Practice No. 8

It is great to hear that Inoke is doing so well at RB. There will be a lot of competition in the Fall (especially if Libre gets another year), but the success he’s having this Spring will put him in line for some playing time this season.

top 5!
cheepono out!

I liked this Maui News feature on Andrew Faaumu, especially the information on how his brother inspired him.

Faaumu watched his older brother, William Faaumu, play for UH as a walk-on for a couple of seasons earlier this decade.

”It was real emotional, you know, because I grew up watching my older brother play,” Andrew Faaumu said Saturday after UH’s first scrimmage of the spring, at War Memorial Stadium. ”I grew up since I was a little kid playing football on the side. When I got into high school, it was a great feeling, and then getting a chance to put on this Hawaii uniform and come out again, it is a real blessing.”

Andrew Faaumu said his brother lost his ability to hear in the 6th grade, but regained some hearing as a senior in high school with a cochlear implant.

”He is one of my big inspirations because he is deaf,” Andrew said of William. ”He was able to play at Maui High School and then even got on the team at UH and was a participant in the Hawaii Bowl against the University of Houston (a 54-48, three-overtime Hawaii win in 2003). He was a big role model for me growing up.”

”Now, he is doing bigger things off the field – he got to work at the White House,” Andrew Faaumu said. ”He got a chance to work with the Department of the Treasury. He is about to graduate in international business. He is working on that right now.”

It was also nice to read about the connection between Faaumu and Rego. All of this publicity in the Maui News has got to be a positive when UH goes to recruit in Maui in the future!

Rego’s father, Jayson Rego Sr., and Faaumu’s father, Tivoli Faaumu, are both 20-year veterans and lieutenants in the Maui Police Department.

”I remember growing up when I was a little kid going to the police parties,” Faaumu said. ”I would find Rego and his little brother and I would always cruise around with them. Now, we talk story, cruise. It is like every time I see him, he is my little bridge to Maui. He just reminds me of all the Maui guys. It is real good because right now there is nobody from Lahainaluna, so Rego – he didn’t graduate from Maui, but he is a Maui boy – so I can always just count on him.”

Idaho just lost one of the QBs that was competing for a starting job. It looks like he left after the Arkansas transfer and the starter from last year beat him out.

Redshirt freshman Justin Morales has opted to leave the Vandals, coach Robb Akey said after Saturday’s scrimmage. His departure means incumbent Nathan Enderle or transfer Brian Reader will start for the Vandals in the season opener on Sept. 5 at New Mexico State.

Morales, a fleet-footed left-hander from Carlsbad, Calif., will finish the spring semester at UI and transfer, Akey said. It had become increasingly clear before his decision was announced that he was losing ground to the more experienced Enderle and Reader, who has three years of eligibility left.

Two years ago Reader faced a similar situation to Morales’, albeit at a much larger school and in a football-mad part of the country. After redshirting at Arkansas, Reader left for Monterey Peninsula Junior College in his home state of California.

Check out the crowd at Alabama Birmingham’s scrimmage…really sad!

Ha’ come I see only ONE green bottle on dat table??!!! WTH???

Great job, Powderpuff! I’m so proud! hehehehe….

This reporter just wrote an article about his interview with Harry Kalas, possibly the last interview Kalas gave. I didn’t realize that Kalas was in the Army when he started his broadcasting career in Hawaii.

After tinkering in sports broadcasting at the University of Iowa, Kalas began his broadcasting career in 1961, calling minor league games while stationed in Hawaii with the Army. He broke into the majors with the Houston Astros in 1965 — calling the first game in the Astrodome at age 29 — and joined the Phillies for the opening of Veterans Stadium in 1971.

I’m now even sadder I missed the Maui scrimmage…I thought I couldn’t feel any worse about it but ST just mentioned that whitey and duffer provided guri guri!

ST,

I understand if you cannot mention the reason behind post #10, it is probably just me being spoiled and missing your articles. I hope that everything is okay with you and the Princess and the Advertiser.

Kazz,

Given the accusations against him and his poor record at UH, I’ll be surprised if he is able to work in D-IA again. So, his lawsuit isn’t surprising because he needs to try to clear his reputation…or at least make enough money from the settlement to cushion his transition to some other line of work.

I really enjoyed listening to baseball on the radio because of people like Chuck Leahy, Harry Kalas, and Al Michaels when the Hawaii Islanders started playing. The first announcer that I enjoyed was Carlos Rivas and then Joe Rose. Of course, favorites like Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons (San Francisco Gialnts) made me a Giants fan for life, although I also enjoy Vince Scully. My favorite now is John Miller. To Harry, thanks for those wonderful memories.

Thanks again to Duffer and Whitey for an awesome, fun filled weekend!! I can confirm that Whitey opened a lot of eyes and dropped some jaws during the tour.

why is bolla bringing title IX into the lawsuit? that has nothing to do with his firing. seems like he’s trying to throw a smokescreen into all of this.
he just doesn’t get it.

Kyeton & Cassy may rule on the golf course, but whitey and Stretch rule the “darkside”! 🙂

Now Powerpuff and C_C know what the darkside is!

Looks like there are a lot more beer bottles on that table than food plates………

homey, I hope NA doesn’t stand for “non” something. Ever thought the food was supposed to be in front of the photographer — and not me?!?!??

Yes, Whitey and Duffer – thank you so much for being such wonderful hosts.

ST- are you going to have any Saturday night MVB tix to give away this week? Hmmm?
Hint hint, wink, wink….

Anyone game for karaoke afterwards???

Whoosh!

homey,
i really don’t know what i was looking at…

ST:

That’s a very nice picutre of the Tsaikos with Powderpuff front and center, but why is homey using his right hand? I though he did not go to Maui.

Oh well, he is just trying to throw us off.

Big C – I left a lot more than my jaw on Maui….

CC – do you really want us to answer that questions for you?? BTW, do I owe you money for getting the hot girl’s phone number??

Does Title IX say that women’s and men’s basketball has to be completely equal? I don’t see how he can claim this. I find it funny that he says the women’s basketball doesn’t have the same coaching as the men’s, which basically means he isn’t as good a coach as Coach Nash. Or maybe he is trying to say that if he was a women, then he could get away with hitting the girls more than a man could.
Either way, I think the students that he allegedly attacked should file a criminal and civil lawsuit.

Chris Leatigaga was orginally recruited alongside Josh Leonard during the JJ regime as a DE and both were subsequently moved by MAC to DT to upgrade speed n quickness at that position.
He has had a history of bad wheels and hopefully Chris is healthy and in good shape to strut his stuff. Usually medial miniscus stuff is quickly repaired by a-scope and recovery is 2 weeks. Best wishes to CL for a successful senior year.

I have an inquiry that maybe Jason might take me up on. Hint, hint, wink, wink. 😉

Get choke complaints about getting C-USA #2 for this year’s Hawai’i Bowl. Many feel that Pac-10 #7 > C-USA #2. So my question:

Statistically, what are the odds that seven (7) Pac-10 teams become bowl eligible?

Stretch, maybe that’s what i was looking at. and no, i didn’t win the bet.

duffer, so he’s saying that if he got more money for the program, they’d get more wins and also control his right/left foot? didn’t they appease him and give the program more $$ to hire another coach. oh wait, and then they hired his wife.

and i also agree with rage777. i don’t know much about title IX, but i don’t think it says total equality. it would be nice, but then every program in the country would be in the red. not every school does well enough in the major sports to offset the deficits in the others.

where’s our lawyers when we need clarification?

Hey…we didn’t have any beer bottles on our end of the table! My bad, my son and his friends weren’t old enough to drink.

Thank you Duffer and whitey for a fun filled weekend with lots of goodies to enjoy and many wonderful memories. It was awesome!!

Midori7 and I spoke with Jim Donovan and we sure hope they are able to make this an annual or semi-annual event.

Oh no, I don’t like hearing Laupepa’s name associated with any type of injury. Hopefully he heals up and is good to go. In the meantime, it’s a good time to see what Adrian Thomas can do, I’ve been intrigued by him for a while.

Mmm, guri guri. I’m so jealous.

CRW: Will get to that later on. Gotta leave the house in a bit.

A-house, exactly. settle and move on–learn from this experience–and dont unionize coaches.
What bugs me?
We have incentive clauses that add more juice for success but are missing poor performance clauses that allow for termination except a nebulous “for cause” paragraph.
This is union-mindset contracting favoring the hire.

homey – What’s up with your boy Moniz? I waited to take a pic with him and he didn’t show up to the autograph session. I even asked Steele and Rolo, but they didn’t know where he was.

Jason,

You should have reminded us about the guri guri for you! Did ANYone share with you?

Re Bolla

Kinda like comparing apples and oranges as far as men’s and women’s sport. Or does Title IX makes it comparing apples to apples?

hmmm -e-bolla. Reminds me of the mom who filed for child support only to have the dad counter sue for custody of the child.

The karma factor is going to play in this.

Stretch- are they on Kauai?

Rob25 – I told him to watch out for you.

Classic! 🙂

Liz – i can always bring it up.

Opening bid starts at $50, delivery included.

homey ℞:
April 13th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Did anyone ever try making their own version of guri guri? You know, condensed milk, 7up, strawberry syrup…

what you trying to do?? kill my business??

homey,

There’s a company in Oahu that makes something like that. I think the company or the product is called Samurai, or something like that.

I guess no takers for the guri guri, I’ll just eat it myself at home.

Hey homey…I make my own that way since I don’t get to Maui often. It’s a good substitute…but definitely not a replacement.

chawan – Thanks for the link. Good read.

ST,

Mana Silva got torched in those video clips from todays practice. I never really thought that he had the speed needed at the safety position. Are the coaches thinking of moving him to the OLB position?

fsu, 4-2 after 3.

Kazz, I read that post too. Fed court, mediation. Hmmm. Sounds better.

I am undecided on mediation or full-steam ahead.

Mediation would save time and money. However, it would mean Bolla-weevil might walk away with a substantial reward for a substandard complaint.

On the other hand, going full-steam ahead would cost more in time and money but would probably curtain such foolishness in the long-term. Both Bolla-weevil and the UH would spend money — UH would have slightly deeper pockets, I would think. Might that dissuade Bolla-weevil from actually following through and have him reconsider making a smaller offer for an out-of-court settlement?

good afternoon tsaikos. just got home from golf w/monday gang. no beverages, just good old walking with bags and hanging your tongue out.

Hope everyone pictured at the party-dinner on Maui had designated drivers!

Great Afternoos All!

Thanks for the practice 411.

To me it sounds like e-Bolla is trying a “Hail Mary”-type money grab. He knows he’s done coaching so pull out all the stops and try to get UH to settle for any $ he can get (less lawyer fees) then move on and live off his wife….

adrian thomas is a monster, but right now he needs a lot or work on his feet movements. if coach shaw gets it corrected and up to speed, he going do some damage to the defense. watching him at the scrimmage, he is huge, but his feet speeds needs to be worked on cause the speed rushers are able to get by him.

another big plus for the offense is that the o line is able to hold the pocket for 3-4 seconds which gave rausch and austin time to get the ball to the receivers.

on the d line, we going miss dv, but the young bucks that we have now are going to be awesome. they can move and do not stop till the whistle blows.

whitey,

Yup, I think despite losing Veikune, the D still going be able to get pressure…we still get one of the best schemers in the country! Coach Mac get ’em! 😉

I think I need to move in with Stretch. 😀

Nothing is like Tasaka guri guri. I wouldn’t even try to replicate it. Samurai is okay, but not the same.

Mana Silva is plenty fast enough to play safety, he has been clocked at a 4.5 forty. 1-on-1 period between offensive wide receivers-slots is an “offensive” drill, meaning WR’s should win 80% of the 1-on-1encounters. The way it was set up today, CB’s went against WR’s, and Safeties went up against mostly quicker/ shiftier slotbacks, tough to cover these slots versus an open field and no pass rush!
Mana has good size and speed, he needs more experience, he didn’t play in regular defense much last season (if at all) and he only began playing DB last spring after transferring from OSU, where he played QB and WR. I think coaches Miano and Tormey understand that Mana needs tons of reps to help him progress and for them to give him ample opportunities to improve and see if he can be a legitimate starting safety. I’ve observed every practice this spring, first real contact was last Saturday on Maui, looking for “more big hits” from Safeties! Big hits from Maui scrimmage, Spencer Smith, Tai Papali’i- stopped Rego on 3rd and goal on 1 yd line, and on catch by Blount. J. Gomes, L. Davis (called for hitting WR early). Live scrimmage this Saturday hope to see some legal “blow-ups.”

good for inoke….his success will also bring in a crowd and will lend towards our continued recruiting successes on the north shore.

Big C – thanks for noticing the preferred bottle color. There are actually 2 on the table: the other one is in the lower right corner with a bit of the label showing. That one belonged to Sleeze – and that was the real stuff. I’m still a “light”weight.

what football team doesn’t have a scuffle or two every now and then? these guys are out there competing for p.t. expect more when we become 3-4 deep.

after this ain’t saint andrews priory.

if i were to make a choice of which o line position has the most depth and talent right now, i would say the center position after watching the scrimmage. all of them performed and did their job.

al,

Whoa! Be careful; there is a Priory alum among us who would take exception to that one! 😆

al, that is why we have these pf during the games. if they cannot control themselves in drills, not even scrimmage, you think they going play a game under control??? the pf cost us a few games last season and if this continues, the warriors have no one else to blame except themselves. of course this is not your usual sport, but if you do your job like you are supposed to, the team becomes much better. you think that this skirmmish did not split the team for awhile??? and who said that this ain’t st andrews priory???? this is uh warrior football and warrior players are very proud and care for everyone on the team, so they can say they played the game as a team, win, lose or draw!!!

COPO, well said. i had no idea that he could do what he did, but looking back, should have used him as a rb 2 yrs ago. he runs with no fear and plenty of spirit.

playing = fighting

i just saw there’s a video on the HA story page from the press conference of bolla’s attorney. so hard to listen to him spew all those allegations.
he’s blaming the lack of coaches for his recruiting shortfalls. title 9 this title 9 that. when a reporter asked about the kicking incident he went straight back to title 9.
my ears!

Sorry to miss the Maui Football practice and game. I tried to go, but was tied up with my adult ed class on sat. I am a Maui boy and could have gone to Maui on standby with my daughter’s pass. Thanks for all the good report. Yes, I know how good the guri guri is. Too bad they do not add the azuki beans these days. That is the winner if you had them when they serve them before. Next time try Jack’s for a good old fashion type of home cooking with big serving and cheap price….

We think the same thought, C_C. Who is Monica Ivey?

Anywhoo, great stuff about practice Mr. Tsai, keep it coming. The stuff about Thomas is interesting. Sounds more and more like we’ll have some depth at DT.

Did the Bulldoza get any carries on Maui?

momo, one last thing, you and al should have planned on how you going leave your classes on sat and watch the scrimmage portion. be sure to watch them either this sat or next sat and they going impress you.

the “moose” (j huen) played middle lb. he get some speed and tried to blitz, but ran into o line who did a good job blocking.

Kazz: Where do you sit again, end zone? I might be interested in taking one of those two seats, if you don’t mind.

Oh man, the damage to Bob’s Big Boy was pretty bad. That’s tough for all those workers, and all those in the Salt Lake-Māpunapuna area who frequent Bob’s. 🙁

Does anyone know if Tua Mahaley played in the scrimmage? I’m kinda excited to see him at TE if indeed coach mac decides to use him there.

am watching the cruiserweight championship and the challenger is a hilo transplant and he is doing a very good job. may end up as the champ.

For all you Tsaikos who have left deposits in NV:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090413/ap_on_re_us/jackpot_winner

Whitey I will have no problem after june as the State will cut my job for a year because of act l54. I will have to stop working for a year and than they will allow me to work again. I will just quit and enjoy life. After 50 years of teaching, I can now enjoy things like what you folks are doing now. So Liz and other, I will be traveling to the different Islanld since I can just hop on the plane and need only transpotation. I am sure I can depend on you folks out there for that. In return, I am willing to start hydroponic units for you folks and teach you enough so that you can have fun

E-Bolla got a really good attorney. Factoring in Title IX, a Federal mandate is brilliant. This offensive salvo really sets up his defense and complicates the whole issue.

The attorney is setting up the picture with mention of the multi million settlement at Fresno State. Much different situation with E-Bolla, but with Title IX anything can happen, especially if it goes to trial and a jury is involved versus only a judge’s ruling. Stay tuned!

Another article about Kalas.

“When anyone with any degree of celebrity dies, they’ll say he was a great ballplayer, a great actor, a great announcer,” Brennaman said. “Harry Kalas was a great person. I think often times that part of it is overlooked.”

The son of a Methodist minister, the Naperville, Ill., native graduated from the University of Iowa in 1959 with a degree in speech, radio and television. He was drafted into the Army soon after he graduated.

In 1961, he became sports director at Hawaii radio station KGU and also broadcast games for the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League and the University of Hawaii.

What is the statue of limitations on assault..have the student file a complaint which she should have done in the beginning and have him arrested for what he did to her..I am sure there are many witnesses.. this will basically solve the problem…

Article about how Bess performed is an example of why Miami’s management doesn’t like to draft WRs with high draft picks.

While receivers sell tickets, they are usually a dime a dozen, and decent ones can be found all over the draft. And even signed as rookie free agents. For instance, your own Davone Bess, who wasn’t drafted, caught 56 passes for 608 yards last season, outperforming most of the receivers drafted in the first day.

Actually, the only rookie receivers who did better than Bess last season are Denver’s Eddie Royal (91 for 980 and five touchdowns), Philadelphia’s DeSean Jackson (62 for 912 and two touchdowns), and St. Louis’ Donnie Avery (53 for 674 yards and three touchdowns).

To help my receivers are a dime a dozen argument, it should also be pointed out that Bess, an undrafted player, eclipsed the production of Ted Ginn Jr., the No. 9 pick in the 2007 draft, when both shared the starting role at the end of 2008. Bess caught 37 passes for 420 yards, and Ginn, who was in his second NFL season, caught 23 passes for 320 yards in the season’s final seven games, which includes the playoff loss to Baltimore.

Free play link time. Please ignore my next 5 posts if you do not want to read the off-topic stuff.

Japanese company has started mass production of a cybernetic bodysuit that makes the wearer move easier and increases strength by up to 10x. They plan to sell 400 of these suits every year for $4200 each.

The drop in the economy has led to a LARGE drop in H-1B applications–the drop is even bigger than expected. Last April there were 163,000 applications for the 85,000 spots, but this year there were only 62,000 applications…so, instead of having to do a lottery, they have spot left over!

New Hampshire resident came home in time to see a burglar coming out of his home with jewelry boxes and electronic items. The burglar apologized and put the stolen items back!

jason,

how can you be bothered by the ice cream man when we are wishing monica ivey happy birthday?

I can’t help it, I’ve been thinking of guri guri all day!

It’s been YEARS since I’ve eaten guri guri.
Is is too late to eat right now? It’s in the freezer Jason!!

enjoy!

Wena – it’s never too late to eat guri guri.
Did ST get the bees out of the door?

Bolla is now a crusader for gender equity???!!! Ain’t that a “kick in the pants”! 😆

Hauoli Lahanau, Monica!

Momo- Bad/Good news about your job. The good part is being able to see you and get some hydroponics started here 😉

So, legal beagles… am I off by thinking e-bolla is to “defender of gender equity in college sports” as the former AD is to “fired because he is African American”?

We live in a changing world…

i hate mosquitoes.
so much for trying to sleep

piper’s son,

time flies when one is having fun.
a couple of years ago, eh?
try 1996. miss teen hawaii.

More snow (dusting to inches) in the low lands last night and this morning.

Good Morning Tsaikos! I can’t believe it’s April 14 and we got snow here. This is crazy weather, even for Spokane. Like a certain high school coach of mine would say before practice when somebody said it was hot….”Lucky you live Hawaii”

good morning tsaikos. looks like another beautiful day in paradise. will try to send some of this to wafan and djmitcho

And one more thing…Happy Birthday to my fellow Monarch (J)J!

Hauoli Lahanau, James!

looking at this morning front page, coach bolla’s lawsuit should be challenged. uh has a law school with veteran professors and if uh cannot defend itself in court, these law instructors should be put to shame.

he got fired not because of money, title ix, or women’s bb, but got fired for verbal abuse and kicking the players. in other words he got fired for physical abuse.

I seen the fight saturday at UH scrimmage on Maui. It was center John Estes and one of the d-linemen. Estes got his behind whipped on the play and wasnt happy about it and went after d-linemen. Coaches and other players got in to break things up. I know Estes took some cracks, he started fighting with his helmet off.

good morning Huskies fan. thanks for the observation, but i said my piece and going let it go for now. thanks again.

Good morning Tsaikos everywhere.

Kekoa,
if anybody asked me, imo you’re a witness for the defense in da
ebolla stew. in fact, all Tsaikos are witnesses. “we’ve” been attending da games, disgruntled with ebolla, talking crap about him and buggin da crap outta da JD to get things done right for UH, lettin him know about da crappy “coachin” and downturn of the women’s program he was just bustin up. we’ve been doing this since he was trying fo get da mainland job last year. nuttin to do with gender equity, we been buggin JD since last summer.

ebolla gives a bad ring to da name PowerPuss. when I tink ah powerpuss, i normally get happy tauts. but with ebolla, all i can say is da bugga get cute ear fo yank on… and gender equity, pftt… he ain’t no powerpuss!

bhf2, did the papers get to honolulu yesterday????

ok, 200 now!!!!!!!

back to regular routine and time to get ready to jump on the space craft to to to breakfast of champions. ST and Princess, have a great time with your show today and will watch the replay.

AL: “time flies when one is having fun.
a couple of years ago, eh?
try 1996. miss teen hawaii.”

Just trying to be diplomatic! Besides when you reach my age, I wish I could subtract 14 years! (To be 62 again!!!)

Yeah you are doing well.

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