Comments on: Behind the curtain

By: 4-Prong

4-Prong — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 04:18:21 +0000

Kakaako Kid: that was probably stupider than hossanna’s last post, and almost as dumb as Les’s post. Aside from the title XI implications, if you eliminated all of those other sports, UH would no longer field enough teams to remain in Division I. So basically, there won’t be a national championship unless you’re talking about NAIA or division III (in which case, say goodbye to all those scholarships).

By: tom

tom — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 23:24:07 +0000

#11 kakaako kid

You cannot get rid of women’s teams. Federal Law, TItle IX, as long as you give scholarships for men.

By: man eating apple

man eating apple — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:44:50 +0000

Crazy? Haha try utterly stupid, kid. You want to eliminate a program that can make money.

I’ve said this phrase here many times before: UH can make money off of a football team even when the football team is not winning championships.

It takes investment, creating a football experience, rather than just a football game where they nickel and dime you (ticket fees on top of ticket prices, parking fees, expensive bland foods, etc). Things that UH is not doing right now.

By: kakaako kid

kakaako kid — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 19:26:54 +0000

I think UH should eliminate football altogether. Focus funds and energy into developing a top flight basketball program. Elimination of football would allow UH to eliminate a whole bunch of money draining athletic teams. At the end of the day, the football team has zero chance of competing for a national title. A good basketball team would theoretically have a shot at national title with a good tournament run. I know football revenue drive the department, but elimination of all those women’s sports would be a great saving to the UH. UH athletics would consist of basketball, baseball and maybe a couple more. Crazy?

By: Kanak

Kanak — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 18:05:21 +0000

#6 A firing is purely business, and the earlier you do it the more time it allows the school to begin the search for a new coach and also to continue the recruiting process. Also can’t see businesses jumping in at Week 10 of a losing season with 1 more home game to support… Chalk this season up as a loss already! Don’t think they will fire Chow in-season, but if they do decide to fire it should be immediately following the season… GO BOWS!!!

By: 4-Prong

4-Prong — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:20:38 +0000

to be honest, people wouldn’t be talking about firing chow midseason if they didn’t already think that to keep chow in would be almost the same as forfeiting the rest of the games anyway.

By: Les

Les — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:32:20 +0000

Payback is a bitch. Finally Dave Reardon is finally having his fun in the sun. Getting kicked off the field and now it’s payback time. Kick Chow when he’s on the ground, get the school bus and roll over him a few times. Feel Better?
Seems like everyone knows we have a problem. We need a problem solver.
Find a coach who is willing to come to Hawaii knowing full well if he doesn’t start winning he will get castrated. You won’t have a shortage of applicants. There are a lot of rotting corpses to choose from. How is this coach going to attract blue chippers here and on the mainland with the kind of support you read about in the sports columns. Pay him cheap because he is to young, to old, losing record, no experience, and stupid. Somone like that won’t get past the stench (search) committee. Damn it, let the guy finish out the season. In closing, JJ left Hawaii to go to SMU for a perception he had that Hawaii did not support the program. Dejavu.

By: sharene

sharene — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 08:53:13 +0000

Removing the coach mid season will demoalize an already downtrodden group of young men. You may as well forfeit the remaining games.

Instead, have businesses donate fan give aways that will make fans want to go to games and build school pride. Big businesses can buy blocks of seats and donate them to students applying to UH. Show that we are bigger than all of this and we will survive and come back better.

Control and build up. The team is down…don’t kick them when they are down. Support them.

By: 4-Prong

4-Prong — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 04:29:59 +0000

blunite: that type of contract woudl probably make UH non-competitive with other schools. it’s not like UH is such an attractive football destination that young up and coming coaches and established effective coaches would take crappy back loaded contracts for minimum pay.

By: 4-Prong

4-Prong — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 04:23:14 +0000

actually the guy got less than $100k.. nevermind.