Comments on: A few local sports thoughts for 2014

By: Dave Reardon

Dave Reardon — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:02:57 +0000

4. People on all islands act like live UH sports on TV is an inalienable right. So, no, I’m not Oahu-centric. When the crowds come, then everyone gets live TV. Works for the NFL.
5. Yes, issues of childishness and arrogance still there … but change could be forced if the Governor is serious when he says he considers this an important issue.
6. Yes, logistics can always be improved. But I still believe the live TV is the main thing holding back the crowds.

By: PurpleMaple

PurpleMaple — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 21:28:16 +0000

Need to review how the SSC box office ticket sales is being managed. It is important that the occasional fans have a good experience when they do attend games. Like not selling less desirable seats when better seats are available might be a good start. A good experience only encourages these fans to attend more frequently. Complaining about smaller crowds is akin to peeing into the wind. Look to see how the experience can be improved.

By: zzzzzz

zzzzzz — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 20:21:54 +0000

I seem to recall that the current OIA and ILH schools were in the same league before. Are the issues that led to their split still in existence?

It’ll take a number of years, but one possible issue, that of private schools having older students, will go away.

By: Bob Rosehill

Bob Rosehill — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 19:29:35 +0000

Stop being so Oahu centric. There are many UH fans on the Neighbor Islands whose only connection and opportunity to watch sports come thru local TV broadcasts. Oahuans are spoiled sports fans who only support our teams if the mood strikes them, if the weather is perfect, AND THEY WIN!!!!!!!!!!!! UH lost a huge potential fan base by charging Neighbor Island fans pay-for-view fees. Now you want blackouts – come on!

By: Warrior Dave

Warrior Dave — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 18:59:20 +0000

Wow Dave!

Your 1st blog of the new year and it’s spot on! The drama at lower campus continues to evolve. Interesting thought regarding the Defensive DC position taking over in case Chow falters. So does that mean Ben Jay will have a bigger say on that hire? As far as coach(s) leaving, has to be to go to another program verses firing I would think.

Merging OIA/ILH is long over due. It would bring more excitement snd additional fans to the stadium.

By: Gumby

Gumby — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 18:31:30 +0000

Good stuff Dave. When you say more changes–do you mean more firing and hiring or do you mean repositioning coaches to different positions?

By: Old Diver

Old Diver — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:07:07 +0000

2. Would be interesting to see if Chow would be willing to hire a head coach in waiting since over the past two years his hires generally have little coaching experience.

5. In general the three divisions will be the haves (ILH), the wanna haves (OIA Red) the the have nots (OIA White). This is what caused the split forty years ago and not much has changed except you may have Randal Okimoto complain about the OIA wanna haves trying to emulate the ILH in order to be competitive.