Trapasso gets 1-year extension

Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂

on a plane again….

G’morning all…

So what day is it ? Is it an 100 days till?

Good morning Tsaikos. Have a great day!!!!

Aloha Kakahiaka!

Morning, Tsaiko-Nation and Tsai-Meister,

Just watched Rocky’s tape, he is quite an engaging young man. Articulate and funny. I like his outlook on the team this year, we might be in for a real treat.

Spencer Smith should be able to round out more of the picture. I can’t help but start to get the excitement going in my gut.

Re medical coverage – I would think that athletes would be like any other UH students – covered under their parents’ medical plans (if any) until 24 or so. At least that’s what HMSA has for my sons attending UH.

About 7 years back.. there was a student insurance program from about $1000-a-year but I believe it was limited to a maximum of $5000 in benefits.

Morning gang!

good morning all…..good luck to all those participants in fb training, stay healthy and safe.

Good morning Tsai-kos!!

As lizk says, Happy Tuesday-is-Monday.

I must say, I’m very thankful we have health insurance, especially every time I’m at the pharmacy, paying $20 for a drug that probably costs $100.

We may have a new addition to our family either today, but preferably, tomorrow – a puppy!

jm2375…

just remember … human bed pads are cheaper than puppy puddle pads.

Spencer,

Besides for Mouton, our secondary seemed to be the weak link last year.
How will the defensive backs of this year avoid giving up the big play?

MIH-
Hush puppies if anything. Not the four legged kind, thanks.

jm2375…

Newspaper? Tell that to the subscribers of the other paper… half-size… aiyah… doggies aim not too good… half on.. half off. And no can line trash bin with tabloid size.. much less make navy hat or disposable poochie diaper.

Initial Bacon Salt report:

Pretty good on poke. Not so much on spaghetti. Commish will report as he tries it on more food items.

Dirty Commish….I think the Dirty Commish should try the salt on some chili cheese fries the Dirty Commish either makes or buys….

Bacon salt, eh?

I don’t suppose that comes in low sodium…

maybe it’s ground, dried turkey bacon…

According the their website (www.baconsalt.com) Bacon Salt is a “zero calorie, zero fat, vegetarian and kosher seasoning that makes everything taste like bacon.”

They also have Baconnaise but the Commish hardly eats stuff with Mayo and didn’t want to commit to a whole jar. Although they do have a Baconnaise Mac Salad recipe. Hmmmmmmm. Worth a shot?

Baked potato is also a good idea. Will add that to the list. Going to make a pork butt slow cook rub this weekend for some pulled pork action. We shall see how that goes.

Too bad for the BaseBows… was listening as the wheels just fell off the bus. Painful. Begrudging hats off the Fresno State. They’re the champs and played like it.

Dirty Commish:

For veggies, I suppose you could try some Shanghai Pak Choi sauteed with a touch of soy… seasoned with your bacon salt.

Do a nice whipped egg-white low-heat omelette with cream cheeze, cheddar and spinach topped with your salt. … almost quiche

Spencer,

What should the fans expect from the defensive secondary for 2009?

BG,

Three words: “five-hour energy”.

Just under 4.00 per 2oz bottle, but worth it. Works for me.

Good Morning Tsaikos!!

Kazz:
May 26th, 2009 at 10:04 am
BG,
Three words: “five-hour energy”.
Just under 4.00 per 2oz bottle, but worth it. Works for me.

How many do you drink before each football game??

Welcome back Florida Ted!
Heck of Mrs. you got there, my friend. Aloha.

Koakane would yell…but no one can understand what he’s saying anyway…BWAHAAHAHAHAHAHA

Stretch and Kazz…going at it….wow…feisty…LMAO

James,

It’s “anger”… Natural “anger”

Spencer what kind of things are you doing as part of your conditioning program this off-season?? Are others joining you?? Who’s taking the leadership role this off-season???

cheepono…..i think al davis is drooling over the possibilities.

Kazz (#44)

If I could afford the stuff….what do you do for the udda 3 hrs???

More cheap…just holla “T-gate” in my ear…no spit tho’ LOL

…more spencer smith stuff

quite some time ago, we (a hawaii contingent) participated in a “world series” in the midwest. the best player on that team was a shortstop/pitcher from marietta, georgia. (perhaps you may have been on that team.)

we were just wondering if you knew this soon to be nba bballer, jodie meeks?

Kekoa:

Last week you posted a $275 air fare from Vas Vegas to Newburgh, NY.

What airline and is this one-way?

ahouse…..albatross airlines.

Coach Jennifer Gross out of UC Davis

Hi Spencer,

Non football-related questions..

What do you like most about living in Hawaii?
Do you like hawaiian food?
Do you surf and if so, where’s your favorite spot?
Which team(s) in the NFL do you follow?

Mahalo!

jm0411

what kind of puppy?

8 minutes to chat time with Spencer- Sandee is about to ask, hey folks, questions please…. 🙂

al – #70 – golden retriever!!! 😀

aloha to all the tsaikos out there,

hope all is well and that you’re not getting overheated with this summer heat 🙁 whew, it’s hot. godd luck to the warriors in the start of their off season training….invest now for your returns during the season.

How poignant that our first game in the Army series is on September 11th, AND in West Point. This is one of those games I’ll have to try to make as well.

Wish the series started this year, ’cause U.S. Airways has fares from LAX to Newburgh/Stewart Int’l for $119 one-way (plus tax).

ST needs to change his shirt. Definately does not look good

ralph in reply to sugar mill clasic game I went and did not see ctrap. but wasn’t looking for him either. too bad mucho local talent. Estrella and Yuks was there.

jojo – how can people blame the Kona wind when they probably never played the course so don’t know how the course plays with regular wind?? Must have been the drink tents or was it the cart girl passing out beers again that was distracting everyone??

at least Tsai could have worn a UH green shirt…..but then again Wena might have bought it for him so got to chill on this one…

Trap needs to recruit at least one flame thrower…most of the pitchers returning are in the mid 83-86 range..not having the velocity these pitchers need to learn to pitch- location and change of speed to be successful…the last few weeks they got rocked hard with their fast ball being in the mid eighties at best and the pitch in the batters power wheel.

Stretch – no, I don’t think it was the beer girl, she got relieved of her duties and resorted to riding around with the pro instead. Nice to know, an 85 year old grandma made the first hole in one a couple of months ago.

Oh great now we can look forward to another 5th place finish in the WAC for baseball next year.

disney was great! thanks again tombo ahi!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a387/chawan_cut/chawan-castle-small.jpg

Golden retriever? Shedders. Should get poodles.

chawan_cut:

The wheelchair in the background of your pic—Was that for you?

👿 😈

I’ll be at bethpage and warrick hills this summer and will visit college station and A2 to visit these two well noted big ten programs.
Mike Barwis is my favorite D1A strength and conditioning coach and I last visited when he was at WV.
This guy is the real deal.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=25899597

No, chawan used the baby stroller.

agree with ST on the need to give Coach Mike more than a one year extension, but Im just glad we avoided another fruitless selection committee fiasco.
These are great times to recruit locally in tandem with the mainland.
Personally, I would like to see a change in batting instruction and a full committment to bigball. In college baseball, pitchers throw a lively baseball and batters use super-flexed alloyed bats that give hitters an advantage over pitchers.
To exploit that advantage we need to place priority on big bats. That is the nature of college baseball, unless 100 mph pitchers become commonplace.

ST, FYI….that was from last years Spelling Bee.

off season training is key to a great jump in camp and fall….esp our OLM.
Pay attention to who stays home and how much running, plyometrics and agilities are being done by our hogs.
To be sure, there is more on the menu but it would be great to see more gassers-on-field in the eight-week training cycle.

Our previous dog was a Golden. Yes they are shedders. No poodles! Yuk.

A-house – I just enjoy the movie and try not to critique it. I’m a fan, not a fanatic (Trekkie). It was good and fulfilled my expectations. I thought the guy playing Bones was trying a bit too hard to be like the original actor, especially since he was in Lord of the Rings. I think I caught most, if not all, of the references, including the one about the Enterprise series. My daughter liked Museum, but then, what a 13 year old likes vs what an adult likes can be 2 vastly different things.

nn,

how many volunteer coaches are allowed per team?
i don’t expect trap to release any current coaches and i don’t see any of those two leaving on their own accord.

it will be interesting though.

are only those Disney dogs labradors or golden retrievers?

Shoji reports that Alexis Forsythe, DII transfer, was a HS player he had looked at when she played club ball and at Temecula HS. She should challenge for playing time…that’s good news…esp. if her 6’4″ is legit and not PR padded for the media guide.

Ralph I agree. One good season in 8 years is not good enough for me.
Even back in coach Trap’s lone regional appearace his team struggled at the plate.

I don’t know how he is gonna turn it around in one year, Especially losing our best Pitcher and VInnie.

Plus giving him only a one year extension is gonna set us back big time.

A one-year contract extension may impact recuriting to an extent…..but not as much than if the UHAD were to terminate Coach Trapasso and have the new coach start from scratch.

People complain about recruiting, number of wins, attendance, etc. Seems like its “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” if you’re in the shoes of the UHAD having to make a decision about Trapasso’s future. Whatever they do, people will continue to complain. Can’t seem to please ’em…..

Corrine Casioppo, Mesa State, 6′ 3″ is the other transfer. She is originally from Temecula Valley

warriorfanny2,

While I am disappointed with Nash’s production these past two season, I also feel bad that he only had a three-year contract to start, and was late getting the nod, at that. So in his first full recruting season he only had two years left on his contract and, I believe, two less scholarships to offer. The less years you have on your contract, the harder I think it is to recruit, much less find good assistant/associate coaches. Even with three years it’s hard to ask someone to uproot and join an untested program for no more than three ‘guaranteed’ years.

After reading the arguments above, I have to agree that 1-year extensions may be more detrimental than beneficial. Maybe, 2-year with incentives with a smaller second year buy out if during the second year the University decides to let the coach go.

interesting facts about alexis forsythe. she signed on with oregon state in 2008, but somehow transfered to houston baptist without playing for the beavers. she is a highly rated player out of hs.

one of the major difference between uh bkb and bb is that the major league teams have scouts assigned to hawaii and we have a lot of people in hawaii who truly know how to play baseball and recognize talent. the problem with uh bb is that coach trap’s 2 asst are from oahu and their relationship with the youth and high school teams is very questionable, so recruiting within the local scene is very minimal. somehow uh bb think that they know more than the community about players and this is a huge mistake by them.

This is my take:
1. baseball will get better….a turn-over at UH is akin to a deathwish and at this time, hurts more than helps.
2. men’s basketball is a deadbeat program in a recession–aloha to Bob Nash.
3. wahine basketball is the biggest blood-sucker of the 19 UH programs (approaching -$1M deficit/yr) and should be dropped…get another wahine sport that doesnt suck $1m a year from an administration that can ill- afford soap.

when Hittle played both basketball and volleyball, wbb had to pickup her scholarship- lucky for Shoji, he had one more to give out

isn’t June or July the end of the UH fiscal year? before Fall fb practice we should see the black and red numbers for men and women sports. I’m interested in the mbkball, mvb, mbb,soccer, wbkb and softball numbers. all of them play in arena or stadium which can generate revenue.

wf2….just curious. what are your personal experiences in baseball?

FTBL n BSBL–mucho!

every short vb player,6 footers, want to come to UH because we are probably the only one starting several 6′ up front in a game whereas they end up as DS on other teams unless their game is like Yuval Katz and Allen Allen..

Whitey Koakane is the man to ask…..but you got to ask him what they look like playing before the 7th inning, by then, because he would have already drank a 12 pak and his judgment would be skewed…

good one ralph. kind of reminds me of me when playing gulfoo. hahahahaaaa

Ralph,

having said what you did about UH using 6 footers up front and every other team having the taller players, how do you recruit those type of players to a program that traditionally hasn’t.

the challenge with UH, and this goes for all sports is that we end up with very few ‘blue chip’ players and make up for it with our ‘blue collar’ players who do very well.

what i was trying to put on the table so to speak, is the selection process in itself. there were some other viable candidates that should have been considered, but it was more of a status quo ‘yeah, submit your resume and we might take a look at it’. i think this was a done deal before it was a deal.

just my 2 sense

Our attendance has languished at Men’s VB because the program does not have a draw….plain and simple. What would compel anyone to go to the games? We are not a powerhouse, not even sure if were a powerhouse in years past, but we did have a few years of great competition, and that was clouded by the NCAA penalizing us for illegal participation.

i was just thinking if the selection process was as comprehensive as it could’ve been, that’s all. good luck to all UH teams. IMUA LANAKILA

Bulla you probably right, but without knowing who was on the original 25-30 applicant list it is hard to tell..lacks transparency…but then again the UH president candidate pulled out after being told that his or her candidacy would be part of an open forum. WBB had 85 candidates, but the finalist list was screwed up, unless Ferd screwed up, juggled, fumbled, and oops the 5 became 6 finalists. Oh Marilyn, where are your marbles…

now, now, ralph. some of the tsaikos said that the decision of the wbb is not nfa and her committee, but jd’s job. the nfa has no responsibility at uh, but draws a salary because she has a title.

critical_case….appreciate ur gratidude, hopefully u enjoy the subtleties of baseball enuff to add to UH attendance in 2010.
Go forward son….and take a little bro w u.

Bulla ~ I hear you loud and clear! Wish we could have a respected member of the athletic/academic community, such as yourself, have an opportunity to speak for the rest of us. Something like an Ombudsman for the ordinary UH fan. Don’t need to have a vote, just another voice of reason for a selection crew to listen to.

Al, would you be up for something like this? How about you WF2?

the formula women vb had national champs is because their middle play and player were exceptional. when coach shoji dumped the middle to concentrate on the outside, they were doomed till bowan showed up, but again shoji tried to play the outside when his best player was bowan.

so now, it appears that shoji realizes that he has no middle and is very fortunate to get these 2 transfers, but will we see a different offense or a string of continuous left side hitting?????? (that sinks the wahines)

Whitey did you take all of Marilyn’s marbles?

whitey,

mahalo for the props, UH Women’s vb became too predictable, every time they had to keep pounding the outside…….and where did we go? well, WAC was awesome, post season we choked…consistently, but oh well, such is life.

ralphy,

after coach fred what happened left, we could only go up…..we did, meteoric for some, expected by others, still we won games and then JJ leaves….it was a calculated move on his part, i won’t go there as to not offend all of the JJ lovers, but JJ is a businessman and looks out for JJ first, don’t even kid yourself.

so now we have coach mac…love the guy, i’d love any guy who had a 1,000% pay increase just for being in the right spot at the right time. heck, that was done without any H/C experience, now that is even more meteoric than JJ or Bill Clinton going to the White House. proof is in the pudding for coach mac, this is a pivotal season for him, 7-7 will not cut it, and it’s time to get some ROI as ‘stakeholders’ (as compared to steak holders if he loses).

just throwing stuff out there for everyone, remember this, JJ’s pay was $400k from the state and the other $400k was from the boosters. translation is his retirement would be based only on the $400k. it’s a DIFFERENT story with coach mac, who’s base is $1,000,000 that’s right boyz and girlz, the highest paid state employee ever in Hawaii. now that…….is the rest of the story.

Whitey the buck does stop at JD’s door, but like all chain of command, MMK is an associate AD under him and her actions or lack of is still his responsibility that he delegated..same goes for Clapp and McNamara….

ralph,

in regards to the bomber story and donations….shooot, my wife is supporting Brown instead of UH…..that’s it, i am going to make her start eating humble pie so she can get in alignment with the administration…..

whitey,

i just ran into a few utes when i went to ogden for the spring game, haha, 6 ft and 225 lbs., and that was only the cheering squad, haha

hey guyz,

it’s been fun, i am going to go to jose’s because hose b’s is not open. nah, the boss wants to look for cactus juice….does patron ring a bell, it will soon…i’ll check in later tonight to see how i can rustle the bushes. last time i rustled the bushes, A-joe jumped out with his Indiana Gomes hat and scared the kaka out of me……whew.

be back later, play nicely and don’t pick on my 3 lettered friend, DPK (dee punch bowl king)

bulla, haven’t been to ogden, but can imagine what you are looking at. reminds me of when i was in school at ames. soooooeeeeeeeee!!!

ok, time to go bocha cause it is extremely warm (another word for hot), but not as hot. cranium lock.

“WARRIOR FANNY TWO:

May 26th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
JIM DONOVAN IS FAT AND I DON’T LIKE HIM.

I LIKE BASEBALL BECAUSE THEY WERE WINNING MORE THIS TIME.

WE SHOULD GET RID OF WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BECAUSE I SAID SO EVEN THOUGH IT IS A WAC REQUIREMENT. I MAKE MORE SENSE.”

Immitation is the greatest form of flattery, but the script has been modified to IQ size to protect the lurker…..lol.

What? One year? JD said he wants Mike to be here for a long time. One year?

Donovan stated on kgmb that there are between 8 to 10 finalists when asked to comment on the wbb coach’s selection…oops changed again or did I hear it wrong…

So who are the 8 bb coach finalists?

Ralph:

May 26th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

I’m interested in the mbkball, mvb, mbb,soccer, wbkb and softball numbers. all of them play in arena or stadium which can generate revenue.

Ralph, c’mon they all lost money. Well.. maybe baseball got some back but I would actually be surprised if they finish in the black.

As for Wahine soccer and Wahine softball I don’t know if charging admission would be successful and may just ADD to the costs of operating a revenue sport (i.e. ticket printing, staff to work at the games, security, etc…) versus the income from it.

ST can probably verify this, but back when Wahine softball charged admission, they drew like 150 fans as opposed to the average # of around 350-500 with free admission. Then to think of the cost of having to print tickets and have student help (paid) to operate the ticket machines or whatever, plus ushers (paid) like at Les Murakami, etc…

I think it would be a more of a loss than it already is.

Still not a fan of having the Wahine soccer program play their games out in Waipahu especially considering that Ching Field is now ready, but I think Coach Tenzing prefers to play on real grass.

Cooper Dykes pulled out last week, then they added Gavin back to the list

soccer did not have a soccer field to really hold games on prior to Ching field…now that it is in place, I would think the game played at Ching will draw more support, UH can schedule games there… I wonder what the seating capacity of the aluminum bleachers is at the Ching field.

Ralph:

May 26th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Kazz you can start getting excited with baseball, UH non conference schedule includes Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, USC, Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton…but the announcement did not state which teams are home games.

Ralph, of that list, me thinks only Oregon State had the olos to fly to Hawaii to play us at Murakami Stadium.

Well maybe, LBSU and maybe Cal State Fullerton, but that’s about it.

Just my guess though.

kazz, just a note, used the sun tzu school of strategy and think i got the bees to retreat. maybe to bhf2′ s island. hahahahaaaa

Whitey,

You can also get bees to retreat if you invite them over for a game of poker. Not Texas Hold ‘Em though… more like a game of WAIANAE CHOKE ‘EM.

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Hi Ralph.

I like Chancellor Hinshaw.
I hope we get a good President too.

The world is in a state of change – growing up out of the adolescence of ignorance, fear and prejudice. Education is the greatest tool we have to create a peaceful world. And athletics help us get to know others from distant shores.

good evening Liz….I read the police took all your roosters this weekend…no more chicken hekka for a while 🙂

Things to do include:

Faulkner County Museum
Woolly Hollow State Park
Lake Conway
Beaverfork Lake
Toadsuck Daze (really, I didn’t just make this up) Festival
Cadron Settlement Park
Pickles Gap Village
Chief White Horse’s Trail Rides

Holly’s Country Cookin’ get plate lunch!

Plate Lunch

1 meat entree
2 vegetables
choice of yeast roll/cornbread
$5.55

Oh! an’ no fo’get your two choice vegetables…

Choose From:

purple hull peas
potato casserole
great northern beans
carrots
turnip greens
fried okra
corn
cabbage
potatoes
pinto beans
macaroni & cheese
green beans

I think if you no like chicken or beef in Conway you SOL!

Time for dessert…
halohalo over crushed ice… mmmm.

Article about how the Bears might have to outbid the Patriots for Pisa.

Although free-agent linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa remains very interested in joining the Bears, the former St. Louis Ram continues to check out every option.

Tinoisamoa is on a visit with the New England Patriots Tuesday, according to an NFL source. He visited Halas Hall last week and also made a stop in Buffalo to visit the Bills.

If Tinoisamoa signs with the Bears, he’d likely be the starter at strong-side linebacker alongside Brian Urlacher and Lance Briggs.

According to Mike Reiss of the Boston Globe, the Patriots brought Tinoisamoa in for a pre-draft visit back in 2003. Tinoisamoa might fit well in New England’s 3-4 scheme, and the Patriots are looking for a replacement for Mike Vrabel, who was traded to Kansas City. But Vrabel played outside, and Tinoisamoa would project to be inside in that scheme.

Aloha and a very fine good evening to all –

Had the honor of being part of the blessing and open house at Wena and Bren’s Little Learner’s Preschool this evening. Congratulations and much success to you both!

We left the celebration midway to race home to view my Princess Jamung Korean drama. Just before leaving, however, ST was so kind to allow me to chat with our favorite native son, Colt Brennan. It was a complete surprise, and believe me, one of the biggest thrilling events of my life! As sweat poured off my head, I asked Colt if he was able to read our WB blog, he explained that he has not had much free time to do that. Nevertheless, on behalf of his ardent fans, I wished him all the very best as he continues his career with the Redskins, and I expressed our collective hopes and prayers that he will be given the green light to show the nation what exemplary skills and talent awed us Warrior football fans during his UH Warrior career. Gracious and humble as always, he conveyed his thanks for all the support.

Colt, if you are reading this, just continue to do your very best. Just know that your name alone continues to elicit joy and gratitude from the multitudes that are proud to claim you as a native son of Hawaii. Mahalo and warmest aloha…from Mrs. A-House

MicroPlanet’s Smart Grid technology has been successfully deployed in the Marine Corps Base in Kaneohe. They found the payback time was less than 2 years, so they are looking to do the entire Kaneohe base and also to use this at bases in Guam next.

New Memory material may hold data for one billion years.

Free play links pau.

Ralph,

I think that Bulla was correct on the difference between JJ’s contract and Mac’s contract. I remember it being reported at the time Mac was hired that a big difference in their contracts is that half of JJ’s contract came from private donors (which means that only $400k of the $800k was counted for retirement benefits) while all of Mac’s $1.1 million comes from UH (so, all counts towards retirement).

Oooh… HAPPY Blessing Day, Wena and Bren!!! ST was shamelessly promoting Little Learners on the video today 😉

Lucky Mrs. A-House!!! Thanks for telling Colt we a rooting for him! I’m braving the wilds of ExtremeSkins to win him more fans (unlike the WB, those folks like to put down their own players and other fans a lot!)

Cruising… tsigh… mebbe next year. I had a long chat with a fellow Rotarian last weekend and they love my ship choice- the Veendam…

jm2375- happy cruising! How’s puppy? Who’s going to look after him????

jm2375 — I thought next weekend was too far off to mention right now… 😆

But when you return, we can have a debrief with you and Tom some lunch time. This time, sj-macro will tell you the secret of meeting (or not) people on cruise ships after you see the size of your moving hotel and playground.

Liz – picked up the puppy this afternoon, but because we will not be home all day tomorrow, he is spending the night at a friend’s house. They also got a puppy today. Golden puppies are sooooooo cute!! These friends will also be dogsitting while we are away.

…I’m envious of jm2375. Next week is her first cruise–and to the Alaska Inside Passage! Exciting time for her.

No repeat Alaska cruise for me until maybe July 2010 (niece’s wedding in Seattle)…hey, since we’ll be in Seattle anyway… 🙄 Next one will be the 11-night Mexico cruise the day after the UH-UNLV game…notice how it has not sold out in the last month… 😐

Dayum! Some truly excellent posts this evening. Thanks for the input y’all.

bforever 🙂 very well stated, I was thinking along the same lines but could not have put it as delicately as you. I be thanking you.

Ralph: I’m going to HPU cause it has a good M.Ed. program, HPU is more convenient for me with respect to class times and location, and because UH’s program is not very good. In some fields, UH is one of the best. Their College of Education is not a strongpoint. I’m not sure they should eliminate the programs they are looking at, because they can be very important programs, but they should definitely re-evaluate everything they are doing there.

My thought as to why Trap got a one-year extension, and not two or three years: Next year, we’ll have a team heavy with game-seasoned juniors and seniors. If Vinnie returns, that will make things even better. It will be the best chance, I think, UH has of making it into and advancing through the postseason. If Trap can’t do it with next year’s team, then he won’t be able to do it with any team. In that case, 2011 will bring a new coach, who will have some talented juniors and sophomores to build a team with.

I just hope the players don’t think they have a lame duck coach. If he does well with the team next year, I think that will be good enough to warrant a further extension. So I think he has a legit shot to stay; but if the players think he’s a lame duck, and they play unmotivated, then Trap will have no shot.

I know there are recruiting concerns as well. Well, if the ‘Bows show they are a winning team, Donovan might want to give Trap a vote of confidence during the season. He might want to have an extension or new contract ready to sign mid-season if things really look good, although some coaches are reluctant to deal during the season, and there’s always the risk of a meltdown like we had this year. Somehow, though, I’m not too worried about recruiting. I get the feeling it’ll be a no-brainer decision about his future either way, and the recruits will be able to sense that.

JD is quoted as saying that one of the 8 finalist should be announced as the next coach for wbb by next week. The interviews are on going and Wolfe and Petersen are said to have been interviewed already.. wow from an original 5, three were dropped, a new list of 5 was drawn up, then a 6 (Gavin Petersen) is added, now there are a total of 8…lots of rumors, lack of transparency on the actual number of finalists for the job…even if JD couldn’t share the names, he could have at least stated that of the 85 applicants, only x numbers will be interviewed as finalists…No transparency JD, shame on you…

Good morning, all!

Okay, so here is the play for UNLV. We hook up Liz to an IV of nothing but saline solution about an hour before the game. Naturally we will requre enough to last the entire game. Then we leave her alone in the restroom.

HA!

Мне кажется ништяк!

All Football Bowl Subdivisions Helmet Schedules, from the ACC to the WAC, are completed and ready to be downloaded online.

Aloha from the tropical islands of Hawaii on the coconut wireless in digital paradise

Good Morning TsaiKo Ohana

Once again Congratulations to Coach Trepasso on his 1 year extentsion

Back to the Future(of lurking)

Really very nice blog, but i’m unable to understand the language plz from next
time try to write in international language and keep updating..

Good morning Tsai-kos! Happy Wednesday!

Uh, HA tekkies, could you please put a filter in to block all incoming posts with websites that end in .uk, .au, & .ru? There’s been way too much spam lately.

d1, actually they cut football after the ’91 season. it will be good to have another team in the NWC, as long as LC doesn’t think about dropping it’s program. It would be nice to have an 8 team conference

It seems the more things change, the more things stay the same. I’m in my mid-50s now, but the parking situation at & near UH sucked back then & it sucks now. I had to go to UH prior to the previous football season because my tickets had not arrived as of 4 days before the first game. The 3rd straight year this has happened. By the way, does anyone know why printing of football tickets is still out-sourced to the mainland?? Sorry, I digress. Had to go on-campus tp pick up re-printed tickets, but the parking lot was filled. Had to park almost a mile away to find parking & hiked in. There’s been precious little improvement or alleviation of the parking system. And I feel for the students & visitors who will have to shell out 5 bucks for parking in July & $6 in the Fall?? Was there any attempt at problem-solving at all?? Almost 38 years?? Come on.

I would agree with Mr. Tsai about the contract extension. I believe that the AD really doesn’t understand what baseball really is. Yes, it does hurt recruiting and stability, but the program is on the rise. They brought a really good class of 2008 recruits to build on, however this could hurt 2009. I think they need to replace the AD and get someone in there that understands sports