Comments on: Heck of a ride https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/heck-of-a-ride/ Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: cappie the dog https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/heck-of-a-ride/#comment-2637720 Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:16:47 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=36364#comment-2637720 Doug Gottleib’s references to Hawaii was almost as funny as the “South Park” episode where Butters discovers that he’s from Hawaii.

Watch that episode.

It’s a wicked critique of “The Descendants”.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone obviously spent time in Hawaii.

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By: cappie the dog https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/heck-of-a-ride/#comment-2637719 Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:12:40 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=36364#comment-2637719 How is Hawaii’s appeal to the NCAA sanctions going?

The chief hearing officer of Hawaii’s case is the Xavier athletic director, so when Wisconsin won at the buzzer, all of us should have been jumping up and down.

The Northern Iowa meltdown depressed me more than Hawaii’s inevitable loss to Maryland.

I am so burnt out from post-season basketball.

I watched “Eraserhead” and Ingmar Bergman’s “The Magician” last night.

But by Thursday, my batteries will be recharged, ready to root for Gonzaga. And on Friday: Oregon.

Charles Barkley’s kiss of death praise for the Pac-12 didn’t touch the Ducks.

Gonzaga is probably more dangerous in the underdog role.

In retrospect, I should have clapped harder for Quincy Smith on senior night.

I hope he gets a chance to play somewhere professionally.

I am ready for next season. Bring on the Niko Filopovich/Sherriff Drammeh backcourt. Shock the college basketball world and finish with a .600+ winning percentage.

I believe in our coach.

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By: greenthumb https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/heck-of-a-ride/#comment-2637718 Tue, 22 Mar 2016 08:49:05 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=36364#comment-2637718 What a season! This team did us proud. Sure hope the folks up in Manoa are whipping up a celebration.

Brian, thanks for the excellent coverage all season long. (Wish there was some kind of index to the player profiles.) It was cool to see the alums’ tweets during the tournament, and your summary of the players’ and coaches’ comments above.

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By: Derek https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/heck-of-a-ride/#comment-2637717 Tue, 22 Mar 2016 08:06:08 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=36364#comment-2637717 Gottlieb probably learned some local slang from Kanoa Leahy on previous telecasts. What a historic season! We want more. Please keep us posted on any recruiting news and any related basketball scoop. Thank you!

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By: islandman https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/heck-of-a-ride/#comment-2637713 Tue, 22 Mar 2016 03:34:42 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=36364#comment-2637713 Someone said CBS does not re-broadcast the games. Thorough coverage and good work by Brian.

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By: Brian McInnis https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/heck-of-a-ride/#comment-2637712 Tue, 22 Mar 2016 03:19:18 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=36364#comment-2637712 Appreciate the kind words. Will definitely watch the broadcasts of the games when I arrive back home tomorrow.

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By: pochoboy https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/heck-of-a-ride/#comment-2637711 Tue, 22 Mar 2016 01:03:30 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=36364#comment-2637711 Mahalo! to everyone for a Great season.

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By: touchthestick? https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/heck-of-a-ride/#comment-2637709 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 23:13:29 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=36364#comment-2637709 Brian,

Thanks for the excellent coverage you provided.

You filled up whole pages of the printed Star-Advertiser with excellent facts and figures, analysis, and feature stories about the players, coaches, and fans.

You too showed up and out for the season and the last three weeks in particular;
you are prime time.

Understandably you need to refresh and go to other interests now but, when you’re up to it, check out tapes of the California and Maryland games as televised;

Doug Gottlieb had excellent and telling comments about “ti” leaves, “dakine,” and, most of all, the NCAA sanctions (he couldn’t say it but obviously he thinks it’s unreasonable and unfair for NCAA to punish innocent student-athletes when it was the administration two coaches ago who committed the abuses of NCAA rules and of fair treatment concepts for the players (hot steamy gym and no nuff ac, no fridge, and no something else in the locker room, no “organization,” and no “structure”), and about the individual players and Ganot.

From everything Gottlieb said, I think the prudent thing for Valdes, Jankovic, and Thomas to do is to not turn pro and to not transfer but to stay and play Rainbow Warrior;

I think Gottlieb thinks they’re getting good coaching from Ganot and staff and will polish their pro prospects here and will get the undying love of the ti leaf waving, dakine frenzied fans.

For sure, Gottlieb would talk talk talk about Valdes/Janks/Thomas’ aloha for Hawaii when he does the Diamond Head Classic this December if he sees them in Rainfow Warrior green.

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By: John https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/heck-of-a-ride/#comment-2637704 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 20:35:44 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=36364#comment-2637704 Best season ever, I hope there is some kind of celebration being put together for this team!

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