Bee effort

#1?

trifecta?

Any updates on potential Offensive Coordinator hires?

GOOD MORNING HAWAII!

Safe journey Coaches! Good hunting!

ST, what year are the other 2 Utah players for, 2013 or 2014?

ST & Tsaiko Blog Dogs:

Main thing I beat a Grease!

after the great start on recruiting on Friday, it has been a let down since Barker’s commitment on Friday

fingers crossed that ST will bring more good news to the Warrior faithful!!!!

ACC – Big 12 Alliance…

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/dennis-dodd/21620974/acc/big-12-alliance-makes-sense-to-stiff-arm-conference-realigment

The Tennessee Athletic Department is in deep kim chee debt…they owe over $200 million.

Neyland stadium seats over 107,500.

even in debt, the UH is manini compared to the SEC.

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/01/28/Colleges/Tennessee.aspx

what about that big utah dude? not a mission guy is he?

No response necessary. Just getting funny.

Hope Chow & Co can land Simeon Thomas, Troy McCollum and/or Justin McDonald. All three would be unreal. Good luck in Florida.

Its exciting to have so many good players in the mix at this point. The commits we have already exceed all of the other recent recruiting classes and if we can snag a couple more guys who are on the fence this could be a pretty epic class on paper.

I hear a lot about Taylor Graham, but I am completely convinced Keelan Ewaliko can be our starting QB next year if the coaches gave him a shot and implemented a Spread/Pistol package. NFL coaches did it for Kaep, RG3, and Russell Wilson. Ewaliko flat out flies though. Also has gotten a lot stronger from when he committed back in summer.

First part of video he makes All State DE Dakota Turner look super slow. Which is saying a lot because I think Turner is good. 2.55 min mark of video he makes a Russell Wilson like play with his feet but keeps his eyes down field. After 3 minute mark, he shows that he has pretty good footwork for a high school QB. Not a lot of arm strength but were not in the NFL or SEC. Regardless what position, Ewaliko has future star written and is one of those 0 stars type guys that I am happy isn’t discovered by other schools.

http://hisportsfolio.ning.com/video/keelan-ewaliko-s-2012-football-highlight-video

On the up side, its an easier road to a Hawaii Bowl invite.

Been watching some video and im convinced Kapoleis Darius Kila deserves a prefered walk-on. at 6’6″ 340lbs 225lbs-13x, 21.5″ vert and 5.69 fourty. hes stronger and maybe alil more athletic than Wa’a while weighing 60+ lbs more.

http://www.pacificathleticalliance.com/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&Itemid=31&video_id=463

#39 . . . I like anybody with the last name “Kila” on my team.

#39:

is he a qualifier – grade wise?

looks good on tape – quick feet to pull for a player that large and strong – just pushing defensive players out of the way.

#43

PIAA says hes a full qualifer already

i watched both videos n i see Wa’a do the same type of plays. on Wa’as it also shows him miss blocks and go for the next guy. im not saying Wa’a isnt better becuz i think he is. Im just saying on paper this guy whos 60lbs heavier shows the same measurables.

http://www.pacificathleticalliance.com/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&Itemid=31&video_id=242

HAU’OLI LA HANAU, A-JOE!!!

running quarterback…..not unless he is disciplined.

Manti showed it’s ok to go to and stay in school and do a mission sometime later. and he’s pretty strong in the faith. any chance other LDS guys could do the same?

John Wa’a is clearly a lot quicker and more athletic than Kila. I just finished watching both video’s and he gets to the 2nd level a lot faster. The difference also is Waa can play guard in D1. Kila is 6-5 and isn’t playing tackle in high school. He isn’t able to pull or get to the 2nd level. On the play’s John Wa’a so call misses a block, it’s because of the design of the play being a draw or a screen. I guess I personally don’t put too much stock into bench press and weight.

In general I think its smarter to recruit athletic linemen who can add strength than bigger linemen who need to shed weight. Guys like Ben Clarke, Blake Muir, etc. Guys like Shigematsu have a hard time playing at an athletic weight to block good D linemen.

Just my preference and observation. Could be completely wrong though.

A great Happy Birthday to A-Joe. Enjoy and have a good one.

Hiya, A-Joe and a most Happy Birfday 2 U!!!!!

da storm is coming – da storm is coming!!!

I believe Shigematsu and Jordan Loefler may be bettered suited at a guard position to use their height and leverage – like Iputai (sp) of the 49ers

initially, I said at “tackle” when they commited to UH

Addahknow, I think get one birthday party some place in Hilo. Happy burfday to you A-Joe.

happy birthday ajoe!

A-Joe – We KNOW YOU!!! Happy Birthday!

No BeeYU, eh?

HiHo!

UH mvb still unranked and Pepperdine only drops to #4 (from #2). WTH? As CL noted, they musta voted before the game last night.

Go Warriors! Chop da Tree!

⁠Fire

Fire

– Ohio Players

Hi Rasu Bagasu Kumi!

John was a rascal and I bet he made a lot of humbug for you, but with a very kind heart and a generous person – sure miss him today!

hope we can sit for lunch or dinner one day in the near future

#70:

UH recruiting some one from Boise?

hey, why not return the favor!!!!!!

I wonder if A-House went school with General Shinseki at Westpoint? I think so maybe not because A-House look too young to be the General’s classmate.

col A-House was with col Nagata.

Happy birthday A-Joe – long time no see. Hope all is well with you!

What happened to Garrett?

#6… Chow is doing what every good recruiter does… stay in good communication with commits to reinforce the school’s commitment to the player. It also reduces the chances of a player de-committing.

Regarding the on-field coaching, Chow is a great offensive mind. Chow had very little talent to work with in 2012 so he’s limited on what he can call. Things will be much better from this point forward. The offense will be completely different looking with the talent on the field. The only tricky part will be how fast all the new faces assimilate and come together.

Like the basketball team this year, UH has much better talent coming in, but with so many new players presumably going to get major playing time, it will probably be inconsistent the first half of the season. Graham is going to have at least 5 new WRs to work with (6 commits at this point).

hello Garrett and family!!!!!

Mrs A-House plant your father gave has sprouted a nice, strong looking stem – kinda surprised us.

committed road warrior & wes’side Warrior:

hope you are keeping warm with all the cold weather headed your way and this past winter.

CRW – will see you at Annapolis in November?

wes’side – when you and family moving back this summer?

PIAA DS:

mahalo for the update on Darius Kila – he could become a great “walkon” for UH with his character, work habit, and willingness to learn – also, knowinghis weakness/limitations now, but can be a big contributor in his junior and senior years.

A-House, all it would take is a phone call and he’d be there..guarantee

I don’t buy into the “Chow is a great offensive mind” statements made here often. I also do not buy into the “he had very little talent to work with” argument.

Seems to me that if you are a “great offensive mind”, then you should be able to make lemonade out of lemons. If you can’t do this, then you are not a “great offensive mind”, as some people like to call chow.

Chow had what he had, just like in chess, and the pieces are fixed in terms of powers and weaknesses. It is your challenge to make the pieces do what you intend for them to do.

A rook is limited in the same way a bishop is limited, but in the hands of a master, these limits become strengths, not weaknesses.

Sounds to me like some people here are arguing that chow is a chess master, but the chess pieces he is playing with on his board, for example, the bishop, somehow have less power than the bishop wielded by his opponent. Doesn’t make much sense to me, this argument, but that is the argument being advanced by chow’s cheerleaders.

I have yet to see the brilliance claimed by some that chow possesses, and I would be pleased if he was in fact brilliant, but that is a wait and see proposition, not something to be taken on faith.

We had lots of talent in 2012. The problem, is seems to me, was the poor day-to-day and game-time decision making by the coaching staff, which falls squarely on the shoulders of chow.

Test 2

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howzit to tsaiko ward 😎 wet day yea

happy bday braddah ajoe, stay good my man

enjoy

#93

AMEN!!

Seems to me chows offense needs an even better defense

Sad that we are forced to cancel the BYU game especially since the Warriors will probably not make the championship game next year. Our season will probably be over by then. Too bad. The only way to make that extra game, Hawaii exemption, is if Hawaii can start the season 1 week earlier than the rest of the schools.

iwonderwhytheyhateme:

January 28th, 2013 at 12:52 pm

I guess they can’t just keep the game as is with the condition that BYU can actively look for someone else to fill the slot and/or Hawaii through divine powers gets to the championship game.

Good point, but very difficult since no one wants to consider/imply that Hawaii won’t make it to the MWC championship game. Also note that 11 other MWC tems have to leave that date open–and only two will play. Such a waste, but it hurts Hawaii the most since that’s a popular 13th game slot.

I commented last week that if BYU were agreeable to a last-minute cancellation (with reasonable cancellation penalty) that UH should hedge their bets and keep the game scheduled. We go the MWC championship, hooray…we pay BYU penalty. We don’t quite make it, we keep a bigger $$$ home game.

It would take great courage on the A.D.’s part to leave the door open… hmmm 😕

Turf – every single player on the team had a lot of talent. To make it onto the roster for any D1 team, that act by itself, says you have a lot of talent.

106. I agree with his arm but I’ve seen a lot of average arms with good feet do well.

Darron Thomas for one is an example. I think Ewaliko is actually a better runner possibly. Masoli didn’t have a good arm and wasn’t as close to that athlete Ewaliko is. Moniz average arm strength. Ryan Aplin has a very average arm.

I am convinced in this era that you need good feet and being able to run a 4.4 40 does wonders and trumps the fact you need a big arm. The pro style drop back QBs need superior O line and play makers around. As good as Derek Carr is, you saw that SMU D did to him. And our O line right now is nowhere near to as close as good as the Fresno one and dont have those type of weapons. Carr pretty good athlete too. If Graham can’t buy any time at all, I am very scared he wont have much success in his 2 year spand.

I doubt Hawaii will use Ewaliko at QB because they would need to alter their offense into more of a spread/ run attack. But if they do, I think it could be explosive with speed like St Juste, Ewaliko, Barker, Polk, Etc.

Too many BYU fans have to make plans to come to Hawaii with flights, hotels, etc. Should Hawaii make it to the championship game, the last minute cancelation will certainly dissapoint them and, in today’s society, maybe even sue.

#113,

in fact, i would say a good amount of fans have already purchased their hotel/flights etc. it might actually be better under the circumstances you mentioned for UH-BYU to just keep the game scheduled. If I was in their position, I would rather have a chance of keeping the game scheduled than being told it wont happen at all.

So, let me get this straight? Your logic states that Chow has chess pieces but he couldn’t play chess for nothing? But my question is when you play chess all the pieces are equal, a black knight is equal in strength and moves to the white knight and so on, correct? But in football is Hawaii offensive Lineman the same as offensive Alabama lineman? Is Notre Dame offense/Defensive lineman is same/equal to Alabama offense/defense lineman? Of course not? Thats why your analogy is flawed because Chow is playing chess with players that are meant for checkers (RnS). The players that are Mack recruits are great young men but are not D1 Alabama talent or even Boise State talent. I don’t hate the young men that don’t make the grade with Chow and his staff evaluation, because they were recruited for the RnS and Hawaii went 6-7 last year against not so great teams. This year if Mack and his recruits were still playing, I think Hawaii would have gone 4-8 overall with playing in the MWC.

One of the reason’s I am not overly excited about Taylor Graham yet is because of what Norm did at UCLA with highly rated pro style QBs.

2008 – KEvin Craft- 5 star recruit – 55% completion 2,341 yards 7 TD 20 INT

2009- Kevin Prince- 3 star recruit -2,050 yards 56% completion 2,050 yards 8 TD 8 INT

2010- Richard Brehaut- 4 star recruit – 56% completion 1,296 yards 6 TD, 7 INT

2011- Jon Hays – 56% completion 1,459 yards 12 TD 8 INT

Jordan Wynn- 56% completion, 727 yards 6 TD 2 INT

2012-Sean Schroeder- 50.9% completion, 1,878 yards 11 TD 12 INT

These are just the facts I am presenting. Whether Chow is capable of leading a potent offense is yet to be known. But the game is evolving and the drop back style QB isn’t working anymore in Norm’s offense. He needs to be willing to make the proper adjustments even if it takes getting out of his comfort zone.

Never in Jones era or Mack era did we have QB complete such a low percentage of passes with a low completion rate and bad TD- INT ratio. I would say QB need to complete at least 60% in college level.

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Wasn’t norm forced to use the pistol at UCLA? Not Sure…….but he did have his choice at Utah(Wynn was supposedly kind of mobile at lease not as immobile as SS)

Did we hire an Offensive Coordinator……yet?

perhaps ewaliko will be the next blaine gaison.

Independent Thinker….you are an IDIOT!! nothing more and nothing less.

Another thing to think about, I don’t think its a coincidence that Arizona and UCLA hire new coaches that chose to run the spread and immediately had the top offenses in the country. No disrespect to Nick Foles but Matt Scott lit up the scoreboard for Arizona and Kadeem Carey put up ridiculous numbers under Rich Rod. Jim Mora is a pro style coach and even he knew what to do with Brett Hundley.

130. My point is college offenses are evolving to spread with athletic QBs to trump medicore pass protection. If you think UCLA and UTAH had bad pass protection, don’t expect it to be better in Hawaii. The past 5 QBs (pro style) couldn’t complete over 60% in Norm’s offense. It’s hard for me to be confident that Taylor Graham is going to be that much better than the 4 star recruits Norm had at UCLA.

Look at the success that Brett Huntley, Matt Scott, Kevin Hogan had in their 1st year as starters. Don’t tell me protection is the reason all those QBs had huge success. Josh Nunes had the same O line at Stanford as Hogan did.

If we don’t protect Graham, he is going to get killed again. Losing Muir is going to hurt the O line as well. If we had Maulers on our O line which allowed us to rush for 200 yards a game, then yeah any type QB would work. But no ones fooling me that our O line is going to be dominant.

130. Unfortunately we don’t play in the SEC and Colt Brennan completed 70% of his passes that year so I think your example is pretty off.

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WHO CARES ABOUT WIDER RANGE OF RECRUITS WHEN YOUR OFFENSE CANT MOVE THE BALL.

FUHA, GET OFF CHOWS NUTS.

Pretty sure it was Urban Meyer’s offense.

And regardless of pay, Norm coached at a high enough level that he should be able to adapt his offenses. Like i said, I showed you his numbers in his past 5 seasons. No change at all in numbers and consistently producing QBs with 55% completion rate.

Even if UNLV is your 1 example, Hawaii has never been a bottom of the barrel program like UNLV.

I can name you more offenses that evolved in 1 year that took off than failed because of going to a new offense.

June Jones for one changed our numbers in 1 year. Fresno St in 1 year became one of the most potent offenses with new Air Raid attack. Broyles goes to Baylor and instantly become a potent offense even when RG3 left.

Maybe Norm will adapt this year. I am just stating my opinion that he needs to evolve from his 90s west coast style. Based on his past 5 seasons as a coach, his offenses have been boring. And the numbers dont lie…

When Rolo QBs are all completing over 60% of passes and he is a young coach, it at least raises a question in my head.

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Chow a steal? The dude couldn’t even conform to his personnel for one year. He should have known we didn’t have the player to run a smash mouth 21 personnel offense and yet he ran it. Either he’s that arrogant or he’s that foolish.

To be fair to Norm Chow at UCLA his was forced to run the pistol by Neusel and we all know Neusel was fired and now UCLA has a new head coach. At Utah Jordan Wynn just was injury prone to no fault of his own, it happens some people are injury prone while others are not. Just think about it? Some people get cancer and others don’t? It just is? So Chow has to adjust his system to the No Star rating JC QB recruit Jon Hayes that was shorter and was moblie. And Utah won in there bowl game against Georgia Tech. The difference was though Utah had some legit BCS talent on the Offensive/Defensive lines. Not elite Alabama/Georgia talent but better than what Hawaii has on the roster in 2011 and 2012. But Chow adjusted his offense to fit a moblie QB and spread out the offense after Wynn was out for the season.

Chow has made adjustments in the past for spreading it out and having a moblie QB. However, the O line play has to improve or it doesn’t matter who you put at QB. You could put Russell Wilson back there and he would still get pummeled from runnning around for his life. Believe me Russel Wilson has played for NC State which had a O line that was way better than Hawaii’s, then he transfered to Wisconsin which we all know had a better line than most teams in college football and now he plays behind a Seattle Pro O line. But studs like Dejon Allen, David Griffin along with some others are coming to hopefully fix the Oline Issues!

Plus, the Warrior WR corps was awful in 2012, Billy Ray and Scott Harding were the only WR that played in most games and actually caught some passes and wasn’t injury prone missing game after game and dropped passes that were right in there hands like the rest of WR’s. Hopefully Billy Ray, Scott Harding and the incoming WR recruits can fix the WR woes. Mike Edward is the MAN, hands down! Losing him hurts Hawaii big time but the defense is the one thing that I’m confident about, think of Marrel Jackson, Jerrol Garcia Williams and Nequan Phillps! Those true freshman stars that are now sophmore studs!! And with the incoming defensive recruits and transfers like Iuta Tepa, Kennedy Tulimasealii and company. I’m excited, hopeful and being patient for a few years, that the Warriors will back to conference champions one day. Go Warriors!

I think JJ was great for Hawaii when he was here, but he’s gone elsewhere and as I said previously, I don’t think he’ll be back as a coach.

We have a new AD, a new President and chancellor (whether we like them or not) and they are the decision makers. I don’t know if he would be their choice. Too many variables to state “JJ will return”.

JJ inherited a fairly talented team. Even Von Rotten would have won some games with the personnel of the 1999 team. Adrian Klemm, Kaulana Noa and Vince Manuwai on the offensive line all were drafted and played in the NFL. We also had Avion Weaver, James Fendersonl, Ashley Lelie and Dwight Carter and Craig Stutzman on offense. Jeff Ulbrich, Pisa Tinoisamoa, Chris Brown, Nate Jackson, Lui Fuga, Tony Tuioti, Doug Sims, Joe Correia and Lance Samuseva were defensive studs. The 2012 roster just doesn’t measure up to the 1999 roster. We tend to forget that it was on the backs of those players that elevated JJ to mythical status. JJ’s only coming back to retire and play golf. He’s never coming back to coach. That ship has sailed.

Annoddah Dave, you will.

Jeezy I see your point on the athletic QB helping with substandard pass pro, and agree an athletic QB will be able to keep plays alive with they’re legs…..just hoping woolsey can run, cause with our online Taylor may get crushed.

I must correct myself – Clayton Laurel was injured the last few games in 2011.

A Grease is enjoying, learning a lot from today’s discussion.

Bravo to all you knowledgeable folk.

A Grease has to minus out all the Chow hate, though — that rhetoric can simply fo the way of Scott Caan and Te’o’s t[e’o]ale.

#145… I agree JJ isn’t coming back. SMU is pretty happy with him considering he rebuilt them back to a respectable program again with 4 straight bowl games. Also, expectations are n’t super high so unless JJ has multiple losing seasons in a row, he’s gonna stay there and milk his $2+million.

For JJ to consider UH again, it would have to dangle $1.5million/year plus a house in Kahala. UH doesn’t have the funds for that. If they did, that would mean the football program is flying high (and ticket sales) and there would be no demand to change coaches.

wait a minute last 3 games. Faamu, Lefiti, Sapolu, Leonard, Legay. Only starter that returned was Lefotu.

so ur point is saying David graves did more with less??

Not to mention Graves as leading us to victory against BYU, until Iosefa fumbled which resulted in a scoop and score.

But u guys are right it wasnt the exact same line Leonard, faamu, sapolu, lefiti were gone. only WR gone was Pollard. still pollard only accounted for 1000 of the 4000 passed. sapolu was the back-up to lefiti who got injured early and took over and did a good job and kept the starting position. I believe leonard was the starting LG beginning until either shigematsu or Loeffler went down.

The completion rate will be a lot higher next year with, what seems to be, a strong receiving corp. We had too many dropped or incomplete passes that hurt the momentum last year. Can’t wait to see some nice slant routes executed again.

#146… BINGO!!!

What JJ did in his 1st year was an anomaly and that big of turnaround may never be repeated again. So it’s unrealistic to expect any coach to turn any middling program around in one year. ( three non-winning seasons in four years is a middling program).

JJ did go 3-9 in his second year, so basically did it backwards. People get caught up in the 1999 turnaround and forget that JJ really struggled his 2nd year.

Jeezy u and me both! the best was watching SS take 2 read option plays VS USC, both he kept! lol Id like to think DG would have had a breakout junior season just the way Moniz and Brennan did. (brennans would be a stretch)

And NO one Will ever tell me SS was better than DG!! not UHathlete nor Tsai!

Dg couldn’t make the reads ss couldn’t make the throws, online couldn’t block, wr’s couldn’t catch

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SS couldn’t make his reads either. He was always looking for the deep throw even if we had RB’s leaking out or if we had WR’s dragging over the middle. Often times they were WIDE open.

I think Hawaii got a Long Snapper this weekend…

Dannyp, you can post it if you want. I don’t know how solid it is but I had enough WSN trolls for a night.

https://twitter.com/CAkidJR

Yeah I’ll post it. For every educated poster on that board they’re 5 idiots.

Hopefully UH coaches can convince DE Pita Taumoepenu (Timpview HS, Utah)….one of the aforementioned “two other Utah players”…..to trip to UH this weekend as originally planned…..instead of Utah Utes…..

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/utes/55718384-89/utes-defensive-state-utah.html.csp

http://www.polynesianworld.com/2012/12/22/prep-spotlight-pita-taumoepenu/

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2105091/#highlights/20764379

SteveM,

I thought your q on Hawaii 5-0 the other day was a awesome … What did you people say?

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No joke I just read on twitter that he scored a 17 on the SAT cause he couldn’t speak english. Thats quite the hill he has to climb.

Other notable QB who ran spread offenses and/or are very good runners & decent passers:

Jordan Lynch – N. Illinois (eligibiliy completed)

Taylor Martinez – Nebraska, Jr.

Conner Shaw – South Carolina, Jr.

Terrance Broadway – Lousiana-Lafayette, Soph.

Chuckie Keeton – Utah State, Soph.

Tajh Boyd – Clemson, Jr.

Braxton Miller – Ohio State, Soph.

Kevin Hogan – Stanford, Fr.

Taylor Kelly – Arizona State, Jr.

Taysom Hill – BYU, Fr.

Bo Wallace – Mississippi, Soph.

Mike Scott – Arizona (eligibility completed)

Not exactly all household names, but all are very good QBs for their teams and notice all of their teams made it to a bowl game and all except two, Lynch and Martinez lost in the bowl game. Miller (OSU) was ineligible, but if they were they probably would be playing for the national championship. Hill, injured did not play against SDSU in the bowl game. The point is dual QBs are highly coveted because of their athletic ability and they can manufacture a lot of points for their teams. That’s why I’m excited about the possibilities of Aaron Zwahlen when he’s able to play.

187. I agree… Excited about Aaron too.. But got 2 more seasons before he arrives and I’m a little worried…

#182 – it’s impossible to score less than 400 on the SAT (200 per section). ACT scores range from 1 to 36.

#185,

Must be his ACT score…..not his SAT score.

#185,

Here’s the clarification…..

https://twitter.com/TotalBlueSports/status/296119619901612033

Should score way better this time round.

Jason Lee and Jason Momoa to replace both Caan and McGarrett.

Howzit Everybody,

All spread offenses can be stop pretty easily. It’s all about being disciplined in your scheme and staying active. Out of all the offenses I have seen in college football today, the most daunting to stop is still the pro set. The only reason it will not work very well in Hawaii is the fact that you need them big hogs inside to create the holes. Without that, Hawaii will not be very successful. A good running game mixed with the play-action is still one of the hardest offenses to defend. IMO

Oh and out of all the spread offenses, the R&S is probably the easiest of all the defend. A good pass rush makes the R&S non-effective. That is why you are seeing JJ having such a hard time getting SMU to that next level like he did for UH.

But I agree with most,

It would be good to throw in some spread option plays in his play book to keep teams guessing. Read option would be most preferable along with the wildcat, which I thought would suite David Graves to a tee and would probably suite Keelan Ewaliko very well also.

With a pass, run, handoff, and option threat, you open up so much possibilities.

How ’bout Gary Busey! He was actually in the shelved Hawaii 5-0 re-attempt back in . . . the 1990s, was it? Along w/Russell Wong. Busey showed is beach cop acting chops in . . . wasn’t it Point Break with Keanu Reeves and the late Patrick Swayze?

Put some koo-koo ness in this series!

Pretty much a good excuse — and justice — to replace C[r]a[p]an with a local actor or one known to visit ad love the islands. Just not Bumatai, please.

SteveM . . . if Goldeneye‘s and A Game of Thrones‘ Sean Bean ends up getting the role in this long shot scenario, on the day of, big ups to a Grease on all of your posts.

CAN CAAN . . . BUT NOT IN AN EMPTY SPAM CAN! He not worth it!!!!

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A Grease technically got # 205! 😉

Don’t underestimate the importance of the long snapper. Very important position.

Yup still coaching. Getting ready for another season of Crusader baseball. Actually start practicing next Monday already.

How you?

we actually ran a number of four wide sets last year.

it was evident that inconsistent line play was the bane of our poor offensive output. the inability to create separation by the wideouts whether because of lack of speed or insufficient time to create space and the dropsies really hurt us. it is why we’ve gone after olinemen and a bevy of wr’s.

ss spent too much time either on his butt or running away from being on his butt because of poor blocking as well as not finding a wr who could get open. our best wr gets doubled down , brs, and no one else is open.

surely, the injuries to many of the olinemen also wreaked havoc. hopefully, for one, we can ramp up the strength and conditioning program such that we produce a much stout lineman to endure the rigors that a d1 program demands.

open some holes and seal the pass rush = a more productive offense.

Congrats to Sinisa Zarkovic, MPSF POW!!

Ok, who far$ed?

Fire crews contain gas leak at UH-Manoa construction site

Honolulu Fire Department hazardous materials personnel have contained a gas leak at the Information Technology Center construction site on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus.

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kk…doing real good, in to planting these days.

I still find it quite funny that no one holds SS accountable for making poor decisions and holding on to the ball too long…it was also pretty apparent that he loved to stare down his primary reciever….so if we’re gonna mention everything the other positions didn’t take care of then we gotta mention them all…fair is fair….

i guess i am old school. everything starts with line play.

if line no block

can’t move the rock.

There was plenty of blame to go around last year. That’s what happens when you lose, and lose badly. We were not competitive in most of our games. SS was bad, O-line was bad, D-line was decimated by injuries, linebackers and secondary (except Edwards) were newbies. At one point in the season, we started four freshmen linebackers, a freshman corner and safety. I think coaching was sub-par as well. If you ask Chow, I bet he will admit that he needs to do a better job next year. Hopefully, with a year of head coaching experience, the coaching will be improved as well. I can hope, can’t I?

if the line couldn’t block long enough for the qb to throw the ball, why didn’t they shorten the routes, shorten the drop back and throw the ball sooner. i remember 1 drive when they kept throwing to davis on quick slants. they just kept moving the chains…then they stop running that play and they lost 7 straight.

when it comes to football games, the #1 goal is to WIN. the coaching staff did very little to show they have what it takes to win games. what the hell happened in the Nevada and New Mexico games. coaches sure laid an egg in those 2 games. 0 1st downs in the second half against air force.

i would have to give the coaching staff a grade of D- or an F. cant just blame the players, blame the coaches too.

All of you should stop yapping about how good Rolo was as an offensive coordinator and all that b.s. Think back in the middle of the season when Role and Mack were the coaches….I could tell you that there were quite a few blogs criticizing Rolo’s play calling and predictability which were the reason for defenses stopping UH’s attack…and don’t forget, even under ROLO and MACK, attendance were going down, people were criticizing Mac and Rolo and there were major disappointments all around….go back and check the news articles and refresh your memories on the blogs criticizing rolo and now we get all these idiots praising Rolo and how great an OC he would be and all that b.s…the same thing with JJ in his second and third years when he said he needed to recruit the type of players for his system and when his record was less than outstanding and when Tomey came in, in his second or third year when they played Arizona and after Arizona laid a physical beating on UH, he said he needed to recruit the type of players Arizona had…physical and tough with mobility….and with that he succeeded in the following two yrs. to recruit such players and therefore UH was more competitive playing big time opponents …well, we just didn’t have that kind of players this hear and NC had to do with what he had and now, if you look at the recruits he is getting, they big and physical…look at the WR…tall, and fast…he is also getting the tall, big, and physical lineman….playing in that punky WAC conference enabled JJ to get by but they certainly didn’t deserve to be in the Sugar Bowl…not with the type of competition they played and just getting by, also…they were no match for Georgia who played a traditional offense and base defense when they only rushed their front four and their offense was just basic pro and look what happened…plez don’t give me this crap about the r&s and all that b.s….NC is chg. the system and culture to adapt in playing the teams in the Mountain West…..Fresno St. was successful because the coach had many veterans returning and their players were heads above our players in talent…..unfortunately, like I said, NC had to do much with little so it will take time to build his program with the type of players needed and besides this yrs. recruiting class, he will need another successful venture for the 2014 recruiting class….so all of you just shaddup and be patient……and let NC and his staff do their job…..

Do I think Chow can change things around, definitely. Do I think he needs time, definitely. Do I think he will get enough time, probably not. Does he need to win now, probably this year if not definitely next year. Is he putting together a recruiting class this year that will make the team better, I really think so. Right now it’s all about building. Come August, it’s all about winning. Bottom line

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Rolo is a good offensive coordinator. He adjusts to his players. Its not his fault Mack wouldn’t let him morph the offenses into more of a spread option look.

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mack had handcuffs on rolo. rolo wanted to modify the rns, but mack wouldn’t allow it. mack wanted to stay true to the original mouse davis rns.

so it now appears that NC is having the same hard head moment like mack had. NC needs to be more creative and forget about the balanced attack. so far it hasnt been very hard to out coach NC.

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Exactly it seems like such a common sense solution but it didn’t happen.

You don’t buy what you can’t afford.

You don’t run a offense you don’t have the pieces for.

You know I understand what is being said about our offense last year but with hindsight being 20/20, I actually like the fact that Chow did stick to his guns and stayed with his pro-set offense that whole season. The reason I say this is because he got to see what he had under live fire. He got to see who could run his offense and who couldn’t. He got a chance to see what more he needed and who he needed to weed out. Yes it was pretty ugly, but I can see the reasoning behind it(not saying that this was the reasoning). Now with a good map of the real needs of the team, you are seeing a lot taller and faster receivers. You are seeing a lot taller and more athletic O-linemen. And you see more speed and strength on the defensive side. Hopefully with a solid mix of returning players and these new player, UH can begin to start winning more games.

Oh and of course those returning players must get faster and stronger.

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Reserve Aloha Stadium for the 13th game.

Tell season ticket purchasers that the season ticket does not include the 13th game.

Play 13th game if an opponent can be found midseason and UH does not have a 6-6 record or is in the playoff.

IDK if you guys watched the games at all. But seemed to me that more than 50% of the time chow was in a shotgun/spread formation. We had the pieces for that offense and he still couldnt get it done! hes a “OFFENSIVE GURU/MASTERMIND” why couldnt he get it done?!?!? Ill tell you why becuz he kept SS in the game!! maybe the lefty throws threw off the WR’s catching abililty?? those same guys didnt drop the balls last year

Im hoping this was all part of Chows plan. To weed out a bunch of players make room for his even tho hes losing some good ones! So far Im not seeing the Olinemen needed to play right away coming in. Its gonna take more than Wa’a and Griffin. Elijah/kolomatangi is a year or two from playing weight

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When you have receivers running drag routes with 12 yards of YAC available but you’re QB is staring down a post route thats double covered you can blame the QB. You can also blame the QB when he doesnt look at his check downs even though the RB is leaking out uncovered.

Aloha my longtime Tsaiko ‘Ohana.

Mahalo nui loa for all the kind well wishes on my birthday. I do miss you all. But seeing you all here is the next best thing to being at a T-gate. I promise to make my way to a few games this fall. Maybe even a few Tsaiko off season gatherings

A-House- funny you asked. No little birdie. I simply took a good look at the conference itself. There were several things that stuck out like a sore thumb. One being if the conference was that good, why were so many schools bailing? Didn’t have to dig deep to see the conference was built around basketball powerhouses. Connecticut, Georgetown, Providence, St. Johns, Seton Hall, Syracuse and Villanova. Football was either secondary or non existent. But as the BCS grew in stature, so did institutions with solid football programs say on what the conference would do. Basketball institutions scoffed at football programs but liked the money that came in. Football programs grew tired of the old basketball boys network and decided to bail and take their money earnings elsewhere. Boston College, Miami, Rutgers, West Virginia, V-Tech, Temple have all left. Louisville, DePaul and Marquette are soon leave as well.

Trouble in the conference goes back to it’s leaders. Dave Gavitt did an excellent job in building the conference into a basketball powerhouse from ’79 to ’90. Mike Tranghese took over and had the unenviable task of bringing the Big East into compliance with the BCS era. Ever since it’s inception, the Big East has always been on the brink of being released from the BCS. Year after year Tranghese would ask his cronies inside the BCS to grant the Big East to retain it’s AQ status. John Marinatto stepped in and tried to retain those contacts to no avail. He also had to convince the old school basketball institutions to humble themselves to the football powerhouses. They all scoffed. Marinatto could not bring both sides of the conference to an agreement. He loss control and began to make radical inclusions of teams that had no business being in the league. One being Boise State.

As much as everyone believed all the stories published about Boise’s inevitable move it just didn’t seem logical. Granted, $10 mil a year in extra revenue would make any AD salivate. But if that’s soo good, why were teams walking away from that deal? Some made unilateral financial moves. Others took a loss in revenue. So why move? Literally, the house became unbearable to live in for programs. Easier to just move on.

Boise brought nothing to the table other than football. Big East didn’t anything else other than football. Boise was having a hard time sticking their Olympic programs into another league. Especially after the WAC collapsed. Mainly because Boise screwed over every conference to get themselves ahead. They screwed over the Big Sky to get into the Big West. They shafted The Big West to get into the WAC. They stepped all over the WAC to propel themselves into the MWC. Only to screw the MWC to get into the BE.

A-JOE – one of the FEW “legit” bloggers around.

A-joe . . . happy birthday (yappari tanjyoobi!!! in the Japanese) . . . dunno if it’s now or belated, hey, who cares, it’s YOUR few days of fun. Enjoy and eat! Here’s to many more!

few minutes = 2?

A Grease has a few days off, staying up late. (like that mattered before, bwwaarrrhhh) What’s most of ya’ll’s excuse? 😛

Nevada just picked up a three-game series (’13,’14 and ’19) with BYU. They replace their home game with Oregon this upcoming season with BYU and rescheduled the Ducks’ game for 2019 at Autzen. Not sure this is a good deal ($$$) for the Wolf Pack as it was a home game, but at least they lessen their SOS since they’re already slated to play Florida State and UCLA (both away games) this season; which according to the RGJ was the objective.

I think the Hawaii-BYU game for 2014 is also history. I’m a bit concerned to hear about this.

Things that make you say “Hmmm”. Ever notice that the brothers have adopted our local way of saying “Brah” instead of the passe “Bro”. Shaka Dat!

………..oh and Go Warriors!

#245 A-JOE:

Hope you celebrated your birthday in a BIG way!

Your #245 is so true!

Great Morning All!

Loved seeing Isaako Sopoanga walking off the 9ers plane in ‘Nawlins sporting that Heee-yuuuujjjj Warrior “H”! 😎

Represent Bruddah!

ditto d1shima! i loved it! da ice man rocks! and that was one big “H”.

Oh!!! Good morning mo808 and haka!

262-Ha…I noiced that too….must be a way of thinking. To me the haters are the ones who bash players. We will see which way the pendulum swimgs once the 2013 season rolls around

Until then….

OK Kruzen you’ve peaked my interest.

howzit duffer?

how about that tiger?!

A-joe #245,

First of all, Happy Birthday!

In regards to paragraphy #4, teams were leaving because $15M-$20M/year is better than $10M. Also, anyone would choose membership in the B10 over the BigLEast.

“not a good practice” is a mega understatement.

helencalif, thanks for the update on DG. I’ll always be a Gravesdigger.