Comments on: Extra Q&A on Tavita

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:02:23 +0000

Wasting another scholarship on this transfer, NO OFFENSE, can’t score,look at his stats.

By: bowsfan

bowsfan — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:13:42 +0000

I thought Jackson/Johnson matched up well and Kamilah did well even in the lose. Could you have Q & A with some Wahine BB players too. I think it was great to have the double header and have the extra fan see the Wahine play, even if it was at the tail end of the game. The last time I saw so much fans watch the Wahine was the WNIT several years ago, hope this will increase the fan support.

By: Manoa Mist

Manoa Mist — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:08:16 +0000

Thomas, Johnson, Jaoquim, Amis – those guys gotta play most of the minutes.
The rest of the dudes are weak. I’d get Kurtz, Thompson, Blumfield, Wiseman and Miles to rotate in an out at that last position. Miles is young, but he’s got to get more aggresive and take the ball to the hoop. Hawaii gets no easy penetration baskets, no kickouts for easy jumpers. Those come as a result of good guard play which we’re not getting. I’d even try Thomas as the shooting guard.
There is too much substitution. I think for a lot of rookie coaches, they overcoach the game. And yes, too many slow, one-dimensional players. Gib has shown he can recruit, the team is young but the verdict is still out on whether he can game strategy coach.

By: Lanaiboy

Lanaiboy — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:47:55 +0000

Basketball strategy is fairly simple. There is an inside game or power game and there is the outside game with three point shooting playing a big part. At the beginning of the year opponents concentrated on the inside game with Bill Amis a huge presence there. Now all teams defend the outside strongly, trying to force Johnson, Barnes, and Thompson to work for their shots or to hurry them. Hawaii’s outside game has collapsed. One way to counteract close guarding is to drive to the basket, but only Thompson seems to have the skill or the will to do this consistently. Joaquim has taken advantage of this with strong outings but, unfortunately, Amis is still rusty and has not been hitting his medium range shots. Hawaii has to take what’s given and they are not doing that, due to lack of one-on-one skills or athleticism to make defensive players respect one’s ability to drive past close guarding. Hawaii can improve if Amis returns to his earlier performance and force double teams or collapsing defenses freeing the outside. If not, it will be a long season. You can’t win with hasty three point shooting.

By: josh

josh — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:19:09 +0000

Basically the last three matches, the coaching has been awful, step it up Gib, come on!!!

By: masteruke

masteruke — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:14:20 +0000

Barnes has no defense and since conference started his shooting has hit bottom. Miles has
no offense and because of that opponents forget about him and double down the center.
Three pointers are nice but this team needs to hit those 15 to 17 footers. The
coach needs to find some offensive sets that work. Last night they struggled to get the ball
inbounds.

By: MV7

MV7 — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:25:54 +0000

Thompson, Johnson and Barnes are our best shooters. When they aren’t making their shots or getting open, our team struggles. First half of the season teams would leave Barnes and Johnson wide open, but they are figuring out our offense as the season progresses.

By: jeezy33

jeezy33 — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:42:46 +0000

While Josten plays out of control at times, he still is our only true athlete on the team and needs to be in there. If not, get Wiseman more minutes. Our team is way too slow and not athletic when we go with Hiram, Johnson, Barnes.

By: MV7

MV7 — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:33:30 +0000

What’s frustrating is the lack of on the ball and off the ball movement and the atrocious shooting.

By: Rock

Rock — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:02:55 +0000

Brian, I thought I read somewhere that the NCAA doesn’t let coaches use scholarships from players that leave during the same year and give it to other players. As in Salter and Colman’s scholarship can’t be used till next season. I think it was for football, but wouldn’t this be for all sports?