Tachibana OK'd to practice

i wish this was also a day of rest for myself as well.

too late for ni

si?

how’s fort collins’ altitude? haven’t been to csu before. i think our guys did ok in provo, but colorado’s a whole nother level. this is just the first of 2 high dry air games.

lookin forward to next year, i kinda like the talent we have coming back. id go JC for WR, DE and FS. maybe a DT too.

Mornin’ to letsgowarriors and chopsueyboy too!

Uh. Gomen na sai from a Grease.

Happy birthday (yappari tanjyobi in the Japanese language) A-Sports.

All else a Grease kakimasu‘d (that’s “written” in the Japanese language) in # 5 is correct 🙂 .

Good morning Tsaikos!!! Woo Hoo, top twenty-five!!!

Need to recruit a couple of JC DTs who are ready to step in and contribute immediately.

al,

Not saying that Graves should be playing at QB…..ahead of Schroeder…..or even Shutter or Higgins. That’s obviously not the plan…..since only the 3 QBs (Schroeder, Shutter, and Higgins) who dressed this past Saturday attended QB game plan meetings this whole week. Even Woosley was not included.

Just saying that Graves should be given opportunity to dress for home games…..and possibly contribute even on special teams….or somewhere.

Who else managed to see Ms. Rina Takeda (Dead Sushi; the name [namae in the Japanese . . . ah, you know the rest ;)] of the film, not a slight on her 8)) at the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) last night?

[a Grease cries, hits self over head (atama in the Japanese . . .) as he missed Takeda’s appearance/karate demonstration/photo op’ last night at HIFF.]

i agree kapakahi. while i dont know whats going on w the coaches, from an outsider’s perspective, it seems like Graves is/has made a lot of sacrifices for the team. flipping back and forth between WR and QB.

DT: Tufaga seems like a borderline FBS guy. not sure how true the rumors are, but Taleni supposedly has D-1 offers.

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The season is already over. The patient has passed. The five stages of grief, we have been through:

Denial: UH homers, greeazzzyman denying anything’s wrong. “Just give the new system time. You are disloyal! A troll, a fraud! You no real Hawaii kine !!” “I am a former coach, and I know about this things!

Anger: Whose fault is it? Posters angry at getting blown out in embarrassing fashion four weeks in a row suggest new QB, system. Loyalist project own frustration, anger at critics. Negative tone ensues.

Bargaining: “Well we do have CSU on the schedule. Some teams may suck worse than us. If there is justice in the NCAA heavens we will win again.”

Depression — “Why bother with anything? The season was a forgone conclusion, so what’s the point? Greazzzzyman takes to jabbering in japonee, Gangnam by Psy, check it his moves!” Chow even says he has no answers on the radio.

Acceptance: Game attendance drops. Coach doesn’t bother to respond to critics. Even greaazzzy man not defending. The recruits for next year are two-star passed-overs, tops. No help on the horizon. In for wilderness years at UH football.

I wonder if Norm Chow could have someone from USC or Utah in mind as the strength and conditioning coordinator for the football team? Since coach wants to build things from the ground up, it’s obvious that the current players will need to get bigger, faster, stronger, and more durable. UH looked somewhat gassed in the 4th quarter against New Mexico. Nothing against Tommy Heffernan, who oversees all UH sports.

Was wondering when someone was going to do a Kubler-Ross analogy. Didn’t think it would be this soon tho.

HB to A-Sports!

Yep, that hurry-up offense really did take Davie by surprise.

We can practice, practice and practice. They can coach and coach and watch all the videos in the world to improve this team. I’m not bashing on the players, i support the players.

What Chow and his staff has failed to do and will need to work on is HEART, PASSION and CONFIDENCE on the players. A very few of the players might have it but not all.

letsgowarriors,

You’re correct! How could I forget about DT Jeremiah Taleni???

Confidence comes with success….I have seen some sloppy play but the effort that comes with heart is on display…I do not question the heart or character of these kids at all. They are frustrated and should be….now how do you respond…..change it up a little and get on with it—–

Warriors not the only one recruiting and preparing for their next game.

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Saw Waianae’s Kennedy Tulimaseali’i play against Leilehua. I haven’t seen such a disruptive defensive player who could change the course of a game at the high school level since Manti Teo. He’s like a grown man among boys. Not too many players with his size, strength, speed (4.9- 40), quickness, and agility.

😎 morning all, good day to be in the 808 heck anytime is good to be here

student section starting to rock again, to bad homecoming wasn’t a winna but one step one step

wot jj you calling chawan girl 🙂 so lame

happy burfday to led foot mama ahdahhknow, make sure bruddah buy you one full size and not da mini plate 😆 (cheap dat guy)

Anyone remember Paul Guanzon? Used to be the sports guy at Channel 4 back during the Larry Price/Dick Tomey days. He hosted the Larry Price Show and was replaced as the producer by Rick Blangiardi (who came on the show as a guest and said to Paul – “you’re fired”. Too funny.

….now full-time Mr. Paula Akana

No Feed Da Trolls!

d1shima:

October 15th, 2012 at 9:58 am

No Feed Da Trolls!

Heh, sorry d1 . . . former hard core ADungeons & Dragons player here. 😀

Morning Tsaikos

Paula Akana is married to Paul Guanzon’s brother. Paul is on the radio in NY.

Defensive line would’ve had some speed if Quenton Brown and Dejon Allen had qualified. Hope Tua’au and Moala qualify.

Thanks for any other informative website. The place else could I am getting that type of info written in such a perfect manner? I’ve a challenge that I am just now operating on, and I have been on the look out for such information.

RE: #56

Chicken Grease — really? Used to do D&D in the days before the “Advanced”. 🙂 Learn a lot about human nature, yeah?

I’ve refrained from comment about Shroeder…he seems “OK” enough… but… my vague recollection of most of the 4th quarter made me wonder: if we are constantly in the shotgun and sending 4 receivers downfield every play , maybe a Run ‘n Shoot quarterback with tons of passing experience should play? We may have a couple holdovers from last year sitting around….

i understand chow wants “his” guys, but he should probably treat the previous regime’s players a little better.

Re #59, hasn’t Andrade already played this season?

SteveM:

October 15th, 2012 at 10:24 am

RE: #56

Chicken Grease — really? Used to do D&D in the days before the “Advanced”.  Learn a lot about human nature, yeah?

Ah, yeah, SteveM, ahhahahah. “Advanced” is where a Grease started and ended, heh. Had a bit of respect for the “regular” D&D — at least they had a bit more stringent rules. When you have an “Advanced” Dungeon Master (little did a Grease know, many years after playing, the double entendre that title carried with it, hahah), tha’s just dictatorial at times. DM took my cleric’s church away because a Grease’s cleric used ONE non hoiy spell ‘against the dreaded Terasque.

Whoops, off-topic. Yes. LOT about life, SteveM 🙂 .

#18 Kapakahi,

David would be a good fit at Wildcat, since Joey is out with an injury.

Regarding Graves — he actually has a one year renewable scholarship — NCAA rules — Chow has already pulled scholarships on other players he did not want — the likely reason Graves was in the stands is Chow gave him a choice — you can keep your scholarship if you quit the team —– what goes around comes around — recruiting could become somewhat more challeging — oops not at USC anymore …. it seems like this website is for people who have absolutely no clue about what is going on.

yestadyaz 281.

brah, and your proud of that? picking on a lil’ old lady? everybody has their opinions, she’s entitled to hers—wow, what a bully you are. 🙁

It might be too late for you to come to Willows, but those who are here are in for a treat with Coach Demarest .

i dunno if Coach Chow reads these blog statements, but if he does, I wanted to share this. Dismal season so far, but my fan commitment to our famed warriors still burns intensely….

Thanks for the Na Koa tidbit, PP.

Coach Demo is quite the motivational speaker.

kapakahi…i agree that graves should be in uniform unless there is something that we don’t know about???

btw, schroeder is a junior and has another year after this one.

I’ve been told by players that Taylor Graham IS our QB next year. I haven’t seen him at practice, but the guys were pretty excited about him.

I just hope SS learns to look off his receivers, puts some zip on the ball, and learns to move a bit.

Chow is doing what he needs to do…SS is still there because he brought him in, havng graves, higgins, shutter play and succeed this season will make his decision next year even harder if, “they did well this year”. Taylor is in next year, no question there…SS to the clip board. The rest are on their way out. Hey, sorry this not little league and everyone gets to play….this D-1 and the coach got to make his move, even if it stings for some of the players from the old regime. He has at most 3-4 years to make a BIG difference in performance. Evidence? Jerrol Garcia Williams, nequan Philips, merril Jackson, tony grimes, SS, ben clarke, benetton fonua….all recruited by chow and starting (some of these guys true freshman). He has his redshirts waiting for next year, and his second incoming class to choose from (although maybe thin due to scholarships). I say give him at least 3 years before we start “chowing” his a$$. And for the naysayers who EXPECT results in the first year where 85% of your staff were painters and now your company designs websites (r-n-s to prostyle)….you obviously never worked a real job (well a position that mattered that is), never coached (a team sport), never played team sports (cause if you did then you would understand), and/or think because it worked on Madden 2012 every time that it must work in real life. But….you do have an opionion and that matters (well…I guess it only matters if someone’s listening). Anyway, we all not going agree, we all have our opinions, and all think we know what is best for the state and UH teams…especially football. But in the end Chow is the coach and you just sitting here reading this….so ask yourself this……you a supporter or the other guy?

#15, James. i neva kno i had fans. was wonderin wat dat noise was.

#48, #51 lame? i resemble that remark!

In the past 15 years, the UH football team has:

1. A new nickname…Warriors v. Rainbows

2. New school colors…black (or extremely dark green) v. Green

3. New logo…”H” v. rainbow

4. New pregrame warmup…Haka v. nothing

5. New lettering & numerals…Jagged font v. helvetica?

My question is, why aren’t we winning?

Got to go out and find players like this one no matter where they come from.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0gsgyY_QW0&playnext=1&list=PLDA27B58AC9BC4784&feature=results_video

With regards to all the criticism of Coach Chow:

There was a very well known and revered guru of quality. The Japanese even name their most highly sought after quality prizes after him, William Edwards Deming. Annually, the Japanese have their equivalent of the Oscar awards named after him, the Deming Prize.

In studying his methods in achieving quality, among his 14 points for achieving quality, one was constancy of purpose and another was all decisions made must support your long term goal.

It is evident from my reading of most comments that most commenters are not aware of both principles and obviously don’t apply it to their personal lives. To win or implement a good long term program, constancy of purpose is absolutely critical. Without that element, the program will just wallow this way and that way without any direction. Just win. Now! Without regard to the long term goal.

Make decisions without regard to the overall goal, just as long as results are achieved for the next game. Then, at the end of the season, then what? Start all over! Of course what has been left in place is nothing since decisions were not made with the overall goal in mind and no regard to the constancy of purpose.

I would hazard to guess that no successful program has ever been established with such a willy nilly decision making process. Even when new coaches are selected to established programs.

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I was reading CSU’s football website (RamNation) and was smirking just a bit. Here’s one of just many Ram fans expressing their concerns. It may sound familiar…

“In my opinion, a good coach adapts his coaching around the talent that he has to get the best out of them. The fact that McElwain (Mac) apparently HAS to have his kind of player, according to some people on this board, is troubling to me. To me it shows lack of creativity, ingenuity and just an overall stubborness. I think that kind of coach is fine for a top program because they get what they want and get all the talent they want. But, for a school like CSU – you don’t get that. You better be able to be flexible and adapt your coaching to what you have or else you’ll go down in flames.”

Just like Warriors fans, so too are Ram fans dealing with growing pains. However, I haven’t heard any discontent about their QB. Then again, the first and second string are hurt and they have a freshman starting. Good news, folks, this one doesn’t run…lol.

As players are learning about coaches, coaches are learning about players. It is a process. It takes time. Even coach Chow said that the coaches will be looking at all the game tapes to evaluate all the players. I think that this will be an important week. I wish the bye was last week.

AlaWai….you are nothing but class!!!! I agree with most of your points…the only reason I can not say all is I do not pay attention at times I will from now on. These kids are caught in transition…this is big boy school. Every year they recruit players you can lose your job, it is the nature of the beast. The pure enjoyment of playing is competing and fighting and making yourself “untouchable”. I would like to believe Coach Chow has a plan….time will tell. Till then I support the Coaches—I see what thye are trying to do….the players sometimes they play with such frustration bad things happen. I believe in them I believe in the coaches and more than that I believe it will work out…..right now I just want a win, I will be in the stands for CSU and am looking to just have a great day and celebrate a

Warrior victory!!!!! AlaWai you are the best—-

Right now some of my worst fears regarding the football program are being manifested… I didn’t want a coaching change but it’s too late to bemoan that. I didn’t want to lose the RnS, a proven winner at UH, especially for a Pro style… but again, it’s too late to bemoan that. I thought UH Admin put too much blame on the coach for dwindling attendance in an economic downturn. Once so bad that private school attendance also dropped 8%. If parents who sacrifice so much for their kids cut back that much, how much more would cut back on season tickets? Weren’t Women’s Volleyball ticket sales down more than 10%, too, in the past two years? Hope that doesn’t mean we have to replace the coach there, too.

Yet, here we are. Seemingly bad decisions abound regarding our football program – maybe our entire athletics department. But, all we can do is sit and wait and see what happens. Kind of frustrating. Hope we still got soap, at least.

who’s talking to himself?

mih- amen/

@102 – Shoko, I hope that TK plans for ALL contingencies just in case CSU decides to have their QB run. Remember when New Mexico’s first play from scrimmage and subsequent plays were a pass plays?

Hey Al,

It’s ok Al there’s no need to take me to lunch….the bet was no biggie although I still would have taken you to lunch had I lost…I hate betting against UH as I never like to see them lose, but they’re just horrible this year….why is that???? you think theyll ever bounce back??! It’ll still be cool though if we can eat….Lunch on me

Question for the old timers on the blog. Have we ever actively recruited Florida before?

2013 will be much better… Promise! 2013 means a clean slate of health, a full recruiting class by Chow, Taylor Graham (the real QB). Chow will get more pieces for his offense so things will get better.

Here’s a big part of the reason as to why UH is struggling this year:

This year’s marks the first senior/rs-Jr class from McMackin’s first full recruiting class of 2009. (’08 was JJ’s class, ’09 is Mack’s 1st full class on his own).

Of the 25 signed LOI’s in 2009, there are only 11 remaining on 2012’s roster (Sr: Ingram/Dunnachie; Rs-Jrs: Stutz, Clapp, Graves, Shutter, Laurel, Tachibana, Alo, Daily-Lyles, and Makainai) … Of those 11, only 5 actually were slated as starters (prior to injuries).

After needing to replace 11 starters from 2011’s team, just 5 starters from the 2009 recruiting class is terrible. UH was going to take a big step back in 2012 regardless of who’s coaching and what offense UH is running. Nobody knew it was going to be this bad, but UH was not going to make a bowl game with this year’s roster.

Like I said earlier, 2013 will be better. If Chow has a decent 2013 recruiting class, then I think UH will be about 6-6 next year. If Graham turns out to be as good as advertised, and Chow’s 2014 class (2nd full class), then UH will be back to a good program.

Football programs take a long time to rebuild, it’s not like basketball, where there’s only 5 starters and just two players make a huge difference.

Former UH Athlete:

That’s assuming that Chow can recruit enough guys who can start and contribute right away. It’s mid-October… not seeing too many recruits committing, just yet. I hope you’re right…but I’m not as confident…

Kinda nice to have something to celebrate.

Rains have returned to the PNW! Hope they quell the fires on the other side of the hill.

In essence what Demo said was when you have less than superior athletes, you need to execute schemes and plays with perfection (Boise St). When you have superior athletes, you can afford to go off the course a bit and still be successful (USC).

recently weve only had a recruit here and there from Florida.

Khevin Peoples in 2004. Allen Sampson in 2010.

this past year, NeQuan Phillips and Marrell Jackson.

56. OT a little … Mr. Grease and SteveM and others, the troll in Snow White and the Huntsman is pretty fierce.

What’s all the fuss about. Anyone who thought Chow had the right stuff had to be delusional. Come on, be honest. Other universities had more than enough time to evaluate Chow and declined to name him their head coach. NFL teams evaluated Chow too and declined to name him their head coach. This should speak volumes about Chow and the prospects for him building a winning program as head coach. Some dogs have more fight than other dogs, and in deciding whether or not Chow had enough fight compared to other available dogs, everyone except UH said no thanks, Chow does not have enough fight in him as a dog in order to build a successful program as HC. Chow is what, 70 years old. Okay, only kidding about the age stuff. The ideal coach will be between 35 and 45, age wise. A 67 year old dog is not a fighting dog, no matter what planet you might be on.

letsgowarriors,

mahalo.

Curiosity can either a dangerous or beautiful thing. The University of Hawaii recruiting in Florida will for sure get some players curious. They probably know a little of the good (2007) but not much of the bad unless they choose to watch UH on national tv over Florida, Michigan, ND, etc etc.

Couple the curiosity that players will have in this “new kid on the block” with the familiar and trusted face that Demarest has in the Miami-Dade/Tampa/Ft. Lauderdale area and it could turn out to be something beautiful.

Nothing is guaranteed obviously, but it’s kinda exciting.

#107

Did you look at the parking lot before the game? And this was supposed to be a winnable game. It is was it is.

Interesting tidbit regarding Tachibana’s court date. It was rescheduled because the key witness, arresting officer, call in sick.

138. i thought if arresting officer doesn’t show up, the case is dismissed. am i wrong?

it takes 2 times possibly a 3rd if they dont show

Good news for Tachibana. Hopefully he will get to see some playing time this year.

Definitely imagine that which you said. Your favourite reason seemed to be at the web the simplest thing to keep in mind of. I say to you, I definitely get irked whilst folks think about worries that they plainly don’t realize about. You managed to hit the nail upon the top as neatly as outlined out the whole thing with no need side effect , folks could take a signal. Will likely be again to get more. Thank you

1/11 ~ !

I heard someone mention that Tachibana argued with the officer that pulled him over. Since the officer knows that Tachi’s reinstatement is based on the outcome of the trial, methinks the officer called in sick on purpose.

Shoko,

I think the trial has a level of public interest so there will be extra special attention to avoid any impropriety by HPD etc.

So, if the trial is suspended for 6 months, Tachibana is out for the season and possibly the start of Spring training?

IWWTHM,

#115….

Our previous coaches never made the talent levels of our players an excuse for the team’s shortcomings.. I don’t like it. Boise was whooping butts with equal or less talent a few years back…

115. what happened to “no excuses” by this coaching staff. Now they blaming the players for lack of talent. sad.

How many Boise States exist in college football?

How many mid-majors aspire to be just like them?

How many actually do?

So they’re saying they can’t get our guys to execute with perfection? Why is that? Why could Boise when they had 1 or 2 star athletes and not us? Certainly not the caliber of athletes.

MIH #162,

You could easily turn it around and ask “why can’t they do exactly what the coaches are telling them to do?” Is that unreasonable?

161. normally you give a “reason” for something going bad if you’re an ADULT/POWER POSITION/COACH.

If you’re a subordinate/student/kid, you give an excuse.

NO DIFFERENCE.

Broncos getting spanked! 24-0, 2nd quarter

RE: Talent level of the team

Hearing stuff like that disturbs me and should certainly disturb the players. Does not help the morale of the team to hear stuff like that: “gonna recruit better and replace you ASAP. Then we’ll get better”.

I don’t think any coach would say that.

171. read my post again. NO DIFFERENCE

#172,

lmfao.

175. you’re missing my point. folks can give a reason or excuse, its the same thing.

#176,

Ok thanks, some people don’t see it as the same thing that’s why so I was just curious.

IWWTHM — no, not you. This kind of talk has been floating around a few weeks now. It just gets louder and more painful the more we lose.

I believe it will get better too and I support the players who chose to be Warriors!

Recruit and let ’em compete

0-24. pretty deep hole

Is it Demo that gives the pre-game pep talk? If not, it should be. I remember Chow saying that he wasn’t much into giving pep talks. He even compared himself to LaVell Edwards when his rally involved asking the players if they needed to go the the restroom.

7-24. climbing

I agree with PP. The doubters and naysayers should come to the Na Koa luncheon and listen to the coaches. I think sometimes their message gets lost in translation.

You can feel the passion of all of the coaches. The main thing they need is time to get their program in and support from us fans. If we’re going to criticize them, we should at least hear them out.

glad Ryan Matthews is not toting it in the Valley anymore.

Got no problem with “insider” stuff revealed/discussed at boosters’ events

We’ve had 6 games to evaluate UH. Excuses have been:

1. New system; need a year to get used to it. New Mexico has been the consensus worse team in FBS over the last 3 years. Each season was 1-11. Bob Davie institutes a new system and they are 4-3 and beat UH at home. Instituting a new system helped NM.

2. UH Players are bad bc recruiting over the past 3 years was bad and the current players do not fit the system. Maybe so, but after 3 straight 1-11 seasons, Bob Davie inherited “bad players” too for a different system. . You think NM had better recruits than UH over the last 3 years, one of which UH went to a bowl game? Yet Bob Davie comes to Hawaii and with his bad players that don’t fit in his new system wins for the first time on the road in 5 years.

3. Defensive line has too many injuries. This is legitimate. Howver, the defensive scheme is bad. McMakin’s record at stopping running option teams, be it Nevada or Navy, etc. was outstanding. He knew how to play them. Not so with this coaching staff. In Nevada game, the defensive end came crashing down on the quarterback in the backfield on every play no matter whether he handed the ball off or not. If he went to the ball carrier even 50% of the time, he would have had about 4-5 tackles for loss. But that was not the scheme. Nevada’s players are not that much better than ours.

4. June Jones institutes a brand new system in 1999 and sets the record for all time turnaround in NCAA history with a new system and holdover players from an 0-12 team. He is a pioneer in spreading the defenses out and now after 13 years, many college programs run a version of the spread.

People, it is the coaching, the impartation of confidence by the coaches into the players and the system. Norm Chow’s offense is way past its prime in the college ranks. His offenses were terrible for 3 years at UCLA with great athletes and was terrible at Tennessee at the NFL. Unless you are an SEC team or Notre Dame or USC with studs at every position, you cannot win or even compete running the pro set offense in college, especially at UH. Even though Von Appen had terrible records, his teams were more competitive than Chows, mainly bc he had a real good defensive coordinator in Don Lindsey. Von Appen also ran a version of the pro set offense.

Sorry, I am praying for June Jones return. He is the only one that can rebuild this program. McMackin was and Chow is only holding the position until JJ’s return.

John Robinson, USC

198. Ah, thanks.

197. Dennis Franchione, Texas State; Frak Leahy, Notre Dame.

broncos score again!

It must be really frustrated trying to defend against the older Manning boy.

What amazes me is some “fans” ability to always dwell or point out every deficiency as if it does any good. All it does is worsen other people’s day and adds negativity to any bright lit room. Positivity can be infectious, negativity is just an infection…

Hate to watch the games with those guys. In 30 plus years supporting UH sports, regardless of the win/loss record, I have never found the need to direct negative comments to any of our sports programs at UH.

Those “fans” that have the need to do this lacks any tact or class in my book. To any who need some advice….take a deep breath, step away from the keyboard and stop making yourselves look like children who can’t logically deal with your emotions. Most adults have learned to develop that skill by the time they are in HS.

Just really bothers me that some guys don’t get it….5 games in and they spew nothing but noise. Hard to hear a bunch of “never been there’s” judge those that are trying to build a winner and have forgotten more in their careers then most think they know while playing Madden football with their friends. Either crap or get off the pot….the program don’t need that kind of “support”…..

Rivers is as much responsible for the Bronco comeback as Manning…

Re #181, IWWTHM: nope, didn’t hear that. It was just amazing to see the kind of command Demo’s presence had in that room. Wow…and those who left at 1:30 (when he was still talking…heh heh!) really had to leave. No one else budged. Guess we got lucky with the bye week because he said, “I can talk all day (no, really?!? 🙂 ), and Coach gave us the day off so I don’t need to go back to work – you might, but I don’t.” HAHA!

He really did emphasize supporting the team and even likened a college coach’s tenure to that of a U.S. President….four years later, the sitting President has a record, and you can judge that. He opened by talking about his experiences at Rutgers whose program was pretty bad; now they’re up there with many players in the NFL such as Ray Rice and Kenny Britt.

If a guy walks into the room with pink shirt and orange shoes, I not doing anything to upstage him!

d1, if I heard correctly, someone asked him about his “South Beach” slippahs, and he said he got ’em at an outlet for $3.99. 🙂

al, missed you and Pride. today. One of these days, hopefully you guys will make the Luncheon. But wow, how about Chad Ikei giving back to his alma mater?!?! Wooo hooo, Cougars!!! Thanks for posting that about Ikei.

And onto some not-so-important news, thought I was being smart by playing Alex Smith instead of Eli Manning yesterday; opponent has Rivers, and no matter how much imploding the Chargers are doing, I will lose. Booo! 🙁

216. here’s a secret for you. Eli Manning plays better on the road than at home. FACT.

SAWARRIOR, NO KIDDING! I witnessed it on September 5th at the Meadowlands. WarriorNY is the proud owner of the fan appreciation item from the Giants that I had no use for. UGH!

They should make Rivers an honorary Bronco after this game.

Didn’t think the blog would be this entertaining today but we seem to have a lot of comedians on here with lots of jokes.All I can say is wow.

broncos come back from 24 down! 35-24 broncos!!!!

… who ever is in charge of the audio at the NM post game interview with Coach Chow, please turn up the mic. sensitivity for the next post game interview.

Speaking of QB’s, whatever happened to Stump Godfery?

BIK

# 223 wowlaulau, good one. Sociologists should study The Warrior Beat.

greenthumb:

October 15th, 2012 at 2:11 pm

56. OT a little … Mr. Grease and SteveM and others, the troll in Snow White and the Huntsman is pretty fierce.

Yeah, greenthumb. Actually saw this one in the theatre. That’s like “enchanted by chotic good god or demi-god” level (well, maybe 15th-17th level) troll. Trolls on blogs wish they were that.

The dwarves in that film are great, too. Hoskins, lot of noted English actors played ’em in that film. As a pro-Tolkienite, a Grease hates to say that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey‘s Topening December, yes?) own dwarves have their work cut out for ’em.

should check out Boise State’s new black uniforms with what looks like a horse from the apocalypse on the helmet

A GREAT story involving our cheerleading squad.

http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/news/2012/10/15/CHEER_1015122754.aspx?path=cheer

HONOLULU—The University of Hawai’i cheerleaders were host to a special guest this past week. In conjunction with the Make-A-Wish Foundations of Arizona and Hawai’i, recipient Abbi Cleaver’s wish of meeting the UH cheer squad was granted.

Cleaver, a high school senior and cheer captain, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma a year-and-a-half ago. She responded ahead of schedule to chemotherapy and has already had a complete knee replacement. Currently, she in remission. When she was 11 years old, she watched the UH cheer team on television as they competed at the UCA Nationals and has been a huge UH fan ever since.

Through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Cleaver and her parents celebrated her 18th birthday at the team’s practice early on Wednesday morning and the cheerleaders presented her with an official team shirt and birthday cupcakes.

“There are no words for my excitement,” exclaimed Cleaver. “They need a new word for how excited I am. I love this team and I’ve been following them for years. They’re my inspiration. And they’ve been my inspiration though the cancer process, to get better so I can come back and compete and be on their team with them. That’s my motivation, to be on the team with them.”

Usually, Make-A-Wish recipients who come to Hawai’i want to learn how to surf, or swim with the dolphins, or go to a lu’au. But Cleaver’s wish was different. “Abriel’s wish is unique,” explains Kalae Araujo, the local Make-A-Wish Foundation coordinator. “We don’t get many wishes like this. Her wish was specific in that she would like to meet the cheerleading squad at UH.”

During her five-day trip to the Islands, Cleaver also attended UH’s homecoming events—the women’s volleyball game, the men’s and women’s ‘Ohana Hoopfest on friday Night. On Saturday, she spent the day following the cheerleaders at the football game.

“It’s hard to keep the tears back to be honest. To see what’s she’s gone through and to see this happen with Make-A-Wish–it’s been awesome,” says her father, Robert Dixon. “It’s really truly unexplainable how well they’ve boosted her up and giving her this wish on her 18th birthday. You can’t beat that.”

Head cheerleading coach Mike Baker was humbled that Cleaver’s one wish was to meet his team. “It’s an honor to help fulfill somebody’s wish. And for that wish to be just to meet and hang out with the University of Hawai’i cheerleaders is just a huge honor.”

Cleaver summed up her time spent with the team, “It’s been such an amazing experience, I’m so honored that Make-A-Wish could do this for me. Hopefully I’ll get accepted to the school and I’ll be here next year and hopefully I’ll be trying out in two years.”

Video: http://youtu.be/H6PskQA5zIU

Too bad cheer leading isn’t considered a NCAA sport.. otherwise we’d have a couple more Division 1 NCAA national championships under our belt. …

Kevin,

I saw the M-A-W girl with the cheerleaders during the Warrior Walk. She looked so incredibly happy to be there right in the middle of the action. At the time I had to ask a friend who that little girl was. I was told the story and gotta admit was small kine choked up seeing her. Must have been a nice experience for the cheer team to have a warrior like her join them.

Hope she and everyone with cancer never gives up the fight.

#240 Amen! Imua warrior

Peeps should pay attention and see

how a program is built!

J J is learning how difficult the run n shoot

is when playing physical Texas teams!

We need to be physical and that calls for

recruiting the likes of such players!

I love watching this process in fold!

It’s going to be Awsome !!!

Gonna sit back and watch the recruiting…

Thing is.. that’s not really exciting..

That’s a part of football but not real football

The real stuff is hard to swallow right now…

Chow will have to do better than 50% in blue chipper type players…

Anything less won’t do…

There won’t be all that many schollies to offer this year…

So, leaving any on the table going into summer will be a huge waste…

DUMP UA, GO BACK TO NIKE.

MIH, I think Chow is planning to recruit 25. There are only 14 seniors on scholarship, which means…. I’d rather not say it.

I think uniform mistake for UH was taking the novelty out of the black uniforms by turning into their permanent ones. People get excited over something different. UH was among the first to go black. We liked it too much, and ended up ONLY wearing black. Now other schools are on board with black special occasion. What is our special occasion uniform now? No moa.

Nah, I actually like the WW unis. They’re different. And how often do we get to see the Warriors in red, white, and blue?

I was hoping for a green camouflage look, since our colors are green, though.

Recruitment will be FANtastic!!!!!!!

Support,cheer and be positive!!

The boys play hard,coaches coach

for the right reasons! Imua Kila kila

Warriors!!!! B

Okay, I know I said this yesterday, but I have to say something again after reading ST’s article today about re-evaluating everything. It was mentioned that even the haka will be evaluated – to do something about the slow starts I assume.

If you can read in yell, do so now . . . NO, not the haka! That is not what is causing your slow start. How could you consider getting rid of the ONE pregrame activity that actually looks like it pumps up your players? Not to mention many of the fans (notice I said many, as I know there are those that can’t stand the haka already). Is the haka seriously being considered for removal instead of the slow, walking down the aisle at a wedding pace entrance out of the tunnel?

Let your players burst out onto the field like rabid dogs. Don’t make them temper their excitement just before kick off. It doesn’t make sense to me.

kev-1,

I guess once they went black, they didn’t want to go back.

Nike uniforms are the best, as well as the shoes, accesories, etc. I really like those black unis for the Broncos, and that black helmet is menacing. UNLV better watch out this Saturday. It’s homecoming too.

I figure that Chow has to recruit at least 5 to 6 defensive linemen and with a couple of them to say that if they come on board they will have a good chance to start right away and will be in the rotation, even as freshmen, and even junior college players. The carrot has to be that the player knows that when in comes in he will play right away. As it is right now, the cupboard is bare on the defensive line. We need size, speed, strength, and of course talent. It also would be nice to have a couple of pass rushers.

I see Taylor Graham being the QB starter next year, but the QB future is Aaron Zwahlen. Zwahlen has the arm and he has the atheltic ability and he has speed. Schroeder can’t run and his passes are so slow it begs to be intercepted. One throw last Saturday should have been a pick six, but the NM DB couldn’t hang on to the ball, right in his hands.

This is the video on Hawaii Athletics about Abbi Cleaver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6PskQA5zIU&list=UUIdMh3LfMj9yEjM6t3B6m6A&index=2&feature=plcp

“There is where I belong, this is my home, I don’t want to leave…This is home for me, it really is”

#263,

The Na Koa luncheon this afternoon.

iwwthm…quote of the day.

“Grow the tree, then pick the fruit.”

This is pretty sweet!

I love the black helmet.

http://www.broncosports.com/SplashPage.dbml?SPLASH_AD_ID=644354

i’d really like to hear the team assemble at the field entrance and let out a collective blood curdling yell.

then see the team sprint out of the smoking helmet or a volcano with some whoops, cheeehoo’s, grunts, and other hype.

upon sprinting near the north end zone to where the band and the student section are circle the area two or three times so that all of the team encircles the head coach.

then come together in a huddle and then let out another blood curdler and sprint out in the haka lineup. perform the haka and run to the sideline to prepare for the battle.

by then the adrenaline will be flying not only amongst the team but in the stands.

(i’ll bet even old japanese lady long time season ticket holder will stand up and cheer her butt off no matter who is the quarterback.)

al,

there might be more to your suggestion. come out holding hands to Hawaii ’78 to the student section, do the haka, get all worked up, the game begins.

the way we have it now, we do the haka, get all jazzed up, hold hands and walk to the bench with ’78, game begins.

There’s a more natural flow/progression of energy if we did in front of the students and off course the students would appreciate it a lot.

…and how will Florida high schoolers be impressed by it?

We have to incorporate fire into the haka. A lot of fire. That would impress folks from Florida to Fagaloa.

The 2nd and 3rd degree burns may be a problem though.

Is it inspirational?

From whence does the inspiration come?

Is it cultural? Historical?

I forget. What is the deal?

Has it helped Hawaii win more games?

What is the record when doing the Ha’a?

mike edwards has now been credited with 10 pass breakups. 10 is a huge number and one would be elated with that many for a whole year or career.

haka is better than ha’a.

not sure what his age is.

The haka does seem energize the fans. That is a good thing.

D1. HI has virtually no football traditions. I’m not into the Haka or Ha’a myself but it does seem to fire people up.

To answer your question. No it hasn’t helped us win more games neither has the new Warrior Walk. It’s more for the fans. Part of the entertainment value of attending.

Entertainment?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=4CWJ04GNtT8

d1 . . . the haka, ha’a, or whatever else you want to call it is not for winning more games. It is not for recruiting purposes. It is not to produce better results. It is not in the play book.

It is inspirational. It is motivating. Researched evidence is not necessary. Look at how the fans get pumped when they see the team do it. Look at the faces of the players when they are doing it and tell me that most of them aren’t getting fired up. It is a chicken skin moment that is something special that the players can share with their fans.

Yes, there are fans that don’t like it and think it is a waste of time. But so are many other things. Yes, there are even players that probably think it is stupid. But many other things are stupid too.

To me, it just doesn’t hurt. Especially if the team likes it. And from what I understand, when potentially ending it has arisen before, it was the players that saved it.

BYU performed it in 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haka_performed_by_non-New_Zealand_sports_teams

PP may want to clarify but I think Demo said today that “the kids wanted to do the haka, so we let them do the haka…”

heheheh

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D1. Like I said I’m not into it myself. But if people like it why rain on their parade.

If you were a 10-12 year old kid attending games from the Mack era or from whenever the team started performing to you it would be part of the openning tradition.

I don’t know when singing/playing Hawai’i Pono’i at UH sporting events began but now part of UH athletic tradition. It’s something fans can identify with. I remember when UH played UCLA for the NC in MVB. The several thousand fans spontaneous broke into Hawai’i Pono’i after the National Anthem was played.

D1. Again it’s for the fans. Were you in NO in 2008?

Even the quality of the questions is on a different level in the NFL.

http://www.49ers.com/news/article-2/Coachs-Notebook-Oct-15/1ade18cf-a933-4b9b-a33b-715138ad5aa8

CHANGES I WOULD LIKE

i like see change to put the names back on uniforms.

let hair grow

stop run defense

more aggressive passing game

change qb

new kin entry onto the field

Time fo study the inside o’ me eyelids….

Oyasumina-Tsai

It’s for the fans.

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A Grease writes this at 12:46am, 10-16-2012.

Just kidding. But bed time for me anyways. Aloha all.

Aloha, Tsaikos!

Just have to weigh in after reading everything since Saturday.

We do not have to divide the Tsaikos into supporters and others.

It is okay to have opinions about what the Coach should be doing different, even if you haven’t coached at Norm Chow’s level. It is what fans do. They moan about the choices, the what might have been, the mistakes because they care and they want the team to do better.

And you “supporters” may be right that Coach Chow’s teams will do better in the future … when they have learned the new system … when they have the players needed by the new system… when the quarterbacks who are waiting in the wings play … etc.

But you did not help your case before the season started when the blog was filled with the rosy predictions of how well Coach Chow was going to do with his new disciplinary system … with the wonderful recruiting job he did on such short notice … etc.

I frankly was a doubter and have a “show me” attitude for those who thought abandoning the run and shoot for the pro set was the way to go. I remember Dick Tomey’s boring, grind it out until the fourth quarter, and steal a win style, and it never took us to the levels that June Jones took us or even Bob Wagner took us.

As Liz Kauai has said before, I miss the run and shoot when it seemed that the magic was always possible, and we could always come roaring back.

And I agree with Pauoa Boy and others who would like somebody other than Schroeder to get some time, if only to show us that the cupboard is bare. I don’t believe Schroeder would ever have started for Dick Tomey, Bob Wagner, June Jones, or Mack. I beieve he is a tough kid who is trying to do his best, but many of the throws he made Saturday were way off target or extremely risky.

It is hard to believe that a school which lead the nation in passing yardage just a few years ago does not have a quarterback who can get the ball out faster and more on target, or receivers who can consistently get open, make the catch, and get YAC.

Still a believer in UH sports, but want to see progress that gives hope for the future.

Lopaka43:

October 16th, 2012 at 1:09 am

Aloha, Tsaikos!

. . .

Still a believer in UH sports, but want to see progress that gives hope for the future.

Is a Lopaka43 willing to give a year or two to Coach Chow, this being his first season as UH football coach? And this being his first head coaching job? Are you willing to say that you only think your direction for the team, overall (yes, the nuts and bolts, the routine, boring stuff that you DON’T see the coaching staff do) rivals that of Chow’s? If “yes” to that last question, then WHY didn’t you apply for UH head football coach when the job was advertised?

You folks want. You must be able to give. (and that goes beyond every Saturday or every other Saturday during football season?)

Who is sleeping yet? (a Grease is not referring to you vampires)

Go to sleep already, whoever is up You are getting . . . very sleepy . . .

Good Morning Folks!

Grease, you Quack me up!

have a terrific Tuesday Tsaiko peeps!

Good Morning Gangeez!

“We do not have to divide the Tsaikos into supporters and others.”

Yup.

Schroeder was running some in the first few games, I think. Some were set running plays after faking to a back. But he wasn’t going too far most of the time. Looked like some old UCLA QB plays .

Schroeder seems to be flexible when he is hit, bending but not breaking. Hope he can stay relatively healthy.