Strength in numbers

First! Ohayo WB!

Ikei all day!!

Former UH Warrior players (Kealoha Pilares, Brashton Satele, etc.) all swear by Ikei.

0 for football, yet TWO for 21 athletic programs in total.

The number 2 for 21 is more concerning than the 0 for 1.

Besides other than Tommy Heffernan, who is the other full-timer?

When you look at it, its amazing what the athletic programs at UH have done and how the student-athletes in all the sports have performed and won various athletic accolades considering the LIMITED resources and the word “limited” is me being “nice”.

Remember a few years ago when there was a “hiring-freeze” in the department and that the essential areas for the student-athletes “wont be effected”… ummm… thank GOD its time to re-evaluated what the definition of essential is.

Would like to see UH get to figures around:

21-4-1 .. at LEAST.

21-2-1 is not adequate if we expect to be competitive in our programs.

Doesn’t seem to be any correlation between the number of S&C coaches and team standings.

Or any cause and effect outcomes.

jimmy the lock:

December 28th, 2012 at 7:56 am

Doesn’t seem to be any correlation between the number of S&C coaches and team standings.

Or any cause and effect outcomes.

Depends… I personally believe that our coaches at UH in various sports are some of the best in utilizing what they have to work with. The frustration is there. The red-tape, the promises made and nothing resulting in them, etc…. but yet they endure and succeed.

While this probably will go in one ear and out the other for most people.. just looking at what the non-football and non-basketball programs have been able to do with their modest resources in both budget and limited exposure in the win-loss and conference title scene for their respective programs I think is nothing short of amazing. The lower down the “money ladder” you go in our 21 sports, the more you are sure to find coaches and student-athletes that have no choice but to find the self-discipline and constructive “improvisation” to try to make up for short-comings other university athletic departments they compete against do not have.

So now, take all that and then boost it. Take that work-ethic and drive and give it the support it needs and what will you find? I think we know what we will find.

New AD Ben Jay is looking for new revenue streams. Some of those new revenue “paths” (some, NOT all) could very well be laying un-paved right on campus. We have 6 revenue programs.. who says we cannot have more? We have 6 programs that charge admission. We could have 7 or 9…. COULD. Of course, if admission were added to other programs, the justification would have to be a result of institutional and departmental support.

You cannot just slap on admission and expect people to pay. Its like trying to sell a used car. Sure the thing gets you from point A to point B, but you gotta make the thing look pretty (fix the oil leak, when was the last tune-up?, did you even wash the car?, what about the rust spots?, etc…) to attract potential buyers.

Coach Chow needs to use his connections to USC, Utah, UCLA in hiring a F/T Football S & C coach. I’m sure there are very capable assistant S & C coaches at those schools looking to move up.

No excuse for not having more S&C coaches and definitely a sore spot in football…Was this another JD deficiency?

@#14, SteveM: Was that a Stevie “pun”?

@#11, Kevin: I wonder if there is a way to allow “free” parking at UH if you show a ticket for any event. Maybe that is one way to generate more ticket sales. Parking now is $6, almost the price of a Zip Pak.

Good Aloha Friday (Heading Into A Long Happy New Year Weekend) Morning Folks!

Long day at work…then a 9 day stay-cation! Yippee! I get to get clean my house like crazy for a week 🙂

Wishing everyone a safe and prosperous New Year…Go Warriors!

Oh yeah, Ikei rules!

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Good morning Tsaikos!

Happy last Aloha Friday of 2012.

Gotta agree with Kevin – all his points. Great minds think alike. 😆

Parking revenue, as I understand it, goes to pay for the structure and operations. Even parking down at JABSOM is $6 (which is just a parking lot). At least it’s still cheaper than Blaisdell.

To whomever asked yesterday about Sam Biscaro: IIRC, ST said that Sam left the team but is still in school at UH. He’s from the Santa Barbara area, so not sure if he will transfer back there. Perhaps the blogmeister knows…

gobows:

#10 – money talks!!!

Going by the numbers, CSU should be THE stud and studdette University.

@#22, Kevin: LOL!, maybe that’s why I haven’t eaten a Zip Pak in years! Is not the parking an outsourced deal where they collect money to pay for the security, maintenance, ticket attendants, etc.? and some of the profit goes to UH? Students and faculty use it the majority of the time and probably park longer. The only time parking is free is when you are going to the box office to purchase a ticket. I am thinking the parking concession would still make money even if there were no sporting events in the “quarry”.

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@jimmy the lock

pretty much 10 sports per trainer..Makes you wonder what if we had 6 trainers like CSU or AF..we would be winning National Championships!!! haha

@Masaboy

Has CSU or AF been winning National Championships? lol

Great Morning All!

jtl,

No. But they both beat Hawaii! 🙁

Ault retiring?

Lemme save the trouble and wasted blogspace by saying this before multiple posts spawn from this:

“Hire Ault for OC”.

There. Done. Move on. Not gonna happen. Shut up.

i wonder then, if rolo will be actively seeking employment…?

i wonder then, if rolo would be a nice fit at manoa?

i wonder then, if rolo who was the last cut of the former staff would be considered if at all?

i wonder then, if rolo would be retained as oc with some authority in reno?

I have an unopened pack of 1989 UH Football cards. They can go, free, to anyone who was on that team. Or anyone else, I guess.

Got this from the UH Athletics site:

Strength and conditioning coach Tommy Heffernan heads the staff along with assistant Grant Steen and graduate assistants James Chassin, Kamalei Magnani, Mike Johnson and student assistant Ian Hasegawa.

I believe James Chassin’s time is up. Two-year grad assistant took over for Kenny Esquivel two years ago.

And the reorg continues, congrats to Sen. Donna Mercado Kim as the new Senate president.

RE: 2009, UH Athletics Hiring Freeze

This article mentions that athletic trainer positions were actually addressed.

However it doesn’t specify what that meant. There are athletic trainers, people like Eric Okasaki who primarily treats injuries and then there are the S&C coaches which we have been talking about today, SOMETIMES referred to as “trainers”.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2009/Feb/18/sp/hawaii902180408.html

Howzit, Gang!

Wow! Some crooked numbers! Gotta agree with Kevin… it is truly amazing… the accomplishments of the various programs in Athletics, in relation to resources available. During earlier discussion about S&C coaches this season, I started typing something about hoping to see a “school-type program” specifically to train our keiki to be able to better compete, physically, at the next level. I think it was during a time when everyone was talking about the year-round programs going on in states such as Florida and Texas. And I’m not just talking about nutrition and sports, like in school P.E. We need to take this to another level, teaching and training to be more explosive. Sure, it may not be every kid’s or parent’s dream to pursue professional sports, but being more competitive in high school can help so many families in gaining college scholarships. Whatever paths they follow after that is up to them. At least we gave them the best chance we could, to get them started.

Sorry, didn’t mean to ramble on, but if we ever hit this lottery before moving back home, I’d like to have some sort of a plan! Hahaha!

Hope you all have a great day! 2012 is coming to a close… Stay safe this weekend!

I wonder if these guys are going to apply for the Nevada-Reno HC job –

Duane Akina

Dirk Koetter (sp)

Mark Banker (?)

Rich Miano

Thery were all interested in Hawaii’s HC job ….

we shall see …

Has both the WCO and Air Raid background that could be a nice fit with Hawaii’s offense.

http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/anae_robert01.html

#46 good question…how many part time trainers are needed to supplement the full timers, and how many part time trainers would be considered a full time equivalent.

There was also a big visible difference from when Heffernan was the lead guy the first time from the former S&C coach.

One of the noticeable differences under Heffernan was that the grad assistant S&C guys working with the players much much earlier before practice started than before.

Some practice observers also remarked on this blog that the pace and routines were not as “laxed” with Heffernan as it was in the past.

De Laura is SMU S/C coach, and SMU pulverized Fresno State in the Sheraton Bowl. He must have done something good, SMU defense was too much for Carr and company.

Sounds like Ault came to his decision to retire somewhat unexpectedly…..just during this recruiting dead period…..while school is on break…..so probably unlikely that he spoke to the Wolfpack players and/or coaches (including Rolo) in-person beforehand.

http://www.rgj.com/article/20121228/SPORTS06/121228005/Watch-Ault-videos-including-one-from-his-news-conference-today

Kinda feel for Rolo…..having to deal with consequences of the 2nd “retirement” by the HC in 2 consecutive years.

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SMU made 4 bowl games in a row, this season they had a totally rebuild OL and a new QB, and finished with a winning season. Most MWC teams would have suffered the same fate had they played Texas A & M and Baylor – UCLA found out how good the Baylor Bears are.

JJ always had a keen eye for getting good big rushing ends. Wonder if Hunt was a converted basketball player .

Ran into Mrs. Ginlack, Bryson is doing well playing for his Japanese football team. Yay, Bryson!

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#82 and #83

impostors trying to discredit other impostors. must be a first. nuff said.

#80 were you there at the old honolulu stadium when jj was in the middle of a team brawl after a game?

#85…false al again. okay, you wanna be me so bad. have at it…see you buddy.

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2010 #2 in total offense?? sounds pretty mediocre to me!! 2011 42nd in total offense. 700yds from 20th and with all the injuries and new starters?!?!?

#77 & 78….Hunt was a Junior Champion in shot put and discus in his native Estonia. Came to SMU to train for 2012 Olympics. SMU track was discontinued. Someone suggested he see JJ. Four years later, the guy is a projected first or second rounder. At 6″8, holds the NCAA record for blocked kicks. Great story.

Rocky Seto…we just need the kala. Excellent S&C Coach.

Pretty interesting development with Ault. I’m thinking that a prior Wolf Pack coach will fill his shoes, such as Jim Mastro (RB coach at WSU) or Chris Klenakis (Oline coach at Arkansas). Depending on how Ault feels about Rolo, he might put in a good word.

I think Rolo would fit in well with Sonny Dykes, but I think he already has an OC at Cal.

ST wrote above:

It was pretty surprising to hear of Chris Ault’s (third) retirement at Nevada. Good coach, better rival.

With Pat Hill gone, Dennis Franchione long gone, and Chris Petersen soon to be gone, maybe, UH is running out of good rival coaches.

I agree. Throughout the 80’s I wanted us to beat BYU. They have the Laie campus. many fans, recruit the same players–closest thing we had to an instate rival. When Lavell Edwards retired, somehow it didn’t seem the same when we won. The coach was the face of BYU football and whom the media interviewed.

To me, I wanted to beat BYU in general and Edwards in particular. We had nothing against BYU students or their campus. The last loss to BYU was just another loss–nothing extra painful for most. Same for most other schools now.

I never felt a rivalry with Boise–we had the same frustrating losses like to BYU, but not the same…I don’t know Peterson.

Chris Ault was another coach to beat. The “little general’s” expressions on the sideline in defeat were worth carrying in the binoculars. Same with Pat Hill– but he and JJ had a curious friendship and professional relationship and played exciting football– no “garbage time” when up by 40 points– any lopsided score was purely professional. No need to make excuses or apologies after. 🙂

UH actually has a very interesting history of S&C in football.

The Bible of S&C for football ‘The Strongest Shall Survive’, was actually written whilst Bill Starr was at UH. Many of the pictures published in the book were taken at UH, and are of UH players. Its still available for purchase.

Terry Albritton took over from Starr, another legend of strength development for athletics and one-time world shot put WR holder; then Curtis Tsuruda, DeLaura, then Heffernan. (Might have missed someone out)

Its not possible to explain in a blog entry the problems and challenges with S&C in modern football. It is worth noting though that there is an excellent history at UH to be recognized.

#100 Shoko Sorry but you have the wrong Lee brother. Cal Lee was never retained by Coach Chow it was his older brother Tommy Lee.

To identify the real “AL”, ask what he orders on his hamburgers.

Ask him how many pounds he lost. 😉

Didn’t know that al was on the heavy side.

My name is Al. My name is Al. My name is Al. Number One – do you eat the tomato with yoyur hamburger? Number Two – do you put mustard on your hamburger? Number Three – Do you eat your hamburger with teriyaki sauce? Will the real Al please stand up?

@107 Tommui, bettah yet try ask how many mo808 has lost! 🙂

Willie, those were the good ole days. Yeah, I remember Elroy Chong very well. He was pretty good. He was in a battle for starting QB with one Mike Biscotti. And remember those gold helmets during Dave Holmes’ era. Fans pretty much packed the old Honolulu Stadium. We sat in the end zone, just below the clock. I lived in an apartment with my friends at Varsity Circle so we just jumped over the fence to Cooke field and run around. And of course it’s a short walk to the stadium too. Too many good memories, and we were pretty poor too.

Main ting is not whats on the outside, but whats on da inside. 😉

Thats whats good about blogs, you get to know the person, first, instead of judging by appearances. Good people and good fun is what draws me to this blog.

That, and of course, football!

Nite!

Rolo to Temple?

Can Chow say Anae?

#122,

To bed. Or as A-joe would say, “Petersen not going.”

I never place a former offensive line coach to run the offense! For example, the Chicago Bears named former Minnesota Vikings Offensive Line and Head Coach, Mike Tice, as their Offensive Coordinator! Simply, placing Robert Anae, isn’t the answer! Also, Anae was released from BYU as Bronco Mendenhall overhauled his Coaching Staff after BYU had a terrible season in 2009-2010-I think?! Let’s see if Rolo can coincide harmoniously with Norm Chow!

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#125,

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