McMackin, Salas are today's guests; Alex Green arrives
Head coach Greg McMackin and slotback Greg Salas are today’s guests on the Warrior Beat Show, which begins at noon. You’re invited to pose questions on this blog’s comments section or on the show’s Cover It Live area. Please join us.
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After some glitches, heralded running back Alex Green is on the rock. He worked out at UH yesterday, then took a couple of minutes to talk story with the Warrior Beat.
Running late.
“I had to go through so much to get here. I was supposed to be here July 2. But so many things 
happened. My teacher actually went out of town. She couldn’t post my grades. I got the grades on Friday, and I was here on Sunday, As soon as possible I was here, ready to work. I’m ready for two-a-days.”
Life’s different now.
“I came from a (junior college) where we ran the ball probably 20, 25 times a game. Here, there are limited carries, but it’s going to be exciting. In JUCO, there were eight (defenders) in the box. Here there will be one or two. If you get the ball, it could be showtime.”
Why Hawai‘i?
“Good coaches, good program. Not just because it’s Hawai‘i. The program is on the uprise. It’s just a good place to be for the next two years.”
In his free time …
“I love to play video games. I play NCAA 2010. I play with Hawai‘i, of course. Before that, I played with Oregon State. That’s where I signed out of high school. Now it’s only Hawai‘i.”
Say, aren’t you …?
“As soon as I got off the plane, people asked, ‘Can I have your autograph?’ I’m like, ‘Do you know who I am?’ They’re like, ‘You’re Davone Bess.’ I tell them, ‘No, I’m not Davone Bess.'”
Bess also signed with Oregon State as a high schoo senior.
“I didn’t know that. We’ve got something in common.”
Favorite food?
“Steak and shrimp, baby. All day, steak and shrimp. I once ate two bowls of jumbo shrimp.”
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And Jake Heun is fully healthy, and ready for the move from running back to middle linebacker:
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Paula Abdul quits American Idol.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/08042009/tv/paula_abdul_quits_american_idol_182983.htm
I’m Backin’ McMackin!
Whoa 2 1st place hits in a row!
Wait ’till I tell Al…
Welcome to Hawaii, Alex Green!
Hope to see good things from you.
…and Ralph!
no way!!!!!!!!!!! #4??????????? wow Im moving up in the world…LOL
Oh yeah..no way… #6… =(
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Interesting to see how RB situation settles out…
ST: Whats the situation with Heun? Does he have 1 or 2 more years of eligibility?
Drag dis buggah ovah from da odda side:
2 Questions for Mr. Salas:
1. Do you feel like you have another ‘scat’ gear you can open up when the DB is in hot pursuit?
2. When you were a kid. Did you aspire to play for UH, and who was your hero?
Aloha Kakahiaka kakou!
Alex does look a little like Davone from the side when you see the dreds. Same build. They’re both cute guys.
Heun has two years remaining.
Welcome to the Warriors Alex Green!
Hiya Slugger! See ya tomorrow.
good morning tsaikos, from the wild west.
The Warrior ball has been patiently sitting in my car waiting for djmitcho to come home.
Good morning Tsaikos from Waikiki:)
Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂
Howdy Slugstress, Kekoa, Herr Buller, Crm, Stephen and Shannon!
Slugger-
I’ve finally gotten the bubble wrap in so that the Warrior Jack balls for Florida Ted and Rich2174 can begin their journey to the continent. They’ve been sitting in their envelopes for a while now. Hold on Ted, and Rich, WARRIOR JACK is coming!
Welcome aboard, Mr. Green!
dpk,
how goes it bro, long time no see, ‘the beast’ returns to WSU tonight, time to get ready for battle.
great news for the Marciel family, Kela Marciel was going to be a gray shirt originally, but ‘got the call’ yesterday. he is on the roster, he has to report to camp, and will be balling this semester. so he is on the same flight as Ryan tonight 🙂
interesting story of 3 kailua kids playing pop warner football 10 years ago, are now team mates at Weber State University…..Mike Hoke (kamehameha) Ryan Eastman (st louis), and Kela Marciel (iolani)…..and that are what memories are made of. these guyz are soooooo lucky…..
mahalo for all the prayers and support for the Wildcats, and for those of you who want the latest breaking news about the Warriors and The Beast, email me 🙂
Just want to say to Coach Mack that I’m proud that he’s our Coach. What are his goals this year, and who are the RBs on the 105 man roster?We appear loaded at that position.
And to Greg Salas, I think you’ll be devastating as a slot. I can’t wait to see you play this year.
bulla-
Kailua Pop Warner- the cradle of greatness! 😉 Did the beast add some bulk with Daddy’s cooking?
Good morning to all!
Good Luck to Coach Craig!
Happy Belated B-day to Rob25!!!
I too am backin McMackin!!!
Posting from LV; will be leaving tomorrow for Lake Tahoe…I am officially conducting the “senior citizens tour group.”
Will check in later!
kekoa….no fair. you stayed up all night so you could be first.
Alex Green…welcome to the Warrior Ohana!
What’s wrong? Each of my submission clams to be a duplicate submission.
Safe travels to the students going back to school, and to JaM travelling around CA.
Backin’ McMackin.
Esme & out….
dpk
265 lbs and ready to go….
coach mack
thank you for coming aboard today. your appearance today definitely shows your great character.
with just two days from the opening of fall camp, are you ready to lead your team from this obvious set back in to the valley and “fear no evil”?
and btw, thanks for replying to my email.
we’re backin’ mcmackin!!
greg salas
what impact will the loss of coach stutz have upon the team and you personally?
alex green
whew!
we are so glad that you finally made it through the red tape and all.
from your mini-interview, i see where you are comfortable with the press and very candid with your replies, i hope to see you as a future chat host soon.
welcome aboard….and btw we make a few “mean” shrimp dishes, if you ever get lost and stumble upon our place, we could make “bubba gump” look bad.
coach mack
do you feel that the 09 recruit class will address the glaring “pukas” we had going in to this season?
who are the ones that will contribute right away?
coach mack
of the returnees from last year, which players do you feel will make an immediate impact this year?
coach mack
you brought in two jc running backs is that an indication that there will be much modifications to our offensive scheme this year from previous years?
heun looks like a LB. just gotta smile less.
can’t wait. 32 days.
Q for the T&W show….
Coach Mack,
what will the focus be for Fall camp? will a lot of time be placed on special teams since not much was done during the spring? also because we have a new punter and kicker?
thank you!
greg salas
your move to slotback was something some of us never saw coming, but, it does make a lot of sense and you seem to have found a lot of comfort in playing the position.
however, if you had your druthers where would you like to play and why?
Coach Mack…
How’s Ms. Mack’s cooking skills and what kind of grinds satisfies the Coach?
For Salas…
Now that Craig’s gone and we move on, is the receiving corps looking forward to what’s in store NEXT?
i like alex greens attitude. good luck this season.
Good Morning Tsaikos!!
Interesting articles on the have and have nots of college football. The haves – Florida, Alabama, the have nots – Hawaii
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/07/31/college-economy/index.html?eref=sihpT1
Gonna be nice to show Coach Mac’ our support at noon. Mahalos S. Tsai and Tsaikos!
Guess I’ll post a Q. ima wa, then.
I’m sorry if this seems to be a long question; you’ll get the point enough to answer, though: If the University is reprimanding you as a member of this University (and not as Greg McMackin, the private citizen), in what way do you think the UH Athletic Communications Dept. or Office of Information, or what have you, AND Hinshaw and Donovan could and should have lent a hand in helping you craft the apology from last Friday?
Not that your apology was bad, but, it really seemed like the University didn’t help you in this manner. You came through for them in facing this situation as they expected you as a notable member of the UH Community; there didn’t seem to be a balance offered on their side. They, too, could’ve done more in helping represent you as well in this case, quite ironically.
Coach, God Bless you – you know, where you stood, Public Enemy also held a press conference w/regard to their upcoming Honolulu concerts many years ago, so, let me say, to borrow from one of their songs, it takes a nation of millions to hold back UH Warrior fans and just about a million planets to make this same Warrior fan base leave Coach McMackin behind. We’re behind you Coach, so hold fast, sir!!!!!
The game against Navy on Nov 28 will start at 5:30pm to accomodate ESPNU.
that means 30 minutes less pregame time for KK to get drunk. maybe he’ll be able to stay up the entire game.
Good morning Tsaikos….hope all have a good day.
I too am backin’ McMackin…
Interesting article Stretch…
Question: Coach Mack..What type of conditioning do you plan to have for the players? I know that all of them should have been conditioning on their own during the break but it seemed last year that some of the players were a little “gassed” during games and practice. Will you have the team running more “gassers”? Sprints? Thanks.
Huh? What was that?
Coach Mac,
Are there any changes being made to improve team discipline during games this season?
Coach Mack:
Who will assume coaching the receivers?
Greg Salas:
As a group, what will be your foremost challenge in fall camp?
Coach Mac,
How will game time adjustments be handled for the receivers this season?
Coach Mack:
I believe that most if not all Warrior fans are pleased with your recruiting philosophy.
At what point in time would you stop recruiting a “targeted” recruit?
Coach Mac,
What specific improvements are you looking for from the OL play? When will you expect to see those come about?
Coach Mac,
How much will you be utilizing the new Ching Field surface?
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Coach Mac,
Do you anticipate continuing your general policy of allowing spectators at practices?
Coach Mac,
Will there be a discussion with the team about continuing the pre-game Ha’a/Haka?
Greg Salas,
How you today?
Coach Mack…
Are retro jerseys something that might happen anytime soon?
No questions for the Coach – but God bless you and yours!
I’m backin’ MacMackin!
Good morning, all!
hello and good sunny morning to all 8)
good to see coach Mac will be on the tsai and wai show. peeps give him some slack and just show some luv and support.
coach mac please disregard all of d1 questions bwhaaaaaaaaaa
helloooooo how youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
ST:
Your caption of the UH/Navy game says ESPN-U will televise the game at 8:30am – is this on Saturday? or, did you mean 8:30pm on Friday?
Good morning everyone!
Looking forward to seeing Coach MacMackin and Greg Salas today!
We got your back, Mack!
thank you stretch I know the flu is affecting you now wusssssssssssssss
Coach McMackin, how has Leon Wright-Jackson and Inoke Funaki progressed in the system from last year? Will they be major factors in the running game? Thank you.
PS: We are glad you are our coach 🙂
Gambare, Mack!
Back Mack!!!
COACH McMACKIN
Speaking in generalities…fumbles happen. A player can get down on himself and make everyone around him feel miserable. Or he can choose to move on and concentrate on breaking the next play. What would you say to this player to put him in the proper frame of mind?
I’m backin’ McMackin!
Greg
How do you see moving to the slot as utilizing your abilities better?
Coach Mack let me first say thank you for being a great example. I love the fact that you simply apologized and for that you are to be commended rather than hiding behind recalibration of words. I do think that some of the money that you were fined for going to an intern to raise awareness for gay issues is a major over reach to exact justice simply because if we are going to give money for every slur that is made then the university will be paying out money unendingly for all that take offense. Can you comment on why the university went this route, especially since what you said didn’t seem to be an attack on the gay community and that JD and Virgina Hinshaw seemed to have asked you if you would be willing to do this?
Coach best of luck this season. I’m in China right now, but I’m looking forward to catching the Warriors every chance I can. Love the look of the team and all that you are doing to trying to improve the program!
Question for Coach Mack –
I’m sure the WAC media conference will continue to draw questions. Are you prepared to say “I’ve expressed my regret, and we’ve moved on, next question,” which is my hope for your response, or are you going to try and address the questions in more detail and risk tripping up, which I see as fueling more questions.
Don’t fret, we’ve all screwed up, we’ve moved on, said please do the same.
“So” please do the same. dah? lol
Coach Mac,
I know that we got off to a good start in our recruiting for 2010 but most recently have hit a snag. How are we currently doing in our recruiting process?
Thank you for all you have done for the university and the state.
Coach, We are behind you and the team 100%
who is going to coach wide receivers?
if an opening happens next year, will craig stutsmann be offered a coaching job ?
i thought he’d be part of our future.
thank you,
P.T.
Coach Mac,
I know that this years defense is a mystery to many people. What are your feelings on the defense?
WE SUPPORT COACH MACK!!!!!!!!!!
Coach Mack,
Good luck and have a great season; no yesterdays and no tomorrows, only today…..
I look forward to supporting the Warriors and the WILDCATS this season.
Go get’em coach, and thank you for the good word to ‘The Beast’, he leaves for Ogden tonight!
Great to hear about Alex Green & am happy that Jake Heun is now healthy. I thought though that Jake had had a ruptured disc or something of that nature?
Anyway, hope to see Jake on the field. His great attitude & physicality are impressive. Is he on the middle linebacker / DE depth chart??
Coach Mack,
Looking at this year’s schedule with away games at LaTech, Washington State, UNLV and San Jose State all have starting times of 7:05 p.m, 4:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. do these times compared to afternoon games work in your team’s favor? To me it seems like your team under performs and plays worse during day games-as witnessed in last year’s games with Notre Dame, Utah State, Oregon State and Florida games.
Coach Mac,
We Warrior fans on the mainland are behind you and the team and wish to show our support at UH road games. Is there anything in particular that you would like for Warrior fans to do at road games (wear a certain color, coordinate a certain cheer, greet the team bus, etc.)?
Greg Salas,
Did Coach Ron Lee or Coach Stutzmann spend the bulk of the time with the receivers last season or did they split the duties fairly evenly?
Whoosh!
COLT WATCH:
http://blog.redskins.com/2009/08/04/morning-practice-orakpo-gonna-be-a-great-one/#continued
“Orakpo also took issue with my assessment that he had been caught out of position on a Colt Brennan to Fred Davis touchdown pass at the goalline. “What?!? When?” he said. “Nah, that wasn’t happening. I was blitzing the quarterback and he threw it over my head.”
ST- Davone Bess’ caption is misspelled…
Coach Mac,
Recruiting is becoming earlier and earlier each year. Florida just had a 2010 recruit enroll a year early–he’s enrolling at their school this week and will be at their Fall camp even though he cannot sign a National Letter of Intent until February. Is this something that you would ever plan to do with Warrior recruiting?
This is the story I’m referring to:
Some questions about a recruit enrolling a year early:
Greg Salas
What do you think you need to improve to become a better player?
Ryan Mouton did well at practice today.
coach Mack
What I don’t like about the schedule this year is the 3 road games after one home game to start the season. It gives you very little time to come up with a traveling squad. Your thoughts?
COACH MACK: I am planning to fly over for Heather’s Workshop this month. Can you tell us a little about it? Thanks for responding to my email. We BELIEVE and got your back, Mack! 😎
Colt tidbit.
COLT TIDBIT :
http://www.extremeskins.com/showthread.php?t=293389
“Colt Brennan had a very nice TD during goal line sets, selling the handoff and then tossing the ball to a wide-open Ladell Betts.”
Aloha to all.
Just a reminder
1. Please, Please e-mail confirmation for National K-Call at Hooters
even if you RSVP’d on SteveM’s site please do so again by e-mailing
tsaikolv@yahoo.com with your name & amount of attendees.
2. For 9/19 pre game tailgate, it has reverted to Cici’s pizza,
(9890 S.Maryland Pkwy Las Vegas, Nv. 89183 702-260-9298)
just cannot beat the cost $7.52 including soda(plus I did not need a deposit).
Cici’s (Silverado/Maryland) will be the bus pick up point at
16:30.
3. Costs.
National K-Call is $25.00 includes Fuud/Karaoke/Fun & gratuities
for the Hooters employees staffing the ball room.
If you plan on attending after 21:00 please donate $7.00
to help offset costs
Cici’s (if selected) runs $7.52 including soda (pay at door)
Round trip bus transportation to the game is $15.00 from Cici’s
parking lot.
National K-Call money is due now.
Bus Fee is due 8/20/2009
Please send to
John Collins (las vegas)
897 Dancing Vines Ave
Las Vegas, Nv. 89183
I have a unrefundable deposit of $750.00 at Hooters and a $950.00
deposit at the bus company.
Lets make this happen before Mrs.LV finds out
Aloha and Mahalo
las vegas
We love you Coach Mack!!!
Can we expect to see a more expanded playbook now that Greg Alexander provides some stability at the QB spot, and Inoke being a potential multi-level threat?
Did I mention how much we love Coach Mac???
Who do you feel are strong leaders on the team? The guys that keep players in line because the coaches can’t be everywhere, especially on the field in the heat of battle.
Mahalo for a great show!
COLT CALL:
http://www.bgobsession.com/showthread.php?t=2120
Coach Jim Zorn:
On how he thinks quarterback Colt Brennan has evolved since last year:
“I think Colt has come a long way. I think the way I get on him, he probably doesn’t feel like he’s come a long way, but I’m pushing him and he has come a long way. He’s done well. He’s becoming more disciplined. When he first got here he was a little bit all over the place. Now he’s being more disciplined in the pocket. He’s starting to read the throws. But he’s a work in progress and this preseason is going to be very important for him. I’m not tinkering with his arm yet at all. I’m really trying to get the mental part of his game and really the footwork part of his game. I’m trying to get him to move.”
The Patriots just added a LB who is also a long-snapper. So, they have *three* long-snappers in camp now?
The NFL is beginning to ban their players from using Twitter…
New England has also apparently banned Twitter, so Jake Ingram isn’t using his Twitter account anymore.
COLT you know:
http://www.hogshaven.com/2009/8/4/976999/august-4-our-recap-from-training
“Another sweltering hot day. The practice started for QBs with Zorn throwing the ball on the ground and each Qb having to fall on it in a spooning/sliding fashion. Colt did it the best of the three. Todd Collins seemed to run up to it, squat, and fall on it which drew laughter from the crowd. Campbell also had an awkward fall on it which resulted in a quick lecture from Zorn. ”
— Drills now switch to Red Zone —
– Colt has a really nice play-action fake bootleg and throws a pass to Fred Davis in the end-zone. Zorn throws his hands up in the air in celebration.
– Colt Brennan can’t find an open WR…looks around and runs out of bounds. Gets some coaching from Zorn.
twitter is bad. the media here in denver was all over JR Smith’s twitter account and they were accusing him of being a gang member…hahaha. he finally cancelled his twitter, thank god.
Did coach Mack just say that we can go to the workshop and sit in the booneys??? Can I just walk in???
I am surprised that UH has 60,000 students and still can not fill the stadium.
Princess Leila ~ You did a super job of moderating the questions with Coach Mack & G. Salas. The audio quality was much more balanced than in previous shows. Thank you for your effort to improve the quality of the Warrior Beat Show. Princess, you looked Mah-vell-ous!
Oh…and Stephen, you looked and sounded good also (nice shirt, Wena must have dressed you today).
labrat ~ I noticed that Coach didn’t come right out and say yes
to my question of allowing us men to attend. He was alluding to it being a ladies night, and so the focus would be for the ladies. I understand that part.
I think it’s worth the $10 price of admission to be able to sit in the rafters while the ladies receive their instruction. I wanted to be there for the support of the McMakin’s clinic. The more of us that show, the better.
I’m Backin’ McMackin!
What the WB show did for Coach Mack is that it allowed him to regain some of his dignity and pride that he lost. And you can see as the show was progressing he was becoming more and more comfortable and happier. This was really noticeable.
On the eve of fall camp and the beginning of a new season, and in the wake of his indiscretion, this show was the perfect antidote for allowing him to make peace. And to integrate back into the good graces of the public.
After the show I would bet the Coach walked away happier. And he would surely concede that this show allowed him to start the coming season on a good note.
My best wishes and Aloha to the coaches and players in the upcoming season.
Kekoa we all know that you want to attend Heather’s clinic for the buffet line, $10 and all you can eat 🙂
labrat- imho- the Heather event is something that encourages women / fans/ football widows/ neophytes to come out to a “safe” environment to learn the basics about college football.
I know jack about the plays and not much about all the positions and right now gigi knows more about football than I do because she went to last year’s event and has the paperwork to remind her.
It’s on my calendar for this year.
Right, Slugger???
😎
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Hey Garret – re#87
I am assuming the Alli kid graduated early? As long as he has graduated he’s eligible to play and receive a scholarship. He doesnt need to sign a Letter of Intent, just a scholarship agreement. Just like Billy Ray, he signed a scholarship agreement because he was enrolled early. Also, he cant leave Florida and go play elsewhere without sitting out a year, whether he plays or not. As long as he is enrolled at Florida he cant sign with anyone else, he’d have to get a release. I’d just say congrats to him for having the academics and all his required classes to graduate early and start college early. I think we were all proud of Billy Ray when he did it as Im sure all Warrior fans are.
ah, shucks, was really looking forward for Princess Leila to read my recruiting question to Coach Mack cause I wanted to know at what point he would stop recruiting a “targeted” recruit.
but, all in all, it was a good show/answers from Greg and Coach Mack.
Ralph needed an excuse to come to the clinic to make sure I didn’t eat his share of the grinds!
No problem. I made sure the catering people made his all vegan stuff, while I got the ono seafood & meat products. Hehehehe…
royal crown #108
I agree with you. The forum gave him a relaxed and comfortable environment to get back to talking football and enjoying life. He looked at ease and I was glad to see him smiling! 🙂
Coach Mack, that said, you better come out with fire this week!!! 😉
Go Mack!
Go Mack!
Go Mack!
royal crown #108
I agree with you. The forum gave him a relaxed and comfortable environment to get back to talking football and enjoying life. He looked at ease and I was glad to see him smiling! 🙂
Coach Mack, that said, you better come out with fire this week!!! 😉
Go Mack!
Go Mack!
Go Mack!
oops
Looks like I missed a good show with Coach Mack. I’m looking forward to watching it when I get back home.
Thanks to Liz and everyone else who passed on dining tips. I’ll be spending the evening sorting through everything. I hope all my future experiences are better than my lunch — bucatini was nice, but the lamb meatballs weren’t even cooked all the way through. 🙁
Jason . . .
Check out OMSI, too! Great museum full of fun stuff. There is a dinner boat, too, on the Columbia.
Royal Crown…or is it Crown Royal? You’re new to the neighborhood aren’t you? Well – welcome aboard the Tsaiko Express.
We’re having a little lunch event tomorrow at Schooner’s in the Pearl Harbor Marina at 12 noon. If you want to meet some of the other Tsaiko members who hang out on the blog, come on down and enjoy lunch with us.
That offer is extended to anyone tuning in to this blog.
Wafan,
Did you mean gambate?
BigWave! ~ We’re in your ‘hood tomorrow! C’mon down!
great show today.
both salas and mack did real well with the questions. unfortunately, there wasn’t enough time in the day.
and the princess was at her best today.
ok, tsai you did well, too. too bad your co-hostess and guests never picked up your humor. i did.
kekoa….one would be an old time cola drink and the other a blended drink. quite a contrast.
To Alex Green: Great steak and shrimp at Foodland Supermarket on Wednesdays. Only 6.50 too. I believe they also have it at Times Supermarket, but I I haven’t tried theirs. My family always go to Foodland in Mililani Shopping Center and they cook the steak right in the parking lot all day long. Best steak I’ve eaten. The shrimp has garlic sauce on it and you also get tossed salad too and it includes a soda, all for 6.50. If you want steak only, it’s one pound and it’s 8.99. I hope you enjoy yourself in Hawaii and good luck this year. You can also find Blazin Steaks. They have a number of restaurants around in Honolulu.
blazin steaks….university ave/beretania ave.
never been there, yet.
I got enough jack heads. I guess I can go back to eating steak plate tomorrow.
My question wasn’t asked, but I can see why. Your #1 coach in HI in my books coach Mack. Thank you for making the point at the end about the gay community coming out letting you know that it wasn’t a disparaging attack on them. I have known many gays and they don’t like the grandstanding that takes place at times.
If I would have asked another question I would have asked, “what new innovations are you planning for the program?” The guy is so unassuming but you know that he’s looking out for the best for the program.
Looks like Destin Stewart is going to Tulsa.
G, (China)
What I’ve seen is that Coach Mack is always looking at ways of bettering his team. And his coaches. And immersing the program and himself with the community in the ways of high school football camps, coaches clinics, speed and quickness clinics, lettermens club, womens clinics, talk shows, radio shows, and this blog.
Since Coach Mack has been here we’ve learned that 2 (Miano and the DL coach?) of his coaches participated this summer in NFL internship programs. And I think it was last spring that 2 other coaches (special team’s coach, OL) were observing spring practices of (I think) Miami (?).
In the recent WB show we learned that Coach Mack invited the St. Louis Rams strength and conditioning coach here last summer to provide teachings with his current strength and conditioning coaches.
We learn that the Coach invites former players to come down to practice and give motivational speeches. One that comes to mind in Jesse Sapolu during spring practice.
Also we learn that Coach Mack wants to work closely with the band and cheer leading units. One of his ideas expressed in the recent show is that he’d love to see the fans adopt a canoe paddling type cheer.
Furthermore he works closely with checking the players to see that they are doing their schoolwork and that they’re graduating.
Also we’re seeing how the Coach is following the lead of other big time programs in that he’s also recruiting players that are quick.
Even how the Coach is pounding the pavement and getting on the recruiting trail earlier is similar to what the big time programs are doing, too.
The tutoring people, the compliance people, the medical staff, equipment people he works with all of them and gets along with them.
Compared to his predecessors (past coaches) most of the preceding points that I mentioned are indeed new innovations. And Coach Mack knows what the template is and he’s going about nicely in feeling in the pieces.
Royal crown…Hmmm. Sounds like there’s an echo in here.
Kekoa? Huh?
At first Mrs. d1島 was scolding me for “commenting” about RK’s shirt selection for his appearance on OTL today.
Noticed that he was wearing a different shirt on News @ 6….he planned it!
Royal Crown ~ It just sounded all too familiar…as if coach had just pointed all that out. Maybe I’m just hearing things I thought I heard already.
Hey now that I got your attention…why not come down and compare notes with the Tsaiko crew at Schooner’s tomorrow?
wtf, we better make sure billy ray stays with us!
was he ever in hawaii?
Thought of Pauoa Boy as I was reading this blog
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/common-scenes-common-thoughts.htm
lgw,
You not talking about Billy Ray Cyrus, right? 😕
Young Stutz was in Spring camp with the team; graduated from SLS and has been working out thru the summer in Manoa.
just sayin i hope we dont lose him in the future.
Got it. 🙂
and the was he ever in hawaii question was meant for destin stewart. sorry about that
we all better write to pauoa boys facebook soon…Marine commnandant is banning social networking-twitter, facebook, my space, etc. for marines..
I have updated and expanded the Las Vegas map on the Tsai-ko Las Vegas logistics page to show the approximate locations of CiCi’s Pizza, Hooters, the stadium, and Kekoa’s World Mark Condo (for the Sunday Splash-Gate). Web page and map at:
http://home.roadrunner.com/~smurashi/tsai-kos/las2009.html
RSVPs listed on the web page above were preliminary and for size/capacity planning purposes only. Note that John Collins (las Vegas) has requested email confirmation and payment for the Friday night bash ASAP. Also please confirm bus seats @$15 with payment.
Name and mailing address in post #94 above and on the web page.
SteveM / lasvegas,
Important Notice
las vegas’ post #94 has a typo on his street address for sending payment!
Royal Crown,
He’s a mobilizer that’s for sure. Thanks for helping me relive all that he’s done and he’s been coach for how long? Oh yeah….
Character goes a long way and Mack has shown a lot of it in what will be his only second season as the head coach.
Should be:
987 Dancing Vines Ave.
Maybe the Blog Host can edit it?
Wow, on July 31 (Friday) this Q&A with Destin Stewart was published, with Destin talking about how he thought he was ready to play at UH and what he wanted to major in at UH…things changed quickly over the weekend!
Miami’s top draft pick was a CB and he wasn’t able to defend Bess yesterday and Bess beat him again today.
So, on America’s Got Talent they decided to bring back 2 acts that were cut last week. Instead of bringing back the wonderful singer from Hawaii, they brought back a lip-synching drag queen act that were buzzed by a judge for their poor performance.
Half of Stephen and Leila’s show was talking about coach Macks speaking blunder. Shouldn’t we be talking football? How gay was that?
Paula Abdul says that she is quitting American Idol…she’s not claiming anymore that she wasn’t offered a contract, but the producers definitely did not meet her contract demands.
Oops, I just saw that ST posted a note about Paula at the top of the blog…I should have known he would have had the news.
Garret:
August 4th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Paula Abdul says that she is quitting American Idol…she’s not claiming anymore that she wasn’t offered a contract, but the producers definitely did not meet her contract demands.
you are going to give Stephen nightmares…….
I wonder if the “So You Think You Can Dance” show will add Paula to their judging panel. She is *definitely* qualified to judge a dancing show. So You Think You Can Dance has just been a summer show (including this summer), but for the first time it will also have a season this Fall.
There has been a LOT of speculation that So You Think You Can Dance would bomb in the Fall since there is more competition in the Fall than the Summer…but adding a big name like Paula would give them buzz and would help their ratings.
Anyway, this is just my speculation and I don’t have any articles to back this up. I haven’t even read speculation in articles that she might be added to that show. However, it makes so much sense to me that I’m hoping (for ST’s sake) that the SYTYCD producers call Paula’s new agent.
Doris,
Thank you for your post #112, as you know far more about the rules than I do. the strange thing is that the 2010 recruit planned to enter Florida in the Spring like what Billy Ray did in enrolling one semester early. Then when his school said that he couldn’t do that (he either had to spend the entire senior year at this school or graduate early), he had to suddenly decide to skip his entire senior year and enter Florida. So, this wasn’t some long-range plan that the recruit had…this was apparently a late-summer decision to skip the senior year of high school.
The recruit is a special case because he had 3 years of high school in Canada and 1 year (officially labeled his Junior year) of high school in the US. He’s only played football for 2 years, so he really could have used another year of high school football before entering Florida. If this sets a precedent that other recruits will try to follow, that could make things interesting.
Texas already gets 1/3 or more of its high school recruits to start school in the Spring after finishing high school a semester early. That to me seems like the ideal because the players have the Spring to go through Spring Practice, get in the weight training program, and get adjusted to classes without having to worry about travel and games. If a player skips their entire Senior year in high school and their eligibility clock starts at their college, then they don’t get that extra time.
Feature story on the bottom of the WAC–Idaho, Utah State and NMSU.
The sound quality is really good for the WB show this week so far. It sure didn’t sound like Mac was too interested in having men attend Mrs. Mac’s event.
Free play link time. Please ignore my next 5 posts if you do not want to read the off-topic stuff.
The flying motorcycle will make its first flight next year and will cost about $80,000 for those who wish to own it.
A new class of economically viable solar power cells is becoming closer to reality–organic photovoltaics.
Nanoparticles have shown in testing to be able to suppress ovarian tumor growth in mice, possibly providing a new treatment for ovarian cancer.
Researchers are making advances towards creating metallic hydrogen that may possibly even turn hydrogen into a superconductor.
Researchers have produced a material with a self-healing surface, so if the top layer is damaged then tiny nanometer-sized capsules release fluid and repair the scratch.
Free play links pau.
the Load,
The show devoted most of the questions to football, well wishes and one question concerning the incident.
About the incident he answered it with, at first reservations, saying that he’d rather not talk about it. But he then changed course and answered the question beautifully, where he mentions about how his wife bearing witness that he has never used that slur in 40 years of marriage. He also mentions that he received letters and e-mails of support from friends and members of the gay community all offering him words of solace.
How I see it the one question of the incident allowed him to clear the air. And it looked like he was a reformed man after this. It seemed like the weight of indignation fell of his shoulders.
For the most part the show devoted most of the questions to football. With Coach Mack answering the question as thorough and detailed as I’ve have ever seen him answer questions. Where in the past his answers may have been shorter. Today’s his answers seemed longer.
The well wishes mixed in with the questions may have displaced some of the football questions, granted, but under the circumstances it is understandable and IMO warranted.
For myself I thought the Q & A was excellent.
Garret ~ I certainly felt the negative vibes @ #158. I think I’ll stay home and do some knitting.
D-1 ~ I think you were correct. Something seems strangely familiar. Hmmm, maybe ST has changed his mind.
This will be sad for so many players who have used the Arena League to extend their careers, with some getting shots at the NFL after success in the Arena League.
Kekoa,
I’m sure the ladies will appreciate there time. Your funny though…
I think I will change my name……………………
🙂 i know what you mean. But for you, how about Oilslick
Kekoa I want a green skull cap with white tapa pattern and a Royal H patch from the Ceded Lands
h
Kekoa,
Can you do those beer can hats? I’ll take an Oly! 😉
Oh boy! bhf2 is gonna tease us ONE LETTER AT A TIME! 😆
bhf2,
I TOLD YOU! Sign up fo’ da service contract for da ‘putah!
bhf2, want an “i”?????
d1, give bhf2 some hints
see u all later
GRAND OPENING FOR NEW UH RAINBOWTIQUE FORT STREET MALL LOCATION
Friday, August 14, 2009
11:00am to 1:00pm
828 Fort Street Mall
Suite 100/102
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: #808-853-4250
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am – 5:30pm
*Parking IS validated.
Website: http://www.uhrainbowtique.com/rbtdowntown/
Special guest speakers: Coach Greg McMackin, UH Manoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw, UH Athletic Director Jim Donovan and music by Kapena.
So far I have seen a handful of new UA items already available in the form of two new polo shirts and one longsleeve polo shirt.
I heard that more items will be available in a few weeks and will be EXCLUSIVE to this new Rainbowtique location.
curveball,
You wouldn’t be alone!
whitey,
😀
Ackchally I think he may be trying for the more “Hilo-ish” greeting…
bighilo,
“o”
***I am pretty positive the Fort Street Mall website is NOT a fair representation of their true stock.***
“w”
I back McMack 2.
lighten up on yourself coach.
I love you, man!
Kazz,
Fort Street Mall?
“Parking is validated”
….but nonexsistent!
Ralph ~ Your order might not be ready for a looooong time!
BHF2 is trying to send us a coded message.
D-1 ~ Oly hat? Wow! Long time ago Pops showed me a picture of one. Whitey prolly had a golf hat made out of Primo cans I bet.
I bet that make ’em in China, right G?
I got more to say, but i’m tinkin you guyz gonna call Benson, get me into Alternatives to Violence classes, duck tape my lips. 😆
Dea Heem! 🙂
bhf2,
😆
Nah! Let ’em rip!
For real…
Funny thing FHB doesn’t give employees a break on parking at the main branch a block away from Fort St. Mall… I think…
We can always ‘roast’ da duck!
Well, now I know the season is nearing…bhf2 is back in form.
Leave you folks with one thot…
Now that she not busy, maybe Paula might join us at the National Karaoke Kall (NKK) next month! 😯
D1
guyz like me r great backup for Coach, but I admit I’m not a great role model to coach him on da proper verbage cuz its true dat i would prolly egg him on and get da bugga in mo trouble. only in fun, but da censors got a point. today, times have changed. even tho us kanaks always teased each other all da time when I wuz growing up, and dat goes da same all over America, in this day and age of sensitivity I now know I have to improve on my sensitivity so as to avoid being viewed as politically incorrect.
in conclusion, I gotta get my wife to stop calling me pah kay when i won’t take her out to dinner. 😆
Oyasumina-tsai.
hardest part about my being politically incorrect is that thought constipates my righting skill. 😆 cannot right what i’m really tinkin! 😛 cuz i so wanna burn up dis screen. 😆
BHF2 ~ You are in rare form tonite my good friend!
Kekoa
howzit howzit.
hows da ceded lands and Pops?
saw my good friend’s bradda on TV tonite, talkin about coach’s comment and gay bashin. I didn’t take da coach’s comments dat way. i wince when da cause celebre uses dis opportunity to fudda da point about minority bashin. its true dat there is bashin in da country and its gotta stop, but stoppin takes time. da sucka should not be bashin our coach. cudda showed compassion to a fellow minority an a gettin even streak, like referrin to coach as a da kumu hula hula 😆
dare, coach can get a good laugh and move on! da cause celebre cudda acknowledged dat Coach is not a basher, but used a poor choice of verbage to make fun fo riling up his troops. dare is a difference imo.
i’m working on 200.
see you soon Kekoa.
Hi, BHF2!
Going moe moe. Lots to do tomorrow, besides eating like a Tsaiko.
Night y’all!
201
bhf2- Welcome back! Missed ya!
Royal Crown- I think you should write for the HA (no offense to our blog host). I liked your synopsis of the show better than the report in breaking news…
grrrr…
Man, good news in time for the next get-together. I’m on a modified South Beach diet… now CAN eat meat and shellfish!!! Woohoo!
evening gangie, had a good day at work, will be hump day in 30 min.
eh howzit to bhf½ gotta catch’um up to be 2 mia das why bwhaaaaaa
heavy day tommorrow so lites out for me
nite all esmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Nitey Nite and SWEET Warrior Dreams!
: #105 Labrat – August 4th, 2009 at 1:36 pm I am surprised that UH has 60,000 students and still can not fill the stadium.
There aren’t 60,000 students all totaled in the entire University of Hawai`i system. However, I believe that the entire UH System population is about 60,000.
The Manoa campus has around 20,000 students including graduate, medical, and law students plus several thousand faculty plus staff of all descriptions – clerical, maintenance, security, administrators, librarians, researchers, etc.
All the other nine campuses (five on O`ahu, one each on Maui and Kaua`i, and two – soon to be three – on the Big Island) probably have another 32,000 – 34,000 students, staff, and faculty combined. I’d have to go do a quick search to confirm that, but it sounds about right.
The enrollment figures are expect to jump by at least 10% as people return to school to improve their employment options. I know I’ll be one of these folks even though I don’t expect to be at Manoa until the summer or fall of 2011.
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL CLINIC: As someone who was dissed for asking what was considered a stupid question about football here on this blog, I quickly heard from several other women who said that they would never ask a question here if that was going to be the response. That’s why the Women’s Clinic is a great idea because it allows women to ask “stupid” questions in a safe environment.
I can’t even remember now what the question was, but I know that a couple of times I’ve asked other questions at a T-Gate or T-Party and was told to go buy a copy of Football For Dummies if I want to learn more about football.
That reminds me – mahalo to Garret for responding to my question about NFL quarterbacks. However, I still have some unanswered questions about Colt. Is a five-year contract stardard for signing a rookie? Will the Redskins have to pay him anything if they do let him go even if he’s picked up by another team? Can they trade him once the season has started? What is considered the start of the season – training camp, exhibition games, or when games really count towards divisional championships and playoffs?
: #105 Labrat – August 4th, 2009 at 1:36 pm I am surprised that UH has 60,000 students and still can not fill the stadium.
There aren’t 60,000 students all totaled in the entire University of Hawai`i system. However, I believe that the entire UH System population is about 60,000.
The Manoa campus has around 20,000 students including graduate, medical, and law students plus several thousand faculty plus staff of all descriptions – clerical, maintenance, security, administrators, librarians, researchers, etc.
All the other nine campuses (five on O`ahu, one each on Maui and Kaua`i, and two – soon to be three – on the Big Island) probably have another 32,000 – 34,000 students, staff, and faculty combined. I’d have to go do a quick search to confirm that, but it sounds about right.
The enrollment figures are expect to jump by at least 10% as people return to school to improve their employment options. I know I’ll be one of these folks even though I don’t expect to be at Manoa until the summer or fall of 2011.
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL CLINIC: As someone who was dissed for asking what was considered a stupid question about football here on this blog, I quickly heard from several other women who said that they would never ask a question here if that was going to be the response. That’s why the Women’s Clinic is a great idea because it allows women to ask “stupid” questions in a safe environment.
I can’t even remember now what the question was, but I know that a couple of times I’ve asked other questions at a T-Gate or T-Party and was told to go buy a copy of Football For Dummies if I want to learn more about football.
That reminds me – mahalo to Garret for responding to my question about NFL quarterbacks. However, I still have some unanswered questions about Colt. Is a five-year contract stardard for signing a rookie? Will the Redskins have to pay him anything if they do let him go even if he’s picked up by another team? Can they trade him once the season has started? What is considered the start of the season – training camp, exhibition games, or when games really count towards divisional championships and playoffs?
Yeeps!!! Another double post. Sorry about that.
COLT WATCH:
http://skinscast.com/Show/Skinscast.mp3
About 2/3 the way in.
WassupDoc,
A five-year contract is probably standard for draft picks during the round Colt was taken in. Bess wasn’t drafted and signed a 2-year deal, which means that he can really cash in after this season if he has another good year–he’ll probably be making quite a bit more than Colt next year.
It is rare for an NFL contract to be guaranteed. That is why ST and other reporters stress the signing bonus and guaranteed money in a contract–the player won’t get the rest of the contract if they are cut. If Washington releases him, they won’t have to pay him anything. However, Colt would get a contract from another team that will pay him at least as much or more than he’s making now–since Colt is making the minimum, that is a guarantee.
The start of the season is the start of regular season games. Colt could be traded anytime, but a team isn’t going to want to trade for him if he cannot play in preseason games for them because he needs to learn their system.
Jake Ingram update.
Birton Forester got a scholarship from Arkansas.
Good morning all. Seven hours til I touch down on the aina.
morning gang!
so today is check in day at the manoa hilton
anyone know when they go full pads?
Good morning Loa!
Got my pulse rate racing wen you mention Manoa and pads! Football in the air and big Hilo will be there.
Gmornin gang!
I’m ready to listen to the sweet sounds of crashing helmets, pads and grunts that echo within the valley walls of Manoa.
Aloha Kakahiaka!
Welcome home, djmitcho!
Great Morning All!
Exciting day for those checking into (as Loa calls it) the Manoa Hilton.
Hmmmm…wonder if PowderPuff is in charge of passing out mattresses?
Loa,
Shells starting this Saturday; Full pads on 8/14.
As suspected, once classes start practice time moves up to 7:00.
Have a terrific day erryboddy!
Start battening down the hatches!
HiHo….
Good morning Tsaikos everywhere.
hiya gangee. make it a great day. double ditto for our coach.
Too bad that we’re losing some obviously great talent along the way, at least for now.
Warriors, unite and conquer!