Comments on: Was the Oregon State loss a step back?

By: amela

amela — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 21:04:21 +0000

I think if by halftime this week Woolsey needs to lead this team or we need to give Higgins a chnace. Let’s not wait too long. To the negative fans did you think we’d be 2 and 0? Two loses by a total of 9 points ain’t bad but not good either. Better then last year but tough schedule. Go Rainbow Warriors!

By: Sofaking_blk

Sofaking_blk — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 17:17:42 +0000

Thank you Dave for speaking the truth. I don’t blame the kids because their playing their butts off. The teamis only as good as the coach and right now we have a very bad coach. It’s now year 3 and he’s making the same stupid mistakes as he did in year 1. So it’s more like the coaches are regressing and their dragging the team down with them.

By: jeffdman2000

jeffdman2000 — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 07:33:51 +0000

Bench Ikaika Losely

By: 4-Prong

4-Prong — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 07:04:48 +0000

Notwhouthink: Dave Reardon is not paid to be a fanboy of UH football and to only write happy things and think happy thoughts no matter how much of a train wreck UH football is becoming. Why? Because he’s a sportswriter, not norm chow’s personal cheerleader. Sportswriters don’t have to give positive juju and happy vibes to bad/terrible football teams (and make no mistake, right now, UH is a pretty terrible football team). There are many MANY sportswriters, for much bigger publications than the star advertiser who don’t function as the personal cheer section for their hometown teams as well.

Yeah, cheer the players and the school, but also consider, there is A LOT of money being invested into the football program and the head coach (public money as well as private). Different perspectives (which includes criticism) of the program is a healthy and useful thing.

I don’t see why you don’t understand this.

By: Sully

Sully — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 02:55:33 +0000

BRING BACK JUNE JONES !!!

By: Notwhoutink

Notwhoutink — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 02:27:51 +0000

Now that’s circular

By: Notwhoutink

Notwhoutink — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 02:24:54 +0000

You sound a little testy, now you know how the coaches and players must feel. All the dialogue in the world won’t help them, but maybe a little positive feedback
Will.

By: Dave Reardon

Dave Reardon — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 02:10:59 +0000

Travis,
Appreciate it … like I said, just trying to stimulate discussion, no agenda one way or the other. With that being said, I wonder what most UH fans think about June Jones being done at SMU. Some are already eager to reinstall him as Hawaii coach.

By: Dave Reardon

Dave Reardon — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 02:05:15 +0000

Notwhoutink

What I think is I’m done conversing with you about this. Not because I’m “testy” … but because it’s a waste of my time to have a circular and repetitive discussion with you after I already explained that “positive support” is not my job. … You can go ahead and provide the positive comments in support of the team here if you want, as others have. And others are providing criticism. It’s all good as long as it doesn’t get too personal.

By: Travis K

Travis K — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 01:40:19 +0000

Dave, I don’t think your a “negative” columnist nor do I think you are one-sided. Don’t listen to the other commenters that say otherwise. It’s a breath of fresh air to read or hear about the football team from a journalistic pov with comments on the negative and positive story lines. What’s funny is that if you wrote as a “fan” with more positive columns you would still have complaints that your being too nice and biased and that you should write about the bad things, haha. You can never please everyone.