Comments on: Crunching Numbers: 6-2 still looks good

By: Savich

Savich — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 23:30:05 +0000

Warriors by 45-34.

By: Amosilatus

Amosilatus — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:37:29 +0000

Yes, if the normal doesn’t work, try the abnormal and surprising. Make the defense second guess themselves–put them back on their heels. Be unpredictable. Use psychology on the opponent. The opponent may be better than you physically–counter that by messing with their minds.

By: redwineO

redwineO — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 21:27:34 +0000

good stuff Dave. How ever anyone slices it, Hawaii is still 6-2. Ill take that.

By: Derek

Derek — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 21:21:46 +0000

UH has to run the ball better. What happened to the read option? Seems like it has been abandoned. When was the last time UH ran a reverse? Or a reverse, with a pass? I also question some poor play calling last Saturday. Why are we going on 4th and 6 inside the 50 yard line when we are trailing 14-0 early in the game. That’s a very low percentage play. Plus, the play they ran, a pass, was incomplete but was also short of the 1st down maker. What kind to play is that?
On another play with 3rd and 3, we also threw a pass to the left, which was also incomplete, but was also short of the 1st down maker. It’s frustrating, man! Not much imagination. Gotta do things to make defenses think and let them hesitate so we get the advantage. Why now try a QB draw on occasion. A flea flicker, on occasion. Go deep several times a game to loosen up the secondary and passing lanes. Frankly, I don’t mind losing, because people lose and you have to handle that and move on, but what I don’t like is when you lose and play badly and don’t play smart. I don’t fault Augafa for fumbling the punt. He didn’t try to fumble on purpose. Things happen. It was just a bad time to make a mistake when UH had the momentum. That’s was big play, but overall UH got manhandled on the line of scrimmage. Still, but overall, UH did not play a good game and UH did not call a good game either. Gotta be a lot better this week to have a chance to win. I’ll be watching.

By: iGrokSpock

iGrokSpock — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 19:59:27 +0000

Hard to post after Savage. Make sense no sense. Otherwise, I’ll still take 6-2 at this point of the season. Looking for that Hawaii Bowl berth after we dispatch the Pack.

By: Savich

Savich — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:22:07 +0000

The warriors were a little, too late at the end. Passing to Ursua or Byrd was too steep. Long yardage. Shortage to Marcus Armstrong-Brown wasn’t there. Now what? Shut down was the offense. They’ll win on Saturday vs. Nevada.

By: seewhy

seewhy — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:15:14 +0000

Great write up, Dave. Good job on all the numbers and records.

By: Chicken Grease

Chicken Grease — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:35:08 +0000

“Tantalus Rangers”? Well. They seem to still be playing. Just not football.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShTJ90fC34

By: Chicken Grease

Chicken Grease — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:29:15 +0000

6-2 is good (and, even better analysis—as usual—here, Dave Reardon). But when is coaching staff going to decide to ADVANCE the run and shoot? Like how scholarship is defined as whatever advances a discipline, this staff needs to learn to take the good and the bad from previous games and anticipate what could happen (did staff somehow MISS that BYU beat, still very much strong Wisconsin?)

And yet staff will say “we’ll learn from this and move on. Prepare for the next game.” Is it all talk? Right now it very much is. If the talk walks like a talk and talks like a talk, it’s a talk.