UH camps

BTW, I did get to read everything first. And if it were’nt for our MNL flight returning and now just leaving, I would be home already. Hope that child is OK.

i hope they supersize the sandwich meals for the big man’s camp.

Top 10. Good night and good morning to all. Also Keaau High School is having a Spring Game tomorrow afternoon roughly at around 345 on its practice field if anyone on the BI wants to watch some football.

Go Cougars!!!

Go Warriors!

i hope cindy luis “86’s” that pest from her blog. he’s making all big body over there. maybe kifi should go over there to settle things down.

st, do the coaches feel that our receiving corps lacks speed. reason being that they seem to going after a lot of wr’s, especially those 4.5 and under.

i hope the hs coaches understand that one of their duties is to help a player explore their possibilities at the next level albeit d1, d1, d2, d3, jc and the like.

this is where darren hernandez goes out of his way for his student/athletes.

it is better to offer than to have a wish list that sits in the waste basket.

you never know…someone will take it. (as we are in the running for a 3/4 star wr type as we speak).

like i said, if you don’t ask the homecoming queen to the prom you’ll never get the opportunity.

The numbers game doesn’t seem to affect that SEC coach who is offering by the bushel

Happy Trails to Coach Wagner

i guess we’ll have to do the greyshirt stuff next year. then again we could experience some “natural” attrition.

btw, Al. Did I mention that I’m off for the next week?

VooDooToo, here I come! 😉

d1…heading north again?

or more towards the dessert?

zzzzz

Al,

Each computer i use either has Sean or Sean (aka pcwarrior). I don’t really change it. But ever since kazz changed to kevin, i decided to use my real name. No more aliases.

Mr Tsai, it has been really enjoyable reading the blog lately! I think it has to do with the return if some original members. Nice to have them back!

Sean. I’ll second that… I was starting to go away from reading anything but ST’s headliners for a while. Glad to see the old Blog etiquette back. Mahalo ST.

Garret would this not be a NCAA violation?

Pomai,

No. For years the NCAA has said that it is okay for schools to give computers and other electronic devices to student-athletes if it benefits their *education*. iPads are being used in some places for electronic textbooks instead of hardcopy textbooks, so I’m sure that the NCAA has blessed the iPad giving.

I really dislike Colorado giving iPads just to football players. Ohio State is making good use of their Big 10 TV money by giving all student-athletes an iPad.

Good Morning! Best wishes to former UH coach Wags! Happy birthday wishes to Corie Kaimikaua & Allen Allen!

Mahalo Al for your comment yesterday about my sons! Yeah, their good kids! They grew up soo fast! Seems like yesterday we were always at some park or gym or field for one of their games. The oldest is celebrating his 31st today and is worried about his hair greying 🙂

Wow, the conference title game will be at the school that has the best regular season record. Big East title game in Boise or San Diego?

The athletic directors voted to have the division winners face each other in a Big East championship game at the home of the league’s most successful regular-season team.

Good morning Garret,

I think the BigEast will dangle their bb programs as a big part of negotioation$$$$.

What do you think bout Louisville’s wanting to leave the bigeast for either acc/big12???, do u think that will happen down the road?

I hope kids take advantage of the UH camps. Those parents who pay $500-$600 to camps that come to Hawaii and offer no exposure to colleges at all are crazy.

Happy Birthday, Corie and AA.

Congrats to Wags!

Kauai peeps- see you June 8 at KCC Fine Dining to meet and greet Coach Chow and chow down on great grinds and get a great NaKoa fix on the offseason!

Don’t miss this and remember to stay late and help clean up… Last year’s REAL fun started with the balloon pop!

d1, porgot whether you went or going to PNW. Enjoy and congratulations on your son’s graduation.

Happy Birthday Coach Wagner, Cone, and Allen

Did you read in this morning’s SB that a mongoose was caught on Kauai? That is the first time ever for Kauai.

Good morning Tsaikos!

Happy retirement to Coach Wagner.

ST – only the seniors are out of school, the rest of the kids get out tomorrow.

Congrats to d1’s #2! On to the real world!

Gigi:

Thanks for the correction. I still think of the HA and the SB.

Congrats to Coach Wags on his retirement. His 92 UH team set the standard as far as winning the old WAC, going to a mainland bowl, winning it, and finishing the season in the top 20.

Anyway, I think it’s great that UH is reaching out into the community — with camps and reunions, etc.

Congratulations and a Big Mahalo to Coach Wags. Your Defenses were Legendary and they set the standard at UH. Enjoy your retirement!!

what will happen if all 240 athletes accept the offers? Lol

surprised it isn’t illegal.

When Ninia took the job at Kamehameha BI, Kalani was just about to enter HS and known more as a basketball and Volleyball player. Then he packed on some muscle and was a Dline stud. Too bad his career was cut short by injuries to his leg, while at UDUB. Ninia’s husband was known at our church as “da guy who played Jesus”.

Oh and happy birthday to my classmate, “The A-Bomb”

Garret, re #45, the interesting thing to me in that article was the statement that the Big East will not consider adding another western school until after its new TV deal is done, i.e. until late autumn.

There had been speculation that in the next few weeks the Big East might invite Fresno State or UNLV to join for football, so as to help Boise State land its Olympic sports in the Big West. The theory was that the Big West would be certain to invite Boise if it meant getting Fresno or UNLV Olympic sports as part of a package deal. Now that possibility is off the table.

So we’re left to wonder if Boise State will succeed in buying its way into the Big West with travel subsidies and other cash inducements. It will need support from eight of the ten conference schools to do so, and I don’t see UH voting yes…

ST & Tsaiko Blog Dogs:

Best wishes to Bob Wagner. I will never forgive the guy who fired you!

Jim Donovan has fired 2 coaches, so far… No outcry.

Correction: he fired 3 coaches.

Can the UH football team, 120 or so of them, come to the football camp, too, with

twenty dollars in their hand, and get in some supervised practiced time?

🙄

Maybe the tsaikos could establish a “Wags to Riches” scholarship fund for local boys…

My parents sent me to camp as a child and when I returned they had moved and left no forwarding address.

whitey/jmxxxx,

Thanks for the well-wishes for #2 son. Winging it out to OR this afternoon.

Speaking of fb camps and their relationship to recruiting, when you look at the numbers of kids who will participate it illustrates the odds of actually landing a scholarship that will pay for a full-ride thru college. Out of hundreds who attend a successful camp maybe a handful will actually receive legit D1 offers and a slightly larger group after that D2 or NAIA schollies.

For the rest, I want to relate as a parent that my experience of D3 football has really opened up my eyes during these past 4 years. The overall level of athleticism may not be BCS-level stuff but for competition and excitement D3 football is right up there!

One thing that I have noticed at this level is that there is far more stability in the coaching staffs. Many of the people coaching at D3 schools are there for a long time. This is not a reflection of their quality but, I think, more of their desire to be a part of a stable environment that they can build or continue a legacy in.

No D3 school offers athletic scholarships but many of them are well-endowed institutions that have funding available for scholastic achievement. So the possibility is there for the true student-athlete to continue his (or her, in the case of other sports) career at the next level.

I could go on and on but I got a flight to catch but I’ll just end by saying that if you or your son is approached by a D3 coach it would be a good move to really listen to what he or she has to say.

I left on my “vacation” on April 25. I didn’t know until now that Shaq Stokes also left the team. Where is he headed? They seem to have some very good ones coming in though. I know coach Gib, being a first time head coach, is going through a learning phase and it will get better. I hope Coach Chow doesn’t go through what Gib is going through. I think with Coach Chow being a long time assistant at some major programs, including the pros, will cut down on some of the mistakes. I don’t think it will be a perfect season though and I hope the fans also realize such. Improve every year and you will reach your goal. Then, improve even more to ward off the giant slayers.

Maybe not the first year, but over the next 5 years, Chow will have a winning record.

d1:

#100 – yep, I agree with your position that the parents and student should allow time to listen rather than have regrets later – no harm to sit and listen, ask questions and always keep options open.

no “time travel” available to go back and change history!

When I was coaching, I explained to the kids (early high school age) that I bought my house for $135,000, and at that time, was paying well over $1,000 a month and still paying for 30 years. At that time, the name schools like UCLA, USC, etc., were charging over $35,000 (I know, even higher now) a year for school. So if they they go to a school like that for 5 years, it would be at least $175,000, not including plane fare for themselves and an occasional visit from their family. So if they took out a loan, they would be paying around $2,000 dollars a month for 30 years. By saying this, I also encouraged them to study hard and get good grades and financial aid would become avaiable. If they wanted to play college sports, they don’t necessarily have to focus their sights on the USCs and UCLAs, but small schools may have more money to go around based on the smaller number of enrolled students, and even staying home would be more affordable, but can’t do anything without good grades to qualify.

haha. “here today gone tomorrow gigi”

I think the monkey on JD’s back is his inability to reduce the AD deficit.

MM

@117

The proof that things have become normal again is the return of names like “Manoa Mist, gigi, jonj, haroldwah.” There were a few others from yesterdays blog too. The banter is light and enjoyable with a family feeling and the focus remains on relationships made through UH sports and UH football.

I’m not pumping up gigi, but i think it took her return to bring this blog back to its old self.

It’s all about the “F’s”

Mahalo BaseBows!

We outta da WAC!

Sean: really? am surprised. thanks.

Baseball Bows, what a let down. WAC was very weak this year. Makes you wonder about Trap.

From SA Front Page:

UH Baseball

MESA, Ariz. >> Hawaii’s final Western Athletic Conference tournament lasted less than 24 hours as the Rainbows were the first team eliminated following a 9-6 loss to Louisiana Tech on Thursday at Hohokam Stadium.

Matt Sisto (8-4) was rocked for five runs on nine hits in two innings in his 55th and final start for Hawaii, which finished the season 30-25.

Justin Gordey had a career-high four hits for Louisiana Tech (25-27), which had 17 in the game off of five different UH pitchers.

Stephen Ventimilia went 2-for-5 with a double and three runs scored and Kaeo Aliviado was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.

Collin Bennett with 0-for-4 with a walk and was held hitless for the first time in 11 WAC tournament games.

UH went 0-2 for the first time in the tournament since it was brought back in 2006. The Rainbows will move to the Big West Conference next season.

Mahalo BaseBows!

Funny how Edgar Casteneda is foregoing a walkon at Hawaii for a Scholie at FCS SacSt.

While CeeJay Santos is foregoing a Scholie at FCS Weber St to walkon at Hawaii

BTW, if Niiro leg is so strong, why was Mack thinking of using Iosefa or Kenny Estes as backup kickers last season?

BigWave:

was it kicker or punter for Niiro? I thought it was “kicker” for field goals, PAT, and kickoff.

Nirro is a somewhat “large body” for a kicker – remember Shroudt(sp) – he was tall and thick!

A House,

@130

I remember #99 giving some good licks on those kick offs!!!

sean:

Midori keeps reminding me of those hits – especially the one where he flatteded the ball carrier near the side lines!!!

and the bell tolls at the church next door – slow day and trying to insure we hit 100 today

slow day – heck so slow that I posted 100 on #136 when I meant 200!

Thank you to Coach Wags!

Enjoy your retirement!!!

ST

Why does Ceejay have to redshirt? Isn’t Weber St a level below D1?

DPK

Yes she is!

Yup those were the days!

Da Punchbowl Kid:

May 24th, 2012 at 12:27 pm

# 89 –

Alice Knapp and Maude Post… those were the days!

No leave us out. What you talking about? Das not inside, blue and white only, I gotta go to Imua lounge info you talking about right? You know you blue and white guys, you guys all da same. Always making references to blue and white kind stuff and leaving us public school guys out of da loop. First was Imua Lounge, and now it’s Pau Hana Lounge. You know what? Neva mind you guys. I going take my purple and yellow hat i went get from my friend Koakane, I going down to da St. Louis Alumni Clubhouse. Look for me ova dea, I going be singing “O Ma’u mau, O Ma’u mau, Punahou our Punahou. O’ahu a O’ahu a, Punahou our Punahou.”

Ballpicker –

Just to be fair, I guess we should say that Wags looks beautiful too, eh? 😆

Actually, Wags brings back a very different set of excellent memories. I still remember runnin’ away from work and sittin’ in TGIFriday’s on Ward and watchin’ as Wags led us to to the Holiday Bowl win. And the beatings laid on BYU after years of frustration?

Priceless!

Thanks Coach and good luck to you in the future.

sooo, how are you guys calling game 6? Will the Heat win? 2 guys suspended. Dunno, but I hope the Heat win.

kifi –

I’m reminded of another very beautiful girl’s Dorm Advisor from Alice Knapp… gosh what was her name again… and who was the big garut she was married to?!

Dang, memories escape me.

Hey, memba the time the home boys from our block scored a bunch of TDs against the college “All-Stars” during the year when local All-Stars gave the college stars all they could handle in the Hula Bowl? Dem’s some great memories too. And DA almost gettin arrested because he wouldn’t take down the Hawaiian flag at Aloha Stadium during the game? 😆

IMUA! 😆

DPK…

Before the Prep School dorms were completed, my junior year at KSB, 7th & 8th grade boys used Iolani Dorm & were part of the Boys’ School the rest of the school day. My kids all loved you, Micah, Sam, Mahina & the rest at the dorms. But you especially stood out for your energy & positive attitude, plus you were a smidgeon nuts upstairs.

If any of you will be on the Big Island on June 9, Bruce Kekuewa & PIAA (Doris) are having a football camp/combine at KSH for our local athletes. Bruce is trying to get them to feel & understand what it takes to make it to the next level & to familiarize themselves with drills, etc they’ll be expected to participate in at other events. Should be fun, & it’s a real nice stadium & campus (I’ll give a tour!).

And the picture…I told Ninia that I wanted to send it to a ‘friend,’ she said ‘fine,’ and I don’t think she knows that our ‘friend’ posted it on his WB blog! She’ll be surprised! We’ll miss Wags, he’s a good man; as yet, we don’t know who the new AD will be.

Back to work…..

HiloBilly: Hubby and I rode in a helicopter when we were on the Big Island last year. We saw the blue roofs of Kamehameha from way up high. They contrasted with the red roofs of UH-Hilo. Fun trip.

MWAHAHAHAHAAHA

#112 Gigi

Hard to get the monkey off your back when JD has both hands handcuffed to his ankles. Upper campus seems to be calling the shots in terms of who to hire and at what salary, who to fire and what to buy them out at. Travel subsidies won’t help the deficit either.

DLM: I know nothing about the influence of upper campus on JD’s job. Where did you get your info from?

Bulla:

Your post has a lot of meaning for all parents in Hawaii. It should not only apply to those students who excel in athletics but also in other endeavors such as science, music, art, etc. Not all students have the fortune of getting a full ride scholarship at the school of their choice. Many of them have to go to a school that their parents can afford but which still offers them an opportunity to study in the field of their choice. Of course, their parents would want them return one day if they do go away. Like you said they are all our Sons (and Daughters) of Hawaii. Very well said. Thank you.

kifi…

Yep, Kelii’s on campus in Ohio, working hard, loving it, & has a shot at starting at center. Great kid, great attitude, a good learner, from a super family. He did very well at Arizona Western; hopefully, freshman Akoakoa Paleka-Kennedy will continue the hard work. After wrestling season was pau, Akoakoa slimmed down to about 275, looks great…lean & mean at almost 6’4″. We wish both of them the best!

gigi…nice to have you back, I hope I can make it to a game & t-gate & meet all of you, bring some of the Big Island style pupu+ w/ me. BIK, you lurking and listening?

Off to watch grand-kids for a couple of hours, post later…

Congratulations to Wags on his retirement…He never got his “just due” for building the UH Football program and like Rocha, got “shafted” in a “classless” way. Wags has done for Kamehameha and still has supported the Warrior football program over the years…I wish Wags and his family the best!!! Much Mahalos!

Bowwar: I thought Hugh Yoshida was the one who fired Wagner.

GG . . .

The messenger was the current AD.

kifi #170….motorcycles…..also Chevys…LOL

Like the slogan: “Are You Ready To Chevy?!”

Also the one where the girl says, “See ya in a Kia”…

looke=looked

Merry happy graduation to m/m d1 #2!

Tough decisions ahead . . . find a job or become a professional student.

Whoo-hoo!!!

A-House, Kyle Niiro is listed as a place kicker, yet when Hadden and Chun weren’t 100% last season, Mack said he might have to use Iosefa and Estes was seen kicking at practice, too. Never was there any mention of using Niiro.

Oh and that Canadian SB, was he Dane MacArthur?

Warrior Dave, any time you move UP you have to sit out. No matter FCS, DII, DIII and I’m not sure but maybe even NAIA

Talk about extreme sacrifice, mao sugiyama.

Sadly, I have waaaaaaaaaaay to many to go. Might as well be forever to go.

Tsigh . . .

Hilo Billy –

Thanks for the kind words. Those WERE some good days! What amazed me was how your family had so many keeds pass Maude Post and Alice Knapp and every one of them were exceptional- excellent people all! Would love to see all of you again sometime! And my man Puni – never saw an 8th grader bench 225 pounds before or after him!

Tell Aunty Lisanne and Uncle Bruce we said howzit!

#165 Gigi

Unfortunately you weren’t around when all was discussed on this blog. Glad to have you back.

Congrats Coach Wags!

Orlando Sentinel ranked Oregon state at 96. Hawaii is somewhere in the 80’s…

Here are the teams below Oregon State. Dang, trying to find Hawii, but so far no luck…

No. 97 Rice

No. 98 Ole Miss

No. 99 Colorado

No. 100 New Mexico State

No. 101 Duke

No. 102 Idaho

No. 103 Army

No. 104 Maryland

No. 105 Colorado State

No. 106 Miami (Ohio)

No. 107 UTEP

No. 108 Troy

No. 109 Fresno State

No. 110 Central Michigan

No. 111 Indiana

No. 112 Memphis

No. 113 Middle Tennessee

No. 114 UAB

No. 115 Buffalo

No. 116 Tulane

No. 117: FAU

No. 118: UNLV

No. 119: Akron

No. 120: New Mexico

Above Oregon State are:

No. 92 Syracuse

No. 93 Minnesota

No. 94 Boston College

No. 95 Kansas

No. 96 Oregon State

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college/2012/05/college-football-countdown-no-92-syracuse.html

Surprisingly Bowling Green is 91.

Trying to find who is above UH is like digging

for gold in the beaches of Hawaii…

Grrrrrrrr…got this page but is not updated yet to where Hawaii is…

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-countdown-120-1,0,7951585.htmlpage

DPK, The Lord willing and the creeks don’t rise, and the key players (line) stay healthy…

As a parent of a high school junior (almost senior), we’ve found that some of the smaller schools will give scholarships solely based on entering GPA. Chaminade gives $4K or $8K, which can make it cheaper than UH. Screecher is looking at smaller schools, most of which are private.

A-joe – no blame my alma mater for the Big East fiasco. They were one of the originals schools. With an enrollment of about 5K, they’re a little too small to play at the FBS level. They are presently at the FCS level, although when I went there, it was D-III. Still think 16 schools for basketball is too many. I’ve read that they have scheduling problems every year.

kifi-

That was a very exciting offense. Still a fan of PJ and love to watch his teams run that offense. Not to mention, some of those teams are highly ranked nationally and validate the effectiveness of that scheme all the time.

Garret

I’m kind of surprised these leagues didn’t try to get wink-wink TV deals before coaxing away football teams.

ST,

According to the TV contract between the Big East and ESPN, ESPN currently has the exclusive right to discuss money with the Big East for the next TV contract. If the Big East doesn’t accept ESPN’s offer (like the Big East turned down something like $1.4 bil over 9 years last year), when this window ends (September I think) then other networks will be able to *officially* talk money with the Big East.

I saw “officially” because the TV contract specifically allows for other networks to make “presentations” to the Big East. Both NBC and Fox have been making presentations to the Big East. However, they cannot talk money directly with the Big East. Note that the Big East has hired “media consultants” that have talked with the TV networks and told the Big East how much money to expect to get if they don’t accept ESPN’s offer…and the Big East keeps turning down ESPN so they clearly think that they will get more from someone else.

SDSU also hired “media consultants” who talked directly with TV networks to figure out how much money the Big East will get. After getting the news, SDSU left the MWC for the Big East.

In other words, the “wink-wink” deals are being made. I’m also guessing that their wish list goes: BYU, Air Force, then Fresno State. If the money and other issues work out, they could get BYU–especially since BYU cannot use the WAC to fill their November schedule anymore. BYU has their TV deal with ESPN so there is no need for them to commit until after the TV details are known.

Checking in the for the 2200 news and find only 1 piece of SPAM?

Sheesh, even the spam is slowing down tonight.

It’s officially summer vacation now… 😎

cheep or chirp

Mr. Tsai,

@214

I hope those reports have to do with some transfers making it into the summer sessions. Sooner than later.

I think I can get rid of the alias for now!

As Wafan would say, Nytal!!!