Comments on: Happy Halloween: Hawaii 3, UCI 2,

By: wildcard

wildcard — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 09:33:05 +0000

103. i think ‘normal time’ referred to is more of traveling during the day. no more of that red eye nonsense because it has been costly (csun, the beach) and almost accosted the wahine in the irvine match.

By: blunite

blunite — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 22:13:37 +0000

Obviously “Jet lag” affects people differently. At home Wahine play very well, but away from home something is affecting them. The inconsistent play on the road occurs too often (3 times this year, 4 times last year) to be an aberration. The common factors involved with all the away games are travel and time acclimation. (I doubt that food is a factor but you never really know.)

By: diamond girl

diamond girl — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 21:04:56 +0000

They are student athletes and basically on a work scholarship. They return more to the UH than they are given, scholarship-wise. Classes should be a priority.

Thanks, Cindy for all you do. Some posters will find fault no matter what. I am sure Dave is following many rules and guidelines we are not privy to. I hope he doesn’t acquiesce to some of the posters and find himself in the same boat as the basketball coach.

We should enjoy and support. You do. And I do.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:48:27 +0000

94. they didn’t play immediately. They arrived Thursday morning, played Friday night.

97. and what is a normal time?

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:45:32 +0000

101. No idea what you’re referring to about some seed being planted. or bachi. just doing my job. Not like the players read the paper when they travel.

98. not like they flew in the day of the game. They got in at 730 a.m., went to the hotel, slept, practiced, got plenty of sleep Thursday night.

The travel is what it is. some of it is cost, some of it is classes.
It’s not like this hasn’t been going on for 40 years. why the complaints now?
the one issue was when their flight was delayed a few weeks ago for 9 hour and turned into a red-eye.
Give UCI credit played well early and Hawaii didn’t. They were at home. It was an obnoxious crowd that the UH players said bothered them. The good thing for UH is the majority of the students left after Set 3.

By: LC

LC — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:40:11 +0000

The reporter at the SA also wrote a bachi pre match type article that planted a seed in their minds. Home town reporters should be careful about what they say in pre game articles.

By: LC

LC — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:15:03 +0000

Can’t remember all the details but this travel subject recently came up with the football program and soccer programs .

By: Kazu

Kazu — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 15:48:30 +0000

97. I agree on the travel situation. I think they should have gone on Tuesday. Maybe its the additional expense and the girls missing classes is Shoji’s concern.

By: wildcard

wildcard — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 15:31:10 +0000

97. them being zombies sure wasnt for halloween. and in set 1 miraculously they were ahead until the 20 point mark, then they essentially fell full asleep. it seemed to them that playing the game no longer became a priority for them. this was that way all the way close to match point in set 3 where uci was about to administer the coup de grace then is when na wahine fought back. obviously theres a problem with their travel, last time it had a profound effect, this time probably no different.

i wonder whos bright idea in the first place was to book tickets for a red eye?

By: LC

LC — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 14:32:16 +0000

UCI was really up for this one and the Wahine looked like zombies in sets one and two. Don’t know what went on in the locker room at the break but a different team emerged. Maybe it was the Red Bull ?

I still think the way they travel needs tweaking. Can you imagine what it feels like for a 6 foot plus player to spend 5 hours in those cramped seats on a red-eye and they are expected to feel fresh as a daisy when they get into LA ?

They need to fly out of here at normal times so they get into LA earlier and maybe add a day on the front end. Studies done on jet lag say that it takes 3 days for every time zone change to recover.