Spain, Olds are no longer on team
Norm Chow confirmed that quarterback Kevin Spain and offensive lineman Thomas Olds are no longer on the roster. Both will be allowed to attend classes and remain on scholarship this semester. They are not expected back for the 2012 season.
Spain received a medical redshirt for the 2010 season after undergoing shoulder surgery. Although he progressed medically, he was not at 100 percent last season.
In the summer of 2009, the Warriors were recruiting four quarterbacks. Each was made an offer with the stipulation the first to accept would receive the scholarship. Spain made an oral commitment to UH. Later, UH made a gray-shirt offer to Leilehua’s Andrew Manley, who declined and instead signed with New Mexico State. Manley eventually became the Aggies’ starting quarterback as a freshman. Jeremy Higgins of Saint Louis School also received one of the four offers from UH. He ended up signing with Utah State, then transferred to UH in June 2011. He redshirted as part of NCAA transfer rules.
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Former Warrior defensive tackle Kaniela Tuipulotu had successful labrum surgery on his right shoulder, and is expected to be ready for the start of the NFL’s training camps in July.
Tuipulotu, who had surgery on that shoulder in 2009 after transferring from Arizona, was injured against Fresno State in 2011. He played the remainder of the season in discomfort. He aggravated the shoulder during the East-West Shrine Game in January.
At the recommendation of doctors and his agent, Tuipulotu underwent the recent operation.
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Well wishes to Midnight on his upcoming procedure.
Good morning. Get well and good luck kane#!!!!
1st for the very 1st time!!!!!
Hey, hey, hey! #2
morning
Glad you did not fall off a cliff!
how is Bright’s turf toe?
wishing you a speedy recovery kaniela!
Good morning Tsaikos
Good morning Tsaikos!
Speedy healing to Kaniela, so he go out and impress the NFLers and play on Sundays!
Wow, must be time for breakfast. Someone already broke out da Spam!
Good Luck to Warrior Kaniela Tuipulotu.
Healing to Kani and Kalfred!
Nice article on the Honcho in today’s SA sports.
Midnight:
Special prayers for a full and speedy recovery!
hey ST… excellent job with the write-ups on chow’s staff. really enjoyed reading about all the new coaches and potential key players this coming season. however, i did notice one thing… it seemed like there was a write-up on every coach except tony tuioti. why was that? i feel he doesn’t get the recognition he deserves since he is the lone holdover from the previous regime (even coach chow forgot to introduce him at the introduction luncheon). apologies if i just happened to miss it.
Good morning everyone!
Good luck and a speedy recovery to Tsai-ko karaoke maestro Midnight!
Good luck to Kaniela and the other Warriors hoping to find a spot on an NFL roster this year!
GO WARRIORS!
GO NUTS!
Spring is in the air.
Football is in the air!!!!!:-)
What is the plan for the start of spring ball tomorrow? Will they be on the field or are they doing freshman meetings like they usually do before the start of most activities?
I don’t think freshman meetings take place until fall camp..
Howzit, everyone!
Healing prayers for all those in need!
Looking forward to talking story with you, Midnight! Extra prayers for you and Barb!
Re13: Cheepono I agree about Tony Tuioti not getting the recognition he deserves…I remember at the luncheon they had to introduce the staff Norm Chow introduced everyone except for TT someone in the crowd had to mention it to Norm Chow before he remembered…
Hello everyone!
#21
I hope that Kaniela Tuipulotu is fully recovered soon. Undrafted rookies don’t get a lot of time to prove themselves in NFL camps–I still remember how RGM was told by the GM of the NFL team he was with that he “made the team”, then the GM cut RGM once he got hurt in the preseason. Tuipulotu is a true Warrior so if he gets a fair chance he’ll have a shot at making a roster, but hopefully his shoulder is okay.
Best wishes to midnight.
Get well Tuipulotu.
Interesting note on why Navy would be the first academy to jump to the Big East to try to get additional revenue for athletics. I still think that Air Force will eventually join them in the Big East.
Army and the Air Force receive tax dollars for athletics, but Navy does not:
http://thebirddog.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/changing-course-part-4-faq/
St, thanks for the wishes… didnt get on here yesterday….
JESSICA IWATA WAC HITTER OF THE WEEK AND STEPHANIE RICKETTS WAC PITCHER OF THE WEEK!!!
Congrats to Jessica and Stephanie, well deserved. Now, I hope the Wahine bats will come alive from here on out. Get well rested and focus on making good contact. Too many strikeouts recently, albeit against good pitchers. Missed Parnaby against A&M. Stephanie obviously was physically tired, but she gutted it out. The hitting needs to help. If the offense gets going the Wahine will dominate. Aguirre and Pagaduan striking out a lot. Those are key spots after Iwata and setting the table for the top of the order. SJSU pitcher Pridemore is a good one so it will be a good test. Can’t take anybody lightly.
Good Morning All!
Best wishes & Get Well soon for Tuipulotu!
ST I really like this article! This man really has my respect:
…”While the strict standards appear to have little to do with football, Chow insisted they have everything to do with building a winning program.
“It’s all about responsibility, accountability and trusting one another,” Chow said. “When it’s the third quarter, I have to trust you to make sure you do the right thing. And you have to trust that I’ll do the right thing. Everything matters.”…
GO Warriors!!!
Happy Healing to Kaniela Tuipulotu and midnight.
Thinking about fasting until lunchtime tomorrow. Big event.
…OK. Thought it over.
No need! 😎
Garret, interesting find on Air Force receiving government funding for athletics. I remain unconvinced that Air Force will leave its traditional Front Range rivals and put its Olympic sports at risk in a shrinking WAC in order to join Navy in the Big East. Especially since being in the “top tier” of football programs is not Air Force’s chief motivation (otherwise they would have been willing to partner with BYU in a bid to join the Big 12, an option they reportedly rejected).
I think the Alliance can hold onto Air Force if it keeps the conference football schedule at 8 games instead of 9. It’s important to Air Force to play a minimum of 4 out-of-conference games each season, so that it can continue scheduling annual rivalry games against Army and Navy plus one game against a “name” opponent and one against an FCS opponent to open the season (parents weekend at the Academy).
Belated Happy Birthday to Jeezy!
Thanks to the many prayers and well wishes for my forthcoming triple by-pass surgery.
Looking forward to the procedure, after lolling around in my hospital room during the weekend, waiting for a schedule day.
Go Warriors!
Congrats to Steph and Jessica!!
Speedy healing to Midnight.
ST,
Happened to notice that you didn’t mention Kevin Spain among the returning QBs that can play this season….just Graves, Shutter, and Higgins….in your article.
What’s Spain’s current status?
ST
Good pics in that locker room renovation series. Saw Shutter and Higgins both many times at Punahou and St Louis and they have really filled out in upper body – boys to men!
Garret:
#25 – why only Army and Air Force funded by the Feds? seems discriminatory, eh!
whoa! another day under 100?
tomorrow will be “busy” – start of practice and lunch at Maple Garden!
wafan:
MasaBoy says thanks for the blast of cold air from PNW that reached Vegas yesterday – temp went from low of 57 to 41 degrees!
now that low pressure system goes from Canada to the Gulf states – like a big ruler pushing the warm air east.
HawaiiMongoose,
You are saying that Air Force will stay in the alliance because they want their Olympic sports to remain in the same conference as their current MWC rivals. I would consider that a strong argument…if Air Force hadn’t ALREADY said that they wanted to have their Olympic teams to *stop* playing MWC opponents. Air Force publicly said that MWC competition is too tough for their Olympic teams and they want to move to a lower level for their Olympic sports.
So, if Air Force is NOT going to be a long-term member of the alliance for its Olympic teams, then I have to discount the argument that they would not go to the Big East because they wanted their Olympic teams to stay in the alliance. By the way, Air Force is not looking at the WAC for their Olympic teams, they already have been publicly discussing a movement to the Missouri Valley Conference.
http://www.gazette.com/articles/gen-126331-west-names.html
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Air Force says that they want to drop down a level of competition for their Olympic sports and the Big 12 only takes full members…Big 12 Olympic sports are MORE competitive than MWC Olympic sports. Air Force cited their Olympic sports as a reason that they turned down the Big 12.
The argument that Air Force turned down the Big 12 so they wouldn’t go to the Big East is therefore ignoring the reasons why Air Force turned down the Big 12.
I have been shocked that through this entire process with the alliance, people have forgotten how Air Force and Craig Thompson publicly talked about how Air Force may be a football-only member soon. That would create 2 football-only members on the MWC side of the alliance, really creating an imbalance since the CUSA side doesn’t have any football-only members now.
I do agree with HawaiiMongoose that the alliance would need to remain at 8 conference games to have any chance of keeping Air Force as a football member. If the alliance decides that they will get more TV money if they insist on 9 conference games (like some other conferences are moving to), then they will push Air Force to the Big East.
Stinking Broncos!
What u guys think? Smith leaves the Niners and the Kaepernick era begins? Or does he swallow his pride and return?
Glad that Tuipulotu is on the mend. Has he been garnering any interest from the NFL? He was supposed to be right there with Meatoga right? Wonder if he is on the radar.
If Smith chooses to go to Miami it will be further proof of the debilitation effects of multiple hard hits on QBs’ mental acuity.
kapakahi, looks like Spain is no longer on the roster. neither is Olds.
d1 . . . good one! 🙂
Spain is gone?
Alex Smith will re-sign with the 49ers. Bank it. Garret Jefferson shouldn’t feel so bad. NBA All-Star Blake Griffen had 2 air balls on free throws in one game. Still, for a Guard, Jefferson has a lot of ‘spaining to do. He and a lot of Rainbow Warriors have to work on their games and practice their 3 pt. shots. We need a lot of shooters.
Spain is here, but gone.
I’m here, but gone too ST so you have to be more specific . . . hahaha
does that mean he is still a student but no longer with the team?
He wasn’t cut. I think he was given a facts-of-life speech.
Olds was cut.
good luck to spain and olds, wherever they end up.
Higgins should be like . . . “ho bra, that’s my scholie den!”
Spain is still on the map. General Motors also cut Olds.
Yikes…Down comes “DA HAMMAH!!! Of mighty THOR!!!
Inquiry minds want to know. How ‘come Coach Tuioti did not get a write up in the series? Did we miss it?
BIK
no mention of shutter in the blog post ST? he was the 4th qb we were recruiting that year.
didn’t realize there were three d-1 caliber QB recruits out of hawaii in 09. manley, higgins, and shutter. it’s rare to get one out of hawaii in a given year, let alone three.
i was wondering the exact same thing BIK.
If Chow feels we are good enough at QB for now, then I’m on board. I think Graves certainly got the gamesmanship. Under Chow, great things may happen. I’ve always been high on Higgins. I like leftys.
BIK
ST:
which means in #56 that the Ohio State transfer will battle it out for #1 in 2013 with 3 years to play 3 or 3 years to play 2?
if so, makes sense that Chow is taking a hard long look at current HS juniors for 2013 and beyond – like the 6’6” QB in Florida.
Shutter was with the 2009 class; Spain, Manley and Higgins were with the 2010 class.
In 2013, Taylor Graham will have three years to play three.
He redshirted as a freshman The Ohio State University.
Since Tuioti was a holdover coach, and he will share LB duties with Kaumeyer, he did not get a separate write-up. Only the new coaches got one.
But Tuioti is an outstanding coach and recruiter.
Kev-1
It very well might be. It goes back into the pool.
Then again, UH might need some 2013 scholarships. I haven’t received an exact count, but there are about 15 initials available. I have to bust out the slide ruler.
that’s right. thanks for the clarification ST.
i think graham will only have 2 years to play 2 starting in 2013.
2010 – RS @ OSU
2011 – RS Fresh @ OSU
2012 – Sophomore transfer/sit out
2013 – Junior
2014 – Senior
as always ST, thanks for making things clearer for me.
GO WARRIORS!
cheepono . . . that’s what I thought until ST posted 3 to play 3. Then I figured that the sit out year wouldn’t count against eligibility, so then should be 3 to play 3 right?
Don’t know, just trying to figure . . .
still think coach tuioti deserved to have his own write-up. considering coach chow didn’t even know who he was when he took the head coaching gig, it really says something about tony’s coaching and recruiting abilities.
Cheepono:
Your calculations are right.
My bad. I blame my slide ruler.
slide ruler -> slide rule. nerds rule!
Spain is a good guy, good player, good student.
A lot of good about him.
But he wasn’t going to be in the QB picture in the near future.
Couch:
Thanks.
I actually had one of those, but couldn’t figure out how to use it. I just liked to slide it up and down. I thought it was amusing.
And now I know I didn’t know the name for it.
i was happy when i got my texas instruments pocket calculator.
i was also happy when i got that japanese pencil, the one where there were many lead holder things that you could pull out from the front and replace it on the top. and then there was that eraser everyone wanted that didn’t rip apart your paper when you used it.
Now kids have mechanical pencils that they don’t even have to push (click) for lead to come out. They just give it a little shake. Neat, but lazy.
Here is how non-nerd I am . . . I never even reached a level of math where I needed a texas instruments calculator until college. And I still don’t know how to use it.
Garrett, the article about Air Force considering moving its Olympic sports out of the MWC dates from last October. Subsequently in December when Air Force announced its intention to stay in the MWC, there was no mention of putting any of its sports elsewhere. In fact the comments from the Academy superintendent, about being “all in” with the MWC and negotiating with NBC and CBS to improve the TV package, suggest that Air Force has decided to take on a key role in building the Alliance.
http://gazetteafasports.freedomblogging.com/2011/12/07/and-here-is-lt-gen-mike-goulds-official-statement-through-air-force/15281/
http://gazetteafasports.freedomblogging.com/2011/12/07/lt-gen-mike-goulds-comments-about-staying-in-the-mw/15278/
i heard that learning script isn’t required anymore. i shouldn’t talk since my script is illegible.
We used to play Strat-o-matic baseball as kids.
We didn’t have calculators then, because they used to cost about $100. So we updated our stats by doing calculations on scratch paper.
One of my teacher said: Do you really think doing baseball statistics will lead to a job when you’re older?
wonder what those pokemon card gamers are going to be when they grow up.
http://www.ncaa.com/stats/softball/d1
#18/19 RAINBOW WAHINE LEAD THE NATION IN… ERA AT .77!!!
Stephanie Ricketts at .98 and Kaia Parnaby at .43 and a total team fielding % of .975.
Great individual efforts backed up by good team support on this one!!!
I had a slide rule…stupidest thing ever.
The plastic thing on the outside made it impossible to draw a straight line more than 6″ long! 😈
…unless you pulled out the middle section (for you wiseacres). But then once you lost that! Wat?!?!
Good afternoon!
Great news ’bout the Wonderful Wahine softball players!
G’dafternoon wafan!
The slide rule I used had a two-sided middle sliding thing.
Impressive, yeah, the command of technical terms. HA!
Interesting about script.
I can’t do that at all anymore.
It was weird. One day I could do script, the next I couldn’t.
So now I use print, which is why my letters look like they were penned by a serial killer.
Greetings, DPK!
You and the boss doing well, I hope.
The Churning Waters of Hilo claims another young life.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/17195318/hilo-man-dies-after-jumping-into-wailuku-river?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HawaiiNewsNow-News+%28Hawaii+News+Now+-+News%29
Tell your kids. Especially our young men. Don’t go swimming in the Wailuku. No matter how inviting the water may be. Rainbow Falls, boiling pots, no matter. Over the years, this river has taken many young lives….especially young men.
BIK
But I still can write small.
I can get play-by-play of an entire basketball game on a sheet of a steno notebook.
Longhand? I remember those penmanship exercises in elementary school. Little circles, slanted stokes, . . .
The nuns had a field day trying to correct my penmanship. They eventually gave up.
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Getting close.
I was going to comment, then I read slide ruler, then I googled it and got distracted on my original comment. Thanks guys!
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hey Wafan
Best of luck to Spain and Olds.
Greetings, Jojo!
You doing okay?
the big bust was the battery operated slide rule.
I’m slowly coming out of hibernation. How about you?
Bravo to Parnaby and Ricketts!
Awesome work.
real serial killers and kidnappers cut out their letters from magazines and newspapers.
Just trying to get the next two weeks done. Spring Break the first week of April.
Whoo-hoo!
spring is in the air.
afternoon gang
St thats how I learned to do math by doing baseball stats when I was young playing a baseball card game with a spinning wheel. No calculator back in those days so everything by hand. It was the days when you could drive for miles going to the Westside and all you could see was sugar cane and up the mountain where you now have Pearlridge was all sugar cane. That’s what someone told me ….ok I’m not young anymore.
go now Hawaii, why pay more -> consumer tire warehouse.
Kevin, what is the Wahine team batting average?
Looks like former UH coach(es) evaluations of Spain and Olds wasn’t up to Division I-A standards, similar to Corey Nielsen. But, they are good people and I wish them success in their future endeavors. Spain had a severe injury and basically lost 2 years to praticing and mostly rehabilitating. If have to assume that if Spain and Olds could contribute they would be on the roster. I trust Chow’s judgment and evaluations. I wouldn’t surprise if Woolsey or Alo surprise some people as a freshman. I am intrigued with Higgins. I always like southpaws, i.e. Ken Stabler, Kellen Moore, Matt Leinart, and my All Time lefty, Steve Young.
I think Bob Coolen should give a couple of bench players a chance to play, i.e. Jasmine Jamora at 2B, and somebody who can play the outfield if Pagaduan and Aguirre continue to struggle. They have to start hitting, and soon.
any word of the new softball ranking this week?
This fall coach will have 3 QBs with D1A experience–Graves, Shutter and Higgins.
He has what he has until Taylor Graham becomes eligible in 2013. Until then, he will work with 5 QBs (Alo, Woolsey) he did not recruit for his system.
JMO, I believe these three will adapt to Chow’s Pro-set system quicker than if the situation were flipped and they were attempting to learn the RNS for the first time.
Especially, Graves and Shutter.
For warrior fans, it could be a treat to watch this transformation.
It is great that the combo pitching of Stephanie Ricketts and Kaia Parnaby have nations leading era, and the Wahine play pretty sound defensively. But if they do not improve their hitting, they are not going to far. No pitcher, can bring their A+ game, every game. You can ask any pitcher and they will tell you the same thing. It showed this past week. Stephanie did not have her A+ game, no hitting, loss. Kaia, A+ game against Marist, squeeked out a win. Stephanie A+ game, beat California, even with no hitting. Stephanie, less then an A+ game, no hitting, loss to Texas A & M. Stephanie, less then an A+ game, no hitting, barely beat Winthrop. I am not belittling Stephanie, or Kaia, on the contrary, they are outstanding pitchers, but they alone cannot win games, they need the team to hit, cause they will have off days, like all pitchers do.
Midnight, TAKE CARE! UKU!
Go Warriors!
MANEO !!!
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Team batting .293
Koakane, NFCA rankings come out later today. Evening time usually.
RE: NFCA rankings.
Or wait, or is it tomorrow? I can’t remember anymore.
Eh. Dey come when dey come. The only thing I know is coming for sure is SJSU.
Derek (#113), as of last Tuesday, after the Texas game, the team Batting avg was .313. The way they batted Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, I would say Kelly, Alex, Sharla, and Dara, are below or close to the Mendoza Line. Team batting avg., probably below .300, right now, not good. Need to get batting avg., around 330-340. Of they want to have a chance of reaching Oklahoma City.
guess who’s coming to lunch???
chow call
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11:30
isenberg st (next to st. louis alum club)
all you can eat chinese buffet
15.00 incl tax/tip
beverages not included
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steve…you coming tomw?
ST, you’re too nice
Right now, if I were an opposing pitcher, I would pitch around Jessica Iwata, not even pitch to her, if at all possible. With Alex right behind her, hitting only 203, and Sharla hitting, 217. To protect against this, I would move Leisha, right behind Iwata, followed by Makani. That way, opposing pitchers cannot pitch around Iwata. Have your 4 best hitters, batting 3-6. Does that make sense, or am I way of base on this.
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Any time a team scores a lot of runs the pitchers can afford to make a mistake once in awhile. Right now, the Wahine cannot have the luxury of giving up any runs. That put more stress on Steph and Kaia to throw a shutout everytime. It’s not reasonable for them to hold up the entire season throwing zeros all the time. What happened to those 8-0 5 inning blowouts? If the Wahine can score 3 to 4 runs per game they should be able to win most of the time. This reminds of last year about this time when the Wahine’s bats started to falter and there were a lot of strikeouts. What happened in the WAC is that the Wahine couldn’t hit against top teams New Mexico St. and Fresno St. I hope it’s not the same thing again, but I’m concerned that it might be deja vu all over again. Anybody remember that?
Go Warriors!!
Steve/Derek:
I admire both your keen abilities to state the extremely obvious. What I would like to know is HOW do you make someone hit better? Give us complete detailed breakdowns of each players’ physical and psychological stats. What can each player do to improve their hitting ability? Be more consistent?
More reps in the betting cages? Perhaps. But, if no ones telling them how to swing and approach a pitch better (in a manner that’s best suited to each individual player) all they’ll become is more proficient at swinging a bat really badly.
More insight. Less of the regurgitated obvious, please.
steve…i would do the same with the lineup. really. maybe drop aguirre to 8 or 9 spot. she’d see better pitches thus enabling her to crawl out of her lump. li’ili’i is the future of the lineup.
it’ll be even more interesting to see what coolen does with keiki carlos next year. she has got to be an everyday player. i think she is a better hitter than a pitcher.
I had two slide rules when I went to UH. One was made out of bamboo and the other was aluminum. After I graduated and shortly after found a job, I remember beimg amazed when I saw the first electronic calculator. That must have been around 1973. I couldn’t afford one at first, but soon the sliderules were put away and then forgotten about. There were so many innovations siince then that have been introduced that have changed our lives over the last 40 years. I remember when fax came out and I thought that was amazing. Same with DVR’s. Now those things are outdated due to ever evolving technology. We live in a rapidly progressing society.
al, tend to agree with you about Keiki Carlos. Thinking she may play left, third, or 2nd, with Jasmine playing either 3rd, or 2nd, next year. Keiki can really swing the bat. Unless you know of someone else in the mix next year. Coolen will probably need her in the circle to, tho, with Stephanie leaving. Only got Kaia, next year.
al, at least the Wahine have Jessica and Leisha combo for another year. Big Plus there!!!!
Whatever happened to cartridge pens? Those were required in 7th grade for Engrish Crass.
Note that they don’t even teach telling time with an analog clock face anymore.
…and one observation from my nephew who is a TA at a preschool. 3-4 year-olds now hold wooden blocks differently from how we did when playing “camera”….you know, “click-click”
They hold a rectangular block in one hand now in the vertical position like a mobile phone!
Maybe we can pass out paper and pens and have a contest in writing script at the CC tomorrow. 😆
D1,
What happened to mechanical pencils? Are those still around?????
D1,
I’d rather see who has the BEST signature.
Always thought mechanical pencils and those erasers right where you push to get more lead was a dumb idea.
Then you kinda cramp up if you write a lot. Then eventually you learn about how a thicker pen/pencil is much easier on the hand.
Re: cursive handwriting – when Screecher took the SAT last week, they had to write some honesty oath in cursive. One kid took over 10min to write his. Actually, the only thing Screecher regularly writes in cursive is her signature and she doesn’t really know how to tell time with a real clock.
I heard Coolen on the radio talking about the batting slump. I liked and agree with what he said. They just need to stop thinking so much and just concentrate on seeing the ball.
See the ball…rise…curve…drop…zip…slow down.
Not easy anyway you look at it…
🙄
I learned o tell time just by watching the classroom clock constantly–waiting for class to end. 🙄
Was never too good with the 4:00-8:00 range though.
for anyone that cares, it looks like Gordy Shaw is going to Idaho
I agree, stop thinking about what pitch the pitcher will be throwing, just see ball, hit ball.
10:14pm PDT. Happy Equinox!
. . . Maybe if I say it loud enough, we’ll get some Spring-like weather here. . .
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izzy!
How you? 🙂
Hi d1,
Still looking for work. But things could be worser-ER. I guess.
Anyone going tomorrow and does anyone know if it will be at the grass or ching field?
I was coached that for better bat control we should choke down on the batter a little. It seemed to work for me and I did have better contact. Coolen and his assistants should have a good idea what’s wrong. It looked sometimes Wahine were taking too many good pitches and by looking at their swing they were trying to pull the ball too much. Their only job at the plate is to make good contact. Good hitters go to the opposite field too. The right fielder from the world series team is a good example. I also remember she led in hit by pitch. Can’t remember her name now.
149, 150 Steve:
That’s about the most moronic suggestions I’ve ever heard from anyone to help softball players with their hitting.
Patient: “Doc, when I do this, my arm hurts.”
Doctor: “Don’t do that, then.”
We would’ve had more respect for your opinions if you’d said, “YouTube.”
I like the Warriors practicing at 3:30 p.m. It’s always good to get in the hot sun, especially when playing in day games, especially oftentimes on road games, not to mention at altitude in the Mountain West. Good for conditioning, not to mention the players should be very alert. Early morning practices can be tough focusing, especially if some players stayed up late at night and might be a little tired. Just my opinion.
hmmm… recruiting in for UH in the Big West might change a little…
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cal-state-20120320,0,1841747.story
derek,
mean bro I would surely hit better man and as homey ays in tagalo chicken nut bread
ays=says
IIRC one reason for early morning practice was to dissuade late night activities.
Is the sun hotter at altitude?
HawaiiMongoose,
I should have known that you were more on top of Air Force’s situation than me, as I was obviously missing something. I didn’t see the report that Air Force changed their minds and decided to put all sports in the alliance…though it should be noted that they are only pledged “for now”. And it should be noted that the Gen. says that the TV deal has to pay more or they cannot stay in the alliance. And Colorado State has made it no secret that they are wishing for the Big 12, no matter how loyal Air Force may be. But for now Air Force seems to be set with the alliance…the key will be to see what they decide when Navy enters the Big East in 2015.
Air Force has a year or two to make a decision, so they can see how the TV negotiations go for the Big East and alliance. They have the luxury of having more information than many other schools before they have to make their decision. They also have prepared for their Olympic teams to go somewhere NOT the WAC, one point I made above when the focus was on Air Force staying in the alliance because the WAC was not a stable option.
I had a long talk on Friday with a man who I thought I’d never meet, someone I’ve followed for decades. He’s led huge organizations (100,000+ people under him) and done more than I could imagine. The neat thing is that he wanted to talk about his vision for a way that could completely change things for Hawaii’s economy, boosting the economy in a way I’ve never heard mentioned before. It would also be a huge boost for certain industries crucial to the U.S. economy. Wow.
I think I just got volunteered to work for free to help his plan. The other people are prominent in politics and industry. I’m a nobody, but if things actually happen it will be amazing to see.
Garret, what company or industry do we invest in? 🙂
RE: #137 – besides Keiki Carlos, Coach Coolen has Loie Kesterson coming in as a pitcher/!B/OF. She’s a 5′ 9″ lefthanded pitcher/bats right.
Was he a former admiral with a plan to bring a fleet of hi-speed inter-island ferries to Hawaii?
I know this is a UH blog, but this bit of news affects former Warrior Bess. Dolphins just signed David Garrard to a one year deal, apparently to compete for the starting job. Are you kidding me? What are they thinking? They are in QB trouble if they think he could be part of the answer.
Whew!
They passed on Alex Smith…Kaepernick keeps the clipboard.
Hmmm, we are up 100 comments more than last night, just as the blog was 5 years ago. Coincidence. But here are some excerpts from ST’s blog entry for the day…
I don’t recall when and if and when the Ticket office received a new refrigerator…and HF would still be around for a year yet.
Still waiting to go to the batting cages with the experts. Show me how you would improve the Wahine hitting.
FYI – Wahine softball hitting philosophy is power hitting with correct attitude and fundamental training (AKA magazine interview with Asst. Coach Titcomb).
“We try to go in with the concept that we are going to reach the fence on every pitch…means attacking the ball in order to produce more power” (AKA magazine Coach Coolen).
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Once long ago, a friend told me she was so touched that I offered her some chicken katsu from my own plate at a sit-down restaurant. Said no one has every offered food like that before.
I paused, wondering if I had just been insulted … 😐
Nope, she was serious. OK, so she folded cloth napkins neatly on her lap too.
Had to explain that it was Hawaii-style, not any grand gesture on my part.
Told her about a fancy cruise ship dining table with 8 locals… we ordered 14 entrees and wanted them all served at once. (we got moved to a larger table). When the food arrived, we passed the plates around except for our primary entree (which we shared as needed).
I had to explain that sticking our forks in the food plate was kinda gauche. Chopsticks were OK. 🙂
ST #67 “Shutter came out in 2009.”
And can anyone remember who that shifty little slot back was that made Shutter look so good with all the Y.A.C. and always getting open in the end zone? Hint, he was not a D-1 prospect and had only one scholie offer from Montana State to play basketball. Oh shoots may have given it away with that hint.
Ref #179
If the names CJ, Ryan and Davone still ring a bell, that same coach [JJ] who brought then together as three parts of the dread heads, offered him his only D-1 football scholie.
Coolen had better develop another pitcher because Ricketts and Parnaby is just not enough to make it through the season because of unexpected reasons e.g. esp. injuries….its ridiculous to have had Ricketts pitch 3 pressure pack games in a row despite the fact that she came out uninjured etc…but they have to have a 3rd pitcher and their hitting is atrocious….Pagaduan lost the Texas game as she should have worked the count with the bases loaded but she just went up reaching for the ball and then striking out….they need hitters…nothing more and nothing less and I am not impressed with their mickey mouse record playing against teams like Radford and Marist or whatever…..don’t get me wrong….i like the team but don’t get fooled by their record as now the conference is starting, we will see what this team is made of in the next 3-4 wks.
Gordy Shaw is the new OL coach at Idaho.
Good morning, gang!
Thanks for the news about Gordy Shaw, Doris.
Prayers for midnight this morning.
Prayers for BG’s Betty, too.
Good luck to Kevin Spain and Thomas Olds. Hope Kevin gets to show off his arm at another university.
Shoot, gonna miss Coach Chow’s interview on KGMB’s news show this morning at 6 a.m. Have to be at work for a meeting then.
Have a great day, gang!
They faced good pitching in the Spring tournament. Plus, they must be tired after a hectic schedule. Let’s see how they do in the WAC games. As for player changes, I wonder about Alex Aguirre. She made two critical errors in the Texas A&M game playing left field.
It’s a real shame Kevin Spain won’t get to compete. I thought he looked really smooth and efficient at one of the scrimmages last year and that the soon-to-be-installed Offense would be right in his wheelhouse. Good luck to him and Thomas Olds wherever they land.
Regarding #181 that Hawaii develop a third pitcher beyond Ricketts and Parnaby…they do have one. Makani Duhaylongsod-Kaleimamahu is their relief pitcher and fourth in the depth chart is Leisha Li’ili’i. When you are leading the country in terms of ERA, you don’t require relief. Most top college teams have a two pitcher rotation. Some top teams rely primarily on one pitcher for most of their games, such as Stanford. Softball is unlike baseball, except Japan (I remember an Easter Tournament in which a Japanese pitcher pitched all of their games) in which players pitching doubleheaders are very rare. In softball it is fairly common.
Regarding the Rainbow Wahine’s hitting. I wondered which Wahine team will show up this year. Like two seasons ago when they hit consistently throughout the season or like last year when the hitting collapsed, relatively speaking. Seems like it’s deja vu of 2011. Hope not. The team needs to capture the WAC title. Coolen has a definite philosophy of hitting. It worked for many years. Last season and this season it is not working so well, with all the recent strikeouts and falling batting averages. A change of philosophy needed? Yes, if it’s not working after about four seasons. I think we should be patient and wait out the hitting slump.
Early Tues morning good news…
Midnight has completed his 3X cardiac by-pass operation with flying colors! He is now in ICU recovering according to his wife Barbara.
She wanted to thank all the Tsaiko’s for their prayers and good wishes. She says being so far away from home makes it so hard for her to acknowledge everyone.
As SteveM always points with pride, we’ve gotten to be a close knit ohana over the years. We may have our differing views on UH sports, but we come together in prayer to support each other in times of trouble.
Mahalo and enjoy the cc at lunch, and the 1st day of Spring practice @ 3:30 this afternoon.
God Bless!
Healing energy to Midnight!
GO WARRIORS!!!
Kekoa,
Thanks for the positive update on Midnight…thoughts and prayers for his speedy recovery.
Nice cool day in the desert.
Looking forward to FB news on this afternoon’s first day.
Wonder who will be attending and reporting?
Great Morning All!
Thanks for the good news Kekoa.
Way to go, midnight! 🙂
Won’t be able to attend todays cc as I will be between islands at that time. Will be watching for Jojo’s and D1’s tweets to knows when they ‘check in’.
By the way whatever happened to wassup doc?
Norm Chow on 1420, now.
Kekoa –
Great news for Midnight! Sending healing prayers to him.
200 !
Mojo –
Shannon says she is very busy these days, but may resume posting in the future. Miss her posts.
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looks like Wahine softball is ranked #17 in the coaches poll.
Jojo’s gonna be at the cc?
🙂
Re: 202 Couch potato:
Gee, if we had beat Texas A&M, I think the East Coast writers would have picked us as #16.
Where is California listed now?
california is still #2 in the coaches poll.
abbacies…
We are in the process of stripping wallpaper from our kitchen and dining room and painting. We have successfully removed all of the wallpaper, except for very hard to access areas, where the wallpaper goes down behind our kitchen counters….