Spring practice No. 4
• Left wideout Rodney Bradley made the best play today, catching an inside screen, and then juking safety Spencer Smth for a big gain. Bradley, who played in a run-oriented offense at Navarro College last year, is feeling more comfortable in the offense.
• Despite the mis-step, Smith is having a solid spring. He’s been a No. 1 safety every practice.
• The Warriors are placing more emphasis in the trenches. There is an extended drill that focuses solely on inside runs. Leon Wright-Jackson, Inoke Funaki, Jayson Rego and Hogan Rosehill are earning their yards.
• Running back Daniel Libre, who has petitioned for an extra season, has not practiced this spring. But he works out daily in the weight room.
• Cornerback Chris Black has a sprained ankle. He expects to resume practicing next week.
• The Warriors are platooning on offense, which helps double the number of offensive plays in practice. After one offense runs a play, the second sprints onto the field. But it’s taxing on the defense, which is not huddling and stays on the field for extended sets.
First?
Every once in a while you just get lucky.
Good for the D. All the guys need to get their endurance up. Things are looking exciting for next year. I really hope to make it up to Seattle — if just to see my old neighbors the A-house family — it has only been 25 years since I saw them last.
5?
Every once in a while you come across a story about a bit of history that has been hidden for a while and it just makes you sad. Who else knew that 65% of Allied French soldiers were Black during WWII? Looks like some (US) folks made an effort to make sure that it didn’t make the history books.
Not really football related but it reminds us of how much work has yet to be done.
‘Elima?
Top Ten anyway…
Good morning all!
Great stuff, Mr. Tsai! Keep it coming.
Sup all! How yous doinz?
Are your early perceptions of Rosehill proving true, Stephen? Nice to see him in the rotation.
Howzit chef!
thats good practice for defense….because when offense no work defense on the field all day any way
top 15!
cheepono out!
top 15 🙂
what up tsaikos
happy belated bday koakane.
Top 20!
Good lunch at Norma’s! YUM! A ‘shroom burger.
Good morning everyone!
Good idea for platooning the offense and while making the defense adjust and stay on the field… many games are noted to have the defense on the field for a long time–hopefully not the Warriors this year.
…at work today. Will be back at lunch time…
Mack said with all of the spread formations and substitutions, it’s better to go with no-huddle defenses.
Good Morning Tsaikos and Tsaikettes!
Congratulations to the BaseBows who are ranked #23 in Baseball America poll! Good to hear that on the radio this morning.
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Please join us in welcoming home Frank25 as he enjoys a little vacation from his deployment to Iraq/Kuwait!
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Hi DPK! I haven’t seen you, in person, in a long time. I sure hope all is well with you and your honey…Sweety.
Kramer was named Pitcher of the Week.
good morning albeit barely!
good time to place emphasis in the trenches, too bad i only got to see the very first practice. 🙁
speaking of which………..never thought O-line practice would be so interesting, but i enjoyed watching their stances/footwork.
hi stephen how is the bigisland boys doing today at spring football. i was there on saturday practice they did very well .
Good mid-morning to all.
Top 25?
good move bringing bradley in early. it will pay dividends come september.
how are the other early arrivals doing?
brett leonard
david hafoka
tank hopkins
lametrius davis
al
Have not really watched the first three but lametrius davis looks real good…….
Good morning Tsaikos!!
Good to hear practice is going well. What is it that pride. always says about perfection? Where is he anyways?
Gotta go look for some fuuuud, woke up late, so no more chance make lunch.
Hey Tsaikos and Tsaikettes…
I actually like the idea of the D staying on the field and building up their endurance…It will pay dividends in the end. And like junichiro said, when the offense doesn’t work, the D is on the field more. Even when the offense works too good, the D is on the field longer….
sounds like our receiver corps may be one of our strongpoints this year.
salas
lane
medeiros
pilares
taylor bradley
blount
stutzmann2
no noise being made by ryan henry, thought he was a bright spot last fall, and what about ostrowski? just checking, even without the two the depth seems more than adequate……….how is brashtons sideline to sideline speed, i feel that was solly’s strength hopefully brashton has that ability to cover ground quickly
It is always great to get updates from practice! I agree with Al that is was very important to bring in Bradley early in order to give him the time to adjust to the offense. I look forward to seeing him make big plays this season.
Pro Football Weekly talked with NFL coaches, scouts, and front office personnel and had a note about Samson and how Miami’s current management is getting rid of all the draft picks from their previous management.
al, hands down the receivers are our strength, you r spot on–as usual. 🙂
but again as I have mentioned ad naseum, the focus is on Gordie Shaw and Chris Tormey to re-shape the 2 units that are the warriors sine quo non to success–O-line and Secondary.
Another thingie–JMO–keep the routes simple–that is a message to Ron Lee–he is not given much credit–but Coach Ron is out ahead in his thinking and is very underrated. JMO. he has the genius….however, much is lost in translation.
Again, another point on the receivers, we fell off in production last year becz our go-to-guy was inconsistent.
That might be rectified with the contemplated shift to slot by Greg Salas and a permanent-home at slot for Kealoha.
As I have opined and Kealoha himself has admited, he is too-light to sustain the physical-brutalty required at RB and still maintain brilliance at slot.
C’mon, coaches–leave Pilares to mature into the athletic-brilliance he so promisingly displays….otherwise–great SPR.
I could not imagine being a basketball player whose Dad in Michael Jordan. It is nice that his son is doing so well.
Howzit gang!
It is hard to imagine that a “student”-athlete could play more than 40 basketball games for UConn without receiving a grade for any of his classes! He has been a key player on their team, but they sure are stretching the “student” part of his description. This player competed in the Final Four despite not getting a grade in a college class since 2007!
Mauiwarrior:
Your question about Brashton brings up one of bright spots I noticed in watching practice. I had never questioned Brashtons physical strength and run-stuffing ability, but was a little concerned about his play in space, particularly in pass coverage. But based on what I’ve seen in practice thus far I think we can rest easy on that concern. Brashton was indeed swarming to the ball from sideline to sideline and even more impressive was his play in pass coverage. He looked like a big safety dropping back into coverage, breaking up several passes and even picking one off. It’s also quite obvious that he is taking on the leadership role on this defense. I think he is/will become our “alpha dog” on that side of the ball.
I find it hard to believe that JJ has two verbal commits for 2010 and both are defensive players (NT O’Guinn, CB Swope). According to Max Emfinger, both are among the top 200 recruits in the country, 5-stars (his scale goes up to 6 stars).
I thought that Brashton played quite well last season when he was at MLB. I’m glad that he’s taking a leadership role, because he definitely can show the lesser-experienced LBs how to perform on the field.
tks curveball. i hear that the toughest decision is where to have him play cb or safety.
what with aaron brown due in the summer?
sounds like what spencer smith can do and/or current cb’s can do will determine ld’s final position.
Just jumping subjects becz I am so jazzed with the Clutch-kids and Coach Mike’s best team since 2006, when he took his 45-17 bowz to the regionals in Corvalis after a 13 year draught.
WEEK 2 in WAC play gives Hawaii (3-1) the golden opportunity to stay on top.
They are off to lighter-air and need to launch shots into the jet-stream to keep pace with a Nevada team (3-1) that scored 13 runs but still lost one to LaT @ Ruston.
Fresno State (0-0) comes off their conference bye-week and will try to kool off a red-hot-hitting, visiting NMSU (3-1) team. The aggies took 3 from USF and are capable of spliting or taking this series.
The dawgs have played tough lately and have won 6 in their last 8.
This series is the one to watch and track.
San Jose State (1-3) entertains WAC basement-dweller, LaT (1-3) and this portends to be a swing week for the Sparts to make up ground on the leaders with a sweet-4-game-sweep.
SAC ST (1-3) draws the second-week conference-bye so the hornets will remain 1-3
Al
Chris Blacks ankle did not look good on Saturday. Now ST says he will not practice this week.. this could also change some decisions..
KapoleiWarrior:
thanks for that update, can’t wait for next season……..cheeee
That is too bad about Chris Black, especially with the competition going on right now for the starting CB spots.
Talking about CBs, Ryan Mouton showed up on this list of CBs that the Titans might draft.
Remember the article I posted earlier today where the writer questioned Bess’ ability? Miami’s GM just went out of his way to praise Bess.
Salas at slotback? So a Rodney Bradley, Greg Salas, Kealoha Pilares, and Malcolm Lane look could be a possibility?
aloha Tsaikos,
loooooooooooooong time no see, did happen to run into m/m stevem. at Genjis on saturday nite. dropped in for a quick bite and mrs bulla had to sing her boots song…oh my.
football around the corner :), looking forward to 4-25-09 tsaikogate!
Congrats to the basebows on their #23 ranking!!
Relax guyz we are only in the SPR.
Aug-camp is when we ramp-up the angst on our secondary.
For sure we need stand-out players but Im more interested in the quality of our top-8 in 2.0 rotation and the progress-n- development of our redshirt frosh–Ornellas, Stepter, L. Walker, Christian and Mr ballz-to-the-wind, Richard Torres.
If these athletes are on a sharp upwards learning curve, we are on course to lock-n-load!
HiFlyer:
A single to right center will score 2…hahahaha
i know last year the coaches were singing the praises for jeramy bryant. i hope his progress continues.
wf2…..lol at your richard “the lion hearted” torres description. he is a tough cookie isn’t he. he certainly dicredited all those who thought he was picked up just to appease the kahuku head coach.
i really like greg salas at the hybrid slotback position. i envision him wreaking havoc upon the linebackers who can’t keep up with his speed as well inducing some lip-pounding on the smaller db’s.
sort of like a tight end in slotback’s clothing.
Kazz, depends if Malcolm comes in hot or cold.
It’s his senior year and we should expect to see him climbing-backs to snare passes out of the air!
al, that’s Y i luv the kid–he defies logic and staus quo thinkers and lends retrospect to the legend–Eddie would Go!
re platooning
are we bsu’ing-like with special plays for specialty personnel?
just wondering….
Good to hear some updates from the practice field.
Congrats to the BaseBows on their national rankings. Take 3 of 4 at home and split on the road and they’ll be cruising into the NCAA Tournament even if they don’t win the WAC Tourney.
Come to think about it the ‘Bows are two games behind their ’06 pace (last time they made the NCAA Tourney) at this point in the season.
al i understand you the coaches did the same with mana silva singing the praises last spring came summer different story. go mana show your bigisland pride.
Aloha Kekoa!
Just found out you had a birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday and blessings to you. I too am an Aries, and my birthdy is this Friday (Good Friday). I am not going to celebrate, for in this stage of the game, don’t understand why I should be “happy” about getting older…ha! ha!
The sign of the Ram is a very wonderful zodiac sign..we are warm, loving, understanding and leaders. Don’t know if I fit all these catagories, but like to think I come close.
I’ve never met you, but I would say you are a true Ram!! Best of everything to you with much aloha.
Florida Patti
P.S. Hello to all the other wonderful tsai-kos. Florida Ted is doing better each day and cannot wait to get on the blog again…soon I hope!!
curveball – that was a good one. what a clutch hit just when they needed it.
A BELATED CONGRATS TO THE BASEBOWS ON THE RANKING AND CONGRATS ARE IN ORDER FOR THE RAINBOW WAHINE FOR WINNING THE SERIES AGAINST #22 FSU!!!
On O the buzz word is package, ie, a special assortment of player personnel that fits a game-time situation, field-position or clock circumstance.
On D–personnel changes are dictated by packages in the form of D-schemes which Mr. ST has covered extensively in his articles on this subject matter.
Platooning sugests a whole new-set, en mass, of personnel changes in the game–much like Vince Goo did on his wahine bsktbl team.
To be honest, I havent seen platooning in D1A football in a long time, unless it occurs at the end of the game or unless one defines it in terms of the three phrases of football–
O-STs and D.
If u r asking, however, whether Greg Salas would be used at slot in a package I hope not. But that is left to MAC n Staff to decide.
I could see Tua, et al, in a redzone package as an H-back (TE behind the line of scrimmage), even Inoke as something to the wing or wide and of course Sallas in the slot, if he were to remain at WR.
Great Afternoon All!
Whew! 5 days out-of-office = one hella busy morning at work! 🙁
I love that WR screen! ala JRiv, you get a big body bruddah slicin’ thru the Defense for big yards, dat’s exciting!
Whoops! Man I am behind with the times now…
CONGRATS TO JAYSON KRAMER OUR WAC PITCHER OF THE WEEK AND TO MAKANI DUHAYLONSOD-KALEIMAMAHU OUR WAC HITTER OF THE WEEK!!!
Da Bows and da Wahine stepped up this weekend!!!
Hi FloridaPatti,
All the best to FloridaTed.
There’s a +400 ticket that made its way back over the pond that makes me wanna say….
GO SPARTA!
So d1 bet on tonight’s game, eh? Wondah if he’s gonna win some $$$$
We know who is buying the next time if Mich St wins….
GO SPARTANS!!!
al…who is Richard the Lionhearted??? MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
d1: I love that WR screen too. I thought we didn’t use it enough last year. Hope to see it more. Then again, part of the problem last year was not being able to execute it well.
Stretch,
Knowing your luck d1 only bet a dollah on the Spartans! Bwahahahaha!!!!!!
Rob19,
When you get to Maui for the scrimmage, me and whitey would like to buy Frank a couple of rounds at his Karaoke call. Make sure you come and see us when you get here!
Congrats to the Bows Baseball team being ranked 23rd! It’s about time that the world sees true talent!
Go Bows!
tarheels all the way–thats Obama’s pick.:)
(jesse) james, Cœur de Lion (the Lion-Hearted) or Richard I, King of England, was known for his bravery and courage in battle. He led the Third Crusade.
Al’s reference is to Richard (Torres) of Hawaii warrior fame who as a true frosh displayed courage on ST play despite his size and lack of athletic notoriety coming out of HS.
How about Richard “Da TUNDA-hearted” Torres?
North Carolina should win but McChicken State might pull something out of there arse maybe. I hate both teams anyway, but I would like to see North Carolina beat McChicken State!
Richard ” Da Terrorizah” Torres
Well, if Obama can apologize to Europe for USA’s arrogance, he can apologize to the basketball world, for the second-time, on his blotched pick. boo-haha.
wf2…Ummm…I hope you know that I was being a wise butt….teasing al about his age….LMAO
d1/Jason, I agree, I like that WR screen….especially when Rivers ran it. But, like you said, the execution wasn’t there last year.
I also Really, really love the shovel pass…..shhhhhhh, but don’t tell that to Koakane…he loves that play as well, he just doesn’t know it yet…..LMAO…MWAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHA
Stretch,
CRW is pretty close….
success tonight won’t come near to making up the losses incurred last week. 🙄
I could take Obama in one on one no problemo!
James and wise in the same sentence? Hold that thought.
*looks outside*
No, I don’t see any pigs flying … Makes more sense that James failed history. 😀
Almost tip-off!
you can’t worry about those loses, you know, the 48 hour rule. The win today will be new so you can share all your winning with everyone.
duffer & whitey:
For sure we are going to see each other this upcoming weekend. From what I hear, I need to train for this “darkside” tour, but then again my son will be with me too. Look forward to seeing the Maui Tsaikos in their ‘hood.
FPatti . . .
Best to FTed! Glad to hear he is doing well. Cannot wait to see him post again.
Jason:
Good point about the WR bubble screen. We tried running it several times that I can remember last year but never with much success. I agree that it was probably due to poor execution. And speaking of previously dependable plays that never worked last year due to poor execution….. Another bright spot that I observed at practice was the O-line and RB’s working on the shuttle/shuffle pass that was so successful in years gone by. While everyone was watching the “skill” guys running their 7 on 7’s. I noticed that the big boys, RB’s, and 4th string QB were running that play over and over and over. They spent almost the entire period running just that one play. I saw a lot of coaching going on by coach Shaw and by the end of the session they actually looked pretty good running it. Already a stark contrast to last year when they couldn’t even execute this play in practice.
Pauoa Boy:
even with the secret service setting all those screens…;-)
I didn’t think 4:1 represented the relative scoring output 👿
geez….what a boring game, what else has changed from their early season mismatch. McChiken is an accurate description. Id rather watch commercials on FNC.
Today was the first truly beautiful day in We(s)tern Washington! Absolutely no clouds. And, the bluest skies . . . anywhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oRVwciEfbY
Temperature hit a scorching 73 down here with more to come tomorrow! Definitely T-shirt and shorts weather. So awesome!
BBQ tomorrow, anyone?
duffer and whitey…from all the stories Stretch tells us about the instigating you two do on the darkside…it would be perfect for Rob25 since she is the Junior Insitgator here….according to Koakane….MWAHAHAHAHHAHA
Shovel pass starts with the line. People say it got worse when Ilaoa left; I say it got worse when Tala, Samson, and Dane left. Glad to hear they are really breaking that play down and getting down to fundamentals.
North Carolina is beating the arse like a red headed step child
Speaking of full game replays, is this a replay of the game from earlier in the year? 😯
curveball,
Good thought, kay maybe not then haha…nah I heard he can play so I like challenge… some good ‘ol Punahou vs. Roosevelt rivalry.
rob25, no worry. we do not do things like stretch. he “stretches” the story. we just have fun, talk story, and once in awhile sing a song.
good afternoon tsaikos. we are looking forward to this weekend’s scrimmage on maui and seeing some of you. for the maui tsaikos, we going post time and place for breakfast on sat and after the festivities. we look forward to seeing our maui tsaikos.
(Jesse)James:
actually……the rumors are wrong. it is only one of the two maui boys that can rival the instigator when it comes to darkside adventures. the safe guy, brings his boy along so he can go home early.
Go UNC!!!
I don’t care except I don’t like Izzo & the Michigan St crybabies ….
hi whitey…..what your ear stay itchy?
chawan_cut,
You haven’t seen a crybaby yet….just wait lil’ bit 🙁
chawan_cut,
I’m with you cause I’m lovin this McChicken State arse whooping right now!
Where’s “Magic”?
al is here! SHHHHHHHHHHHHH! 😀
CNN reporting plot to assassinate Obama in Turkey foiled.
Looks like MSU will have something to cry about tonight in Detroit.
hey, missing last line on my last post.
Is this game going to be worst than earlier in the yaer?
702WN,
It’s the worst half in history!
Sorry to have missed you last week.
d1- hey, always next time or see you in Sept.
Hope you also had back up tkt for NCS too.
Richard “Too Tall” Torres. That kid has a lot of heart.
jason….not to worry. i bet the house on north carolina so gotta watch this one. #2 son entered this other nc2a tourney pick em and came in first even if nc loses. he should end up with 48 wins out of 63 games. he is buying dinner.
jason, there’s more to our woes concerning the shuffle pass than our OL.
Last year, during camp and continuing into the season i counted numerous drops becz the RBs mis-positioned their hands.
A fundamental lesson is taught to athletes at the pop warner level. Palms up or down depending on the level/height of the ball–this is drilled in baseball–but ignored sometimes by football coaches who lack the training and background.
Gerke was an OLM, ditto with Brian Smith.
Hope someone points this out.
Hey Spartans,
Think back to 2005. #4 in the country and you get pounded by an un-ranked UH basketball team led by Julian Sensley and freshman Bobby Nash at the arch!!!
Yeah.. use that for inspiration! 😆
P.S. I trust you all prepared properly for this by being properly hydrated and stretched out before the game to prevent “CRAMPS”?
That’s Y I always love baseball players who play football–they are dexterious/comfortable in catching/throwing the pigskin at any level or off their feet or in follow through.
Colt played baseball and was so adroit with his hands at pushing or shoveling like an infielder. That’s prolly the reason for his quick-release and sidewinder delivery.
warriorfanny2: The thing I got from watching Smith last Monday is that first and foremost, he’s a student of the game. He had some good pointers for his backs involving things like ball placement and whatnot. If he hasn’t learned about the receivers’ hands yet, I’m sure a quick e-mail from you would help him out. At the same time, I know there are times coaches assume their players/students know something, and so they don’t bother to teach it and don’t bother to look for that execution, choosing to spend time working on other things. An e-mail from a sharp-eyed fan can do nothing but help.
briansmi (at) hawaii (dot) edu
al: Meanwhile, I’m in the 15th percentile on Yahoo!
Kazz,
maybe he’ll pull the cramp trick soon to get pity.
you know how hot and humid it is in an AIR CONDITIONED dome. Wait, so was our arena!! or was it because our AC was blowing humid air from the outside?
Wait, wait.
I know something.
it’s a shuffle play, but a shovel pass.
OK, that’s all I know.
Back to the obscurity now.
Many are of the opinion that RBs dont need basic instruction becz their talents are largely God-given.
A notable local scribe takes this view.
Look, at Manoa since 1999–they havent had a legit RB coach.
Rather, they have had three former lineman teaching the position.
It would take more than email to get their attention….
wf2 . . .
Some assistance is better than nothing. Your points are valid. Perhaps they just need another set of eyes (yours) to see clearly.
Why get the attention of people who aren’t here anymore? Just get the attention of the guy who is here. He’s young, still learning the nuances of becoming a coach. If he blows you off, then that’s one thing. But if you don’t even bother, that’s another.
Okay. Shuffle. Shuttle.
Just bring back the Muddle Huddle against SJSU!
Looks like the title game is going as I expected…..
hey they using the injury technique.
Chawan,
😆
Ford Field is a comfortable facility. For such a large enclosed space the AC in there gets around quickly. When I was there in 2007 for Wrestlemania 23, the smoke from the massive amounts of pyro they kept setting off was disappating pretty quickly.
I’m sure MSU will find some other way to make another excuse!
Pauoa Boy,
Here’s one:
“MSU is getting beaten so bad you’d think it was dating Chris Brown.”
(Ahem Chris Brown from the Rihanna/Chris Brown drama, not the UH Chris Brown of course)
😈 Mwhahahahahahaha!!! … Too soon?
Oh, I have another one:
“MSU is getting beaten so bad you’d think their HC didn’t prepare the team properly because he was busy looking at tapes of another school he is thinking of going to.”
O-U-C-H… 👿
👿
Congrats UNC….
Bravissimo, UNC!
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brew,
Imbibe after posting….
heheheh
Tears! Crying! Oh wait, thats for good reason. They’re all UNC players!
Brew . . .
About your dyslexia . . .
brew,
you have too much time on your hands…
but yes, congrats to UNC!
Congrats to PB for winning the bracket challenge. Beat me by one point.
wafan,
we only hit 63 today, but it was beautiful weather. shorts and tshirt weather for sure
“On behalf of the NCAA, we’d like to present this trophy in recognition of all the $Billions of dollars these players have generated for our organization and its constituent members…..free pizza for all y’all!
🙄
dj . . .
You are too young to even know this song and show. But, it certainly describes today!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oRVwciEfbY
Congrats Pauoa Boy! 🙂
Congrats to Pauoa Boy for winning the bracket challenge!
I’m surprised I did as well as I did this year. I’m usually at the bottom of the barrel.
Congrats to pomai who won the 2nd chance bracket.
Congrats to Pauoa Boy for winning the Tsai-ko Tourney Pick’em league! (And congrats to djmitcho, who finished one point behind.)
And congrats to Pomai for winning the Tsai-ko Second Chance Tourney Pick’em league! (And congrats to CRW, who finished one point behind.)
Will the two winners please e-mail me your mailing address, and I will send you a small prize. jnagaoka (at) hawaii (dot) rr (dot) com
(Also, if July Jones will do the same, I still owe you one from the Bowl game pick’em.)
Mahalo to Jason for setting up the bracket challenge
Congrats to Pomai for winning the Tsaiko Second-Chance Bracket. Isn’t that sort of like winning a gold medal for finishing fourth? 👿 😈
I kid, I kid, Pomai. Congrats! 🙂
Mahalo to Jason for setting up the bracket challenges. I guess it’s on to Fantasy Football later in the year…..
wafan,
you are right about that…but at least I know who Perry Como is
Howzit Tsai-kos!!
*cough, sputter, mutter under breath* Congrats to the Tarheels. There I said it. Now let me go wash out my mouth with soap… 😐
In honor of the beginning of the MLB season and my hopeless Orioles who will be out of the race by mid-May on the way to an AL-leading 12 losing seasons, a classic….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M
Oye shnap you kidding? I actually won that thing… Wow I thought after UConn, Duke, and Louisville went down I was out already. Coolios, thanks
Kazz,
Too bad so sad for the McChickens, sheesh I feel bad for them and the royal arse whooping they received tonight. North Carolina simply dominated this game from beginning to end, wasn’t even close.
Sorry I have no sympathy for McChicken State. Until they can man up and play us in some football and stop being so chicken chit, they can “SUCK IT” like BYU, Fresno St., Boise St., the whole WAC conference besides our team, etc…etc…etc…
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Hey, I beat the commissioner! hehehehe. Nah j/k Jason. Thanks for setting this thing up. I guess I did ok for a clueless wahine.
ST – thanks for the info. Kept wondering if it was a shovel, shuttle or shuffle pass.
Oh, and make that 12 *straight* losing seasons … (#151)
Cal Ripken Jr. gone already dem Orioles can pack it up already 🙂
Stupid Orioles knocking CC around. :angry:
If I want to start doing better in these things, I better start going for chalk. I can’t help it, I love the underdog. 😀
Okay, maybe I should use my own XHTML tutorial. 😡
i wonder how they’ll react in detroit.
the NCAA ripping off detroit fans who were probably going crazy for tickets. those things can’t be cheap.
Jason,
I sent you email, thanks for setting up the challenge. Sheesh if you guys never say nothing I wouldn’t have known I won that thing, I forgot about em. Anyway, it’s focus on football time now…getting antsy!
ok, wrong tense there.
I wonder how they are reacting in detroit now. paying all that $$$ for tickets to sit in the nose bleeds.
the NCAA ripped off the detroit fans who probably went crazy for the tickets.
those things couldn’t have been cheap.
It could be that the defense staying on the field longer ends up being much more effective than Mack’s conditioning program from last year. It certainly would seem to be closer to “game time conditions” and I have to say, I wondered now and then if the D last year really was as “well-conditioned” as they were said to be. Anyway, I’m a big fan of Mack’s adjustments this preseason.
Funny how people usually don’t talk about the _offense_ getting tired during a football game.
evening gangie just posting this before watching the basketball championship tonight, please no tell me. I may cheat and check because may pass out cause crap I am tired.
Announcement
Ronnie’s Return Bash
Be advised Tsaiko Country keep this date clear.
Saturday July 4, 2009
5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Bay View Golf Club Restaurant (45-285 Kaneohe Bay Dr. Phone 247-0451.)
Please join us in Fellowship, Fun, Family and Fudd as we welcome Ronnie back to Hawaii. Let us take this opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with this long, lost and waverly soul.
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Please consult SteveM. web page (http://home.roadrunner.com/~smurashi/tsai-kos/) for updated information and other notes about this event.
I soooo faaar doowwwn, I can tell you guyz what is in the Mariana Trench! Thanks for letting the bracket challenged participate. Mahalo to Jason for setting it up.
asking the question ….. did the second offense do a play or just run on and off. my observation of the past practices was the second team ran the same play as first team and the defense just stuffed it. would be interesting to see second unit sprint on and then use a different play (run or pass). my observation and mho
warriorfanny=bowstock?
anyway, i said it before. i like salas as a hybrid wr/slot. and i like pilares as a hybrid slot/rb. they are playmakers and need touches. pilares obviously is not cut out to take the pounding of an every down back, but hes jsut so fluid back there. salas can outrun LBs and overpower CBs. plus i think both are smart and talented enough to play both positions.
koakane…that would be a plus for all involved IMO….keep the defense honest…and provide them with increased awareness and recognition skills…
jj 😀 that would be my point if the second team ran another play. double pressure on defense to recognize sets plus working on conditioning and small kind pressure on offense to run a different play to see if they can work it. the oline practices for the 2nd team was frustrating because d knew it was the same play and just destroyed it. very small learning curve for team two. hard to see if your skill work if someone knows what you doing.
kden championship bball time. hope I can stay up. if I can will check in on you’s latter bye now
Congratulations to Jim Mills for being selected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame!
$10.3 million was released today for Aloha Stadium repairs. Construction will take place next year.
Miami sure gave a HUGE contract to Grove to replace Samson, even though Grove missed so many games while Samson missed none.
Free play link time. Please ignore my next 5 posts if you do not want to read the off-topic stuff.
The false negatives from facial recognition machines at Manchester airport resulted in long lines of upset passengers. The airport recalibrated the sensitivity of the machines and they are now useless–they cannot tell Osama bin Laden from Winona Ryder now!
Starting April 14 Microsoft will limit support for Windows XP and Office 2003.
An organized pillow fight was planned for Detroit on Saturday, but Detroit police confiscated the pillows.
The credit crunch has resulted in a 53% drop in investment in renewable energy.
New math formula can give advance warning of where a tsunami is likely to hit and how destructive it will be.
Free play links pau.
lgw, wf=bwstck?
dunno what a hybird slot is but u make good points about Salas and Kealoha.
Both have strong work ethics and would get lots of quick-shots from Alexander, yet becz of inside coverage would be dangerous to go deep every so often.
I believe many HAW-fanz have been accustomed to smurfs at slots becz of JJs exposure, but if you look at 4-wide Os nationally, Greg Salas type size on the inside is not uncommon and offers more options to the run game.
For Hawaii, of course, Salas is the #1 receiver and alot depends on whether our coaches feel Salas can be adequately replaced at wideout.
Also, Coach Ron has always said the patterns are different for slot and WRs and some players are better suited only for one. RG-M is an example of a receiver better tailored for slot not wideout. Mike Washington didnt work at wr and was better at slot.
Dickerson is an example of a receiver who could do both.
Moving Salas to slot certainly opens the door for exceptional talent and speed on the outside in Bradley and Taylor.
It seems simple but we have to see how Coach Lee, et al, evaluate after SPR. I guess Im saying there are a host of variables, still, Im glad to see the experiment.
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So quiet tonight–maybe gotta ring the cow bell to wake up everyone.
Anyone “see” homey today?
…had a strange dream about him last night… first dream about a Tsai-ko since Peaches was jabbing me one night for snoring 2 years ago and in my dream I was was telling her it was not my fault…because Da Punchbowl Kid had to fix the URL that was causing the snoring… 😕
As long as I’m not in these dreams … 😯
http://www.insidesocal.com/usc/archives/2009/04/about-commitmen.html
The next time Coach Mack comes on the show, here’s a question to ask him: What does he think about the idea of silent commits? I was reading today about how USC and Pete Carrol wanting to go away from publically announcing verbal commitments as a way of keeping his football recruits under the radar from other team’s recruiters. To me this sounds like a good idea. With so many poachers out there the less showing of what’s up your sleeve works in your favor. Right? Any edge is better than none. No?…. And to me this makes sense, hopefully Coach Mack gives this some thought.
Another question: What is Coach Mack thoughts of having more H.S verbal commitments in the future enrolling one semester earlier in school, like B. Stutzmen? The way I see it the upside is great, and obvious, from giving the recruit a head start in his collegiate football career. But also this early bond with the recruit might led to less recruits decommiting come national letter of intent day since they’re already enrolled in the school…and seemingly put all they’re eggs in one basket by taking classes early that backing out of a commitment with so much vested it would be awkward and less likelier, I think. For example, hypothetically speaking, if Wes K was enrolled earlier wouldn’t it be harder for him to be lured to Oregon once he began setting his roots at UH by taking classes one semester earlier. I think so.
On the subject of early enrollment for HS recruits. UH having a quarter system, like UCLA (they had 9 HS recruits enroll early), instead of a semester system, would have been so advantageous to recruiting, too. For most HS recruits it’s possible to get all the class work done 1 quarter earlier by taking summer classes and less likelier 2 quarters earlier, which would allow them to enroll early at UH at the semester. Now, if UH had a quarter system, then this would have opened the door for more, much more HS recruits enrolling early, I think.
Aloha
las vegas — hi…haven’t seen you post for a while. Everything OK?
Nah, dog keeps trying to die, but I wont let her
SteveM,
Got yr e-mail for 9/18 & 9/19
Thanx
las vegas — sorry to hear about your dog.
BTW, where did you take d1shima to dine last week?
Korean Garden in Chinatown
Work day again tomorrow so have to sleep soon.
Don’t worry Jason, you wouldn’t be in the same dreams as homey and the Kid… 🙄
Thanks. Now if d1 has a photo, I’ll get the location right. 😆
Gotta go… Goodnight everyone!
las vegas….welcome back to the night shift.
what was the name of that japanese restaurant?
wasn’t that right above the korean garden?
Al san
same floor as Ichi-Za
When the 15 days of spring football practice is over, please report that UH practiced special teams play. And there was renewed interests and devotion to this area of the team that so desperately needs work at. The time to gain a head start is now, not wait to the fall. And I hope the special teams and coaches extend themselves with long hours of work during the spring..
As much as where we’re going to see the offense thru the summer in unsupervised workouts doing 7 on 7 drills **there’s no reason why the special teams can’t practice along side, too, and perfecting special teams play with a 11 on 11 drills.** So many times you here players and coaches say this is the first time we’d did it this way, mostly referring to recruiting, sponsoring a junior day and having early enrollments…and I think it’s time to explore, too, and having the special teams practicing similarly on 11 on 11 drills as does the offense practice they’re customarily 7 on 7 drills in unsupervised workouts during the summer..to me, how I see it this isn’t a hard thing to practice–all is needed is the time and commitment from the special team players, which I hope they begin to show dedication, leadership and devotion to this area of the team—because the team needs to get better in this area.
Life is returning to normal. I’m starting to not be a Miami Dolphin fan.
March Sadness: I watched about one half of bb during the playoffs. Hard to get into it if the Bows aren’t at least competitive. And to think I have HDTV for the first time.
At least the excitement is building for this new UH team. Rebuilding the d is what we hired McMackin for.
spending one or two sessions on special teams would be a lot for spring ball.
once the primary starters for offense and defense are determined the special team guys are then solicited. the latter is less complicated to pick up.
spending one or two sessions on special teams would be a lot for spring ball.
once the primary starters for offense and defense are determined the special team guys are then solicited. the latter is less complicated to pick up.
Jason – Thanks for setting up the bracket challenge. I surprised myself finishing in the top ten when I don’t even follow the season.
CRW good one!!!
Jason no need send anything, thanks for setting things up, surprised even myself as this was the first time I really picked the winner, I to go for the underdog most of the time.
201- Nitey Nite and Sweet Warrior Dreams!
wf2
jayson is right. make the call to coach
BSmith. it won’t hurt.
at the Fla game, we all learned dat super speed killls…
they neva need PHarvin. they had C Rainey and J Demp.
and if JTaylor get that kinda noticeable speed, which Stutz says JT get, then we should use that speed in the ball touchin position. Cuz thats wat Rainey did to us. he burned us up. before Demp burned us up.
Samson will make a bunch of money in the near future if he stays healthy and consistant.
I like what I read with every spring practice going foward; good job Warriors!!, practice hard.
A fine morning to all!!!
Good morning Tsaikos!
Roysan – UH will never go to a quarter system. It’ll take an act of (pick one) God, legislature, etc. I think there’s too many admin issues, not too mention profs having to redo their courses to fit a quarter system.
Re silent commits – I thought coaches couldn’t talk about recruits till the letter is signed, so who’s making the announcements about the commits? The school? The player? Someone else?
Seems to me with JJ, we never heard about the recruits till NLI day. But, maybe that was cuz he recruited “late”.
good morning tsaikos. looks like it will be a very nice tuesday. have fun and see you all later.
good morning stephen i much players going to maui from the football team .
Stretch
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