Comments on: Senior night dancing

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:07:35 +0000

26. Thanks
Guess I’m a little biased about our coverage at the late Star-Bulletin. We gave volleyball the same treatment as ‘the other paper.’ The only reason there might have been a little less was that we didn’t have a Sunday paper back then. But I always had a followed in Monday’s paper from the time I started in 1981, a year after Ann.
As for going online, the SB was one of the first newspapers to do so in 1996
The Tiser resisted, finally doing it in 2001 (sorry, hardly shortly after ‘-) but i did admit my bias to start)

By: Cubicle1126

Cubicle1126 — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:41:39 +0000

Much mahalo to Ann, one of the local voices for Hawaii volleyball, and many other local sports as well. Ann’s (and also Cindy’s) stories online — when the Star-Bulletin went online, followed shortly by the Honolulu Advertiser — were a way for me to keep track of what was going on with Hawaii volleyball when I was away at college on the East coast back in the late 90s. In fact, when both papers developed a web presence, it was a way for me to keep track of what was going on in Hawaii in general! But the stories in the paper were well before the blogs, and just a few years before volleytalk (and its precursor sites/forums).

If nearly all other newspapers gave volleyball half the words and column inches that Ann has devoted to it over the years, then maybe the sport would be larger than it is. Certainly, more widely recognized and supported, as it is here.

By: Grammy

Grammy — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 09:48:38 +0000

Regarding Ann… won’t be the same knew things were going to change but with Ann going soon, Coach Dave someday and probably you too Cindy… Auwe! What’s a Wahine fan going to do? You two covered every angle of the Wahine mystique and highlighted aspects of volleyball that helped fans understand and appreciate the finer points of the game. You helped make the players part of the greater ohana and humanized them for us. TV was there and radio, too, but your writing made lasting memories and so personalized the players great and not so great for us. You and Chris M. gave us insights into the mind of Coach Dave and some of his ‘favorite’ rivals. You helped us understand the importance of games during the season and post-season. And are as responsible as anyone else for the place the Rainbow Wahine program holds in our hearts and minds. So mahalo Ann, enjoy retirement and have a long and healthy life. It won’t be the same without you for sure. And Cindy don’t give up on us just yet, stay healthy and keep writing and blogging (sp?). Go Wahine!

By: Wop ur jaws

Wop ur jaws — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 03:21:05 +0000

http://ohiomcginn.dyndns-at-home.com/ncaastats/volleyball-rpi.cgi#
As of today. Unofficially UH is at 11 unmodified RPI. Keep in mind, this is just snapshot of the RPI. Tomorrow the official RPI update will come out.

By: mainlandgal

mainlandgal — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 01:28:31 +0000

#1 Warriorfan: I believe Koelsch is Sand only and Guinasso may be both Indoor and Sand although it’s been said that SW is looking to roster Sand only in the next year or two. Makes some sense as last season some Sand only players were cheated out of practices with their partners as Indoor players were required to attend Spring practices and travel as well. That’s a lot on the indoor player, let alone not fair to the Sand player that looses their partner 3-4 practices a week.
Hoping for a hosting of the Wahine in the first round … GO BOWS!!!

By: Not an Expert

Not an Expert — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:58:20 +0000

The funk of losing 3 games to Big West schools is a blessing. They exploited UH’s predictability and weakness making Coach Shoji and his staff to make changes which does appear to make them more unpredictable. This will make UH contend and give them a greater chance to get to the final four and hopefully win it all.

By: Not an Expert

Not an Expert — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:53:03 +0000

If the choice of hosting by the NCAA is subjective UH will always be in trouble. Thus a lawsuit making sure the NCAA must follow their own mandate needs to be established. If they don’t it appears a matter of discrimination against the UH Wahine volleyball team which are made up of human beings. Being it involves people and how they are made to feel due to the NCAA subjective seeding are grounds for discrimination.

By: tako

tako — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:49:37 +0000

Great crowd last night. What makes this program special is not only the team; when TV programing was not ready the announcer recognized both Cindy and Ann Miller – hurrah to both of them for work well done. Two more games, if the team is peaking they need to maintain focus and “get it done,” if not, all the speculation of hosting or not is moot. To predict the future, foresee change and as lesson learned for ALL, the NCAA will do the right thing – here’s to us hosting. Go Rainbow Wahine….

By: ALLAN

ALLAN — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:00:18 +0000

YOU CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE BY LOOKING AT THE PAST. NCAA WILL HAMMER U.H. AGAIN.

By: LC

LC — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 22:03:14 +0000

I think the underclass-women sent us a message last night. Don’t worry (about the future) every little thing gonna be all right.