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By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:58:20 +0000

22. Gullible yes. Drama queen, no.
You have continued to post that only fools would believe certain things, which have included what Shoji has told us about the lineup and his retirement. That means that he isn’t being truthful. which in turn means I’m not being truthful when passing along the info. Not being truthful is lying in my book.

By: LC

LC — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:47:49 +0000

LOL what a drama queen no one is accusing you of lying ,you’re just gullible.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:33:53 +0000

And just when I thought you had begun to behave, LC. definitely gullible on that.
Very tired of you continuing to imply that Shoji isn’t being truthful and that I, in turn, am lying in what I write.

By: Grammy

Grammy — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:17:56 +0000

In the arena, you don’t have to watch all the commercials or listen to Jim L. plus you get the atmosphere. But you have to deal with some lame songs and flying t-shirts, ha ha ha. Oh yeah and some old lady yelling herself horse, too. But more fun. Also then you can go home and watch the replay with sound off and zip through commercials. Love you, Cindy and this site is first thing I check for when I rise because its right on with what’s on my mind so often and mostly readable and thought provoking, too. Go Wahine!

By: setaone

setaone — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:12:59 +0000

Based on not seeing the team at all since Spring, I think the lineup will be:

S – Uiato
L – Longo
OH – Hartong
OH – Kastl
RS – Manu-Olevao
MB – Adolpho
MB – Tuaniga/Vorster (still undecided)

Manu-Olevao will start, that is not in question. It was always which side? With her on the right side, Kastl can play her natural left side. Manu-Olevao is a more complete player than Goodman.

Middles….I think Shoji will go with the quicker Tuaniga. She provides more consistent offense than Vorster, although Vorster has a “bigger” block.

Of course I’m just an arm chair QB, so will be fun to see who the 7 are on Friday.

Go Wahine!

By: LC

LC — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:06:49 +0000

Like I said before I’m always right while others are gullible.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:53:29 +0000

13. Ron, don’t think Shoji scheduled Texas first so they wouldn’t be scouted. It was more of how the schedule played out. He didn’t want two ‘tough matches’ back to back. That would be Texas and San Diego. Since Texas couldn’t stick around for Sunday, that meant Friday was the day. He is concerned very much about USD and knows that UTEP in the middle of the 2 was the way to go.

As for Leahey … he isn’t watching the action on the court, he is watching the TV monitor so he doesn’t see what the up ref has signaled Leahey is making his own call off what he sees on the monitor then the ‘now they say…’ Sometimes it is because they have changed the call (we know had bad the linesmen can be) but more often than not he is catching up what with what the ref initially called.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:44:06 +0000

2. Lina sorry that I missed Leahey’s show. But it sounds like he didn’t say anything that we haven’t posted here and been in the paper the past few weeks.
if you’ve been reading the recaps I’ve had, yes, Adolpho has made tremendous strides in become a volleyball player instead of someone very athletic with volleyball skills being out on the court. You’ll see how improved her footwork is, how they are able to use her on slides with quicker sets. she’s getting to the outside much quicker and she’s also connecting on the ‘quick sets’ in the middle with greater efficiency. That is a timing issues and takes time to get the timing. She and Uiato have worked hard on that.
And the freshmen fit right in. He has said that Taylor is on the verge of being ready to play in her first DI match and Higgins is what he hoped she would be at this level.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:40:44 +0000

12. This is what Shoji told me yesterday about his retirement ‘plans’. That he doesn’t want any discussion of it this year so that it isn’t a distraction for the season. He wants the focus to be on the team and the play on the court.
He said if he wants to retire at the end of this season, he will. If continues to be as enjoyable as he does at the moment, he’ll stay.
So NO LC he doesn’t know yet. He isn’t playing a game.

As I’ve mentioned before, he has begun to work on the 2014 schedule, which he does every year since it takes a while to schedule 3 good teams per tournament. My thought has always been he’d stay at least for 2014, which makes it 40 years.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:06:30 +0000

Leahey is the worst. His “now they say it was out!” with regard to his missing the play is uttered at least five times a game. I am glad I will be at the arena and wont have to cringe every time he misses a call. I also thought that after listening to Dave that maybe they decided to play Texas first so they wouldn’t be scouted prior to their match. Thanks LC re the special.