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mornin

Blaze looking FIT !!!

so is braston making a statement with his weight loss?
does he want to reclaim his middle linebacker slot?

he seems too light for de now.

he would be a great guest in the future.

did liko go up with his brother?

it just seemed natural that they be the bash brothers aka mighty ducks.

good to see alex green’s name on the roster.

so, where’s kainoa’s name?
manu and maleapeai are greyshirts huh?

did powel pass the sat? or is he going to west oahu as rumored?

ST – yesterday you mentioned a punter.

Was he Alex Donnachie (sp) ?

Was that punter booming them high, with a long hang time ?

happy birthday allie!

(nice name btw)
wasn’t that the name of the leading lady in “the notebook”?

is it my imagination or are the guys really putting in the work this year?

i am thinking that we will be the surprise of wac this year.
i am thinking that many of the recruits will contribute very much.
i am thinking that guys like ray hisatake will have breakout years.

Okay, the word is out, no swap meet on game day… good work JD, your legacy continues… 🙂 just win

allie reynolds…..!
i wasn’t even born.

Allie Reynolds…..Cherokee Native from Oklahoma..

Good Morning Tsaikos!!

Happy Birthday to Aunty Allie!!

Everyone have a good day

It is great that Brashton lost the 25 pounds and got into such great condition this offseason. I hope that he can maintain that regimen away from Arizona, as UH will have two great options at MLB now. That will be a position to watch in camp, as both candidates will be worthy of a starting role and will be hungry for the job.

Some interesting stats from this study of college football over the previous 5 seasons.

To be a little more descriptive the table below is a breakdown of every* 1a school’s record over the last 5 (2004-2008) seasons. I wasn’t able to find a summary of the data like this anywhere so I created it myself.

Boise State is head and shoulders above the WAC, but their 55-9 (38-2) record looks weak when you see they are only 4-5 against the AP Top 25. The same can be said for WVU’s 50-13 (26-8) and 5-7 and Wisconsin’s 47-17 (26-14) and 5-12 records.

Tulsa, Navy and Hawaii all have won more games than Florida State.

As of this writing

Of course this paper: Swap meet *may* vacate stadium for University of Hawaii games

The other papers news section says it’s a forgone conclusion. The stadium authority voted in favor of removing the swap meet on game days.

If the swap meet is REALLY gone on game days, it will make for a better FB experience for fans!

if brashton can stay around ~235, why dont the coaches move mana lolotai to outside!

Brashton looking good
hope his training and diet experience can benefit the other boys too

ST getting soft? What’s with the shoutout for non-UH grad Kaluka Maiava? j/k

good morning tsaikos. happy birthday allie

….whatever the reason, it’s great to see Brashton in such great shape!

Have a terrific day erryboddy!

Try get brown rice in your plate lunch today.

HiHo….

Good morning Tsai-kos!!

Happy bday to Allie Tsai.

Looks like the lb corps will rival last year’s unit. Can’t wait to see them bash the opposing backfield to the ground. 😀

Long day at work today…

Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂

Great news about Brashton. I agree with posters above who say it looks like we’re seeing some real of season commitment this summer. Can’t wait for the season.

No questions for Ryan or Davone, just want to wish them all the best and congrats on doing so well thus far.

ST, u must contradistinquish betw OLM and DLM.
We are keenly interested in the OLM and their work outs, in particular, sprints, agility, run conditioning, aerobic exercises, on a weekly basis.

Gee, get rid of dead weight, like mcNamara and hire a good trainer–that would benefit our athletes and put them on equal footin w the rest of the NCAA D1A world. Seems tragic to discover in your 5th year after travelling to another continental venue, that u have been eating wrong at UH for for 4 years….so much for manuals. lol.

Hey, Allie, Happy Birthday!

Good day to da Tsaikos!

stephen, can u confirm the whereabouts of tj alofipo?

With only 15 clubs allowed in the bag, most players in the British Open at the Ailsa course in Turnberry will be only carrying a wood or two, most likely a driver.
The strategy is to hit the ball low, below the wind streams and hope to stay inside Ailsa links narrow and undulating fairways.
Last week a golf tournament was played here and 442 balls were lost.

No wonder Tiger has been using alot of his irons off the TEE in his three practice rounds.
“this tournament is going to be won on the TEE”, said #3 world-ranked Paul Casey.
“If you can keep it in the fairways you have a shot at the green”, he said.

wf2,

the club count limit is 14 not 15.

Allie Lauter

Muhammad Allie

Happy Birthday Allie.

Good morning, all!

Happy birthday Allie!

Looks like the MLB position is in good hands, no matter who starts there.

No ?’s for Davone and RGM.

Just a big Mahalo and Aloha! 🙂

Howzit Homey! ~ In post #92 I was kona use you for the measurement, but I don’t think those guys were ever that short.

Question for Davone and Ryan:

did you purchase anything special with your first NFL paycheck?

Question for Davone and Ryan:

who was your role model growing up? and why?

So D-1 ~ A local girl could be described as being a “Tweetah” if she were a “Tweetie.” 😎

Happy Birthday, Allie!

Famous “Allie’s” I remember:

“Kate & Allie” ~ ’80’s sitcom with Susan St. James and Jane Curtain

Ally Sheedy ~ from the Breakfast Club and St. Elmo’s Fire, even War Games

Ally Mcbeal ~ Calista Flockhart….need I say more…

Howzit, to the rest of the Tsai-ko gang!

Kekoa:

Bwuahahaha…DANG!! Maaaa-halo!

BTW: check your email.

Happy Birthday Allie!

Stephen Tsai can you pass my message to Mr. Bess that jeje didn’t get his message and if he could message him to the email jnjtom (at) hawaiiantel (dot) net ?

I actually am having thoughts about attending a different football game, maybe one in Jacksonville against the Titans….but I love the JETS!

HI LOA!

one for Jason:
Allison Janey – CJ Cregg of the West Wing

morning to all tsaiko and tsaikettes this wonderful morning 8)

good to hear 😀 some of the warriors are taking the off seasoning conditioning seriously and preparing for the upcoming 09 season. looking forward to see how much was talk or really work outs. time will tell. if they are truly working their arses off the d should be flying all over the place. damn shaded of past warrior defenses that terrorized the old WAC whoootahhhh

today at 2pm on channel 2 will be the all start game so catch local boy shane who will be starting in center field.

took a visit to see pop at tripler yesterday. very anxious to head home and eat regular fuuud. actually he just wants them to salt it some. still sharp as ever.

with the union offering a 5% cut (just like the state leadership) waiting to hear what the gov will be doing. seems what is fair for some should be fair for all. the drama prolongs

hippo birdie 2 ewe allie

I think most of the players do know about proper nutrition, but there must be more of an incentive to stick to a strict diet when you’re paying someone to hold your nose to the grindstone. Some say that loco mocos are more addictive than nicotine.

Never smoked a loco moco…

you can lead a horse to water, but, you can’t force em to drink.

while many are bitching and moaning about nutrition, nutritionist, etc. all of which don’t mean a darn thing. even if you had these resources, the bottom line is, if the particpants don’t participate 100% it ain’t gonna happen.

brashton is a prime example, and hopefully will be the guy to say, “look at me….you can do it,too.” he is the example, the “prove it”.

got to want it for anything to happen.

good to see you homey…i was about to send the posse out to find you.

Just a reminder we’re still looking for a lot more questions for today’s Warrior Beat guests! Thanks!

#84. get a competent head trainer. Period. The benefits will show results–u just are not aware of what other programs incorporate….do more research.

ryan mouton………..

coming from katy, texas to honolulu, hawaii must have been quite challenging at first. the adjustment to the culture, community, language (pidgin), food, and all. was there a point in time that you may have questioned your decision to be a warrior?

Davone,

Tell us more about the clown impersonating you on twitter. Is there a potential lawsuit or other legal issues that will be addressed regarding all of this?

#127 is being moderated….here we go again—-“fair n balanced” and censorship.

DAVONE

Thanks Davone! You’re appreciated on many more levels than football.

Knowing your popularity here, do you plan to return regularly? What’s the main reason to cross a continent and half an ocean to visit?

BTW, the fund raisers you guys have been doing are way out AWESOME

Question for Davone & Ryan

What sports activity do you guys enjoy and participate in when it’s the off season?

Davone

Pennington is in the latter half of his career, I think. Would you go out of your way to hook up with Colt again? Or, do you think there are QB’s in waiting at Miami with Colt like qualities that would make you stay?

al:
July 14th, 2009 at 11:11 am
good to see you homey…i was about to send the posse out to find you.

No need, Al. There’s a group of Tsaikettes who know where and when to find homey almost every night. 🙂

Ryan and Davone

If a whole section of fans stood up and did the Ha’a with the Warriors after the warm ups, what would the reaction be? From you…from the players?

ryan….last one.
have you seen your brother, jacob patek lately and what is he up to these days?

BG:
July 14th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Ryan and Davone
If a whole section of fans stood up and did the Ha’a with the Warriors after the warm ups, what would the reaction be? From you…from the players?

Either step up or give it up. Are you just going to wait for someone else to come out and say they are going to set up something to teach the fans? If you want it to happen, set up it up.

Re-Training

I think in the last couple of years there’s a better attitude towards training. I heard a few of the coaches and players in interviews mention that the players are dedicating themselves to training harder. I’ve read detailed reports here that the players are training harder. I’ve gone to a few practices in the spring and I sizing up this coming years O-Linemen I thought if someone measured collectively the O-Linemen’s body fat index it’s probably the best in years. I remember (truthfully) the appearances of some of Coach Cavs O-Linemen carrying huge bags of rice under their jerseys. The current O-Linemen I don’t see this as much.

I felt in games last year that the stamina of the O-Linemen could have been better. As often times I watched, they do well at times and then they seem to tire.

I would ask Estes if he thinks if he sees 2007 team’s O-Line that went to the Sugar Bowl as being in better shape, condition and having greater stamina than the O-Line in the past couple of years, I’d bet he’d probably say no.

I think the O-Linemen were traumatized and demoralized by being outplayed last year that it could accentuate that they were not on condition. I think this could add to the illusion that they were out of shape, too.

Since Coach Mack has come aboard all I hear is that the players are training. And seemingly every day since the end of the season. From the super games up to the spring and now the summer all I read are references here that are posted that the players are working out.

Finally, I think taking one isolated case, like Satele working out in Arizona and extrapolating from this that the conditioning regiment at UH is lagging is unfair.

while we are waiting…they should play that tune that jeopardy uses during the final question.

In my mind, the bottom line is that in this day and age of communication and the process of information sharing, no one, especially aspiring athletes, should have to be told what is good and what is not good for improving and reaching their athletic potential. If an athlete wants to do it…just do it! If an athlete doesn’t want to do it…don’t do it! It all comes from within.

You can lead an athlete to the water cooler, but you can’t make an athlete drink. Brashton decided he couldn’t do it without help and a temporary relocation so he made a concientious decision to do it. Having a personal trainer and forced meal selection is great. Now that he has a taste of dedication inspired success, he will easily transition that to a positive lifestyle change.

The big question in my mind is, why do so many athletes wait until their senior year to make a strong commitment to excellence in preparation for their last season? The truly great athletes have the desire from day one and that is what separates the great athletes from the rest of the field.

Success is derived from a burning desire within. You either want it or you don’t. For all incoming freshmen athletes, I say don’t wait until the end of your eligibility to see the light. That is potential lost. Want it! Want it now! Just do it!

Go Warriors!

bg……you sure?

#143

I apologize if I’m irritating you…please feel free to skip over my posts. But, since you have been reading them, do you recall if I’ve ever asked anyone to make the activity happen? No, you haven’t. My purpose in bringing it up is to remind someone of their commitment which was made and not acted on so far. In the interim, I’m going directly to the people who should have the thumbs up or thumbs down…the players. If they like it, then it’s time to ask permission from the coaches, and so on. Does that sound like a plan to you? thanks

lighting A+

ST got a haircut?

pork belly, beef belly, ahi belly

it’s all belly!

I think ST doesn’t want to pass my message along…oh well

Happy lunch hour, Tsaikos. PP is not very happy because the IT gremlins are back and can’t watch the WB Show live. I am going to sic Jack on them. I REALLY wanted to see the show as Mouton is my hero!!! I’ll have to catch up later after I take Jack to chew out the IT gremlins.

congrats to tsai and wai for anoddah good one

great to see the camaraderie among friends and the luv for the 808 state still there

esmee to get me some oxtail before the 2pm all star game on KHON. shane starting in cfield

roysan16: ST got a haircut?

st thought it was ralph bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

ST got his haircut just before I did….

didnt get to watch the show, but i hope we start recruiting from blinn again…and continue with navarro

jojo

ur tooooo funny!!!

ah dang. did i miss the show?
did someone ask them, if they were to meet up in a game, who’d win the one on one???

Mo808- welcome to the WB !!! Errybodee, Mo808 is a fellow fan from ExtremeSkins. Now a new power house Tsaikette!

CPU still in the ER. No video for me today. 🙁

bg…..what?

Warriorfanny, don’t we already have strength & conditioning coaches already, how much does it take for these guys to take some nutrition courses? If they are not incorporating nutrition into the training regimes, its a good time to start.

Not rocket science to figure out what you put into your body affects what happens to it. I only eat brown rice, whole grain breads. Who does not know that two scoops white rice with gravy, mac salad and a large coke goes straight to your gut and increases body fat!?!?!

I don’t play competitively anymore cause of injuries & age. But always took care of myself and knew what was good for your body & what wasn’t. It takes will power, dedication & common sense to stay away from places like Rainbow’s and L & L.

Thank you for another fine show. Both Devone and Ryan are so laid back and down to earth. And this is refreshing. In this day and age you see many Pros with harden exteriors, it’s good to see Devone and Ryan how their expressions are conveying warmth. And kindness… See no big egos here.

When I remember Coach Jones alluding to to recruiting team
players. And players that fit in within the system Devone and Ryan epitomize this. You can size people up further on how they interview, and watching the show I can see immediately that both players exude auras that make them the types that would get along with all others on the team.

During the show there’s playful jawing between the two former Warriors. Yet tempered with exchanges of smiles between the two. Very good chemistry between the two.

The question by al (very good question) about if they’ll ever return to school brought a serious response where both mentioned about returning to UH next spring in taking classes. Devone mentioned he’s 20 credits away. And both conceded that a college degree is something to fall back on.

When asked about financial advisers you can sense that both are level headed in this area, too. You can sense that there both will keep a watchful eye on how they spend their money.

A very entertaining show. A lot of laughter and fun between Stephen, Leila, Ryan and Devone. The only concern I have is I hope Devone gets his cough checked.

Wish both players a successful season this year. And want to relay to both players that a lot of Warrior fans are pulling and rooting for them. Best wishes.

roysan….i try to ask that of every guest who has not yet received there parchment paper. i think its important to the individual to achieve that goal and for the benefit of the football program.

all too often we forget that these guys/gals go to a college on scholarship for the purpose of getting a college degree first and then athletics second.

this just in from H-mail.
uh wallpaper for your pc desktop!
http://hawaiiathletics.com/sports/2009/6/4/GEN_0604090742.aspx

and if you want amateurish stuff, the ones i made are in the link in my name.

d1島:

July 14th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Note to LizK and assorted Tsaikettes

per pbshawaii on tweetah:
CB on Leahey and Leahey tomw. night.

Thanks for the info…too bad Ronnie left the island today. 👿

Shane taking the field.

Rich2176:
July 14th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
I’ll bet there aren’t many other schools that have former players in the NFL come hang around during the off-season

I am sure warriorfanny2 can answer, he seems to travel to all the big schools, gets into their athletic complexes and does research.

Victorino scores!! & gets a shout-out from the president!

Stretch:
July 14th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

The show is at UH again… Is this going to be permanent?? I like better than at HA bldg. The whole set up is nicer

I agree. There seem to be a greater intimacy at HA bldg. I like it when the co-host and guests are huddled close together. Maybe this is by accident where they are in a confined space. But this does conveys warmth. And the guests are comfortable and relaxed. Other sport’s shows it seems like guests are being interrogated.And you can feel the chill in the air (mostly her). Not so with the WB show for it seems like everyone–the co-hosts and guests are so engaging. However I do miss the bottleneck dolls, soccer balls,footbal, and football helmets on the table.

Hi Liz,

Barbara and I reached the beach at Waikiki near the Kapahulu Groin at 6am, and saw… Colt with a couple of buddies parking across the street. They were going surfing with stand-up paddleboards. I hollered across the street to Colt, hey! sorry…small waves.

Then Barbara and I went for a mile walk down to find the shower tree that the Emperor of Japan planted in 1959, near the Diamond Head end of Kapiolani Park. We did not find any plaque or identifying marker, but we looked in the specific area mentioned in the Honolulu Advertiser so if it was one of them, we saw it.

We went snorkeling and swimming near the Groin, then as we passed a shower area at about 8am, guess who was there? Colt. We had a few words and I mentioned the Tsaikos, your name, and my blog name. He recognized your name, and said he enjoyed meeting with you.

Though it was his first experience with the stand-up paddleboard, he managed to catch a few waves too and he enjoyed himself.

Over the last 5 years UH is…

43-23 overall
28-12 in conference
10-18 in games with teams with winning records
0-11 in games with teams in the AP top 25
won 78% of it’s games at home
won 48% of it’s games on the road

source-http://www.collegegameballs.com/2009/07/13/by-the-numbers-2004-2008/

My notes-Winnable games in the last 5 years

2008 7-7
San Jose lost by 3
Cincinatti lost by 5

2007 12-1

2006 11-3
Oregon State lost by 3
@Alabama lost by 8
@Boise lost by 7

2005 5-7
Boise lost by 3

2004 8-5

(taking it in the chin with huge loses to Boise 69-3 and to Fresno 70-14 you have to like how the Warriors bounced back in their last 4 games with wins over Idaho, Northwestern, Michigan State and UAB).

2001

from UH site:
Are 2-0 against ranked teams in 2001 having defeated then No. 18 Fresno State (38-34) and No. 9 Brigham Young (72-45).

Brashton Satele and family are thinking NFL and best position for BS is LBer.

Heading up to visit with Pops. He is coming along nicely. Might be released tomorrow if his neurologists clears him.

Mahalo to KK for stopping in to visit him…and thanks to SailorBlue for his phone call visit.

(Gotta smuggle his fave peanut butter snack crackers past nurse Ratchett).

kekoa, stretch should be applauded and I see y u have respect 4 him….but personal fan involvement is not my point–that is an entirely different subject matter and a personal commitment for each fan to make–proper training planning, implementation and administration is my subject matter….take it for what its worth 2 u as a discussion matter…..some are always crticizing da donks but their head coach donated a substantial portion of his salary towards the football program to make it better….lets talk about that since everyone is talking about hardtimes!

warriorfanny2:

Re#145

If you find any reference that I said the OL are in shape I’ll pay for your bar tab with la coco, la moco and la yoko at the monkey bar? Fair?

The only thing I said was that there is a better attitude.

Players have been working out feverishly. ST reports continuously how he sees players working out. Estes during his chat confirmed that the O-Line has been working out. And I think he mentioned how they are running up and down the bleachers.

When I took the eye ball test and looked at the O-Line I said they looked trimmer and not as fat and overweight as in the past. This was in the spring.

In my post I thought last year the O-Line men looked liked their stamina could be a question mark.

So ,curiously, where does it say I think the O-Line men are in shape?

Bells, whistles, clip boards and data bases I have no use for. I do okay with my eyes.

Study found that the way that swine flu multiples in the respiratory more severe than ordinary winter flu. On a positive note, blood tests show that many people who were born before the 1918 flu pandemic seem to have *immunity* to the current swine flu, but not to the seasonal flu that hits every year.

This German electric bicycle reaches a top speed of 50 mph but monitoring the driver’s muscular effort and multiplying it by up to a factor of 50. It is currently for sale for $45k.

WF2 ~ Earlier today you suggested UH hire additional staff to monitor or administer certain programs.

Stretch gave good reason why it comes down to affordability.

Al suggested that it is basically the athlete’s Kuleana to take responsibility.

Since you insist that it can be done, why would you want Stretch to do the research? Stretch is already very involved with UH funding. He has put his money where his mouth is, and together with the Tsaiko’s have raised money for the UH foundation. Would you care to join us and raise money to institute these changes?

Basically WF2..I think you are full of crap..no more reads on you..

I think that the quality of the video and audio for the WB show was its best ever. Both Bess and Mouton were awesome guests and it was so funny when they made fun of Colt’s typing and got him to drop by!

Jason,

I’m sorry–the link is:

http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=6776&s=t

Howzit Tsai-kos!!

Just got home after a long day at work. I’m tired. I’m glad I wasn’t heading into town. H-1 was blocked off by Pali on-ramp and so was the Pali before the on-ramp. Wonder how long they were/are sitting there.

WF2 – I applaud you since you have done so much research and have so much insight on how to run a top tier football team. You just might be the invaluable missing link to the UH team making the Top-10. Take all your comments and future comments and send them to mcmackin@hawaii.edu or call him at 956-6508. I am sure he would love to hear all your bright ideas and suggestions how to run a real football program.

roysan16: The average class is 3 credits, with a few 4 credit classes here and there. There are also 1 credit courses, which are usually labs. To be a full-time undergraduate student at UH, you need to take at least 12 credits each semester.

I feel like a pin cushion. 16 electrified needles today. Dang. I hope things get better quickly!

#227-Jason

ty for the answer.

ty for koakane for the headups for traffic

looks like stretch didn’t get the message about the traffic. 😀

Ralph – Obviously you haven’t played golf.

Just got to see the show… awesome!
Funny cameo by Colt too…

Thanks ST and Leila (Happy early birthday) for letting us enjoy two more hanai sons and their antics.

curveball, mahalo.

Midnight- kismet!

CRW- hiya! hope things are going well for you!

I like the chipping concept- keeps the learning mode turned on and gives Davone (so far) a chance to spend more time with his family and Hawaii ohana!

Off to bed. Nite nite!

you just get up from your power nap?

Ralph nah tues have a tv routine that I like to watch then check computer for community updates

power naps are for the early afternoons bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Nitey Nite and Sweet Warrior Dreams!

Just got thru watching Da. Bess & Mouton show & catching up on the blog (almost).

ST ~ So have you mentioned my suggestion to have student interns handling the video to JD or the dept. that teaches video production coursework (like communications, maybe)? It’s a great exchange for the HA being able to use the UH facilities for the Warrior Beat. One of the students who just graduated from NAU is doing an internship on the Today Show (see the link on my name.) She is a Filipina from AZ; her Mom’s from HI. Her experience doing NAU-TV reporting helped her get this internship. It would be great for the UH students.

K, night all!

i wish brashton goodluck this season but if you ask me i dont feel you need to train away to loose 20lb. and as far as diet you dont to spend big money to have someone tell you what is good and bad to eat. there are alot of nutritionest in hawaii. as far as his training they are good but its the same thing mel delaura teaches except now mr. satele is fliping tires so he could of done the training here but he chose to do it else where and thats awsome for him. and about the players being over weight i think its just them not wanting it bad enough. on the inside i asked a couple of guys if they were conditioning and there answer was ” we lazy today so we will jus do it later ok have a good one b4 coach comes” so dont think its the strength coach i feel some players dont want it bad enough but i hope they find that last kill in them to ball out instead of fighting to be the “HAKA” leader. if not no worries i no deep inside we got this. good luck guys train hard and focus while your sleeping others are up training to shatter your dreams.