Comments on: Rainbow Warrior baseball: No short cuts

By: Stephen Tsai

Stephen Tsai — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 19:36:28 +0000

New post: http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=49080

By: islandman

islandman — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:38:17 +0000

25. They may try to run fast sometimes, to tire Fluker out. Also, Lauren can bother her, at times

Fogel is out for the season probably.

By: cappie the dog

cappie the dog — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 15:18:05 +0000

burro sabio: Winning is all that matters. Point taken. I forgot that Moniz was a walk-on. Only the total offense leader, right?

Beat CSUN: 2 games.

UH: FG% 40.7 FT% 69.7 3PTFG% 32.9
CSUN: FG% 37.8 FT% 66.9 3PTFG% 30.3

Rebounding is the Matadors’ edge: CSUN: 43.4 UH: 32.9
Tim Shepherd once went toe-to-toe with Shawn Bradley and played him even.
Put Myrrah Joseph on Channon Fluker.

Hawaii can win this game. And they will.

By: suckkabooya

suckkabooya — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:31:56 +0000

I get it. He does bring stability. He is a critical piece. My point was that he is too critical a piece. When I watched them lose to CSUN it looked like he was pressing and made some bad mistakes down the stretch. I would like to see some of the “stability” shared so he can maximize in an explosive way. Brennan and Moniz had much less burden (they had more shared blame) than Stepteau has right now. They win or lose because of him. Shouldn’t be that way. He is definitely not a walk on player anymore. Somebody help him.

By: clyde

clyde — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 22:54:12 +0000

Stepteau long ago shed his walk-on status and, in fact, is on scholarship this year and was for part of last year (or the year before). Frankly, he deserved a scholarship long before he got one and likely was put on hold because his family could afford the tuition.

Yes, he might be limited on defense but he brings stability, consistency and leadership, and is clutch in crunch time. His presence was particularly needed against Davis because Sheriff struggled and Buggs seemed to aggravate his ankle injury, playing just 20 minutes.

By: DaveLetterMan

DaveLetterMan — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 22:39:05 +0000

Believe Stepteau is on scholarship this year. In previous years his parents told Ganot that they were willing to pay his tuition if Ganot needed the scholarship.

By: burro sabio

burro sabio — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 22:03:10 +0000

If a walk-on is the best guy to drive the bus, what does it matter? Under other circumstances, he would be on scholarship. That’s like saying you’re uneasy that Colt Brennan or Bryant Moniz is driving the bus just because they were walk-ons. It is what it is.

By: suckkabooya

suckkabooya — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 20:58:48 +0000

Cappie , Islandman, and Inyoface

I agree. I too am uneasy that Stepteau (small defender, walk-on) is depended on so much to “drive the bus” (absolutely no affront to his abilities and the rationale for Ganot) and have to shoulder such an, at times “burdensome” duty. I’d like to see others share that burden. Would be nice to see him maximized as bench player (force adjustments by opponents) and used similar to how Clippers use Lou Williams. I (my opinion) would rather start the game with defense (Drammeh) to set a tone and then bring in some offense and energy. It seems as Stepteau stumbles UH loses. Shouldn’t have that much burden on a walk-on. Share the responsibility. BTW good to see Green contribute. 3 star guy. Time to step up.

By: islandman

islandman — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 20:32:01 +0000

Pardon if Stephen doesn’t post for awhile , TV showed him in the press box at 9:59 pm last night. Then he had to get his article out for the morning paper

By: Inyoface

Inyoface — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 19:31:44 +0000

Good win for the BasketBows. I like Stepteau coming off the bench for added energy down the stretch.