Comments on: Huff leaving Wahine volleyball program

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 19:11:29 +0000

looks like we’re having problems with our server again. going to close this out for now and put a new link when I can. Agree with some that this has gotten too long to have a good conversation going. I know I couldn’t keep up.

Just to clarify one thing: Beeman did not say that Huff would be playing in games during the volleyball season. She wanted Huff to be able to practice with basketball. Huff is limited to 20 hours of week of practice. I wasn’t able to talk to Coach Beeman yesterday but will try to get her today.

New link up for Thursday

http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=33252

By: frings

frings — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:10:55 +0000

Good luck to you Megan. Looking forward to seeing your dominant presence on the hardwood!

By: islandman

islandman — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:05:16 +0000

109. Ashley … She didn’t play at all even in somewhat easier matches vs. Idaho and San Diego St.

Anyway, today’s article by Cindy says Casey and Annie will get more reps and swings on the right side now.

By: RaiderDog

RaiderDog — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:59:22 +0000

She will be the best player on the BB team with King. She wasn’t given ample playing time by Dave to prove her worth in the VB team. He finally is giving Kendra some good playing time at setter. Maybe this will be a wake up call for others to get more time. We are not good enough to let only 7-8 get playing time in games. If we are going to the final four we need others to be able to play or same result good record but not out of the regionals. I feel happy for Megan ion her decision and look forward to women’s basketball for it.

By: tongo

tongo — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:58:32 +0000

Wow, lots of spirited and entertaining comments. At the end of the day, it is Megan’s decision. Only Dave and Laura know the details of their arrangement to share Huff. While her blocking and hitting physicality skills appear to have improve significantly, she still requires lots of work on her overall game. With a bright future as starter in BB, and perhaps even professional opportunities as hinted by Coach Beeman, I think she made the right decision! All the best to Megan. I never watch W. BB but did last year and will do so again this year – only because I wanted to watch Megan play.

By: heluhelu

heluhelu — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:21:37 +0000

No baddies in Huff’s departure. Like CL suggested, I don’t think Huff fully realized how difficult it would be to continue overlapping sports with her elevated role & responsibilities as a foreseeable starter in basketball. It’s one thing to join basketball midseason as a frosh rotation player. Big diff once you’re a projected starter/anchor and potential leader on that team.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:08:00 +0000

i never intended to say anything.
but watching people point fingers and blowing this way out of the water has really upset me. Megan leaving the program really hurts, but it now opens up opportunities for other players. Megan played behind Nikki right? alright everyone has been saying it was due to a lack of playing time. Everyone has been blaming Dave because of it, saying that losing Megan is his fault. saying he favors his local players over the mainland girls. that’s the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard. Nikki has been slamming balls down from the beginning of the season, i knew after week one that Megan would have a hard time playing possibly especially because of how good Nikki was turning out to be.

people are continuing to spin this story into something bigger than it actually is. i don’t know what ultimately brought Megan to make this difficult decision, neither does everyone else. Megan said her piece so let it be. go watch Basketball, and you’ll be able to see her play. i wish Megan nothing but the best. it is just sad to see her go, and more upsetting to see people turning this into something completely ridiculous

By: H-Man

H-Man — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 16:44:01 +0000

Yeah, I agree she was not forced to choose. But we cannot forget that she is on basketball scholarship. She is leaving volleyball where she had very little playing time. What’s the problem?

By: Ki

Ki — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 16:13:23 +0000

Megan Huff wasn’t forced by anyone when making her decision to focus on basketball only. Picture having TWO FULL TIME JOBS AND GOING TOO SCHOOL FULL TIME. That takes a toll on a person physically, mentally, and emotionally. Her splitting time between two sports wasn’t giving her totality to each sport. For the sake of her well being, she decided to give up ONE of her full time JOBS. Wish her the best in her future endeavors.

By: kimo browner

kimo browner — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:11:39 +0000

@103. Agree with your assessment. Shoji slights his reserves even when they play well…and ignore the wobbly wonks, they will say anything to protect the throne.