Comments on: Penn State 3, Wisconsin 1

By: HaoleBob

HaoleBob — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 20:43:07 +0000

Last night on one of the ESPN channels I saw part of a game called the all American High school Game, or something like that, and could only watch about one and a half sets. The game had four Penn. State recruits starting between the opening twelve, with one more a sub. Penn. looks stocked for at least one or two more titles In the near future. Great players that will only add to the dominance of this Team. My heart will only hope that Coach Shoji will continue to coach the Wahine Team so we will still be able to compete with Teams such as that. When Coach Dave leaves the naysayers will finally get to see that recruiting to Hawai’i is not that easy. Too many of these young girls do NOT want to be that far away from home and their support system. The girls that come to Hawai’i, have to have a sense of adventure too many young people don’t have, which coach is able to mold into the fine young ladies that come out of his program. When he leaves, I hope that UH will maintain the fine reputation he has given us and continue to rise in the National view, but with the pathetic state of the resources at UH I for one doubt it. As always, I say ” GO BOWS “.

By: Lina

Lina — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 17:25:58 +0000

Having Willoughby, Kahumoku, and Logan Tom on the OH together for 2 seasons would have been interesting to see, but that’s neither here nor there. Anyway, interesting to hear about that comment from Tom.

By: hossana

hossana — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:19:45 +0000

Wow, she would have made a tremendous difference to our program if she had played for the Wahine….irregardless, she was and probably still is a beautiful person who was close to her dad and who was also so proud, so verrrry proud of his daughter. I remember the bartender in Mel’s bar telling me that whenever she came to the bar, people used to just love her humbleness as she never talked about her exploits only about Hawaiiana as she wanted to learn so much about the culture etc….it must have hurt her that her dad died when he did but he was diagnosed with that ailment several yrs. before his passing so he knew as much as Logan and her brother and former wife as well as his family and friends knew that he had a limited amount of time left. Memories……

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 09:07:47 +0000

Have written this a number of times but one thing Logan told me, think it was around the 99 ncaa final four here was that she loved Hawaii but refused to take a recruiting trip here because she knew if she did, she’d sign with UH. She wanted to play for Stanford.

By: hossana

hossana — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:36:51 +0000

I forgot the name of the bar but people in Upper Kona would know and wouldn’t be surprised if the name of the bar has changed but, if I remember correctly, its located above Kona on the highway.
Mel Tom aka Melvyn Tom lived in Hononlu on Winam St. off of Mooheau st. in Kapahulu with his mom, dad, and sisters. He had a large family and the dad was the cook in the house and his close friend was Charley Melim who now lives in Vegas. Mel played basketball for Maryknoll and was an All-Star then went to school in S.F. before San Jose St. offered him a scholarship to play for them. He was so good that he was drafted by the Phil. Eagles where he really earned a reputation as a hard hitter…he played for them for many years before being traded to Chicago Bears, I think, then retired and came home and then settled on the Big Isle. He and his beautiful wife separated and had couple kids, one of which was Logan who would come home practically every summer while Mel was living on the Big Isle. She was very close to her dad and it would have been just great if she had played for UH but went to Stanford instead and history was made.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:22:09 +0000

Shoji is well paid, one of the top in the country.
Doubt if Elliott would come here. Texas a very nice gig.

By: mario

mario — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 06:24:13 +0000

The big question is could UH attract a top volleyball coach when Dave Shoji retires. I was thinking of maybe use part of that money when we used to pay MacMakin over a million dollar and pay our volleyball coach top money. It would be nice if we can pull Jerritt Elliot from Texas, after all he used to play for Hawaii. Just a thought.

By: 808BV

808BV — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 02:48:28 +0000

hossana … Wow. Thanks for that little insight. I knew Logan had Hawaii ties, never knew how. Do you remember the name of the bar or if it’s still running? I live on big island so if its still going maybe i’d stop in one day.

19. THANKS. Good to know. I’m wondering if she’s done with the olympics? Indoor.

By: OrbitalRipZ

OrbitalRipZ — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 01:19:24 +0000

Re: Actually, there are 2 FINALS, which Cindy will post on Monday: Final RPI of 2013 (Hawai’i was #17 in the last regular-season ranking) & Final AVCA Coaches Poll of 2013 (Hawai’i was #11 in the last regular-season poll).

By: PurpleMaple

PurpleMaple — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:54:54 +0000

I don’t want to see Shoji retire anytime soon, but when he does, the interesting question is “Who will take over the program?”