Comments on: Taylor POY, Shoji COY, RPI 23, poll 12

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 20:56:07 +0000

heading off to Minneapolis. will check by in from LAX.
until then, blog is taking a break.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 20:55:13 +0000

36. a quote from Haley and belief held by many, the people want to have being on a selection committee in order to add to their resume, using it for a ‘better’ job, more prestigious committee.

By: Alumni

Alumni — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 19:57:14 +0000

Height of best hitters from both SC and Minnesota are 2 to 3 inches shorter than Mitchem, Nikki, Maglio, Burns/Castillo. On an average performance night, the Wahines should beat both Trojans and Gophers. Go Bows!

By: Big G

Big G — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 19:22:10 +0000

I may have missed it. How many players can the team travel with and what players are staying home?

By: tongo

tongo — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:34:20 +0000

Watching all the discussion on selection, I am finally over it. The selection, like other things in life, is flawed. Many prominent coaches have challenged it over the years but it clearly remains inconsistent and often defying the obvious.

So for me, let’s return to focusing on the only thing that really counts if we want the wahines to continue playing – winning the next match. Watched USC take UCLA to 5 sets and it is pretty clear that Trojans will give us all that we can handle.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:34:52 +0000

Congrats to all, Congrats to the team for a Job well done during conference play.

Now going back to where Hawaii is being shipped to for the Tournament, i find it ridiculous but not surprising. year after year this happens, and i am not gonna lie, i am getting tired of it all. last season we defeat the reigning national champions, & make it to the elite 8. you would think this team would get some sort of respect for that, but they don’t….again. i personally don’t know what Hawaii is gonna have to do to get some respect from the NCAA committee.

i hope All the disrespect lights a fire in this team to push and make people believe. i know people will say things like: Stop complaining, or at least they made it to tournament. Seriously I am happy they made it to the tournament, but the disrespect being given to the team is what I don’t appreciate.

TBH i am at the point where i say screw the NCAA tournament all together, Hawaii will never be given a fair shot and that sucks. but this team don’t need a National Championship to prove the are the best. All of Hawaii knows it & we are proud.

So Good Luck to the team, safe travels to Minneapolis.

MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE!

By: blunite

blunite — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:08:07 +0000

RE: Seeding and Tournament

1. If it feels like a set up it probably is, expect the worse to come. (It may be human nature to serve one’s own self interests, but the temptation to cheat–if given half a chance–is always there.)

2. Anything out of the ordinary should be scrutinized, reported, and changed as necessary. (Including room & board, food vouchers, practice time, even travel)

(Perhaps some slights die hard, coach was at one time a voting member but left after a disagreement.)

By: hollycow

hollycow — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 06:53:48 +0000

32, darkfire, Lol, haha, and Merry Xmas to you too!

Yes, get to the Banyan/Kiawe Tree root of the problem, revamp/change the entire selection committee members.

By: T103

T103 — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 06:41:30 +0000

Cindy, or anyone in the know, just asking cuz I don’t know the answer to this, wen u say the committee is filled with people padding their resume, what do u mean by that? I’m assuming its filled with people who can later say they were on the committee? And possibly they just kinda don’t really care about making it fair or whatever, they just put whoever where-ever in the tournament?

By: UHBacker

UHBacker — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 06:10:10 +0000

Winning is the only thing that silence critics