Don Weir resigns as Na Koa head
Here’s an e-mail:
Aloha Na Koa Board Members,
Effective April 2, 2010 I will resign as Executive Director of Na Koa Football Club.
I want to thank all of you for the hard work and dedication given in support of the Warrior Football players over the past year. Through your efforts Na Koa is in a better position to help graduate more players, place Warrior Football into the nations Top 25 teams, andhelp Warrior Football garner a BCS bid and win the game.
I could not have asked for a more professional and dedicated group to work with and to represent. I wish you all the best in your future work with Na Koa.
Aloha Oe,
Don
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The guessing game will continue for another week. UH is not expected to hire a new basketball coach this coming week.
Today is the first day athletic director Jim Donovan and members of his advisory panel will review applications. Donovan said there are about 30 applicants through last night, although 
that estimate does not include applications that might be en route through FedEx or other delivery services. Because there is an open-application process, candidates, in theory, could apply up to the time Donovan makes his decision.
The time frame will be at least a week more because Donovan and his advisory panel would like to do in-person interviews here and on the Mainland. They also need to determine whether some of the candidates meet the minimum qualifications. One of the MQs is five years of college coaching experience, although a coach can receive credit for equivalency work.
In the meantime, basketball fans can focus on their NCAA pools. For amusement purposes only, of course.
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At the suggestion of one of our readers, let’s have a contest. Six baseball tickets to the person who correctly guesses the next UH head coach. The first tie-breaker is the date and time of the news conference. After that, we’ll let Avis draw the winning name from the finalists. Only one winner, though. So, for instance, my entry would be: John Wooden, Wednesday, March 24, 11:59 p.m.
Good luck everyone.
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Know that annoying know-it-all sitting next to you at a baseball game? Well, you can be that know-it-all. Just go to this site, then drop some college baseball knowledge on the guy who keeps yelling: “Walk is just as good as a hit.”
Top ten!
Way to go Baseball ‘bows. Take DOWN Tommy the Trojan again!
Rah Rah Rah
okay.
we should have a pool for date and time of announcement.
Numbah tree bay-bee! 🙂
Okay, numbah fooah is good too!
Good Morning!
numba 6 ain’t all that bad
i won’t be surprised if the guy chosen is one who’s name has never surfaced.
dpk, too slow.
boy, that was a short walk.
Will the blog master be posting the names of at least the known applicants? It’ll make for some hot debate and heated discussions here on the ole WB, I am sure.
I only went 45 mins today. Its a beautiful morning, nary a cloud in the sky here on the slopes of Puowaena!
don’t you think that with boise state now entering the picture that there is more of a sense of urgency to hire the best candidate?
seems to me that we would be competing for a similar profiled candidate in respects to salary, level of experience, etc, etc.
So you gonna come and slurp some spaghetti tomorrow, al?
Iron Chef Bulla will be presiding over the cooking.
Good almost afternoon!
So, another week of speculation who the basketBow coach will be.
But al, the Boise candidate must love potatoes and cold winters. The Hawaii candidates must love beaches and great weather all year round.
Wow, slow day but good for me as I am sloooowww!
Great win by Amber Kaufman for the high jump with another chance to improve in the outdoor NCAA championship!
Great win for the Baseball bows last night. Seems if UH will schedule “good” teams, that fans will support whether it be baseball, basketball, volleyball or football. More than 2,500 fans at baseball has been a rarity the past 10 years. Past series with Oregon, Oregon St, and The Citidal attracted many fans to see a good team play. UH may not have the “name” players of former pro-baseball greats, like USC, but they have solid, good players who will make a difference.
Although UH is rated #2 in the RPI, once they start WAC play it will go down and hopefully the NCAA will remember the early, tough schedule when it’s time to select teams for the playoffs.
Hats off to Coach T for making this happen!!!
Seems to me that USC has the opportunity to “replace” BYU as the next team to DISLIKE in all sports – take that arrogance down!!!
Would be cool if the Beast and some of his Warrior buddies went to help with security and just happened to have pens with them.
Assuming the compliance office can figure out if that is going to be an approvable community activity in one day.
Gib Arnold. Thursday March 25th. 11:35AM
kyle smith, 1100 am, monday, march 22, 2010
Not sure if Jellybean Bryant meets all of the MQs. But I think saying, “my son Kobe will be helping me with my summer camp,” trumps all MQs.
Jeff Lebo
Tuesday March 23, 10:00 a.m.
Jerry Tarkanian. 10:00 am (PDT), Mon., 3/25/10.
heheheh
I know he didn’t apply, but my choice would be Bill Laimbeer.
d1島:
Heeeeey. We can only have one “Shark” in Manoa.
Such an excellent night at the TWO ball parks.
First Na Wahine POUND Troy SANS their ACE pitcher and what seems like their ONLY pitcher and then handle LMU as they did earlier in the year.
Me thinks Troy wants to get us in the bracket games. Should the Wahine defeat DePaul and their Jim Bolla-esque head coach today at 2pm we play probably DePaul again at 6pm tonight. Should we lose the 2pm game, we play at 4pm tonight against probabkly 3rd seed Troy and THEN they will unleash their ace in Williams.
Funny story. Since the LMU game was mercy-ruled I figured I’d head to the baseball game either I pay for a ticket or not as I wasn’t sure if it was the 7th inning yet. I asked Ralph and Pomai if they wanted to go and both declined.. TSK TSK TSK!!!!!!!!
I walked in there, the Les was PUMPIN!!!!! 0 outs and bases loaded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A friend saved me a seat in the lower level just above the UH dugout amongst the students, including Rainbow Wahine Brittany Hewitt and Kanani Danielson, and whatnot and the whole place was going nuts. Needless to say… YOU CAN ALL THANK ME FOR COMING AT THE RIGHT TIME TO BRING THE MANA FROM THE SOFTBALL GAME TO THE LES!!!! 😆
Nah, but seriously, what great timing for me and what a great night!!!!
LET’S KEEP ROLLING!!!! LET’S GO BOWS!!! LET’S GO WAHINE!!! WIN THIS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I’m gonna owe Al that case of beer aren’t I? 🙁
ST,
Where you went during the Troy game? 😯
Hiya, nap-a!
Morning!
I’m not second-guessing JD on his selection. Go, JD!
Missing UH baseball & softball today in favor of rooting for St. Francis’ softball, since they’re playing the Puns this evening. My niece is playing.
CORRECTION:
Should we defeat DePaul at 2pm we most likely will play LMU (4th seed) at 6pm.
Should we lose to DePaul we’ll face probably Troy (3rd seed) at 4pm WITH Williams pitching.
kazz…and not just any beer. green bottled peroni’s to be exact.
as mentioned previously…
what kid and/or parent would deny joe bryant a visit?
and he got the italian connection.
Know that annoying know-it-all sitting next to you at a baseball game? Well, you can be that know-it-all. Just go to this site, then drop some college baseball knowledge on the guy who keeps yelling: “Walk is just as good as a hit.” – sat in front of one at a recent men’s b-ball game that was close – “these are important free throws”
fab morning and alojah tsaiko country
first mahalo to jj and st for dem ticks. congrats to the bball warriors and sball wahines on their victories yesterday. suppa game at the murakami and yes the place was rocking. pitching and timely hitting in two innings scoring 8 runs was just beautiful. figured there was about 2500+ at the game. the first inning must have lasted 1 hr. downed about 5 beeru’s. sat with slugger and okazu.
hint stretch …….. the troy boys don’t like to be harassed.
Congrats to Amber and best wishes to her future.
chawan cut, March 28th at 9:00 am for mbb coach
I don’t know about annoying, but I hear a know-it-all sometimes at the baseball games. “Routine fly ball…use the donut!!!” 🙂
Is there a deadline to enter this “John Wooden” contest? I’m guessing it’s ongoing until the announcement.
Re: UH MBB HC Candidates – Gib Arnold, Jellybean Bryant, Michael Ray Richardson. Is this the best they can do at this point? How about getting someone on their list who is at least currently employed or who hasn’t recently been fired at the Div-I level?
Hope the list of candidates gets better in the next few days.
Good morning everyone!
My first impression of the new contest was that the “guess the date” part to announce anything would have been a lot more challenging with JD’s predecessor. 🙂
Ya gotta guess the date, time, AND the hiree?!
What are the odds?
Kazz – Protector made the same claim that he was responsible for the win last night because right after he arrived, the Bows went on their rampage.
Stretch – your substitute was really giving the Trojans a bad, bad time last night. He stood right next to the screen about four feet away from the batting circle and let `er rip throughout most of the game.
Didn’t see any other Tsai-kos at the game, but now that we have lower level seats, maybe that will happen more often.
Again, is the event tomorrow night open to the general public as in Tsai-kos?
Congratulations Bryan Clay!
WDoc,
Not sure about the event itself but the Tsaikos are going to help prepare for the event.
Kazz,
The ‘mana’ was already happening ’cause I was already at the Les while you were still dawdling at the softball stadium, baby! Didn’t you hear the cheers while you were walking there?
Nah! I think everyone can share in credit for the ‘mana’ as it will always be strong if they could pack ’em in like that every night!
WassupDoc — I saw that Wena noted elsewhere that tomorrow’s veggie Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser at Hawaii Mission Academy is open to the public. $15 includes dinner, student talent show, and auction. Starts at 5:00 pm Sunday.
Bulla is leading the Tsai-ko spaghetti crew with his trusty associate, Da Punchbowl Kid. I hear Al, the Addaknows, the d1島’s, and HiFlyer are helping too…maybe more. Looks like a meeting of Tsai-ko Iron Chefs. 🙂
ST: For the Pick-the-Coach Contest,
Tad Boyle 11:30 HST 3/22/2010
Though, like you, I like Bennett as a candidate, I don’t think he’d take a step
backward for a huge rebuilding challenge for peanuts. On the other hand, Boyle is making 110 K, so 200-300 K would be acceptable, I would think. Also, if he can come here & turn the program around significantly, then his stock would soar (like JJ in college football) and he could then write his own ticket wherever!
Aloha Tsaikos,
For personal reasons I will tender my resignation as
Executive Director of Na Koa Football Club on 04.02.2010.
I want to take a moment and thank all of you for your support over the last year. I want to say mahalo for your suggestions on how to make Na Koa as well as Warrior Football better. Na Koa has made significant changes and improvements (some directly attibutable to your input) in order to better support those players on the field.
You all are passionate about Warrior Athletics and that is a good thing!!
Aloha Oe,
Don
Don . . .
Seriously?
Thank you for your work and best wishes for your future.
Dang. Na Koa and the Tsai-kos are sure going to miss you.
Don Weir, even tho I met you only a couple of times, I have to admit that you are a very energetic and great to know guy. For whatever reasons you are stepping down, I just want to wish you and your family the best and know your future will always be bright. Thank you for your time as the Ex Dir and will miss your enthusiasm, but hope you will keep posting your thoughts with us. Aloha!!!!
Just when we don’t need anymore bombshells, we get another one from one of our great supporters, Don Wier.
Don, that’s really too bad. Thanks for doing your job with passion.
Don Weir- Mahalo and God Bless!!!
😯
Mahalo and Best Wishes Don Weir.
What up Tsaiko’s.
I THIRSTY fo some beverages.
Sorry gang, I little early.
Not Football season yet.
DAMN!
Be safe, take care, back to work.
BEHAVE eyes on you!
Don,
I echo the sentiments of whitey, wafan & expat in regretting that you’re stepping down but recognizing your efforts at Na Koa. Best wishes to you & your family on your future endeavors. Hope you’ve groomed a worthy successor so Na Koa doesn’t falter after your significant efforts at optimizing things.
Don Weir — Best of luck and thank you for the great job you have done! Considering all the time and energy you have expended in your excellent work, I hope your resignation is not a health issue.
But have a good rest and vacation and we hope to see you again soon!
future UH basketball coach – hmmmm, I don’t know and any time and date is fine!
Jason Rabedeaux
don…no way.
“the tsaiko spaghetti factory” has stepped up to the aid of the tsaiko master and a very good cause.
we need more help.
no need any experience.
just your kind spirit and your generosity to give back.
be there
hawaiian mission academy
assemble at the school cafeteria
at 1230 pm
this sunday.
please.
Don Weir,
Aiyah! I really appreciated your outreach to us, former athletes, and community. Good luck in any new endeavors! Let UHAD know that I can still help with the Na Koa office work.
Looks like my niece is not going to be playing today, sick & banged up. Guess I can go to UH games.
I might be able to help on Sunday…
Don Weir,
Hope all is well personally and professionally for you. Sad day indeed. Slowly we were able to see the strides Na Koa was taking.
Hopefully it will continue to move upward on the strength of your initial influence.
BEST IDEA OF THE DAY:
BEFORE HEADING TO SEE UH VS USC II (at 6:35pm) YOU CAN SECURE GREAT PARKING AT UH BY ATTENDING AND SUPPORTING WAHINE SOFTBALL AS THEY TAKE ON DEPAUL AT 2PM AT THE SAME TIME!!!!
UH ballpark impact newcomers of 2010 (first season at UH):
-Kaia Parnaby
-Collin Bennett
-Pi’ikea Kitamura
-Jessica Iwata
-David Freitas
-Kelly Majam
Good afternoon Tsai-kos!
Mahalo and best wishes, Don Weir.
Anyone going to Wahine softball tonight? I should be there by 5. Have to pick up keed at 9:30 sharp (school function), so not sure I’d wanna go to the baseball game.
Don
Your leaving is a huge loss for us all. Never have we had someone so attentive and responsive as you! Please go with our very best wishes. Do drop by the Tsaiko-gates whenever you’re able.
BG and Betty
Al
Betty and I won’t be able to make it until about 1pm or shortly thereafter.
1) Is there an address? Is it next to the freeway by Cartwright Field?
2) Should we bring equipment like knives? Unlike Homey, I don’t keep mine strapped to my leg all the time.
bg n betty,
1000 mahalo’s
address:
1438 Pensacola Street
Honolulu, HI 96822-3899
link to website scroll down for map.
http://hawaiianmissionacademy.org/contact.asp
slugger…hope to see you there.
Don,
Mahalo for all you’ve done. I was able to meet you during halftime at Qwest Stadium in Seattle. Best wishes to you and your family.
#23 — Laimbeer? Is he a candidate? I know who can cement that deal.
I hate to hear Na Koa is going leaderless. Who’s up 4 that?
Not so good for Ralph’s Wildcats….about to get RockChalk’d?
al…thanks…we’ll be there
Bryant, Wed, March 24, 10:10 am
If Jellybean gets selected, do ya think we could get some great Laker donations for fund raisers???
Anything happening at the softball game?
Doctor Don, ALL I can say is “MAHALO” for your outstanding leadership to Na Koa as when we talked in San Jose on this matter you made it clear of how and what you want to accomplish as a professional leader and changes that need to be.
Your inspiring dedication “NO ONE” can replace and your undaunted love for Hawaii athletics is so much appreciated by every local Hawaiian fan that had the opportunity of meeting you and enjoying your wealth of aloha !
What ever is instore for you I know you will make an “IMPACT” as positive results from your professionalism and leadership will make that organization the “BEST” that it can be !
Will see you in the immediate future and share camraderie as we are letterwinners for life !
Mahalo for your “GREATNESS” !
Don,
mahalo for your efforts, your hard work and your passion. it was an honor and a pleasure to meet you at Camellias. i pray for your blessings financially, spiritually, and physically. a hui hou
did someone say John Wooden was going to coach UH? i thought he retired already from USC……he was a great baseball coach, don’t find many liberal coaches like that anymore.
LOL. Yes, Bulla, he was the most progressive coach ever…as long as it was done his way. I heard his twin (with the same name) was a passable basketball hc too! 😀
BG
i think one of them was an investment advisor, he always told the young men to ‘go to the bank’, always ‘go to the bank’.
the other brother must have been a pool hustler, he would chuckle and say under his breath, ‘bank shot all the time, if you want to win, go to the bank’.
it must have been a reflection of their riotous, care free upbringing in their younger years.
And the annoying basketball analysts:
“Now it’s a two-possession game …”
Sure, that’s easy, when it’s 75-71.
I want the genius to tell me how many possessions it is when it’s 75-53.
Or when somebody bad-mouths the motion offense.
Every offense is a motion offense, even Iolani’s, when it has the fourth-quarter lead and tries to play keep-away.
75-71?
that could be a three possession game.
3 pter and a foul.
Battah, battah, battah, battah, su-wing, battah, battah….
I love Ferris Beuller.
GO BASEBOWS!
See you at the Les!
Leonard Peters made the travel roster for the latest national rugby competition for the USA. Hopefully the USA team will do well in pool play–they have Australia, England, and Niue in their pool.
Hey, ST —
Don’t know if this is a tip or common knowledge (to everyone but me…), but I was on a flight back from Vegas yesterday afternoon, and saw a guy who, if he isn’t the guy who’s going to choose the next Warrior head basketball coach, then that guy has a twin brother I didn’t know about. Any idea why the A.D. might have been in Vegas? Any head coach candidates there?
I still don’t understand why it should take that long to get a new basketball coach. To me, by the end of next weekend we should have one in place. Time is a wasting and recruiting is critical. To save time, they should have tele-conferences to speed things up…instead of in person interviews on the mainland, you know, get with the program, get with the new human network!!!! Hello! You play to win the game!!!!! I shake my head. UH’s posting and methods are antiquated. You know, right now there is no time to go to sleep.
I’ll make a bet. I bet Boise St. gets a new head coach before us.
Did the Mountain West fix their conference tournament so that they can get 4 teams in the Big Dance? BYU and Nex Mexico lost in the semis. They were guaranteed to be in the tournament. UNLV probably was going to get in if they made the conference final. San Diego St. was on the bubble but had a decent shot to make it. As it turned out, San Diego St. won the conference tournament and the automatic bud. And New Mexico, BYU, and UNLV will get at large bids. And that’s how you do it to get your conference 4 tournament bids in a 9 team conference. Wonderful!
I watch a lot of college basketball games during the season and there are a lot of good teams out there. Teams you don’t hear about often are really good…teams like Siena, Vermont, East Tenn St., Lehigh, Montana, and UC Riverside. Which is why I really believe that with the right coach at Hawaii and the recruits the coach gets, UH can turnaround the basketball program in one year. There are only 13 to 15 players on the team. Get 5 to 7 good players in the program and that’s the starting five and the frontline bench. Right now, the ony guy who might be a potential starter for next year’s team is Amis. Thompson needs to put on about 15 to 20 pounds of muscle. The whole team coming back needs to run like they’ve never run before for their conditioning.
The best team that I’ve seen is Kansas. The sleeper to me is Butler.
Don it’s a shame that you have to resign, for the first time in many moons Na Koa was heading in the right direction, for many years it was just the same ole same ole. Sure wish you would change your mind, because I feel that without someone with your vision an devotion it will return to the same ole same ole.
Hi Tsaikos,
Glad to hear some else is throwing their hat in. Joe Bryant. This guy has coached at every level. High School, LaSalle U., LA Sparks, and Pro leagues in Italy. Granted womens bball is different esp since only one of 2 teams win it every year (UConn and Tenn) but girls play more fundamentals bball, something we were lacking a lot for the mens. Im not sure if he can recruit but the name alone might help. Business wise, Kobe has already hinted at helping with sponsorship. We seem to be looking at assistants at small schools or one that just got fired for recruiting violations. I know we dont have a lot of money and Yes I know we cant fall in love with the “pros” aspect (ie. Von Appen) but you never know.
At this pace, the baseball game may be over by 8:45 the way the pitchers are dealing…..
88 – Steve Hensen? I thought he may be a great candidate for the BSU job.. Wouldn’t surprise me if he is one of the guys on the short list.
Vegas? hey, wouldn’t be thinking of sort of adopting one of the Findlay Prep foreign players just incase Prep doesn’t field a team next year eh?
Whoo-hoo!!!
Hawks up 28 – 21 at the half in the 2A gbb championship game.
Kansas wins big 12 championship over K State, 72-64, before 19000+ fans.
Gotta spring the clocks forward in about an hour and change. That’s unfortunate (due to loss of sleep).
CRW is there lots of snow in D.C. at this time. My daughter is headed to D.C. for Spring Break, and I told her to bring her ski jacket. I also told her that students head south and leave the D.C. area for Spring Break
#88
Going through Las Vegas might have been the easiest way for him to get home.
Let’s go BOWS!!!!
Ralph,
Actually all the snow has melted (luckily). Temperatures during the day have been hovering around mid-upper 50s lately.
When is she coming out? I ask because the cherry blossoms will likely be in full bloom by the end of the month…..that tends to attract a lot of people to Washington.
CRW Spring break for UH is March 22-26, so in that time frame. Hopefully the temperature goes up further and a walk around the monuments wouldn’t be too uncomfortable.
Nearly the end of the 3rd qtr. Hawks up by 13.
UH Na Wahine plays De Paul at 12 noon tomorrow for the tournament championship. De Paul is the top seed after defeating UH 6-2 this afternoon behind the pitching of Bree Brown, 13 Ks, no walks.
Ralph,
If temperatures are within average, they won’t get much higher than that. Walking around shouldn’t be too bad, but I suppose if one isn’t accustomed to temps in the 40s and 50s, the need to bundle up may be there.
Always hoping for warmer, but its too far out to project it with greater certainty.
4th qtr. Hawks up 43 to 32.
If I go help with s’ghetti sauce, I’ll miss the Wahine game. Planning to go help anyway.
Go Bows!
Go Wahine!
CRW thanks, ski jacket will do, she had a year living in Wisconsin during winter. I was concerned that the roads would be snow bound
Slugger you may have to start a search party for Kazz, he has been missing in action since the 6th inning against De Pau with the Na Wahine down 4-2l, he was totally distraught with the Na Wahine effort and possible outcome and left, or I think he left. He hasn’t posted here or answered my text.
The one thing we needed was a good rain storm to melt the remaining snow (and potentially flood the Potomac River).
That’s exactly what we got today and yesterday. Shouldn’t be any snow on the ground out here, barring some freak weather system materializing.
Whoo-hoo!!!
Lady Hawks are the Washington State 2A BB State Champions!!! 56 -44.
Amazingly, 3 championships under 3 different coaches in the last 4 years.
With only 2 seniors on the team they are looking good for the next few years. Dana might want to pay these girls a visit.
Nice to see a big crowd with lots of kids at the Les!
And PROUD of my fellow Tsai-kos stepping it up for hana kokua!
Moopuna birthday today with snow in Portland.
derek
you should bet with “eh no make”.
ralph,
You’ll have to form a search party to look for Kazz tomorrow. He should be there for the noon game. Did you mean 4-2 in the first Wahine game? They’re still playing in the Championship game tomorrow. He’ll be ok.
Go Wahine!!!
Go BaseBows!
slugger 4-2 was the score when Kazz got that funny look and walked off in the 6th inning. He didn’t return for the completion of the game. We thought he went off for a cigarette break.
Good evening!!
Went to my first ever Rainbow baseball game. They gave that game away, aided by a couple of bad calls from the 1st base ump. Both baseball and softball teams need to cut down on their throwing errors.
Nitey Nite and Sweet Base/SoftBow Dreams!
Mahalo again, Don Weir.
jmxxxx,
BaseBow bats couldn’t climb over the Mounts tonight. He seemed to be aided by a rather low strike zone allowed by the Ump but maybe they could have adjusted to that in the later innings.
Still, Spangler pitched well enough to win (11 K’s thru 6.2 innings) but just got locked up in a pitcher’s duel and came up short.
…but it sure was nice to see the crowd there tonight.
d1 – yeah, it was a pitcher’s duel, but those errors let runs score. Anyway, it was a good game. Great to see all those kiddies there. I think I saw a few afterward while picking up my kid – an older sibling must be a MPI freshman.
Left at the top of the 9th so I could make it out of there and into Waikiki by 9:30. Getting out of the parking garage can be difficult. I once spent over 15 min just trying to get out of my space.
See you guys Friday night at the vb game.
I hate pitching duels. 🙁
But a big mahalo to d1島 for the ticket to tonight’s game!
ahhh. two pitchers battling it out there. is good stuff.
such a game forces the team to play well.
tonight usc was the better team. taking advantage of the small stuff.
on another note, it is imperative to our success in the wac whether klein and slaats can rebound from injuries.
with them we could be considered the darkhorse. the one, two, three punch of slaats, klein, and spangler could wreak havoc on the rest of the wac. our bullpen also looks formidable.
West Virginia basketball program struggled for many years and weren’t national contenders. Three years ago they hire Huggins, formerly K State and Cincinnati coach, this year West Virginia wins its first ever Big East Title and the team is ranked 10th in the country.
Ditto with K State, when Huggins left they hired Frank Martin, a top assistant, never been a head coach, this season K State is ranked in the top ten for the first time since the 60’s, first time ever played for the big 12 title this season, and won 20+ for three consecutive seasons for the first time in decades.
Finding the right coach makes a difference, he recruits, the team wins, the program makes the NCAA on a regular basis, then the fans will come and remain fans, expecting a good, competitive game with a chance to win every night.
I don’t think West Virginia or K State is any larger than UH and all three communities are isolated. Yes, people can drive to the schools but trying flying into Manhattan, Kansas, it’s not easy to get to.
i think trap gets it now.
assemble a good pitching staff coupled with a nice sprinkling of local boys, win a few, and pack the house.
good to see the little guys enjoy the les first hand.
next year’s local recruits local good too.
nice to see our ex-bat boy playing thirdbase.
so is anyone gonna ask why don weir is stepping down?
UH baseball need hitters period. Lots of arms to work in the thin area places like Nevada and NMST, but UH got to keep up the run production to keep up with the teams banging the ball out of these parks. La Tech and Fresno have out hit us, we were lucky to qualify for the last WAC tournament on the last weekend of play.
stevem….some say baseball is ninety per cent pitching.
De Paul’s pitcher stood 5-4′, struck out 13 Na Wahine batters, 0 walks, controlled the game. UH got 2 homers but that’s all they got. De Paul’s pitching coach is Cat Ostermann, formerly Texas All American, current USA National team pitcher and Olympian. De Paul’s catcher planted her foot in the opposite batter’s box and targeted the outside of the plate all day long, no UH player went with the pitch location, all pull hitters, no heat, just good location and the UH batters were rung up 13 times. Reason we loss Kazz in the 6th inning, he was completely out of it. Take you meds Kazz, take your meds.
loss=lost
you=your
Al so is softball. Most teams have one ace, good defense, and work to get one or two runs. Sometimes you get a team like the past Arizona team that hit a lot of homers-Laura Espinosa, SS Arizona, years ago, had 41 homers in the season. Unbelievable for softball.
Danielle Lawrie, UDUB pitcher had a record of 42-8 last season when UDUB won the National title and she won the POY.
Al it took Trap a reminder of his job security before he recruited locally, looked at the numbers in term of attendance and bottom line for the program mired in red.
If Carmichael signs with UH, then barring injury, UH will be set at catcher with Freitas having one year of eligibillity unless he signs and Carmichael learning to hit D1 pitching. Kitamura is seeing the ball better, now Almadova got to pick it up a notch. Any HS shortstops locally being recruited? Garcia is a senior.
Don Weir, Don Weir, Don Weir, guy had so much positive energy for the Warriors, always upbeat when he came to the tsaiko tailgate or to any event the tsaikos were having to talk warrior football. Na Koa will lose a man with vision, thinking outside of the box to promote warrior football. Oh well, back to the status quo.
Likewise, I like to share my best wishes for Don. He did bring great energy and support to the football program. Not having Don at the helm at Na Koa is a bit of a concern. Is there someone in place to take over?
credit repair vermont…
Kudos to the webmaster for running a fabulous site!…
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Kyle Smith, Tuesday, March 23rd. @ 11 am
Excellent article, I will take note. Many thanks for the story!
Мде …
КОНЦОВКА КЛАССНАЯ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…
code reduction…
yes ……..
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