Comments on: Time for a change?

By: Les

Les — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:44:25 +0000

Yes, I think it is time for a change to this column. Let’s try and keep our top prospects from leaving the state.

By: Chicken Grease

Chicken Grease — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 19:04:49 +0000

Think Chow interviewed for OSU Beavers coaching position:

http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/blog/2014/12/did-hawaiis-norm-chow-interview-for-the-oregon.html

By: Keepitreal

Keepitreal — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:05:20 +0000

Now we see who steps up to correct the situation at UH athletics. Time to fish or cut bait. If D1 athletics is a game too rich for the powers that be then time to fold and walk away from the table. Better than trying to figure out how to do it without really spending any money. And good luck to whoever is crazy enough or good enough to jump in the middle of this mess.

By: Chicken Grease

Chicken Grease — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:36:09 +0000

Holy lower campus!!!

Ding-dong the Ben Jay is, well, will be gone!

This IS the season of miracles!!!!!!

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:02:40 +0000

I’m a die hard UH fan but let’s face it Ben Jay doesn’t know sports and is only a money guy. He needs to go. The AD needs to understand sports and realize that UH can sell out Aloha Stadium …but… needs a winner to do so. A good AD can surround him/her self w/ a good money person.

By: Keepitreal

Keepitreal — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 01:06:18 +0000

Here is a question for Dave and fans. How can Florida and Nebraska hire head coaches within weeks of the opening and it takes UH months? I have never understood why it takes so long to hire any coach.

By: Dave Reardon

Dave Reardon — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 22:48:03 +0000

I’ve always disliked the “true-fan” complaint … one of the good things about sports is that people can participate at the level that is comfortable for them. … It’s a leisure activity, and by definition there is no level of commitment requirement. Granted, there are many different levels of fandom, and the most avid who have committed the most time, emotion, money are the most frustrated when things don’t go well and some tend to lash out at those less committed during the hard times.

By: 808

808 — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:45:02 +0000

I think most support UH warrior football according to their own financial situation. Some can only go to watch 1 game a season. Some go and watch 2 games a season. The level of support varies.

The burden of improving the product on the field is left to the coaches and the athletic department to figure out and the school. That’s why they are getting paid. To say the consumer holds some fault and blame for the disarray of the athletic program or more specifically the football program is ludicrous. Why do businesses close? It is because theif profit margins are shrinking or because their debt is greater than their revenue. To blame it on the consumer is ridiculous. Why spend hard earned money on a crappy product?

Chow will return next season. It is what it is. We move forward. There are more important things in life than football. It is entertainment. It’s nothing more and nothing less.

By: kev-1

kev-1 — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 07:50:53 +0000

I think the “true fan” criticism is a bit over played at this point. Sure there are bandwagon fans. But it is a bit silly to claim that someone not willing to pay to watch a terrible product is not a true fan. There are MANY fans that have to make a serious decision regarding whether or not to spend the money to attend a football game.

Let’s leave the high horses where they belong and enjoy the sharing of opinions. There are some interesting ones.

By: NY Warrior

NY Warrior — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 22:39:41 +0000

I live on the mainland and I buy from Rainbowtique and I donate. I wish I could get to Aloha Stadium to support, but I can’t. I don’t pretend to know all the politics that have been going on and what has caused the poor decision making process to result in such a deficit.

#44 the reason your theory is flawed is because lets assume you are correct and the 1 cent tax works. You have to realize that there will be a million other “projects” that politicians will come up with for a 1 cent tax. Before you know it, you’re paying 16 bucks for that same McDonald’s breakfast.

A state can’t tax its way out of a deficit without putting a burden on the same people that it’s trying to help. Higher taxes = less financial ability to spend. Less ability to spend results in less taxes being paid which in turn cause the politicians to…you guessed it…raise taxes.