Comments on: Arnold’s coaches: Where are they now?

By: whatcanisay

whatcanisay — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 19:27:15 +0000

How about an update on Vander Joaquin, Christian Standhardinger and Isaac Fotu. Or some of the players who transferred or finished their careers during Arnold’s time.

By: Hoosier

Hoosier — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 19:02:13 +0000

Enough about Benjy being such a good guy. He is still whining about how UH didn’t hire him. Put your big boy pants on and live with it. A “no comment” would suffice from now on if anyone asks about basketball program. Never saw any place hang on to someone so long. Not like he was John Wooden.

By: 808warrior fan

808warrior fan — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:36:14 +0000

Before I forget, thanks Brian for the updates … great stuff …

By: 808warrior fan

808warrior fan — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:35:34 +0000

Benjy did a great job with all the distractions that was going on … I still feel he should have been given a chance as the HC. Wish him well in his future endeavors

By: hon2255

hon2255 — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 03:16:09 +0000

Oh stop the crying already. You dont have access to the personnel files at UH , you dont know what went on behind the scenes with this team , you dont know a lot of things and making baseless assumptions. Ganot is a good man. Give him a chance , so is Matlin , so support the program, shut it and buy a season ticket.

By: Hossana

Hossana — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 02:33:42 +0000

I still say Benji did an excellent job, given the circumstances, as UH basketball coach last season. Some people, idiot as they are, have criticized his won-lost record as saying it was tainted as he won against some powder puff teams but he had nothing to do with the schedule and played every game as is beating Pittsburgh and taking West Virginia before losing by 3 pts. His winning 22 games surpassed even the most optimistic expectations and gave the fans excitement in their style of play. Yes, there were some grumblings of discipline issues and, unfortunately, the new A.D. wanted to bring in his own puppet which he did which cost Benji his job. I will always respect Benji Taylor for his body of work and love for the culture of the islands and his commitment to his players such that he even found a job working here in Honolulu. I wish him the best and hopes he finds success as he searches for a position in Div 1 basketball next season. HE DEFINITELY GOT THE RAW END AT NO-CLASS UH WHICH HAS A HISTORY OF TERMINATING COACHES UNDESERVEDLY e.g. Red Rocha, UH football coach, Bob Wagner, etc……Matlin’s hire as A.D. is a joke and bringing in E. Ganot as basketball coach is another joke esp. when he wanted to renegotiate his contract where as Benji would have taken the 3 yr. contract as is….