Tuesday’s winner is …

and I am first and second!

I haven’t watched the June Jones video because it froze up on me. I’m on firefox, do I need a plug in to watch the video. Haven’t watched any for several weeks, too many freezes.

whats the scouting report?? we are hurting at safety… i hope he can help soon with tonga and wadsworth going on missions..

Video is still messed up, an it’s one of the few that I really wanted to see.

Since Umu wants to be a Warrior, this makes him better than Ioane (smarter at least).

Mrs. LTUHF:
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Steve M.

What a surprise! Your Mom was in the ICU waiting room today looking for me. She is so kind to bring some dim sum and other goodies to me.

I want to thank you, too, as you had something to do with it.

Much Mahalos again to you!

Mrs. LTUHF— mom was too impatient to wait until after Fred left ICU and we could all visit. Surprised me since I was at work, but I’m glad the chance timing was right and she met you. She said her going and meeting you was not by chance…

Continued best wishes and prayers for LTUHF, entering his 3rd week in ICU… and to (J)James mom, who Mrs. LTUHF said is two doors away from Fred.

Good morning Tsaikos everywhere.

great to see we gonna put da odda guyz in da Umu! burn em up.

Welcome to da Warriors, Mr. Umu! welcome welcome. work hard. play hard. gotta. just gotta.

Marcus Umu. what a name! sure hope our coaches can man him up.

Welcome to the Warriors Marcus Umu!

UH definitely had a need at safety, and with Ioane appearing to go elsewhere it is good that the coaches filled the need.

UH probably needs another safety in this recruiting classes because of the graduations/missions at the safety position, so hopefully Ioane will also commit.

Happy Birthday Mrs. Momo!

Great Morning All!

Nice pickup for the Warriors.
Welcome to the Warriors Marcus Umu!

…now if only somebody could convince Kellen Moore to do the same!

heheheh

What?…my #26 is awaiting moderation?!

Dear Santa ~ Please send your video elves over to help the Warrior Beat production crew get their ace in gear!…(moderate dat!)

Merry Christmas Tsaikos. The tree is getting more presents and welcome Marcus Umu to the Warrior Ohana.

bulla, bulla. merry christmas and know duffer reading the blog to get prepared for our next round at Tiffany’s.

marcus umu has also an offer from Udub, but am glad he chose the Warriors.

If Da Beast becomes a Warrior, by NCAA rules he will sit out 1 year and red shirt, but he welcomes the opportunity to be on the Scout team……he’ll be going against the 1st team OL, no better way to introduce himself to the top guns 🙂

God willing everything will work out quickly, he’d like to be enrolled for this spring semester so he can get into the system and start training with coach mel and coach tommy.

Merry, Merry Christmas to one and all…………

It is the eve of Christmas Eve!

Whoo-hoo!!!

During the upcoming festivities please remember those who are hurting or have experienced a loss. And, as Bulla aptly said, remember the reason for the season!

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Thanks Avis!

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

GO WAC!

GO WOLFPACK!!

Aloha Kakahiaka!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MRS. MOMO!!!

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

protector,

Umu will be at UH starting this summer.

Oh my!!! Had tons of fun last night at the Diamond Head Classic. Got there early to catch all of the SMU and UNLV game. ***NOTE*** SMU was nowhere to be found for the national anthem and “Hawaii Pono I”. Only UNLV was on the court as they did it about 10 minutes before the tipoff. It was weird. ***NOTE*** UNLV ran off the court to the locker room BEFORE “Hawaii Pono I” was sung. Remember that when watching or attending tonight’s game. ALSO, REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE CLOSE THE REGULAR SEASON WITH UNLV HERE AT ALOHA STADIUM NEXT SEASON. REMEMBER HOW THEY RAN OFF THE COURT BEFORE OUR STATE ANTHEM WAS SUNG. REMEMBER THAT. R-E-M-E-M-B-E-R THAT!!!

SMU’s band was… “cute”. Their mascot looked more like a wild boar than a horse. Also, their cheerleaders thought it was a good idea to stand in the vacated student section as opposed to ummm…. THE COURT! 😆 Saw an usher advise them to move as later the UH pep band would be setting up shop there as opposed to their ususal spot which was occupied by the SMU band.

Anyway. Good atmosphere last night. Petras Balocka and Hiram Thompson were the biggest factors. Balocka’s play was really getting under the skin of the dozen or so SMU fans sitting next to us. Overall the Charleston fans kept to themselves and didn’t possess the potential to be punchy as the UNLV fans, who are the largest contingent of visiting fans of all the teams this tourney. Ok… well the MAJORITY of UNLV fans are ok as some stood and applauded UH as they ran onto the court as the host team. But I’ll get into what I overheard one UNLV fan say a little later…

Nah, screw it! I’ll say it now!

While taking a smoke break heard a UNLV fan talking to another about how bad the UH home crowd is. He said he went to the Chicago State game we had and how only 3K showed up and sat on their hands for the most part. Now that, I agree with. Our home crowd participation for basketball games can get quite drowsy if not for a boisterous and lively minority. However, he and his friend did discuss how we come out in force for football games at UNLV. Anyway their discussion turned to what kind of “successful” sports UH has. One fan noted the banners for Wahine Volleyball and the other laughed and said, “yeah and that was like a long time ago”. That seemed to amuse them as they said, “and even at that, that is all Hawaii has”…

Ok, I’ll bite. We have one consistant nationally ranked program with respect to NCAA spectator sports. But can they really talk? Their bball team is #15 in the nation right now and that’s damn good, but football??? C’mon! Do they have a baseball team? I dunno? How’s their volleyball team? They’re talking it up like they’ve done consistently well in various “big time” spectator sports themselves… Jesus…

Anyway… ran into Ralph and Jason before the SMU and UNLV game, saw Stretch and had to show him the new UA tapa logo shirt that UA made for UH athletics. I think he snapped a photo of it, and ran into WarriorMojo at the end of the game too. (CHECK YOUR EMAILS SIR!!! 😆 ) Oh and of course Chawan and Lefty were there as usual. Heard Chawan several times during the game… even though he sat 4 sections away from me!!!! 😯

DVR’d the game and watched a little before going to bed and I gotta say, Kanoa Leahey did a good job calling the action!!!

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Garret,

Ignore my query on # 58.

I just read ST’s answer to the question on # 55 when I submitted the comment.

Might the Warrior Beat be summarized somehow for the people that have trouble watching it on the the Net?

And Bulla next year will be singing: Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! as the Beast will be back in sunny Hawaii!

What, what’s dat, youv gotta be kidding! Happy Birfday Mrs Momo!

Enjoy the day.

oops.

❗ MRS MOMO ❗

Guess what. Right after posting to Ralph, royvic & kekoa(iphone) that I hadn’t had any trouble with WB videos, I went back to the videos to watch some previous ones and got stymied. The video started playing then I got a yellow triangle that said “Access denied” aand that the Channel kowner prohibits viewing from the website. This is Murphy’s Law or perhaps just “bachi”. What gives? Did anyone else get the “Access denied” sign? 1st time I’ve seen it.

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!”

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

I spoke to some colleagues on the East Coast earlier and jokingly said, “Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!”. The cursed at me and told me to do some very unnatural things…. 🙄 😯 😀

Protector…your ‘puter must be bullet proof, faster than a speeding train, and able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!

Santa promised me one new one that is at least dust proof, wind resistent, and able to jump a curb. I bet you any dollah, still going ack up!

Sorry I’m late to the party but what’s the rumor about Bulla’s kid coming back to play for the home team? What are the contingencies from making it happen?

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Bulla & Mrs Bulla:

It will make Christmas a one to remember for the Tsaiko family if “the Beast” is accepted by Coach Mack and his staff!!

If already accepted, HAPPY, HAPPY, DAYS ARE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man, I would pick up Ryan Eastman in a heartbeat if I was UH. That kid has heart.
Of course, Andrew Manley is the most college ready QB to ever come out of Hawaii, and UH only offered him a greyshirt, da bastaads.
Sorry, I kid, I kid…

Re: #80 – Yikes!!! I hope ST reads your post and makes a correction. Please post a correct photo of Marcus Umu for us – please. Mahalo in advance. 😀

My apologies. I’m not computer savy enough to post pictures, but the Marcus Umu featured on the PIAA website is the correct Marcus.

http://www.pacificathleticalliance.com/footballco2010.htm

Kazz,

I saw you across the way. Ran into the Docs after the game.

Those three appeals in the blog above.. are for sixth year, right?

Did the Beast redshirt ? If not, doesn’t that mean he’ll have three to play two?
I certainly would like to see him in the mix at Manoa.

Bulla,

Hope the Beast gets on the team to play at home. Sitting out a year will give his knees a chance to heal. It’d be great to see him play at UH!

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! ~ I just love to say that.

O the weather stateside is frightful,
And some bloggers are quite spiteful!
But if it gets me in the Hawaii Bowl,
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Hmmm….

Blaze signs with agent,
Brashton’s appeal iffy,
The Beast maybe thawing out…..

According to a Saint Louis official

They have someone left? 😯

heheheh

Here is hoping “Sunshine” will soon be more appropriate.

Just watched the Warrior Beat replay with JJ. Say what you want about the guy as far as the past goes (Sugar Bowl Debacle, and other things), but he truly is a visionary. If only the higher-ups at UH-Manoa and those that control the $$$ had gotten off their collective ‘okoles earlier, i think we would have had a remarkable program with top notch facilities (and a new stadium to boot!) Oh well…

… would need a “Phil Knight” type of sponsor…. 😀

It’s a slow day at work but 2 questions that perhaps someone here can shed some light on…

1. What sidelines will the 2 Hawaii Bowl teams occupy? Will June arrange it so he can have the sun at his back?

2. What did the nevada player try to steal in Waikiki?

Me likey KK‘s version. Need some greenies too! 😆

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Happy Birthday Mrs. Momo!

Hope you get to see many more Broadway Shows! 🙂

kazz,
you heard me? wow.

Tsai went write,
Ho-o June’s right.
Spread the D,
Throw all night!

😀

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

bstunna2002

you mean like lagafuaina, ioane, jamora, acker, lolohea, et al.

i would.

al,

You and “Wes” both! 😆

bstunna2002,

Why? Whaccha got? 🙂

d1…. i stopped going to the wes-side. he is not humble enough to admit when he has erred.

al:

remember now – you are classfied as a UH supporter and as such cannot encourge/induce a potential recruit to attend UH – but hey, if he should ask your opinion, by golly, give it to him!!!

just be sure there are no witnesses around! – even me – hehehe!

mahalo for ALL the prayers and support,

we did everything we had to do on our side to make it happen, NCAA paperwork and documentation as requested by coach….waiting for the other 1/2 to follow up since monday. just waiting for some communication…..

if it happens, he would red shirt the first year but still have 2 to play. he is leaving a lot to come home, but he wants to be a Warrior, and wants to play at Aloha Stadium. let’s all be positive and see what happens.

and Bulla, the Beast is included in my #133!!!

A-House and Protector-
Yes, HF was a first class moron. Let’s hope for a more proactive approach from JD and the current admins. I think either Bankoh or First Hawaiian Stadium has a nice ring to it!

From “Prep Talk, 12/20/09:”

“I gotta admit, having seen Yates speed past Kamehameha on Thursday, and based on Orange Lutheran’s appearance before and during warm-ups, I thought Yates would win, 90-60.

Boy, was I wrong.”

I can admit when I have erred, Al, so please stop telling lies on someone else’s blog. If you have issues with me, tell me directly.

I won’t admit to being wrong about Manley because my personal assessment of him still stands; I’ve seen him play enough over the past three years to be confident in my own OPINION.

Brew808:

I would have NEVER thought of “petrafied kaka” to describe him – now, that is a good one!!!!!!

😀 I was being generous. 😈

Garret,

If JJ gets all the financial support and facilities he needs at SMU.. I can see him steering some of that donor interest in our direction, especially if the said donor is interested in putting his name on a public facility seen around the world regularly..

As long as it’s not Trump.. 😉

From the article on the front page of rivals:

In the four years before Jones’ arrival, SMU signed 16 players ranked as three-star recruits by Rivals.com. Last year, Jones signed seven three-star prospects and one four-star player. This year, he has 13 commitments from three-star prospects.

Noticed yesterday’s WB Show is cleaned up now.

BTW, schmall-kine hyperbole about the SMU tuition. Not $65k per semester; $31k per year plus $16k for room/board/fees.

“Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!”

Congratulations Rudy!

Rudy.

Rudy!

d1, went back to check how the other blog site was doing yesterday and dang, that was the best since their blog about kahuku hs spirit. al, he try give us hard time, but i see wes is po’d at him in one of the above post. at least you and me more gentlemen. hahahahhahahahha

whitey,

Not hard to see why the comment numbers on that blog are what they are….

most differing opinions end with…

If you have issues with me, tell me directly

Waddat? Maui-style? 😆

d1, naaah, we no do like that, us is more gentlemanly. us makes mudballs, stash in various locations, and when you come by, we soak to you!!!! hoooooooooo haaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

Bulla,

I guess things have gone far past, “If I want your opinion….” 😉

whitey,

Remind me to be nice to you next time I’m on the Valley Isle. 🙂

whitey – me no likey yankees….. 😈

brew, correction THICK = TICKED

Funny thing about opinions. They are valid only as long as they can be supported by hard fact. My students learn that in the first week or so of school.

#169 – wafan is again right…. only MY opinion really matters – and of course, it’s totally correct! 😈 🙄 😀

Again, I defer to the omnipotent Brew.

d1 . . .

Thankfully, it was coming UP.

…or I e-mail u…

like I just did!

TICKET ALERT!!!

I have an extra ticket for tonight’s MBB game.

First one to e-mail me gets it….the ticket, that is (in case some oddah Blog Host stay reading this!)

Tsaikos (at) deanshouse (dot) biz

d1, not going stir up anymore soup, but this poster, wowlaulau, he/she is one sharp cookie and caught what was being posted by me. they still got their blog up from yesterday and the buggah getting more and more posts.

kazz, i neva followup on our predictions for the last 2 games, but how did it come out??? I think you won, so will send something thru al’s express service.

D1,

C’mon, you’ve been there enough to know differing opinions are allowed all the time — people like “Fire Reggie” blast me repeatedly with no provocation and I allow it even if it’s often irrelevant to the topic.

I just don’t think it is right to spread lies about people — do you?

The “man-ly” thing would be to go ahead and amend your story – make whatever clarification necessary to complete the story and reduce the controversy on your blog. That is unless you enjoy the trouble and extra hits! 😈

Yeah – whitey going say – “Avis – please try harder!” 🙄 😆 🙄

brew, you realize that this is #189 and if some of our lurkers posts, we going past the 2nd century very fast today.

whitey – Please try harder! 🙄 😆 🙄

d1, easy big guy. remember we are gentlemen!!! brew and wafan, you see what happen when you crank up d1?? hahahahaaaaaa

“gentlemen”? When and on which planet? 🙄

ok, AVIS, (whitey down on his knees with his head down), I humbly ask that you select Brew808 to win the tickets tonight cause if he no win, he going give me grief!!!!!!

Is Brew HERE??? (ducking)

HiHo!

I thought LizK was into cats, fish, and now what…. ducks? 🙄

:oop: Oops – I did a Kekoa….. sorry….. 🙄

“It’s going to be good to stay home and play in front of my family,” 😀

Ryan “the BEAST” Eastman (we hope)

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i get it.
whitey was hired by wes to run up the number of comments.

Eh, Wes…..time to grow up already.

d1, eloquently stated and I concur. Isn’t responsible journalism checking facts, and confirming sources prior to going to print? Don’t they teach this is Journalism 101? When is age a defense mechanism?

Anyway d1, much mahalo!

Willie,

I stand by my reporting and my story. Like I said, be careful what you wish for …

…. wait, I gotta go up to the top and check the name of this blog!

me, I kinda like Wes cause he get the same kind spirit that the old timers from the 442nd Inf had. He not goiing retreat, but he “Going For Broke”.

ok al, next time going use different name, but my feeling is that going still come out the same. hooooooo haaaaaaa

J-Dog,

Nah, I no think get “Illegal Participation” rule! 😉

I know if you’ve been bad or good so be good for goodness sake!

Santa, Santa, me I have been a good guy, get these odda guys putting me in “another fine mess”. So no forget, no need too much for Christmas, but sum moolah be nice, so I can buy sumthin for the women in Philippines. Thanks Braddah!!!!!

is post #215 a threat?

al, on another subject, you coming ova next week for the day????

nah, i am lurking in the dark.

yah, next week probably wednesday if the flts look lean. pick me up.

ok…going cook rice.

Whoopie, Pomai invited me and my friend (who has
never seen a football game) to SMU/Nevada bowl
game. Now I have to find him (or her???) out of
30,000 people to pick up the tickets. Fellow tsaikos,
help me out. Can you kindly describe pomai?

hey, one more post by wes and he qualifies as a bonafide tsaiko!

annodahjoe crank up the silk screen for wes. i think whitey will spring for his shirt.

ok whitey. should be fun. duffer going take one furlough day i think since friday is already a holiday or did the gov make them take the two holidays away and call it furlough days, too?

ajoe, good idea and i’ll cover the cost since his family is from Puunene.

TimeOut!!!!!!

Pecan Pie,

If all that no work, meet him at the “Reno” (as the Former Coach still calls them 😆 ) tailgate in the parking lot….only going have 100-ish attending at most!

ok, back only for this one post. checked today’s stats, first 100 post tooks about 9 hrs, 2nd 100 took 5 hrs, and 3rd 100 going be close to 2 hrs. all of you are hot today, so go gettum. bye.

Sorry bad manners,

Howzit Everybody

I just logged on to yesterday’s video, watched Leila’s intro of JJ, then a pop up from the advertiser, ACCESS DENIED. Wrong plug in, wrong Browser (firefox), Wes all hu hu and pulled the plug.

Ralph, anything new at UH???

Wow Utah is killing UCLA

Fleas! Wow Laulau. I guess it could have been worst! 🙂

second time is a charm, no wait, third time, the video played without a hitch-no pauses, sound-clear from all three participants, the audio matched the speaker, great experience.

Whitey Utah and UCLA, what game you watching? Utah took out Cal, BYU smashed Oregon State, BCS taking a beating from the non BCS. No wonder TCU and Boise State got no BCS takers for a bowl game.

Tommui,

Or, “Whaddaya mean? I gave my wife a present LAST Christmas …”

UH getting off more shots, unfortunately lots of bricks being tossed.

1-13 for both teams combined, bad shooting night so far.

Anyone know who the Offensive Player is that may be coming home? ST eluded to something of the sort on the Sports Animals ayesterday.

from one flea to royvic, gotch you!!!!!

Bhf2
it is what it is, just waiting since we’ve done all we can. The Beast will leave a lot on the table at WSU if everything works out; to him it is all worth it to be a Warrior and represent Hawaii. He has played against UH, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado State, Montana (#2 in FCS) and did well; he’s ready to come back home 🙂

brew, I tried, but the winner is Jack Flash. Congrats to Jack!!!

RedZone.

Hasiak? neva here a word from him or his parents. Beast, on da odda hand, has his snowblower out and running. and, dat kid can play!

gimme a break. I wasn’t all dat keen on maiawa until dat bugga wen play. and now i’m sold on da stout kinna guys. snowflake is stout!

Eastman is a guy i hope gets to play for us. he got a motor. i woujld put him against USC next year if i could. maybe no can, but he can help us get betta. das a fakk!

Actually, d1, al & whitey would be Larry Moe & Curly

🙂

duffer, i resemble that remark!!!

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whitey: Not good. 55-31 with 11:35 left in the 2nd half. UNLV is playing very, very well. UH could be playing better, but a lot of its struggles is due to UNLV’s dominance. The Rebels look like a legit Top 25 team, and we’re just being outclassed. Good effort by UH, though, it’s not great but it’s not shameful.

Happy birthday Mrs. Momo!

WARNING: BASKETBALL SPOILERS BELOW

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Hiram left a few minutes ago, looks like he may have hit his head. Last I saw, he was “icing” down the back of his neck with a Gatorade bottle. Now it looks like Flemings may have tweaked a knee or something.

Hiya.
Wow- what a confusing bunch of posts today…

Congrats to Jack Flash! You da WINNAH!!!

Hey, Merry Christmas, you guys…
Peace on earth (and the blog) and Good Will to All athletic supporters!

😉

Jason, in your opinion, what does UH need to make their mbb program move up a notch???

Instead of having to draw blood throughout the day, a professor in Canada found a way for contact lenses to continuously alert diabetics about their glucose levels by changing colors.

The CTO of O2 UK recently noted that watching a YouTube video on a smartphone uses the same network capacity as sending 500,000 text messages simultaneously.

Go Warriors BB team

Free play links pau.

Mrs Momo, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! No worry, win or lose Mr Momo going take you to a nice place for dinner.

whitey,

Given the time of the basketball games, I’m guessing that Mrs. Momo made dinner for Momo or they ate at the arena.

Garret, ok, then ice cream and chocolate is in order. Chocolate and ice cream!!!!! Got to calm down, sounds like a winnah!!!!!

Looks like my friend is goiing to take in the Army and Colorado along with 3 other couples from Maui. Told him to go for it!!!

Kalani, thanks, but you already know what we was alluding to and it had nothing to do with Manley, but the subtle insinuation that UH had not done a thing to try an get him. Me, I let it go already, but as a flea, I got to be ready to jump and bite. hahahahahaaa Thanks.

I’m glad that SMU fans bought those 2000 or so Hawaii Bowl tickets to donate to the troops at Hickam. Here is a picture of the t-shirts that they are giving to all of troops from Hickam that will be at the Hawaii Bowl.

Jason, in your opinion, what does UH need to make their mbb program move up a notch???

whitey: Not sure it can with the program’s current vision. Just like in football, it all comes down to recruiting, and how you implement a system around your players. This is not a basketball state, so we’re not going to generate local players to feed into the program like with football or volleyball. We need to recruit the Mainland, but with 300+ Division I schools, many of which have a better basketball pedigree than we do, it’s going to be difficult to get good players here.

In Riley’s 20 years, it seems to me the best years we had were when we got special stars that we could build the offense around, and good players to supplement them in their set roles. A.C. and Alika, obviously, were the best duo we’ve had, but don’t forget there were good players around them to supplement their talents, like Erin Galloway and Micah Kroeger. Predrag Savovic had Carl English as his wingman, and good point guard play with Mark Campbell, guys in the post like Haim Shimonovic and Phil Martin.

I know people want players with more athleticism, guys that can jump through the gym. The problem I see with that is these are street ballers who don’t have the skill set needed to play in this offense. So either commit to a more open-ended, athletic style of offense, or stick to the flex motion and recruit players for that offense.

If we’re going to go with the athletic people, then be prepared to teach them the skills they need to succeed. UH players probably lack these skills because the team has to take so much time perfecting the offense. It’s complex in its patterns and recognition, just like the R&S is complex. And just like UH football struggles in its implementation of the R&S because of the little things like poor route running, the flex motion often does not succeed because of half-second mistimings in the cuts and breaks. To succeed with the offense, you need to work on that timing, so less time is spent on skill development. You’d like players to already have those skills at this point, but the way the game is played nowadays, I don’t see it. Heck, I don’t see it at the NBA level, let alone college and high school. It’s not a fundamentals game anymore.

So yeah, if you’re going to go with athletic players, then change the offense to something simpler to implement. But here’s a caveat: Everybody playing basketball is athletic nowadays, and while we might be able to “out-athleticize” some WAC schools, I’m not sure we’ll be able to do that against the better mid-major schools. Again, we’re going to be tapping into the same markets, and they have more established basketball programs. I’m not saying we’ll always be outclassed athletically at that level, but I’m concerned with the risk.

That’s why I prefer the latter situation, going back to what Riley did and recruit players that fit the system. Yes, that may mean we have players that are less athletic, and that may be a concern the way the game is transitioning as a whole. But I think by looking for talented skill players, we can find diamonds in the rough who are more athletic than people realize, but they got overlooked because they aren’t the jump-out-the-gym players teams want nowadays. I liked players like Matt Lojeski and Michael Kuebler, they were “sneaky” athletic and obviously very, very skilled with high basketball IQs. We could throw them into this system and they got it quickly. And I honestly believe when this offense is working, it acts like an equalizer. It’s not easy to defend because of the cuts and screens, and when you have players that know the offense really well, you can really open up the playbook so it’s not as predictable.

Along with the latter point about the offense, I think we need to look at international players too. It’s going to be hard because of the way the NCAA is (irrationally) cracking down on things, and we have had some problems with ineligible players. But if we do our due diligence, I think we can get some good players. Of course, part of that is getting more support for the compliance department. Amanda Paterson cannot do it alone.

I’m sure some may agree with some points I made (I think everyone wants to see us tap the international field again, in all sports), and I know some will disagree with some (mainly, my devotion to the flex motion and my recruiting philosophy). But that’s what I think is going to be necessary to field a competitive team. Matching Riley Wallace’s 55% win percentage is, to me, a reasonable goal—I’m hopeful we can do better, but I’m not convinced we can. I don’t necessarily think we’ll build this program to a point where we’re a decent mid-major threat every year, so what can we do to at least put out a good product?

(P.S. If UH football can develop to the point where it can funnel GOOD money to all of the other athletic programs, then that will certainly help. That’s when I’ll increase my hopes and dreams for any program not on the gridiron or volleyball court.)

Whitey for starters, i’d say the mbb team needs a true point guard who can handle the ball (minimize turn overs against the press) and run the offense. The flex requires movement, he got to orchestra the movement and take command. secondly, we need players who can shoot off the dribble, create space and shoot. third, we need a true post who can play defense, get rebounds and is a good passer. Petra is a decent passer, but lacks speed and quickness to play defense in the paint and get rebounds against athletic big man.

Talking about shooting off the dribble, do our player have the green light to shoot off the dribble after just a couple of passes? The ten passes then panic to get a shot off is very frustrating.

Garret,

December 23rd, 2009 at 8:07 pm

A dog in New York has the first confirmed case of the swine flu in the US.

By far one of the most scariest pieces of news you have posted to date…
Another mutation? This could easily escalate far worst than the avian flu. From Pigs..to man.. to dogs? Hoo boy!

col A House, I don’t know yet if I will be taking in the game at Colorado, but will give it serious consideration. My friend is using Panda. I think the hotel in NY is Marriott and in Colorado, Crowne Plaza.

He also inherited Bulla’s heavy alas, great center of gravity. Add a strong base, winners.

ok, looks like 2 fleas have called it a night, so the 3rd one going also look for a place to hide and bite. sssssssssssss!!! braddah, fleas no hiss, they jump. ok, ok, ok.

D1 is at the mbb game. Al is eating, so Whitey you are the only one jumping in and out of the blog.

Whew! Rough one at the Stanley!

MBB is quite a ways off from Top Twenny-land!

Guard play….gotta have it!

hey, flea #2, thought you went to bed. i going call it a nite.

You can tell a lot about a guy by the company he keeps….

mih
i saw that also…..hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Wow! I actually won?!?! Thanks ST and Avis!!!

congrats Jack Flash..

Congratulations Jack Flash!

Thanks gangee! I actually was planning on just watching the game on TV while attending “family type” activities. This of course changes everything (much to the chagrin of my wife- sorry honey.) See you all at the Hawaii Bowl- auryte!
GO WARRI… uh, I mean WOLFP… uh, JUN…MUSTA… oh, whatever. I’m just hoping for a good game. Merry Christmas!

βρεω808: So you pulled a ‘Kekoa’ huh? Ok that does it. We are now officially at war! Check this out when you wake up mister Brewmeister!

Now according to today’s diplomacy there is a long period of dialogue between us. Sanctions, and all the trade stuff stops. Then more peace talks, followed by saber rattling by both sides. About 10 years from now there will be an invasion and bombing. Lives will be lost. That sort of thing.

What if we just play a football game to decide? My guys against your guys in a winner take all contest. So first we start with peace talks because it’s Christmas…we got Santa on our side!…Your pick.

royvic: All due respect, I don’t think you should be calling anybody stupid when multiple people have made clear what their complaint is with Wes’ article.

The point is this:

Manley said it was the only scholarship offer he received for next season.

He said Hawai’i offered him a chance to attend classes part time in the fall (paying his own way and not playing football) with the possibility of receiving a full scholarship in January 2011 — a process called “grayshirting” — but he opted to take New Mexico State’s immediate scholarship offer instead.

This part of the article does not mention that UH had offered a full scholarship beforehand. The complaint is that some may read between the lines and assume that UH’s only involvement is that they offered the possible grayshirt, and that UH quote-unquote “dropped the ball” in recruiting Manley by only getting involved at the last minute. The claim is that adding the details about the scholarship offer would prevent anyone from making such a negative assumption against UH.

Now, if you don’t see their point, then that’s one thing, but there’s no need to go disparaging people like that.

And for those critical of Wes’ article—I personally think you were wrong to bring it here. I agree with your complaint, but talk about it on Wes’ blog. But more importantly, there was no need to attack Wes personally. I’m not his biggest fan, and I’m not a fan of other journalists at both papers, but there’s no need for anyone to get nasty over these things.

Considering this is the Christmas season (and even if it weren’t), I have to say I’m disappointed in the way people have acted today. And some of this comes from people I respect. I didn’t want to get involved in this whole thing, but it’s starting to get really out of hand.

Night all!

Hope the Bows show up for Friday’s BB game.

GO WARRIORS!!! 🙂

are you watching Leahey and Leahey. excellent show. thinking about it all, reflecting…..
I guess I only got thanks to give to June Jones.

Thank you June Jones. It was a great run with you. Colt Brennan wasn’t himself at the Sugar Bowl. I heard that from a very reliable
player. Plus, with what you had let out, alot was going through his mind.

Coach Mack can do what you did. Just gotta have the voice to say it like you did. The difference will mean one or two extra wins.

Thats the difference each season. The little things.

I would like to wish all the Warriors and coaches a Merry Christmas.

Hasiak. Welcome home. Tomorrow is another day! No shame in making the best of the rest of your life.

…speakin of the 😈

😆

good night my Tsaiko ohana,

once again, don’t believe everything you hear…… it is a sad day when those that you believe to be honorable….are not. he said / she said……accountability is all that matters. if can can, if no can….don’t lie…and that is the hard part. for those of you who got my email, you know what i am referring to.

it will all come out later, but for now……The Beast WILL NOT be a Warrior…..he did everything he was supposed to and the ball got dropped, and dropped badly. now i have a better understanding, first hand, of why things are the way they are in Manoa……….wow……..that says it all.

good night, God Bless, tomorrow is a new day 🙂

sorry to hear that Bulla. At least you and the mrs. get to see snow again. lol.

With all of the information going back an forth about who is committing to who/where, I think for myself I will not pay any attention to recruiting news until say March, 2010.

@Whitey: I’m chuckling because at 8:23 p.m., you say, “Me, I let it go already …” then 20 minutes later, you throw another dart. UH’s standing offer on Saturday — not the one six months ago that vanished into the night — was part of the “news” for this day, because that is the one Manley ultimately had to weigh.

What happened half a year ago no longer mattered when it came time to make the decision on Saturday.

@Jason: Mahalo. Appreciate your comment very much …

merry merry christmas to everyone,

drive safely today, watch out for all of those last minute shoppers (like me) who are out there. may everyone have peace in their homes and joy in their hearts over the next few days. we have so many things to be thankful for, let us be a blessing to those who are not as fortunate as us. there are so many out there that are really struggling, let’s see if we can do just one (1) random act of kindness in the next two days…..and we can start something positive 🙂

Bulla,

Say it ain’t so Bulla say it ain’t so. What the hell happened? I thought Mack had an open door policy for ANY former Hawaii prep student athlete that wanted to come back to play for the Home Team. Again I ask WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?

This is just another wishy washy situation that has put a black eye on the program and the sad part is now it has happened to one of our own. The people that actually dig into what pockets we have left to give to the program we love and to have this happen to the Beast is just a bunch of BS. Sorry for the anger but Bulla your boy deserves everything that he gets. The boy is a dam had worker and to have U.H. turn it’s back on him is a bunch of CRAP.

I guess all I gotta say is God bless my friend and all the best to the BEAST. Just gotta say I will probably be really ticked off the rest of the day cause stuff like this should not happen to a kid like your son.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years.=(

bulla

i read the email. i am soo sorry, brudda bulla. woulda wanted Ryan to be a Warrior. but i totally understand Ryan’s point of view. because the truth did set me free. da before season speakee, and da now speakee.

Merry Christmas Bulla, Misses Bulla. and for the Beast, I would like to thank you very much for doing your part in trying to be the Beast of Hawaii. I woulda loved to see you in a Hawaii uniform. You’ve earned it, young man, and the proof is in your continued desire to be a Warrior.
for that I thank you.

Coaches Mack, Miano and Cal: you all gotta do a better job of communicating with each other when you’re communicating with the outside world. while i’m not gonna let miscues get in the way of my hoping for a better day for our team, you did do a mis Q here. anyway, you probably got a reason, and maybe a good reason, but a personal visit will probably go along way in trying to make things right.

Great Morning All!

Best wishes to the Beast as he continues his career at Weber St.

GO WILDCATS X 2!

My view on the past with June, and the future. Its a little complicated.

The Stadium authority is one entity. You got the government, and you got the internals. like the security. get people all over the mainland storming the field after the game, orderly chaos, but its part of the game. us? we get big palookaz walking down to the bottom of the stands and blocking the view of the game of the lower seated attendeez for the last 5 minutes. sooo, you gotta deal wit dat mindset.

den you get the Legislacha. day take forever fo make a decision,
expechally in good times, day all gotta make speeches for give out
moolah fo soap dishes and stuggs. and day like talkee longtime so all da relatives watch da tv and say das my uncle or aunty yada yada.

den you get da Herman Frazier, who neva had authority for give out dat
kine money and the UH bigwigs neva no how fo put dat kine big deal togedda, help Fumbler along sooo day all waited till was too late.

sooo, long story short, once you lose certified pure you’ve lost certified pure. 😀

I understand digging out under doze circumstances.

Merry Christmas gang and enjoy the game today at Aloha Stadium. Will be watching the game on the tube this pm. It’s off to breakfast of champions, then morning excercise at Waiehu. Have a great day!!!

Bulla – Beast => Bummers! (I’m very, very disappointed…) 🙁 🙁 😥

😳 Let’s try that again…. 😳 🙄 😯

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okay…. changing gears….

Merry Christmas everybody. 😆 😆 😆

Bulla didn’t see any email but hang in there, there may be a reason he will not play for the Warrior’s, he works in mysterious ways.

hi ho hi ho

esme wooshhh.

Happy Birthday to Las Vegas! or should I say Rasu Begasu.
Hope everyone has a great Christmas Eve day whatever you may be doing. I hope everyone has a chance to spend time with ohana and friends over the next few days. It should be the PRESENCE not the PRESENTS that are important.

aloha to all our Tsaiko ohana,

all is well in the Eastman ohana, just had some interesting revelations on the events that have transpired in the last day……we shall investigate all options before we close the door……never say never……but we will keep you posted on any new developments………merry merry christmas 🙂

Bulla I’m sorry but if I may ask could I please see that email. It’s kind of really killing me inside right now and kind of need some kind of closure because I’m just down and out in my office right now. Your boy deserves it so much. Prayers brah prayers.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RASU BEGASU!!!!

Aloha Kakahiaka!

Merry Christmas Eve!!!

Better attack the slugs before I have to go pick up MsLiz…

Play nice y’all. See some of you later.

Bulla ~ Hope everything works out for Ryan. Merry Christmas!

subs = sibs

Dragged this over from the last post:

I remember when our son played Little League baseball, the coach said, when you draft a player, you drafted the entire family, parents and sibs who would be needed for support.

After following the Eastman clan these last few years, it’s clear that te entire Eastman Obama is a class act. The Beast leaves everything on the field. His parents were great hosts to the Weber State team when they visited last year. Through it all, Bulla continued to fully remain a strong Warrior supporter.

UH coaches would be missing a great opportunity if they don’t welcome the Beast and his family into the Warrior ohana.

Just a personal opinion. Never met the Beast or Bulla.