Comments on: A new year https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/warrior-beat/a-new-year/ Sat, 02 Jan 2016 18:30:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Stephen Tsai https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/warrior-beat/a-new-year/#comment-2635465 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 18:30:03 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=35115#comment-2635465 New post: http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=35124

]]> By: Old School Dave https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/warrior-beat/a-new-year/#comment-2635463 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 18:18:18 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=35115#comment-2635463 The key for UH and Coach Rolovich and his staff is to “coach up” and develop the 1-2 star players that do sign with the Warriors, along with walk-ons. It’s nice to get a bounce back like Fred Ulu-Perry, but UH shouldn’t rely on them. Gotta build from within with high school players, along with those from the JUCO ranks.

]]> By: Old School Dave https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/warrior-beat/a-new-year/#comment-2635462 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 18:13:38 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=35115#comment-2635462 Not really convinced that if Kevin Clune is named DC at Oregon State, it’ll mean even more of an exodus of local high school players. Hawaii will always lose its top players to P-5 schools and that’s a reality. OSU has always been a popular school for local kids, athletes and non-athletes. The facilities are continuing to be improved there, and it’s a nice (“Good Fun”) experience to live on the continent for 4-years for local kids whose families can afford it. The drive up to Portland is not long, and they can get their fix of poke and laulau at Uwajimaya’s in Beaverton.

]]> By: Sangamon Keith https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/warrior-beat/a-new-year/#comment-2635461 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 17:54:54 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=35115#comment-2635461 #51 – 53. Norm’s biggest problem was the part of his personality that drove guys like Clay, Davis, Dew and Muir away from the program. All four were on bowl teams this year. When you lose talent because the coach “takes the fun out of the game” or is mindless and in flexible about his style of football, you’re in trouble. Fools up at the UH, decided to over-react to McMackin’s politically correct faux pas at the WAC Media Day and fired him as soon as he had a bad season. Coach Mac may not have been the best HC, but certainly knew how to surround himself with talent (Aranda and Rolo specifically) and to recruit.

]]> By: 808warriorfan https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/warrior-beat/a-new-year/#comment-2635460 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 17:53:19 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=35115#comment-2635460 I like the “youth” in this coaching staff … while it may be due to financial constraints, hopefully they will be able to relate to the players which will in turn result in wins. When that happens and the fans start flocking back to Aloha
Stadium and the $$$ comes back, we’ll be able to pay the coaches more.

Happy New Year everyone … Live Aloha / Play Warrior

]]> By: Arcumfortis https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/warrior-beat/a-new-year/#comment-2635459 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 17:46:30 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=35115#comment-2635459 Relieving

]]> By: Arcumfortis https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/warrior-beat/a-new-year/#comment-2635458 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 17:43:53 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=35115#comment-2635458 54…..I agree that Kaumeyer had pretty good qualifications when hired….his qualifications at the time may have been better than Aranda’s…..when I used the word qualifications in comment 52 I probably should have said capability or potential. Coach Kuameyer was not able to use the talent he had available to create a successful approach to defense…..of course we don’t know for sure if Aranda would have done better working under NC…..it seemed like very few (players, coaches) were able to excel under NC……although I think receiving coach Mac was necessary at the time I will continue to give him credit for allowing young bright coaches (eg Rolo and Aranda) to matriculate to coordinator positions. In this regard coach Mac seemed a much better judge of talent than coach Chow.

]]> By: islandman https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/warrior-beat/a-new-year/#comment-2635457 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 17:27:09 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=35115#comment-2635457 Kaumeyer had fairly good qualifications to be the DC for Hawaii when he was selected in 2012.

]]> By: islandman https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/warrior-beat/a-new-year/#comment-2635456 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 17:22:39 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=35115#comment-2635456 Good thing for Aranda and Rolo, they weren’t retained by Norm. They picked up valuable experience leaving Hawaii. Also, i don’t remember Aranda’s defenses at UH as being as shut down as they are nowadays.

]]> By: Arcumfortis https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/warrior-beat/a-new-year/#comment-2635455 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 17:14:54 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=35115#comment-2635455 51……couldn’t agree more. I too am fatigued with the piling on of NC but you are right on. NC let go of two bright young coordinators and replaced them with others who were less qualified. This initial mistake set the tone for the rest of the abysmal four years we endured. I am glad both Aranada and Rolo landed on their feet and are now better off than if they had been retained by Norm. We the fans, the community and the institution however are way worse off. It still leaves a bitter taste.

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