Comments on: Back to school

By: Stephen Tsai

Stephen Tsai — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:50:04 +0000

New post: http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=35281

By: letsgowarriors

letsgowarriors — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:43:23 +0000

the problem w Chow’s recruiting is there was no time for development. there were too many 1 and done players, whether they quit, transferred or got “medical retirements”. he would also use LOIs on mission kids. every team goes through attrition, but it feels like Chow would go through exceptionally quick.

2012 class – Sai (x2), Long, Andrade, Pierce all medical. Watanabe & that Duke TE left after 1 season. Lavaka & Ursua mission, only Ursua is back now.

2013 class – Miller, Higdon, Bowens, Wiefels, Wily, Kirkwood, Griffin all left within 1 season or so.

2014 class – Patterson, Jackson, Josey, Fairchild, Riggins all gone already. Shawley quit mid season of his sr year. signed Mack Richards mormon mission and hes gonna go elsewhere when he returns.

By: azwarrior22

azwarrior22 — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:39:16 +0000

Chow would be hitting below the Mendoza line 🙂

By: Arcumfortis

Arcumfortis — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:12:14 +0000

42…….it’s good to take the long view……but I do think the football program has sunk to unprecedented lows……maybe there was a time before my 25 years that was worse than now…..I don’t know……but I think impatience is the right attitude presently……sure we have a new coach and unless he is a magician things won’t get turned around immediately so we have to cut him a little slack…..but we don’t want to settle into a culture of failure and low expectations…..I give us no excuse for not rising up and being competitive with a program like Boise State……that should be our medium term goal…..we have some good players and some good players in development……but if coach Chow’s recruiting success was measured in baseball terms he would be hitting less than 200 and would have been sent to the minors long ago.

By: wow

wow — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:11:03 +0000

2015 Recruiting Class:

Jordan Agasiva OL 6-4 315 Fr Honolulu, O’ahu / Mililani HS
Kamuela Borden OL/DL 6-4 240 Fr Pearl City, O’ahu / ‘Iolani School
Dejaun Butler CB 5-11 180 Jr Woodland Hills, Calif. / Santa Monica JC
Dylan Collie WR 5-10 175 Fr El Dorado Hills, Calif. / BYU
Melvin Davis RB 6-2 235 Jr Harbor City, Calif. / Santa Monica JC
Paul Harris ATH 5-11 190 Jr Columbus, Ohio / Ventura JC
J.R. Hensley OL 6-5 315 Fr Edmond, Okla. / Edmond Santa Fe HS
Sione Kauhi DL 6-5 240 Fr Wilsonville, Ore. / Wilsonville HS
Makani Kema-Kaleiwahea LB 6-3 240 Jr ‘Ewa Beach, O’ahu / Arizona
Solomon Matautia S 6-1 220 Fr ‘Ewa Beach, O’ahu / Campbell HS
Eperone Moananu OL 6-2 285 Fr Pago Pago, American Samoa / Tafuna HS
Matt Norman OL 6-5 250 Jr Monrovia, Calif. / Fullerton JC
Alexander Trifonovitch P 6-1 180 Fr Honolulu, O’ahu / Punahou School
Austin Webb OL 6-8 310 Fr Dallas, Texas / Highland Park HS
Russell Williams LB 6-1 225 So Laguna Creek, Calif. / Sacramento City College
Max Wittek QB 6-4 240 Sr Newport Beach, Calif. / USC

By: sofaking_blk

sofaking_blk — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:58:27 +0000

#42
Are you kidding me, Jeezy is right. We had the WORSE Recruiting class of 2015 behind UAB and they didn’t even play football last year because they cancelled their program. Some of these players had no business being on a D1 roster and that’s the truth.

By: cappie the dog

cappie the dog — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:47:22 +0000

The best we can hope for is the securing of two-star recruits(if even that) with the hope that our staff can coach ’em up.

With Max Wittek, we got a four-star recruit(albeit beset with injuries) and made him less functional at the quarterback position than Glenn Freitas.

I’m older now, and shouldn’t be criticizing student-athletes, but at the time, I was closer to Freitas’ age, and he drove me crazy.

By: Sangamon Keith

Sangamon Keith — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:22:51 +0000

#36 Don’t mind Jeezy33 … He’s always negative. I’ve given him past examples of less recruited UH players who developed into NFL veterans … easiest to note are Dan Audick and Rich Miano. Both had 10-year careers in NFL. I know Jeezy wants a Power 5 conference recruiting class … we all would. The reality is that schools in our mid-major level conferences normally get a mix of Power 5 type recruits and a mix of recruits that still need to develop to actualize their potential. The difference between a Boise State and Wyoming is the numbers in that split. We have the potential to be a Boise State program but have a ways to go. Jeezy is just impatient and gets frustrated that we haven’t done better. BTW … I’ve been following UH football for 60 years … including when I was 11 or 12 years old and the UH gave up football totally. So I’ve been around before we were coached by Clark Shauggnessy and was around for the Hawaii victory over Nebraska in Lincoln. So 20 plus years might sound like a lot … but isn’t really.

By: Mauian 5

Mauian 5 — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:46:26 +0000

Word on Maui, is UH pulled offer to Abe Reinhardt.

By: turfwar

turfwar — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:36:30 +0000

Kapakahi another couple of kids you need to keep your eye on is 6’3″ 250 Radford soph DL Aaron Faumui younger brother of Ace Faumui and Kailua’s bookend tackle who plays opposite of Gaisoa soph Sione Veikoso 6’6″ 280 OT. Both played very well as first year varsity guys and handled older players all year. Both very athletic and just pups.