Comments on: Criticism comes with territory for secondary

By: Dave Reardon

Dave Reardon — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 01:30:02 +0000

I believe those statistics are based on total yards allowed, and Hawaii has played at least one game more than most of the rest of the teams in Division I.

Also, if you are going to rate a pass defense linked to a run-and-shoot offense based solely on the number of yards it allows per game, you lack a basic understanding of the current state of football, as well as simple logic. My eyes are just fine, Carlton.

By: Carlton

Carlton — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 04:31:59 +0000

Hawaii has statistically one of the worst pass defenses in the entire nation and Dave is blogging about how good our secondary is. Get some glasses Dave.

By: Surfah

Surfah — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 20:16:07 +0000

Pass Defense Ranking

RK TEAM ATT COMP PCT YDS YDS/A LONG TD INT SACK YDSL RAT YDS/G

129 Hawai’i 182 108 59.3 1676 9.2 70 14 3 14 104 158.8 279.3

130 UConn 162 119 73.5 1759 10.9 74 17 1 6 36 198.1 351.8

By: H-Man

H-Man — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 02:52:33 +0000

Score still tied 38-38
San Jose QB JOSH LOVE 23-39 412 yds (In Regulation)
Hawaii’s secondary gives up big passing yards.
And both kickers missed “twice.”
Win or lose, coaches need to fix its pass defense.

By: amela

amela — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 04:42:23 +0000

I no kea we winning. Good job to the coaches and players, period.

By: Chicken Grease

Chicken Grease — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:56:17 +0000

Egan. The Army game ahould have been the culmination of what the DBs and the entire Hawaii defense could do! They showed the could handle challenging teams—Colorado (on the ROAD, no less. And let’s not forget the thin air). And beat Navy at home, whose triple option ALSO enriches their own defense! All the Army game was was an amalgam. Hawaii should’ve known how to handle enough to be up by at least two TDs by the half! I keep saying it—the only explanation (Occam’s Razor [and Spock]: all things being equal, the simplist answer, however improbable, must be rhe solution/conclusion) is that Hawaii LET Army win!

By: Egan Kawamoto

Egan Kawamoto — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:42:37 +0000

Why is everyone talking about Army. The Army game was a good game where we lost. I think most people are down about the Duquesne game. Backs seemed out of position, plays were repeated with success, and seemed like too much cushion was given.
If you want to complain about the DBs don’t use the Army game.

By: oldtimer808

oldtimer808 — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 17:47:43 +0000

Everyone can be critical of our defense but this years version is a hell of a lot better than the previous years. My hats off to our new defensive coordinator and coaches. Another aspect of the run and shoot is when the offense is able to score a lot of points, the pressure on the defense is less and helps them to play at a faster level. Army beat us so that is the bottom line and lessons were learned so look forward to the next game. We have a young starting lineup on offense and our young offensive line is doing a good job. The freshman Manning got beat and allowed a sack but he made adjustments in the last game and didn’t get beat again. Go Rainbow Warriors beat San Jose.

By: Superstar Advertiser

Superstar Advertiser — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 15:46:22 +0000

And how did Army control possession? By running the option…There, now everyone here knows it.

If you want to think your way, just say Army won because they scored more points.

By: Chicken Grease

Chicken Grease — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 15:41:48 +0000

I would say Army won the game because they successfully exploited Hawaii’s pass defense to keep drives going; maintained possession and kept Hawaii’s offense off the field.
I dunno why some of us are essentially tricked and amazed like we’re at a magic show at this explanation. My notion that all coaching staff had to do was send in Cordeiro for those last two plays—what did they have to LOSE?! Fresh tried and true run-and-shoot QB (ALWAYS scored in a crunch and—you can’t emphasize this enough: close to the end zone—was outright CONFIRMED when Coach Rolo basically said that the actual play call in those last minutes was on him. So Hawaii coaches KNEW by that late point in the game that Army was slow-motioning the game. Put in a QB who could cut through that—McDonald didn’t seem to be doing the job. We could have been at 5-0. The marketing TOO would have made Hawaii formidable.