at the pro level and Nebraska and North Carolina in college.

At $35 a pill, it’s too expensive for the entire team to use daily. While the pills are reusable, the Longhorns choose to use the pills only once, for health concerns.

“We do an individual physical/study of each player at the beginning of the season when they check in and determine which players are the most vulnerable to the heat,” Boyd said.

# Stephen Tsai:
August 18th, 2009 at 8:00 pm

This KGMB-KHNL merger is going to be ugly.
I feel sad for the workers.
____________________________________________________

This is bombshell for local media. I too feel sorry for those employees facing the cutbacks.

It seems like everywhere I turn, some friend or family member is facing the same thing.

God bless us all.

Coach Mack,

James Donovan,

a most excellent suggestion to you both. got dis flash today at lunch, while i wuz burpin.
take volunteer help from some retired Tsaikos. one in particular got the education and credentials to help the compliance person BIG TIME.
da bonus is this particular volunteer get super Excel Spreadsheet Skills. and dis volunteer wants to help.

if wuz me, i’d scoop da volunteer in a heartbeat. den my guess is you’re likely to avoid future make A kine – neva know dat wuz coming kine crack to da head.

limit da volunteer hours, make em hungry, wanna show you she knows how to work da spreadsheets, for tracking recruits, getting medicals, etc. dis lady can teach da compliance lady, an vice versa. pretty soon, you’d be tryin for steal her for yoselfs.

no trust me. ask ST. plus, dis lady get BRAINS! and she lives close by. an… she no need gas fo go to her volunteerism. walk to work. 😀
honest. 😀

DPK an Sweety

howzit howzit.
neva menshun knees. 😀
das sexual harassman 😆

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j/k
take care of yoself LizK.
eat healthy, moderation,
do all da stuffs fo beat da beetez.
prayers for you and good health!

It looks like Central Arkansas is shifting from a primarily passing team into a run-oriented team. They will use all types of formations and this will be a good test of the Warrior D. The strength of their D is their DL, so that will be a good test for the Warrior OL.

A. For the first time in four years, the Bears will have a new starting quarterback. Nathan Brown, the most prolific and one of the most successful quarterbacks in state history, is gone.

B. The strength of this UCA team, at least in the early stages, will be a defense that is fast and deep.

C. Special teams have a chance to be among the best in school history.

D. Experienced backs Brent Grimes and Leonard Ceaser have had exceptional preseason camps and are among the leaders on the offensive unit.

E. The Bears are developing a nice stable of running backs behind Grimes and Ceaser.

F. In early preseason camp, the offensive line was more effective at run blocking than pass blocking.

UCA has fielded one of the best defenses in the Southland Conference the past couple of years. In recent years, Conque has placed some of his best athletes on defense. In recruiting, his coaches have placed a premium on recruiting players who will give his defense the look of the good SEC defenses — power, athleticism and speed.

In no way is Conque abandoning his basic philosophy. But he’s also developing a team that can have quite a knockout punch with the left hand. And he’s ready to use it this year.

This UCA team may be pretty good at playing old-fashioned, smash-mouth field position football.

“We can play a bunch of different-type football games,” said quarterback Robbie Park. “You’ll see us in one-back, two backs, three-wide, four-wide and five-wide, whatever we have to do. The running game can open up the passing game and the passing game can open up the running game. They go hand-in-hand.

Mathematicians developed a new cloaking method to shield subs from sonar, planes from radar, buildings from earthquakes, and oil rigs and coastal structures from tsunamis.

Deep tremors indicate that a *massive* earthquake (9.0 or greater!) could take place near the Seattle/Tacoma area that could also cause a tsunami. The mega-earthquakes in the Cascadia subduction zone occur every 400 or 500 years or so, and the last one in that area was a 9.2 earthquake that created a tsunami that reached Japan!

A *cat* was earned a high school diploma–the online quiz was a series of multiple-choice questions with each question having 4 multiple choice answers and you get 4 chances to get each question correct…that isn’t exactly the most challenging test in the world! I guess anyone with $199 can get a high school degree.

Woman is pregnant with *12* babies, 6 girls and 6 boys. The current world record holder is a woman in Australia who had 9 babies…and all 9 died.

Rapid economic development in China has resulted in panda’s habitat being split up in increasingly smaller patches, which reduces their chances to find mates. This leads to a projection that China’s panda population could be extinct in just 2 or 3 generations.

Free play links pau.

bhf2, the buggah should arrive tomorrow in hilo.

SAVE LIZ CHUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#179 – dat cupcake might not be big enough to feed the Tsaikos at a t-gate. 😆

rc and wf2 MUST be related…

howzit bg!

hmmm, how to get a 1200 lb cupcake into the clubhouse?

191

soooo, when’s the next lunch cc? we gonna have one before the season starts?

one-ninety-whatevers

19x

Hiya guys!

200 >>>

dang. liz beat me to it.

sorry…

I pulled a Ralph…

BG-#188

What’s your point. And what are you implying?

To make a statement like that is really prejudice, because your lumping me with wf2. If I were you I’d watch your step.

I’m in Japan missing all the action at home. Hope all is well.

BG,

You look at this blog 2 yrs ago, when there were posts numbering in the 600, each with diverse opinions.

Back then it was a fun blog to read. And people wrote freely.

Nobody was proprietary…”and thought that this was their blog”.

Nobody was controlling of what opinions were said.

Nobody looked down at commentary.

Back then it was an open forum.

And now it’s still an open forum.

Yet, now, the hardliner Tsaikos want to make their presence known by filtering what can be said and what can’t be said…They think they can push their weight around and by being intimidating, like how they are to wf2.

And this is obvious.

And this the reason why this blog is suffering.

The numbers are down and the posts are filled with fluff.

I’m guessing the lurkers wanting to write would be scared off from writing because it may not be with the prevailing opinion of that of the tsaiko

This isn’t healthy.

It’s unhealthy to suppress freedom of speech within reason

There’s nothing I see that wf2 writes that would be offending to the coach or players

Likewise I don’t think anything I write would offend the coach or players.

But to you BG and other tsaikos–you’re weirdness is apparent, especially you BG, for the last time you admonished me was over your perception that I was copying other peoples writing which you wouldn’t know, then, it got me angry…and the same way as I feel right know towards you to imply that wf2 are related. The only thing we have in common is that we don’t sugar coat things–

From now on keep your snide remarks to yourself.

Hmm. same smell.

Nighty night and Sweet Warrior Dreams!

Charleston Southern is a *73* point underdog to Florida…this USA Today article discussing that spread has a nice mention of UH.

To better understand this enormous point spread, consider Charleston Southern’s two previous forays into the land of Football Bowl Subdivision opponents. In 2007, No. 19 Hawaii pasted the Buccaneers 66-10. A year ago, unranked Miami rolled to a 52-7 win.

On the other side, Florida’s last three FCS opponents were wiped away by scores of 70-19 (The Citadel in 2008), 49-3 (Western Kentucky in 2007) and 62-0 (Western Carolina in 2006).

Hey RC ~ good discussion posts are good. Personal attacks aren’t. That’s the difference…

BTW it’s Kekoa not Kokea. Please care enough to at least get somebodies name right.

Like Kekoa said, you should come down to da tailgaters (or other Tsai-ko events) and meeting everybody. They’re alot of fun and pretty interesting discussion flows…

Great Mornng All!

Seems like the WB has its own version of Brett Favre…..

……yadda yadda lives on….

Busy day today.

Two practices…check outta Manoa Hilton…check into dorms….meetings.

Good morning Tsaikos. Have a great Wednesday and don’t forget to smile and laugh.

o i taut i menshuned Aranda. da question shudda read:

I’d like to as you specifically about Miano, Rolo, BSmith, Aranda….Cal, Ron…Shaw, Tormey, MSmith….Tuioti… Mack. You get hope fo dare development in game management…. o yu crossin pingaz like me?

da point i wuz tryin fo make wuz, how you see dare development, cohesion wize?

i wuz askin you because i’m tinkin yu an wf2 are insiders at UH but tryin fo akk like da ress ah us so you no give away yo ID. 😀

right? 😆

den again,
I taut Lava an Maverick wuz insidaz 2. an I taut DPK was da son of a kahuna hi priestess 😆 den I remembahd she was in 5-0, not South Pacific.

way errybudy went? 😀

yu decipherin da wurds? no need. yu guyz readin dis kine English 1 year now. you’re experienced.. can fly to da tauts jus like da kine. 😀 blog mangle speed wap….

i no i no… fluff. 😆

gotta tink nice nice when in da back a yo mines yu like whack do odda guyz trout. 😀

RC is right. gotta lower da tackle spot. no go fo da head…
go fo da trout. 😀 not da chest, da chestnuts. 😀

RC
last year we wuz tryin fo get wf2 to come to a Tgate, each of us for different reasons.
I wuz tryin fo see if he was a Warrior insider…he sure knew a lot of detailed info. Actually, it didn’t and doesn’t matter, I just wanted to thank him. da guy sure knew alot, and still does. I am thankful get guyz like him who can give me da scoops of stuffs I crave. I’ve met summa da odda crazies, and actually they are good fun. and sometimes have great info too. meanin, it takes all of us to make dis a good go, RC. if you don’t already know, you’ll find out there is good in da Tsaikos. an you don’t have to wait for anudda CB and a JJ to find dat out. spoke from a guy who bought 5 of them stupid books. 😀

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