Search is almost over
Those two visitors on the UH campus this past weekend?
They were finalists for one of the coaching positions.
A decision will be announced in about a week.
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Seven years ago today, I nearly died, which would have been kind of a bummer. Especially for me.
Which is why I’m appreciative of having seen:
• The men’s volleyball team defeat Pepperdine in the NCAA volleyball final. Costas played alongside pros three years earlier? Who cared that night. Tony Ching was at his best, and so was Vili.
• Ever try to watch a football game from the sideline? You can’t see squat. Well, June Jones has that amazing ability to dissect a defense from the sidelines. Not only that, he has a photographic and panoramic memory. He can watch a play and tell you what every player is doing. His multi-tasking skills were on display in 2005, when he was in his office watching a PGA telecast while searching for the mortgage papers for his parents’ house while debating whether to allow a skinny player to join his team. He found the papers, rattled off the names on the leaderboard and said he was all but sure he would accept Colt Brennan.
• I think the most chicken-moment of the 2007 season wasn’t the victories over Boise State or Washington, but being in the Stan Sheriff Center awaiting the announcement of UH’s BCS destination. The decision was already leaked before the telecast started, and the announcement was more matter-of-fact, but the faces of the players and fans represented pure joy.
* Two words: Apple martini(s).
• Two more words: Blog readers. We’ve celebrated births and romances together, mourned the losses of loved ones, and sang ourselves hoarse. Yet 2 1/2 years ago, we were all strangers to each other. Well, maybe not. Some of us became reacquainted: Rob25 and Ronnie, Al and SteveM, me and Rich2176.
Anyway, Happy Valentine’s Day.
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Birthday shoutout to Kieren.
1st?
2
au’wryte in top 5 maybe
hootah numba 3 and 4
Will there be a permanent RB coach next year? And are there any plans for Leon Jackson, he seems like such a talent but Mack brought in a lot of good RB’s in this recruiting class. I dont want Leon to just sit on the sidelines, I hope at least he returns kicks.
8) morning everybody howzit shaking?
special 😀 valentine’s greeting to all the tsaikette’s. may this be a happy time for you. wishing your significant other treats you well.
Aloha Kakahiaka!
Good Morning & Happy Valentine’s Day to all the Tsaikos!!
All you small people, make sure you put some lead in your pockets so you don’t fly away.
See everyone later….
chicken-moment
chicken nut bread???
perhaps chicken-skin moment
It’s early…
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/F8H5PAXkbRQ8xzp4CZZ2
Happy Valentines day everyone !
ST- I’m glad you did not die prematurely! Mahalo for the June Jones insight. I still remember fervently praying for him after his accident. That may have been the first time praying and football came together for me.
mmmmmmmmmmmmm 2.5 years 😯 wow time really flies when you have the five F’s along with the tsai-ko’s to enjoy each day
lizk check email please….mahalo
My search still continues…
but that doesn’t mean I still can’t wish everyone a
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Happy Valentines Day!
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I’ll see whoever of you is going to bring their dates tonight to the SSC for the game vs Nevada.
Go Na Wahine!
Go Warriors!
Go Rainbows!
Go Rainbow Warriors!
c_c
Happy Valentine’s Day to all and especially to my wife Faith. More importantly…(if you don’t mind ST, small kine shout out)…
Happy Birthday to my son Kieren who turned the BIG 5 today!
Have a great day and weekend to all!!
Great to hear that one of the coaching positions is about to be filled!
This writer sure isn’t a fan of Colt…
I know one was mentioned on the blog yesterday but who is the other?
Aloha Kakahiaka & Happy Valentine’s Day!
I wonder what’s happening with Bolla… maybe the women’s team will get a better coach.
I almost died in 2000. It is really true what Bulla professes …
Make memories, make memories, make memories…
The Tsaikos are part of my fun-filled memories.
Go BOWS! GO WARRIORS!!!
Happy Valentines Day Tsai-kos!!
Good luck to the Michelle Wie and the men’s bb team.
Gee – top 20!
Feelin’ a little sentimental are we?
Well, we appreciate the Blog Host, too! 🙂
…and the special community he’s created.
Happy Birthday Kieren!
Texas Tech sure is having a messy public negotiation with Mike Leach. He has 2 years left on his contract but they are issuing deadlines on accepting their offer. After 10 months of negotiations resulted in both sides agreeing on the monetary terms, Texas Tech added 4 provisions to the agreement and are refusing to budge on any of them. Why wait 10 months and then add terms that no other coach in the conference has (like giving the school all money from speaking agreements, TV and radio commercials, and book deals)? Somebody at Texas Tech seems to really want Leach to leave…
808Chef,
btw, are you the one who had the Chinese pizza place in Pearl Kai?
okay, i’ll ask…
who were the two visitors on campus?
well checking out for the time being so have fun, be safe, play nicely and enjoy the day
aloha
wow, st, mei ling,…….many of us have similar paths.
Hauoli Lahanau, Kieren!
has it been two and a half years already?
i hope you aren’t suggesting that stevem and i are valentine’s.
al
point after … ramon ricardo
nuff said if dont know neva mind
the boss and i actually beat the rush by celebrating valentine’s day last night. when i made the reservation i told the gal that i was the entertainer’s cousin and wanted to sit in his section. i was joking as usual but we do have the same last name.
so during the course of dinner and on one his breaks the solo guitar man comes over to the table and says, “oh, so you’re al, my long lost cousin?”
i say, “oh yah, audy how have you been? meet the boss.”
Man, I’ve got a cold.
Which makes my voice kind of deep.
Maybe I can sing the bass part for Boyz II Men.
“…and all the Philly steaks you could eat.”
Al:
You saw Audy Kimura?
yah….audy still can sing.
koakane….you damien boys just won’t miss an opportunity to praise one of your own, eh?
#24 d1….no that wasn’t me but when I get to town I might wanna try it. Maybe al can get it for me.
Ahhh…Audy Kimura. Does he still perform at Hy’s? I remember taking my wife there for our anniversary and he was performing. One of my wife’s favorites.
of course no one remembers that his most often played song is the, “let’s go fishing theme song”.
Mahalo for the birthday shout outs all! My son said “Tanks!!”
al,
and few can remember him singing at Horatio’s….
yup, 808chef and the food’s good. its an amazing place. in spite of new owners from the mother country seventeen years ago, there are two employees who have been working there since it opened.
808chef,
Interesting ’cause I think I recall that place being named after the owner’s son.
btw, I don’t think it’s there anymore 🙁
wasn’t he also at the banyan court?
i wonder what college he went to? couldn’t be uh since he is a punahou grad.
al:
visitors were tom & Jerry or the Lone Ranger & Tonto
nah, jus funning!!!
(A-house seems to be in fine spirits this morning. Perhaps there was early Valentine’s celebration at his place as well?)
Maybe we gotta play his featured karaoke at the LV KKall.
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
homey,
see, what I told you? One revelation per day. 😉
(as opposed to revolution)
al
ramon was from the mainland, me thinks califrisco went to uh as a running back and kicker. after he grad I meet him at damien. he was the one that always got me into PA. latter on he moved to another place, think it was at sheraton it was located downstairs by the entrance. forgot the name.
and besides I mentioned about toku when he came home for a visit. plenty beers and memories that night of course he had his trusty companion oniante with him. we also toasted to troy’s yosihimitsu father whom passed some time back.
happy Valentines day to one and all,
to all the men who are blessed with a wife or significant other, make an effort today guys……
they won’t remember what you said, but they’ll remember how you made them feel
Mei Ling, you are right, make memories, make memories, make memories
guys, one more time, make an effort today, it is only one day, and think of where’d you be if you didn’t have that wonderful woman by your side
for my christian brothers out there, ‘love your wife as Christ loved the church’, remember, Adam died with his wife, Christ dies for his wife
and to all of the women who read this blog, i wanted to personally thank you for putting up with ‘the male species” for all these years. we are so incompetent at times, but judge us not by our actions or our words, but what is in our heart. for men, many of us cannot adequately express ourselves in the vernacular that you would understand, and thus the beginning of the end for many relationships unfortunately.
that is why God made it real easy by only having to say 3 words….
I LOVE YOU
may this day be filled with love and special remembrances, and women, know in your heart that there is one that always adores you, 365 days a year, and that is your Heavenly Father.
enough of the mini sermon,…..
Men,
take a stand, make a plan, and BE A MAN :WINK:
koakane….the more we talk the more we get closer to being related. i recall ramon now.
and i once was toku’s mentor.
😉 sorry, still learning
We’re all glad that nobody here went before they were supposed to. When I had my accident those years ago, the Docs had me under a “death watch” for two weeks.
To live is to love, and love is the Almighty’s greatest gift to us. On that note, I suppose it’s no coincidence that love is found in such abundance here on this blog.
Have a Happy Valentine’s Day all. 🙂
dpk,
good to hear you went from the death watch to the deaf watch….lot of guys suffer from ‘selective’ hearing, haha, or should it be huh….huh?
al
#42, i know a lot of punahou grads who wanted to go to UH but they weren’t allowed to……how come?
Alright! Break it up!
Stop, before everyone suddenly starts with “Kum-ba-yah”….
So I’ll be the second to ask: Who was on campus “this past weekend”?
Bolla has left the women’s team? wow, what’s going on with that, they should be able to get a few wins now……..is that same asst coach still here from the last time? she did a GREAT JOB last time this happened.
oh well. we’ll know soon enough.
The irony of your statement is that the accident left me partially deaf in one ear.
That’s what has allowed me to have selective listening all these years… 😆
so true bulla and well said
brought wife beakfast in bed but ate it cause she said all she like do is sleep till noon. so gotta hold off valentines till lunch.
just found out daughter mother bonding for dinner so dad is out eh whats up with dat on valentines.
al we betta not talk den bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa to many peeps in common
d1
we’ll save the singing for next weekend, haha
did you send #2 his ‘surprise’ package? hope he likes it….. 🙂
Two of my nephews yelled about Strawberry Shortcake…
One finishing at UH in a semester or two, the other one was cheering for Matt Ryan last year.
LOL@D1! 😆
Eh so how many sons do you REALLY have D1? There seems to be another addition according to your posts last night. Wanna tell us about it big daddy? 😉
d1 me thinks after Ahouse takes his med’s he’ll remember the 2 visitors j/k 😀
Bulla,
Sending it up with another one of his cousins who will be doing a campus visit next week.
He’ll love it. Thanks again! 😉
Happy Valentine’s Day to one and all.
Bulla: The class of 2008 at Punahou listed some 10-15% of its graduates are at UH. Forgot the precise figure but it was in that area. If I recall correctly about 1/3 at in schools in the east coast and another 1/3 in California schools.
Have you been to the IHOP at the Aqua on Ala Moana?
dpk,
was j/k jmxxxx. That kid has the same name as my #1.
TOM,
Sounds about right.
10% never get the word. 😆
d1-
Maury Povich called. He said he wants to have you on his show… Something about paternity test..
GREAT POST ST!
To all da Tsaikettes out dere…
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
DPK,
No test. No can even spell dat!
Tom,
the IHOP is busy in the morning and lunch. outdoor tables are most popular. dinner is slow.
IHOP is IHOP, but at least you don’t have to wait in long lines at Wailana….so that is good
Na wahine lost in wbb last night.. pat charrity coached the team, interim coach on the road…Bolla’s wife on a recruiting trip
Happy Valentines Day To all the Tsaiko Lovers and Loverettes.
Boys, have you taken care of all your better halfs?
Happy Valentine’s Day to the Tsaikettes!
I’ve been home recovering all week and Peaches just gave me a cute Valentine Card. Guess I have to take her to her favorite fried chicken and rice place–maybe tomorrow night. 😉
…and for the memories past and future–here’s to ST, Tsai-kos, and the blog!
Happy valentines day to you all. Go the extra mile and so some thing nice to your gal…see you at the mbb game tonight
Na Wahine loses again in softball, 1-6 record. Gals are playing in a tournament on the mainland…sad when Na Wahine starting pitcher is also the number 4 batter….Gonzalez is the number 2 in the rotation and is expected to contribute this season. Pitching and dh takes a toll on wahine pitchers because they tend to pitch without a lot of rest between outings. Coolan depended to much on the Aussie returning from the Olympics and she didn’t- better recruiting is needed to compete with Fresno State
can’t believe it was a year ago i was so lame.
Good morning all! ST, mahalo for those memories. Have a great day everyone!
c_c,
I can’t believe Iceman’s career took such a turn since a year ago! 🙄
momo,
Hope to see you at the MBB tonight! 😉
(…and anyone else who’s there!)
Something for Jason, jmxxxx, Garret (and probably James)
http://rebirthofreason.com/Spirit/Jokes/369.shtml
….sorry, the link probably gives it away but I am at work and can’t access tinyurl site
But it’s hilarious! 😆
Happy Valentines everyone.
#49 Bulla: Thanks for the great words of wisdom. We must cherish our loved ones and of course, make memories.
Wie and Stanford tied after 4, both -1 for the day, -9 for the tournament.
Kani Kauahi must be one of the interviewees for the coaching position. Who could the other be? Anybody know if Jesse Sapolu was considered for the position?
Wie is playing with a new maturity, no longer forcing things, but rather let’s the game come to her, hope she’ll pull it off, for her sake.
Go Michelle (Wie). You can do it.
Man! We get some really romantic Tsai-kos in the house.
Lady’s- kindly read the above posts as my braddahz have poignantly expressed how I feel.
Men Be good.
Enjoy!
oh and BTW- I can’t believe Bolla completely missed recruiting Hilo High’s Vicky Tagalicod. She’s heading off to USC next year.
Shucks!
Did you notice that ST got confirmation of Bolla’s status from the Chancellor’s office? I would think that something serious might be going on. The Chancellor should not be involved with minor day-to-day issues of the athletic dept. Hmmmm.
What’s Vince Goo been up to lately?
Howzit addahknowjoe. How’s yo betta half doing? Happy Valentines to the both of you.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Eat cupcakes!
d1:
couldn’t hold back that “jab”at al – he is a nice fellow.
bulla:
your #54 – what are you talking about? just going to school or play sports? who stopped them from going to UH? why?
is UH “below” their standards?
WBB team was so distracted that the Bolla’s weren’t there they committed, what 30 turnovers? must have kept looking at the bench and not concentrating.
Ladies, make the most of the rest of the season – have fun!
Happy Valentine to all Tsaikos, near and far, and have a great day!
Oh, what the heck, make it 4 in a row.
Getting ready to watch Oceanic channel 30 for the SBS Open and cheer on Michelle – you go girl!
Curt- My better half is working her best today. =)
a-joe,
Hope those Gentlemen of Kalaepohaku are nice to her tonight. 😉
100?
I thought I heard thunder this morning.
As I was bolting out the door with the cats (whom the boys caught) for their shots, #2 son mentions a Valentine breakfast. Ooops, too late. I had to rush back, drop off the cats and go to a funeral service (Kekoa- your favorite cousin says hi!). How about lunch? I called.
OK. now we are all going to lunch.
In all these years, I believe this is the first year that the kids are thinking of me at Valentines without prompting. Well, at least #2. #3 is like- lunch???
But I did get a cool valentine from ST 😆
Mahalo!
One step at a time, one day at a time.
❗ GO MICHELLE ❗
Re: Bolla.
Yeah, yeah. I got stuck with the story yesterday.
Anyway, there are reports that there was an incident that led to the “leave.”
Bolla and everyone in the AD have been placed on a sort of gag order.
The matter is being handled by the chancellor’s office, and only Gregg Takayama is allowed to comment. What he can say is limited, too.
Even if this gets resolved, it’s just never a good thing for the head coach to be home while the team is on road.
I’m hoping the program improves. It’s the only women’s college basketball program in the state.
Several years ago, a female basketball player was arrested for shoplifting. We gave big play to a football player who was arrested for the same incident. But when I approached Goo for a comment, he argued that because his program was not receiving much coverage, it wasn’t fair to blast them for a negative event. That made sense, I think.
Anyway, since I don’t cover women’s basketball, and I have limited interaction with the program, I’m not qualified to offer much of an opinion on the current situation.
But I’m sure more qualified readers may give their views.
I’m trying to remember what it’s like being 5 years old and wanting to deliver that valentine’s card to the pretty girl who sat in front of me in school.
808chef ask your son her name…I bet you any dollah, he knows!
I wish you a Happy big 5 Birthday along with my own daughter, Puanani who is 41 today.
It is a very special birthday to us because she is our Valentine’s Day gift to each other.
HAPPY VALENTINE’S Day!
Go Michelle
ST ~ I am trying very hard to remain calm during the E-Bolla crisis. However, I cannot speak for my brother from a different mother, bhf2.
I have sent him the *Bat* signal. The UH Sports World awaits!
E-bolla…. ha!
and d1, i was not the reason for that.
So I am dutifully watching Mamma Mia with Mrs. d1島 before we head off to the MBB….
IMHO Pierce Brosnan would be strictly 2nd billing at a KKall 🙄
Happy Valentine’s Day! :mrcool:
c_c,
The thought never came to mind. 🙂
Hau’oli la hanau to Kieren & Puanani!
My Mom recalled that Pat Charity did a good job with the WBB team the last time they needed an interim coach.
We could all go to the women’s game on Feb. 20th to show support. It would probably more than double the normal attendance if the Tsaikos showed up. And it’s the the day before the KK for las vegas, so we should have some time.
d1,
Hopefully you make it out of that movie with your sanity intact. Bwahahaha!!!
I was visiting some friends out in New England when that movie came out and we decided to go see it because we had nothing better to do. Needless to say I wanted my time back…..
In the realm of things, it wasn’t a bad movie, its just that that type of flick isn’t a big preference of mine.
Okay, so Mrs.d1島 liked it. (actually I liked the stage production at Mandalay Bay better)
I still like “A Summer Place” for mushy movies – unforgettable theme song and who can beat that Frank Lloyd Wright beach house?
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/ca_walk.jpg
http://tinyurl.com/by4un7
Well, alright Stretch comes close….
CRW,
There’s that song some from A Chorus Line.
What I Did For Love 🙄
exciting golf match, wie down by 2 with 3 to go…she has a chance to gain a stroke on the 16
ralph’s always wanted to be a reporter.
wie missed a three footer for birdie…down by 2 with 2 to go
Uh-oh…..
Mrs.d1島 just found the “Sing-a-long” feature on the DVD….
Since these are ABBA songs shouldn’t the words on the screen be spelled phonetically? 😕
Scott Morifuji seems to like Tweeting from electronics venues….
…just pointed out that the casting was a little off.
The brides parents should be in their 40’s according to the story line.
Mrs.d1島 was not amused…. 🙁
I hope the Rainbow Warriors win tonight 😐
…for one brief shining moment …
2nd place isn’t the end of the world considering it is the first start as a pro.
top 150
TOM,
Couldn’t wait for Ralph’s Report, eh?
heheheh
damn i need the ocean!!
true dat tom.
she’ll learn a lot from this tourney.
she is good for the lpga.
It’s 22 deg (-6 wind chill) in Madison, WI right now.
I’m watching Dick Vitale on ESPN calling their game against Ohio St. and thanking my sons for playing football instead of basketball.
Das why Hawaii people smaht…keep da keeds short, no can go away and play bball….Brrrrrr…..
The big news out of Dallas is the frenzy June has created by letting go quite a few players from his team. Some were warranted for disciplinary reasons. And some, as a lot of agreeing posters on the Dallas blogs replied in their comments, were for reasons that June wants to trim the dead wood from his team.
And I agree, it’s the coach’s prerogative.
And furthermore, it doesn’t concern me in the manner of how June let go of his players. I’m more concerned about the Warriors.
For the reasons why I’m writing this today is that I want to look at Coach Mack and the Warriors and how what is coming out of Dallas relates to the Warriors. For I’m in agreement where if there’s need for the coach in trimming the deadwood then by all means trim the wood. Or release the marginal player, which is usually a third year player on scholarship that’s deep on the depth charts. It’s only for the betterment of the team.
In saying, “that for the good of the team…where winning is everything…and where winning is the bottom line…and where losing can be cause in the coach into be fired then he should have the prerogative to let players go even though their on scholarship where he sees fit”.
Even Coach Mack would know this. And he has been quoted as saying he pains…and it kills him to have to do this. But for the betterment of the team, he has to yield the axe ( hence the saying trimming the wood).
What people don’t realize is that a D-1 football scholarships are only one year renewable contracts. And accordingly, the athletic department and coach can take it away at their will and discretion.
Whereas other coaches would axe, axe …albeit, and seemingly, unmercifully I’d admire the coach that sits down with the player at this time of the year and tell him up front, man to man, and with extended humility that he is at risk of losing his scholarship… And tell him, again, up front that he buried in the depth charts and not unless a good performance in the spring elevates his status then he has to be released. I see this way as being the best. I think this would be how Coach Mack would approach this.
Bomb shell are unmerciful, receiving bad news to a kid is devastating. I’ve been there, I know how it feels.For all I saw was a closed door and a list of the names of the players that made the team. No further exchanges. So I can collaborate that a coach that’s at least up front with the boys means a lot. Again, I think Coach Mack will be.
In the scope of coaching, where the players and the coaches themselves are continuously under the microscope… how I see Coach Mack is that if he has to do…what coaches hate to do…yet it has to be done for the betterment of the team,… he’d probably do it with the utmost compassion.
So I hope the blog host doesn’t bring his son to Genji to display his “talent”
Too Hot!
roysan16:
no different when a company releases employee(s) just before the holidays
being a leader is tough and something that all leaders have to do to make his/her unit/company better – these are the times a leader wishes he/she did not get close to employees
do the best you can and if that’s not enough at least you know you tried your very best
ST, good neighbor:
any word on the “other” coaching position? are candidates being interviewed?
any “leak” on who has applied?
it will be very interesting once the new coaches are hired and Coach Mack decides who will do what and what commotion it will cause, but better early and not just before Spring ball.
guess McKnight is not an applicant.
A-house,
It could be time for a walk down the hill with some baked goods 😉
…or perhaps some chicken soup?
congratulations to Michelle for her 2nd place finish at the SBS – there will be many more tournaments to win.
gotta give Stanford credit for putting together a string of birdies(3) to move past Wie and one could sense the momentum shift
I can easily imagine homey shooting a string of birdies….
O Mamma Mia! 😯
time to get ready for MBB!
See you at the Stanley….
d1:
I offered to make turkey soup from scratch with carrots, onions, celery, potato, and chicken stock, but Mrs A-House wants to eat ramen with Kamabuko – yummie!!
that’s OK because it’s kinda chilly in Kailua.
you think ST, being home with a cold, would go for ramen IF he gives me info?
btw,
blog clock is riht on now 🙂
d1:
homey will need a sawed off shotgun to shoot all them birdies flying around – maximum spread of pellets!
A-house,
Good thing you switched. The turkey would know the difference if you used the chicken stock!
…and now I’ll leave to let you all ponder the meaning of that last post!
Yo Yo Yo Tsaikos and Tsaikettes
howzit howzit howzit!
from da house in Pepeekeo, Happy Valentine Day to all you wonderful people!
Kekoa,
thanks for the call the other day about our beloved Kristen and her lifelong bud Curveball. promised myself i’d fix dis bugga, give him my best wishes, and here I am. Da wife said nuttin was wrong, only my fingahz. Women… pfffF…. 😀
Dare, howz dat for sayin da smuud talkin wurdz 😀 an da smile on Valentines Day.
a charmer, thats me. must be me and eBolla related or when da same polish grad school.
so i bustin out my crystal ball and… lets see… betcha one cookie creme dat da bugga wen off on JimmyD afta Jimmy tellin him how much he is loved on da internet. 😆 sumtin like dat, neva like here about taking one fo da teem. 😀
an doze guyz from da BufF an Blu, tink day speekee mo betta English dan me, day no deserve UH down da street. too close to holmes. 😀
shallow people…. step aside…. let the big sea roll inn.. 😀
Roysan,
Obviously a coach should not keep someone who is disruptive or is an otherwise bad influence. During the past season there was a certain QB whom the team might have been better off without since he was such a distraction. But these players were offered scholarships so they could play football and attend school.
What about the possible social benefits that you may lose by not renewing a player just because he is fourth on the depth chart? Someone who may go on to be a successful high school coach who sends his players here. Or better yet, someone who becomes a successful businessman and donates large sums of money because he appreciates his education. Compare that to a bitter person who works against us. Besides, who made the mistake to think the kid would be a great player to begin with?
I do understand your point of view, just don’t agree with it if talent is the issue. It was better in the days when the agreements were for the entire four years.
Roysan 16
first off, your clarity is brilliant. and you make a case for your point of view. ButttttT, I happen to agree with the Guapo’s point of view. When you commit, you commit. You gotta have that mindset. Human beings fall down. Guarantee! I happen to believe in second chances. Society agrees with me on. The Mulligans come to mind.
I also agree we don’t have to wait for the Dishonorable Discharge to trim the wood. Some demonstrations of lack of discipline warrant discipline more than others. I think the cream of the crop always benefit when their understudies provide some relief and support in their efforts to be the stars. Just goes to show the coaches make the call, and they should be stuck with the call for more than a year, maybe not 4, but definitely those we chose to become Warriors gotta be given a chance when there is skimpy evidence that they are not trying their best.
# Kekoa (iPhone):
February 14th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
ST ~ I am trying very hard to remain calm during the E-Bolla crisis. However, I cannot speak for my brother from a different mother, bhf2.
I have sent him the *Bat* signal. The UH Sports World awaits!
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Unfortunately, it appears as though the Big Boy from Hilo’s ‘puter is on the fritz. I betcha some chikkens in Hilo are really gettin’ da great 4:00 am speeches about coach Bolla’s suspension in the mean time. 😆
Thats why McMackin is making the big bucks and I’m not. 😀
OOps! Spoke to soon! Da Man is in da Hale!!! Auriteeeee!!!
>>WBB team was so distracted that the Bolla’s weren’t there they committed, what 30 turnovers? must have kept looking at the bench and not concentrating.
A-House,
The turnovers are nothing new. I think this is the second time they’ve hit 30 TOs this year. Same thing last year — they tend to kill themselves by giving the ball up. Bolla was hoping for better ball handling with this current group of players, but the style and pace they’re shooting for requires quick decisions and reactions, and they haven’t shown that they’re capable of sustaining that sort of concentration over the course of 40 minutes — especially when they’re worried about the reaction they’ll get if they mess up. I think it’s curious that, at least in the practices I’ve attended, they don’t spend much time practicing the transition game against actual defenders.
Howz you Big Hilo? Happy Walentine’s Day to yoo and da Missus! 😉
Howzit “Da Punchbowl Kid”
actually, i been sleepin in dis past week, workin da gutz. da bugga stay svelte undaneat da layers of… ummm…. rind. 😆
Happy V Day sweetheart! 😀
When I look back at the WBB coach’s credentials, he get da palapala.
But besides having great food to serve, which is a must in any successful restaurant, presentation is another key factor. using the same analogy, Mr. Bolla became eBolla to many of us, so many that his team has no following. Heck, get choke high school girls teams that show as good a following as UHM basketball, and that is NOT NOT NOT GOOD! not good for UH. not good for the State. not good for Warrior Nation. the Girls gotta look good too, not just the Guyz.
Gotta talk like that. Hey… its Valentine’s Day. 😀
LizK,
MeiLing
Wena
Princess
ASports
Mrs.AHouse
Nalani,
Midori7
UHFan808
JMxXXX 😀
Brie
JaM
Rob25
Ronnie
PrincessLeila
Peaches
Sweetie
KindaShy
MaryAnne 😀
Susan
wishing all you cuties a Happy Valentines Day.
wishing you all the Love in the world.
Howzit bhf2!! Long time no see. Happy Valentine’s Day to you too. Bet dem chikkens got caught up on dere beauty sleep witchu off the ‘putah. 😆
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good afternoon tsaikos. happy valentine’s day to all.
congrats to michelle.
BHF2 ~ Eh!…no fogit Mrs. Ruff ‘n Tuff! She make Aku palu outta you boi!
BHF2 ~ Call me wen you get a chance. I get some resisting arrest charges I need taken care of. I swear I was only putting up E-Bolla warnings on the freeway overpass just to while away the afternoon, when all of a sudden MaGarret showed up!
More Puns go to UH than any other school. UH isn’t that easy to get in to. I recall our deans advising everyone to apply to UH but to not think of it as a “safety school” because a lot of applicants would not be accepted.
Howzit Kekoa,
how could you even think i would disrespect RuffnTuff da Malokai girl. my best wishes to her too on this beautiful Valentine’s Day. say hi to da Mrs. but self immolation is in order for skippin her name. so sorry 😀
did I accidentaly miss somebody? besides the wives of the braddaz dat is.
ST
thanks for all the info. Happy V Day to you too. 😀
bh2 I feel your vibes, all good
and I bet this makes myself and many others lurking feel your good vibes
you do have this effect
speaking for many, I thank you for the merriment and pleasantries that you
extend on this valentines day
actually what I should also say, I thank everyone, including bh2, for
extending well wishes on this valentines day.
now that sounds better.
BHF2,
Tanks for the love. (((Hugs))) to your honee & you.
K, off to da game!
hi MeiLing
Kekoa,
call me tomorrow from your phone and I’ll call you right back. you got my #. I’ll have it on 7-9am Thanks I’m assuming your screaming is for real… 😀 you must be screamin for somebody else. but i’ll talk to you about it. an dat. 😀
So, obviously Roysan16 got sumtin on his mind dat he can’t say right out. okay friend, speak up. but talk in code. we no like da rest of the gang get antzy. 😀
i get the feelin you and El Guapo are insiders or have friends who are insiders. so how can we help get da Coach to shift gears? get da crew crankin. my feelin is that you gotta have sumbody like .. ummm… me 😀
on da coach’es butt, like dat white guy on Denzel’s butt when da Titanz wuz headed fo big time in their mindz 😀 and da game wuz on da line. 😀
Wow!..E-Bolla Quarantine?
Is this the beginning of the recovery period for WBB?
Dr. Dana Takahara, Goo, Wolfe, etc…
Anyhoo, Happy Valentine’s to all…Go Warrior BB!
You just gotta know dat E-Bolla (gotta talk formal) crossed da line with Jimmy D for da lovely lady to get involved, and all hush hush means da lead slippah scoldings/50 cracks on da head. da lady choosing our hero ova da guy who can’t draw a 100 crowd.
i’m gonna make it a point to try show up on Friday da 20th next week to support our lady Warriors! my dark side sayz we gotta stuck togedda, ladies. 😀 how am i doing, whitey? 😀 yup, i do have a
darksick side. 😆BHF2,
I’m just a guy who had to learn plenty things the hard way.
How important going school is (if you never go school how would you be a successful, ummm, what you do again? never mind, now I remember).
Take the high road otherwise things come back and bite you.
And got more important things in life besides football (like baseball)
jus funnin jus funnin. let us pray….
Dear Lord…. i no i not deservin, but help sista Virg outta dis one an I will do good da rest ah da year, promote world peace, yada yada. get Bolla an his wife one job where everybody can be happy, him, da wife, his team, his players, UH, Warrior Nation. i no all dat is not mutually inclusifve, or mutually exclusive, but da vibes… no can… no can…
better fo him to move on…
an Lord, no blame Kekoa… he wuz just expressin what SOoo many of us wuz tinkin… i mean…. Kekoa neva empty da stands by hisself… dat wuz all Bolla. plus… he wen run off his mouth last year about Vegas. da bottom line, Virg and Jimmy D wuz doing what JJones doing in SMU, trimming da dead wood.
i still like us get a crack at SMU. get some lickins i like get in wit dat bugga who wen
forcehoodwink me into buyin 5 of them books. 😀 Redemption? pfttt.. smuud talkah is more like it. 😀okay, i admit it. i still get issues.
DPK, lenme borrow your gun. 😀 ST’s shotgun is too well known. 😀
El Guapo,
howzit howzit. the more i think about and experience things, the more i realize ALL of us have had to learn lessons the hard way, some more than others. i can attest to that on a personal level.
i want to be part of the group that gets the UH student athlete feeling good about themselves individually, thinking and believing there is hope for each of them in their futures. some will play samoa at the next level, some will become coaches, some will become teachers, some will run fire departments, police departments, business, be leaders in other things and other wayz. and in some way we, Warrior Nation, can pat our backs in some small way, knowing we’re helping out Hawaii feel good about us in Hawaii. . that is what I hope for us this Valentines Day. Lots of Love for and from the Student Athletes at UH. Especially our Warriors!
so watcha think ST? will he fit in and make a positive showing on da oline? or is there too much self defense in the present staff for the fit to be a positive? you know how that works.
whatcha think?
bh2 guapo
in this age of college football so much emphasis is placed on teams putting the best team and the best players on the field
why?
having a good team can have an affect on attendance, chances of bowl game money , espn picking up the game and better recruits coming into the program. and this all adds up to money.
Now with so much money at stake and pressure to perform, does it behoove a coach to be nice. And keep an under performing player because it seemed like the nice thing to do. Or to keep his door open to the best 85 scholarship players. And if that includes walkons joining the program and earning scholarship then so be it. And if they’re better than a player that has a scholarship then it follows with tenement of putting the best team together and releasing the old and bringing in the new.. This is bear bryant, bobby knight way, and june (even when he was here) all winning formulas.
People should understand that even the walkons fall thru the cracks and coaches find that they were unrecruited, yet there just as good as a player on the roster.
So if coaches, now and then, find walk ons that are good what’s the best way to reward them?
It’s unpopular to cut a scholarship player, but the coach mindset should be on winning, not pleasing.
If the UH gets a reputation of rewarding scholarships to it’s walkon players I’d venture to say the players, locally and nationally, that fell thru the cracks, would take a chance on trying out at uH.
Having such competition in trying to earn a spot on the roster. And extracting from the best pool of players is a winning formula. Even having the scholarship players looking over their shoulders can be productive on a team in the long run, for no one player will become complacent..This is the new wave. And a lot more college teams we’re seeing are going this way.
It’s unfair to cut the scholarship players, I know. But that’s the direction that teams have to take in this money, commercialized induced environment. Bottom line teams have to perform. And the coaches have to put together the best team of players on the field..
OMG!!! What a dunk by Rod Flemings!! 😀
go Mililani Trojans, boys soccer, it’s time to win another state title in soccer.
Dear Lord
I hope Coach McMackin hires someone who is respected by all the coaches. i know that respect is earned. I know life is not a given. and sometimes our choices turn out wrong. I pray the oline coaching choice starts off as at least a B+, and goes up from there. Amen.
DPK
I’m watching South Pacific on TCM and I’m thinking of your mom. 😀
roysan 16
the scholarship contract is like you said for only one year. this gives both the institution and the athlete a pre written ‘out clause’.
ST, whatever happened to Tennessee’s woman’s shortstop from Kam school, i think her name was Horiuchi or something like that, she had a scenario that was not in her best interest at that time.
it’s a contract, there are academic, physical and individual benchmarks that the student-athlete must maintain to get the contract renewed.
my 2 sense 😉
i hear you Roysan16. sounds good. i like be like Obama. say sometin fo errybody. main thing, keep your word. life is not a guarantee. players gotta know that. coach gotta act like that.
so far as i know, we don’t have that kind of problem, do we? are not our problems handled through attrition and ineptitude, for the most part? so if we just hypothesizing, i say.. ummm… give the coach 3 years. 😀
bhf2
the HC has to hire coaches, and not people that he needs to micromanage. his job is to coach the coaches, and the coaches coach the players. very easy formula, and when it is done properly….success is inevitable, most times.
it’s like being married and having control issues…..husband and wife, let’s not compete, let’s complete…. the task of raising our children in a healthy loving environment….
some HC’s feel they need to be ‘in’ on every decision…..instead of letting decisions being made and observing the result. how does a coach gain confidence if the HC is breathing over their shoulder every minute? you’re right, they don’t….so they either stay and hope to ‘develop’ their abilities or they leave for other programs…….it’s a business, nothing more and nothing less.
jusT Kidding! boy, get sum sensitive peeps roun heeah.
actually, i think Coach Mack is doing a great job for his first gig as the Coach. i’m hoping he picks one sidekick and sticks wit dat bugga in da 4th quarter, calling da shots. all for one, one for all. last year, imho, da “losses” were because of coaching, not the players. the coaches got da tap out mentality and couldn’t convince the players otherwise, to rise to da next level. they lost the mind game against Cincy, for example, plain and simple. not dat Cincy wasn’t a good team. still yet, we lost because da sack went missing in da final minutes.
and you ain’t gonna convince me oddawize. no sir.
and naia schools football scholies are 4 years, which i think is right
doesnt give another team any advantage over the other
d-1 1 yr scholies, soon every team will be run like a pro team, which i think is bad
read where the 1 yr d-1 scholies has been in place by the ncaa since 1973
happy valentine’s day to one and all,
going to do an Esme, and whooooosh out of here.
have a great weekend, and be careful in those winds….. 🙂
AJoe,
I watching Rossano Brazzi on TCM, South Pacific. must be related to you, da sultry lookin kind. 😀 course, could be Pride’s uncle. 😀
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i agree
general, colonel, captain,
delegate authority
break in authority, break in chain of command
very proverbial, very true
you wrote similarly about this a few months ago
sort of cryptic
the message was conveyed
independent of your thoughts, heres mine
the associate head coach imo should be the one taking a big part overlooking discipline
on the team, on the field and off
imo he should be doing a better job
We would be better off with Coach Bulla instead of Coach Bolla
coaching, sometimes the wrong guyz get the rap. imo its the ones who are in the poke who got the problem, not the team. always going get someone who made a mistake. thats life.
some things are so self evident you don’t need a 8 foot sign to see the message from 20 feet away. like Mr. Davis, I wish him well, not sure of the facts, but the smoke from that barn don’t look good. i’m thinking he couldn’t let go. too bad. i’m hoping my guess is wrong. don’t want anything bad to happen to any Warrior. We’re supposed to be in this together.
Taking a break for a few. see you all in da early a.m. 😀
OMG. Raise your hand if you think the zebras in the game tonight should be shot. Non-calls, wrong calls… Calling a foul cuz Coach Fox gets in their faces… 😈
Man!! Not a good weekend for UH sports. UGH!!! and UGLY!!!
Gee. I feel like I’m talking to myself. Where’d everybody go?
Saw that ending. Blechhhhh!!!!!
Jm does that mean the mbb lost?
Bulla I know you already esmed but Horiuchi transferred to Purdue, had to sit out a last year
Ralph – shhhh. Don’t tell al, but they lost by 1.
jm2375 ~ Hubby must not be home yet from TDY trip. You’re losing it. We’ve all been right here all along!
i’ll be the one….
hang this loss on the coach.
we keep playing not to lose in the last few minutes of the game. every time we have a lead we take time off the clock instead of keep pushing it. why stop playing the way that got us there in the first place????
why put in a reserve in the prime time minutes of a game when he has a penchant for turnovers and making lolo plays, i.e. fouling a guy with a obvious two point lay in when you still have a small lead?
yah, we missed free throws and many lay ups, but, we still should have won if we played to win, played smart, and played with the right guys on the court.
…nuff said.
I wonder if there are more people at the soccer championship than there were at the SSC
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okay….
closing minutes of the game.
which team has more pressure?
the one ahead or the one behind?
the one behind has the pressure to execute, come from behind, make plays, etc. so if you are ahead all you gotta do is put the game out of reach, how do you do that?
score more points.
take it to them.
close the door on the game.
bury your opponent, make up give up, quit.
defense minded coaches tend to coach opposite. sure defense wins games, but, how do you win?
you out score them!!!
that hasn’t changed has it?
i know, it is not only basketball, its football too. cincy game for example(yah, i agree with bhf2 on this game).
…nuff said, one more time.
Kekoa – hubby is right here chain-sawing logs on the couch. Scratch American Airlines from the list of preferred airlines.
actually, michelle wie turned pro in 2005 and played samsung world championship as her first start as a professional. in 2006 alone, she played in 9 lpga events all as a pro. Up to today, wie has played in 49 lpga events and 14 mens professional events. although she has yet to win a tournament, there is no question that she is experienced.
SteveM, yeah, Greg and I will stop by as we just love all of you! More than that, we are big on UH sports. 🙂 Mahalo! I’ll find out if Mia will go.
Picture an athlete that graduated from the UH that reached the pinnacle of her sport by winning five LPGA tournaments and two other amateur tournaments here in Hawaii. And yet she isn’t in the UH circle of honor.
Her name is often mentioned along side other distinguished alumni from UH
Ms.Cindy Rarick is a graduate of the University of Hawaii , where she attended on a golf scholarship (early ’80’s). At UH she was known as Cindy Flom.
Is she deserving? I think so. In comparison to others circle of honor inductees and looking at their athletic achievements next to Ms.Cindy Rarick successes she should definitely have been considered.
Long overdue? I think so.
Jon Wie is listed and she was introduced as a LPGA rookie at the SBS tournament, she is also eligible for rookie of the year award in the LPGA.
tough MBB loss…
lots of excitement in da house…
….and it’s interesting who you run into at BCD after….
just saw the mbb score- futile performance by both teams…yes, I didn’t watch the game, but unless both teams were playing four corners and working the clock this score is more like a high score game at DII level.
Pride. – saw some of your family at Mrs. Suga’s service today. Nuttin but GOOD VIBES!
As I understand it, anyone can declare him/herself as a professional golfer by showing skill in the game – winning Jr. championships for example or making the cut in a professional game as an amateur. However, the mere fact that you have declared yourself as a professional golfer, does not, in and of itself, permit you to play in any professional golf game/tournament.
But to be a professional playing on the tour, you have to have a qualification license – Q-School in the PGA or LPGA and if you get one, you can play on the tour. Otherwise you would have to have a sponsor’s exemption to play.
The SBS is the first golf game Michelle can play as a legitimate professional because of her Q-card and of course has to make the cut. In the other games that she played, she was given an exemption from the rule that requires you to have a qualification card.
Whether she is a rookie pro or an old-timer pro, the $108,000+ she got today blurs the distinction!
That was a heck of a basketball game tonight. I’m disappointed we lost, but it was a good showing. The defensive intensity has picked up so much for UH, I absolutely love it. Frustrated how we played in the last couple minutes, though.
I don’t disagree with the complaints about playing to not lose vs. playing to win, but that’s part coaching philosophy, part player confidence (i.e., do the players know what it takes to finish a game, and can they execute?). What I do want to complain about was the terrible officiating. How the heck do you let someone cheap shot Balocka like that, and not call anything? I thought not having him in the second half hurt us. Not that Campbell’s bad, cause he adds a really nice length element at center, but Balocka was having a good game until then. I thought that hurt us in the second half.
And there were many, many calls that were just wrong, made when they shouldn’t have been, and not made when they should have been. And geez, Nevada was getting away with some serious holding down low. I thought basketball was a non-contact sport? I mean, you let some stuff go, but geez. It’s hard to pick up unless you’re close to the court, but I’m right there and it was blatantly obvious. But the refs haven’t been calling that stuff consistently all year. They call ticky-tack stuff on us, and let other teams do whatever they want. I want consistency and clarity on what will be considered an infraction and what won’t be.
DPK
I’m watching South Pacific on TCM and I’m thinking of your mom. 😀
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You really know how to touch a braddahs heart, don’t you big hilo braddah. I think of mom when I see that show too. I miss her so much some times.
You can borrow my shotgun any time. 😉
Congrats to Michelle, way to start the year!
I was watching South Pacific too. That movie still makes me cry. Growing up on the mainland, hoping there was a Lt. Cable for me somewhere who would not buy into the race thing…
Wow- we’ve come a long way, baby. Still a long way to go- but gettin’ there!
Wow- you are correct… the blog clock is right on!
DPK- who is your mom, may I ask? What’s the SP connection?
Happy Valentines Lizzie Girl! 🙂
DPK- did you see my card> The uke was so cute:
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/MCLT6p6GGLO5NOxu
It’s 22 deg (-6 wind chill) in Madison, WI right now.
d1: That’s why I said, when I went to MathFest last year — it would be nice to go to school at UW-Madison, but only if I can take summer classes. (And even then, it was cold in the mornings!)
Congrats to the KAPAA HIGH SOCCER TEAM!!! D2 CHAMPS!!!
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention earlier — great crowd at the basketball game tonight. It was one of the larger ones in recent memory, and they were very vocal and active.
What was really funny was that there were these two Nevada fans sitting behind me in the UH student section. Looked like a college student and her mother. They tried distracting the UH players shooting free throws in the first half, but that didn’t work; when they stopped, then we started missing. They were pretty quiet in the second half, as everybody else was pretty vocal for UH. But yeah, they were kind of funny. I told them I would need to confiscate the UH towel they get for sitting in those seats. 😀
good evening all, don’t know what comments can be made about tonights bball game. plenty up and downs. during the last two minutes of the game it did not seem like anyone wanted to take charge, lead and win the game but that mho.
I admit switching to watch the hour long tribute to the Mama’s and Popa’s on PBS. great group, supa songs and tons of good memories of a era long past. here’s one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wI6uAOHzvo
Ralph, i understand that she is classified as a rookie on LPGA and there are others including Ji Yai Shin, who won the 2008 British open and ADT championship last year who, believe it or not, is also considered a “rookie”. Shin also turned pro in 2006.
Apparently, when a player gains tour membership, then the LPGA recognizes that player and hence her first year will be considered her rookie year. I think its ridiculous esp. for Ji Yai Shin who has already won a womens major and 2 LPGA events.
Again, I never stated she wasnt a rookie on lpga, I just corrected tom who stated that the SBS was “her first start as a pro”. It wasnt.
Liz, fun card! Mahalo!
Notice
come join the wessai fun bunch on sunday for kope, breakfast and prayer meeting @ Nancy’s in waipio. kekoa and I will be there by 10. if nothing doing come on down 😀
ralph make note of the change of venue.
sending this out as a final tribute to all the tsaiket’s in da hale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3QENGRc0F4&feature=related
lizk….oc1016 replay of kapaa hs soccer match on now.
koakane….do you actually have prayer?
Watching the basketball replay, I didn’t notice Flemings was hurt in the first half. I was wondering why he left so early, they came back not that much later.
koakane…..#224 is that koa-mahu?
Thanks, koakane!
al- thanks… but i have Dish Network… no mo OC16…
So- what shall we sing at the KK next week?
Any duet partners out there? So Phantom or other show tunes? West Side Story? Gotta gice las vegas a breather now and then 😉
Ah, Johnny Mathis. I remember trying to sing like him as a little kid, and realizing I had no range. 😀
Liz: I love Phantom, but the range required for those songs is crazy! I’ll abstain. 😉
Still not sure if I’m going to go …
al™ yep I get prayer and no its me giving the ladies a final praise they deserve for putting up with da men.
jason heard on tv it was not a cheap shot on Balocka. he hurt himself trying to pivot for the rebound off the free throw. replay confirmed.
imho again nash need to match intensity of the nevada coach and get into the faces of some of these referee’s so they don’t get intimidated by the other guy. hell this is his house sh_t man protect it.
Howzit Everybody,
Al I gotta agree with you even though I don’t want to. The boys down the stretch where playing not to lose and where very tentative. I do believe it came down to the coaching. Not pushing the ball and kinda going into basketballs version of a prevent defense, while they were on offense.
I also gotta agree with Jason on the argument about the refs. They totally sucked eggs this game. On both sides they where just making some dumb calls. But it is what it is and we gotta move on. The boyz are working hard and you can see in every effort they are putting out on the court. I still believe that Coach Nash can do it, but things like tonight’s game can not happen to much more times or else it might be a short lived tenure for him.
Just saw that now, koakane. I apologize to the refs and Nevada for that. Sure looked like a cheap shot from where I was.
That doesn’t excuse all the other bad calls, though.
jon–223
what tom said is not wrong
1. he said turning pro/ declaring herself a pro doesn’t automatically make the pro golfer a tour player
2. in the past michelle played on a sponsors exemption
3. this recent tournament was her first with a tour card thru q-school
these are all true
as pro golfer with now with her first touring card she is refered as a rookie
this is true
I’ll add that for michelle or any other golfer retaining a tour card she has to finish in the top 80 to retain her tour card for the following year
if a golfer is out of the top 80 then its back to q school and then the person has to finish in the top 17
in the past she had nonexempt status meaning she had 10 free passes or sponsors exemptions a year
what she was hoping to do in the past was to get her touring card thru being the top 90 on the money lists-and that didn’t work
so she went to q school this past december and got exempt status this year
jon-
and this is a ball park figure of what amount of money woud be needed to be in the top 80 on the LPGA tour
below is the 2008 money list thru nov 23
with a win of 110k at the SBS open it looks like michelle is more than on her way in securing her card for the 2010 year.
56. Natalie Gulbis (20) 266,237
57. H.J. Choi (27) 253,283
58. Pat Hurst (25) 252,189
59. Diana D’Alessio (29) 235,465
60. Michele Redman (19) 234,907
61. Wendy Ward (23) 229,092
62. Jill McGill (26) 227,183
63. Il Mi Chung (26) 220,513
64. Janice Moodie (25) 213,074
65. Becky Morgan (23) 205,838
66. Rachel Hetherington (24) 191,169
67. Heather Young (25) 188,218
68. Sandra Gal (22) 181,162
69. Alena Sharp (27) 180,958
70. Katie Futcher (22) 176,792
71. Irene Cho (21) 176,787
72. Karine Icher (27) 176,419
73. Kim Hall (25) 175,235
74. Kyeong Bae (24) 166,095
75. Linda Wessberg (22) 165,111
76. Na On Min (26) 146,643
77. Soo-Yun Kang (22) 145,665
78. Moira Dunn (25) 144,656
79. Russy Gulyanamitta (15) 139,402
80. Wendy Doolan (22) 137,558
81. Gloria Park (23) 132,336
82. Jennifer Rosales (20) 128,185
83. Meredith Duncan (22) 125,884
84. Jamie Hullett (19) 123,868
56. Natalie Gulbis (20) 266,237
57. H.J. Choi (27) 253,283
58. Pat Hurst (25) 252,189
59. Diana D’Alessio (29) 235,465
60. Michele Redman (19) 234,907
61. Wendy Ward (23) 229,092
62. Jill McGill (26) 227,183
63. Il Mi Chung (26) 220,513
64. Janice Moodie (25) 213,074
65. Becky Morgan (23) 205,838
66. Rachel Hetherington (24) 191,169
67. Heather Young (25) 188,218
68. Sandra Gal (22) 181,162
69. Alena Sharp (27) 180,958
70. Katie Futcher (22) 176,792
71. Irene Cho (21) 176,787
72. Karine Icher (27) 176,419
73. Kim Hall (25) 175,235
74. Kyeong Bae (24) 166,095
75. Linda Wessberg (22) 165,111
76. Na On Min (26) 146,643
77. Soo-Yun Kang (22) 145,665
78. Moira Dunn (25) 144,656
79. Russy Gulyanamitta (15) 139,402
80. Wendy Doolan (22) 137,558
81. Gloria Park (23) 132,336
82. Jennifer Rosales (20) 128,185
83. Meredith Duncan (22) 125,884
84. Jamie Hullett (19) 123,868
how many layups and put backs for probable stuffs did we miss. Balocka alone missed four from underneath the basket altho he got some ft out of them…campbell should have stuffed it, weak foul, and he missed the put back.flemming missed a layup and asked for a foul call, no luck, he should have stuffed it on the fly…any of these shots would have given the warriors a one point victory….got to finished the shot under the basket….
More on Michelle
I was just looking at the advertisers article and pictures of Michelle, and what’s noticeable is the gold watch she wearing. Looks like a rolex. But wouldn’t a golfer find wearing a watch be kind of restricting and cumbersome? Thought it was unusual –first time i’ve noticed her wearing a gold watch.
how about your point guard not looking at the forward with the ball as they go down backcourt side, only to have a pass whizz right by him in the most critical possession of the waning moments of a close game?
i am sure he won’t make that mistake ever again.
roysan16…maybe it was a counterbalance? i heard that rolex’s are very heavy.
Al it’s called tunnel vision-poor court awareness and seeing space and passing lanes….good reason why we lose so many games
More on Michelle
of course soon as I google and look at more pictures of michelle she always wearing a watch..she is fashionable. Is it my eyes playing tricks on me or are her skirts seem to be a little shorter?
zzz.
Ralph: Wow, talk about negativity. Never mind that the team has taken tremendous strides in recent weeks.
I hope this loss tonight will be a learning experience for them. As pride likes to say, they have tools now. The offense has been simplified, and you can tell in warmups that now they are taking the time that used to be used for teaching the system, and now they are teaching skill sets. Now, they need to learn how to win a close game against a good opponent. They did not pass that test tonight, but more opportunities will come.
Na Wahine split in softball, 2-7 for the season….Only Milca and Warwick putting the ball in play consistently….
Congrats to Iolani for their futbol championship. (Sorry Ralph)
Nice time at Big City Diner with very good company!
LizK,
Don’t think Genji get any Phantom tunes; probably Audy though 😆
Jason the team is 12-12, and 4-8 in the WAC,only five games left in the season and one of the games is with Irvine…how big a learning curve do you want, the season is almost over…all college teams go thru a transition of players due to graduation, its the coaches responsibility to recruit accordingly. and its not like Nash and Wheeler are new to the program and the offense is something they are just putting together…they just got to crank it at a faster pace….
didn’t Nash sign a three year contract…we’re in year two, and he has one or possibly two scholies for next year…so basically, without any seniors, what you see is what you get next season. I don’t think it is negative to state that the level of play is poor, because it is obvious they are struggling..the team was up by 6 with 1’40” and lost by one…what happened! bad passes and ball control…
with less that a minute to play UH did not get off any good shots…Nitoto’s shot was a last second prayer shot and thompsons drive and shot didn’t touch glass or rim…
didn’t seem like they had a set play for someone to take the shot or a second option
Ralph,
The game ended with UH having one TO left 👿
O Mamma Mia!
Oyasumina-tsai…..
yup….d1. you right and how you figga?
tough decisions ahead for jd.
Al are you joining us for wessai brunch this morning (Sunday) at Nancy’s in Waikele- 10 am
254… no Phantom… tsai…
lizk….i could do phantom with you. i’ll do the pipe organ parts with my phantom pipe organ.
K State wbb plays Oklahoma State this morning at 9 am on oceanic 245…its a pink out game for cancer and I believe the wildcats will wear pink unis and shoes and after the game the outfits will be auctioned off to benefit a cancer drive. Pink shirts are also being sold with the power cat design…100+ colleges have joined in the pink out festivities to benefit the cancer drive… to bad the na wahine didn’t do something like this in conjunction with the relay for life….
thanks for the invite mr. ralph. but, i will be attending 0900 services at farrington hs.
http://enewhope.org/
Al koakane said he offers a prayer….speaking of Farrington Hs and new hope…do you know morris and judy kunita, they attend new hope and they have done evangelical work in I believe thailand…do you realize most wars are initiated by religious ideals or by people who raise the cross…there is more diversity now, used to be under the WASP ideology.
ralph….perhaps if i see their pictures. about 5-6k attend on the weekends.
lights out now.
btw ralph you have 1st prayer this morning while kekoa does the mid morning sermon and I will end with announcements and closing pule.
sorry al our is a small community and like the some warrior games we get large gatherings and sometimes not but the belief is still there.
well got to rest for up and be up in a couple of hours
a hui hou, malama pono
esmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee over and out
last one
jason love your loyalty but have to agree with ralph on this one.
yes there is progress but need to show up and be more consistent instead of same mistakes, same turn overs again and again. don’t know the to margin but warriors had seven + in first half and that keep Nevada in da game.
plus someone’s leadership needs to step up
264 and time to moemoe.
Sweet Warrior Dreams!
me 3 night all ……………………………. for sure
Good morning Tsaikos everywhere.
wondering what a 5 star Oline recruit looks like? google nick alajajian, get 3 minute pro type video about da kid. multi-tasking kinda guy. i betcha brian smith would look good if he had a recruit like dat.
Better yet, I’m vibing brian smith will look good by coachin da recruits to look like dat. 😀
Jim Bolla is on a paid indefinite leave, his wife is on a recruiting trip. how much longer this is gonna go on, hard to say. but we know this much. one more week till the end of women’s basketball season. we all could feel the vibe from last year already. he wanted to go, went to Vegas, tried. the girls just never respond positively to him, whatever the reason. the fans took the cue and did likewise. thats the truth. so best for him if he find employment elsewhere.
maybe Temple get one opening at women’s basketball. 😀
Herman Frazier is now the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Sports Administration at Temple University. Good for him. The Lady Owls are having a pretty good season, beating good name schools, so I dunno if they’re looking for a new women’s basketball coach just yet. But the point is that someone having a bad hair day in one place can find a comfy niche someplace else if they got the skills. Bolla got the skills.
he’s in a lose lose situation now, so the sooner he moves on, the better for him. just hope the wife doesn’t jam up the recruiting, and coordinates with Charity so UH can make the best of things for next year.
This is Bolla’s 5th year. So he can’t blame anyone but himself for his recruiting, the players we get and the way things have gone south for UH women’s basketball.
The grade is … junk… and dats a fact!
Bolla can talk all he like dat we, da fans, don’t know what we talking about. maybe so. but we sure know what poor performance looks like, and when he’s coaching during the game, and we watching the team get double beat, and we watching him while the team getting beat over and over, what else we need for reach da conclusions we’ve reached? its really not about da money to me. its about making us believe he really has UH women’s basketball as his love and passion. i don’t get dat vibe, i really don’t.
so if you lookin for support Virginia, look no fahdah. right here girlfriend, right here.
no matter what the sport, play calling is a biggie. last nite’s bb game, last minute play calling wasn’t… ummm…. spiffy.
maybe Bob spent too much time watching our Warriors play calling last season. we’re gonna do better this year. right? Coach?
okay, time out for a few.
A fine morning to all!
I trust you all had a fabulous Valentine’s Day with your special one. No mo’ for me. Still a good reason to go out for a good dinner, though!
bhf2 ~
I dialed the ‘Bat’ phone and your secretary told me that you was snoozin’. C’mon wake up! We still have a serious E-Bolla virus loose inside da hen house.
I
Good Morning ‘way far’ wafan!
good morning Tsaikos,
blessings to all on this day, the Lord’s day 🙂
mahalo ralph for the 411 on Horiuchi transferring to Purdue. i was more curious about the post season ‘jockeying’ by the softball coach where she was at…. thought it was strange at best…..that’s all.
UH Men’s Basketball, hmmmmm, how much is an unused timeout worth after the game is over? EXACTLY…….
had to deal with that 2 years ago in a HS football championship game, but we kept 2 time outs to use for after the game, sorry d1, i just can’t let that one go, to this day i have nightmares……ouch.
Al, enjoy the 9 am service…i plan to visit Pastor Dom at sand island next week, needed to get in touch with him.
I hope that everyone had a memorable Valentines Day with their loved ones yesterday…….but I was thinking to myself (strange but true, i do think Homey), why do we have to wait for that ONE DAY, to make her feel special?
what happened to ‘spur of the moment’, or ‘just because….’, or ‘surprise!’???
to all the male Tsaikos, i ask you to reflect for a moment what your life would be like if your wife/significant other were no longer with you…for whatever reason……life would be different for many of us.
don’t wait for Valentines day to show your love…..you can say it, but actions speak LOUDER than words. funny thing is, that on Valentines day it is expected, imagine how much sweeter it would be if you ‘surprised’ her on a ‘normal’ day? what’s a few dollars spent if it will get you unabashed appreciation? and you all know, ‘IF MOMMA AIN’T HAPPY, AIN’T NOBODY HAPPY’….so get with it.
and that goes for your mothers also, before you were married or had a girlfriend, your mom was always there…..and in your eyes, she should ALWAYS be your 1st Valentine…..ALWAYS. you want to know the meaning of joy…call your mom up today and tell her you love her, and that you were sorry you forgot about Valentines day…….all of 5 minutes, and you will bring so much joy to your mom’s heart today. do it, and see what happens.
have a blessed day to one and all,
roysan16,
I’m sorry if you thought I was trying to embarrass you–that was not my intent! I was confused by how your post directed people to the other paper when I saw the article in the Advertiser before seeing your post. Later on you mentioned that the Advertiser’s website was messed up at the time–that would explain your problem, it wouldn’t be the first time the webmasters messed things up for the Advertiser!
I hope that everyone had a great time yesterday! My Valentines plans turned out just as I had hoped, which was great…
There was an interesting discussion earlier on this blog on JJ not renewing the scholarships of those players. Both sides made good points, but I am on the side of roysan16 on this issue. There is more to the story, which most people here probably don’t know about.
Two points of information:
1. Almost all of the players affected definitely violated the “3 strikes” policy, missing team meetings, study halls, or classes. That is easy to track because they were suspended during the season for those offenses–which also included the suspensions of the top 2 WRs and others from games. Some players (like the WRs) apparently did the punishments required (early morning step running, ec.) and didn’t mess up again…and I’m guessing we just saw the result of those who messed up again.
2. It is clear that many of the recruits from SMU’s previous coach did not “buy in” to the new coaching staff. For example, I’ve read a lot of reports about how some players were laughing and joking around on the sidelines while the team was losing the last game of the season, not paying attention to the game and the coaches…I’d bet those players were among those who had their scholarships not renewed. Warrior fans wouldn’t tolerate that type of behavoir on the sidelines of games!
Many other schools also pulled scholarships, but SMU was one of the only ones that I noticed arranging for scholarships to be available at other schools if the affected players wanted to continue their football careers. Texas A&M just pulled 13 football scholarships and did not arrange for the players to get scholarships at other schools like JJ did. The news also did not get as widely publicized, probably because other schools have been doing this for years and this was the first time SMU did it.
Garret
your are right, it’s bust business, and the sooner the student athletes realize that, the better off they’ll be. ROI, return on investment, is what the coaches and administration are looking for. if they’re going to invest thousands, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in you by giving you a scholarship, what kind of return with they get for their program?
the rewards are great, but the sacrifices are many….but it is so worth it.
Garret & Roysan16 ~ Mahalo to both of you for trying very hard to provide good, up-to-date, inside information on UH athletics. It’s not always easy to cut thru to the truth, and you both are sticklers for details. It’s healthy for the blog members to know that what we get from you guys has been screened and ready to take to the bank.
I don’t always have time to say thank you, so for at least this 15th day of Feb., left me shout it out in gratitude for what you both provide.
Thank you!
Coach Bulla ~ Are the Weber State coaches happy campers?! They made out like the Frito Bandito!
Maybe with a few more Polys in da hale, they can call themselves Da Beastie Boyz!
Great Morning All!
Bulla,
Grrrr…. 👿
…..there. I feel better now…..
…..NOT!
😆
Oh well, take it from one parent who lived thru not one, not two… but three State Final losses, all you can do is grin, move on and hope Na Keiki come out stronger for it…which evidence supports in both our cases, seems to have happened. 🙂
Besides that I guess we gotta be grateful that our sons had the opportunity when so many others never got so close….
I see you guys said UH had one timeout left, and I checked the box score — you guys are right. But the scoreboard said UH was out of timeouts. I remember Hiram called the “last” timeout when he was being pressured near half-court. I recall thinking that could haunt us if the game ended up being close at the end and we needed to set up an offensive play. After Johnson’s shot at the end for Nevada, I thought UH should call timeout, then realized there were none left. But the box score does say UH had one:
http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/custompages/Stats/Mbskb/021409.HTM#GAME.PLY
In fact, note Dayton’s article:
http://sports.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090215/SPORTS0204/902150413/1032&template=UHSports
The ‘Bows were out of timeouts, so Thompson drove the length of the court after Johnson’s shot put Nevada ahead.
I’m guessing K5 kept correct track, but the scoreboard said otherwise, and the coaches depend on the scoreboard for that. That is definitely something the WAC needs to look into. I’m not saying UH would have won, but it would have been nice to be able to set up a play, at least, or maybe call timeout on that play when the shot clock was winding down and Nitoto ended up shooting a rushed three.
No, wait, never mind, I’m still half asleep. I counted four timeouts, and that’s how many UH had. So they did indeed have no timeouts.
Jason,
IIRC when I looked at the scoreboard at the end it showed one left….
…and “No” I wasn’t drinking last night! 😆
roysan16: thank you!
Don’t mean to get into a shouting match about golfers and who is a pro and who is not.
But Ji Yai Shi became a pro by declaring as such and was recognized by the Korean LPGA (KLPGA) and got into various matches, including the ones that she won abroad.
She is recognized in the US as a rookie because she has become a member of LPGA. Previously she got into the various US matches as a member of KLPGA.
I suppose it is akin to a doctor being educated and trained in a foreign country, coming to the US and having to go through licensing here in order to practice in the US.
Sorry about the apples and oranges argument here!
d1: Wait, I’m confused now. This is what happens when I don’t get enough sleep. I’m not sure which of those timeouts listed for UH were media timeouts, I didn’t factor that in. But I swear, I thought we had no timeouts, and Dayton’s article says the same.
Aloha Kakahiaka!
I had a dream with Colt in it … dang, I woke up.
Nevada TO’s:
14:25
6:47
4:01
2:37
1:06
Hawaii TO’s:
16:56
11:38
6:54
3:25
Nevada- 5
Hawaii- 4
So close- but no ceegar.
Michelle and the Bows…
Always room for improvement – and the close ones make it even more imperative. Next matches should be better!
Great game last night..
Took BigWaveWifey and the boys.
Sat by the Tsaikos…
Left with 2 minutes left and up by 6.
Great game again..
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Oh wait we lost by 1
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Then Terrrible lost.
Too many missed free throws.
Too many folks standing around on offense looking lost
Too many turn overs.
Some say it’s Nevada and we are lucky to have played it close
I say close only counts in Horse Shoes and Hand Grenades.
Good morning Tsaikos.
Kekoa 964 2220
You only have four timeouts in the second half. But as I said, I can’t tell which of those were media timeouts. If I counted it right, it says UH had two timeouts left. So I’m not sure how they record those. But I swear, I saw one timeout, then Hiram called the “last” one.
Anyways, I need to get ready for church. I’ll let someone smarter than me figure this out. Maybe someone who recorded the game can look at it?
Jason,
A team gets less TO’s in the second half than the first?
Media TO’s are charged/scored to a team?
Why does Reno have 5 versus UH have 4?
I defer to you because I am a much more casual CBB fan…
Jason,
We were sitting there with d1 and looked at the scoreboard as soon as Nevada scored their last basket. There was one timeout left on the scoreboard and I swear midori and I were yelling, “Call a timeout! Call a timeout! Why didn’t they call that last timeout?” 👿
It’s easy to blame the coaches, but these are experienced basketball players now and they should always be aware of their options. They are the ones playing the game and have to think about the possible scenarios. They are Division 1 basketball players so this loss can be laid on the whole team; players and coaches.
Me, personally, I think that the atrocious free throw shooting did them in.
Oh and that officiating crew should be out of a job. That was the lamest (sorry C_C!) officiating that I have seen since…well the last UH game I attended with a few Tsaikos. 😯 They sucked! Ask UHFan808!
Why was Bobby Curran saying there was no timeouts left?
So Reno got an extra TO in the second half?
Kekoa
i thought you and Koakane going church this am. i left my #at 295.
call me. i leaving in half hour and will be at beach sanding stuffs, oddawize will have to catch you tonite.
roysan16, I never disputed anything tom said except the statement he made that his tournament was her “first start as a pro”. that is incorrect roysan, as I pointed out earlier, she turned pro at the samsung in 2005.
yes, roysan16, no disagreements by your above statements, things I knew already. all I wanted to clear up was that this was not her first start as a pro, thats it.