UH’s new coach is … Rolo!

Sweet!

That hiring announcement was like IMMEDIATE.

I wonder how much of Nevadas offense was influenced by Polleon.

Sounds like a good choice to me. I look forward to renewing my season tickets.

Congrats to Rolo. Key now is who Rolo hires as his offensive and defensive coordinators.

Ah…once again those little birdies tell no lies.

Roll out the Rolo era. Best candidate available.

Rolo will run the offense.

Rolo, welcome home. I think Coach Cav is ready for a return as well. Give him a call. Unfortunately, Riley is not doing well at Nebraska.

Also, tip of the cap to AD Matlin. He is obviously his own man. Easiest thing in BB would have been to hire Benji, but he went with Ganot. Easiest thing now would have been to hire JJ, but he went with Rolo. He has a vision and will follow it through.

Not my choice for the next HC for my beloved UH, but a HC I can get behind and support because: (1) UH alum; (2) young; (3) has a good record of success as a player at UH and a decent record of success as a coach.

Welcome home Rolo and may you have much success as our next HC.

I wonder how QB Aaron Zwahlen will fit into Rolo’s offense? Should provide some interesting possibilities and be an interesting Spring Ball. Perhaps sign a JUCO QB to increase the competition. The Defensive Coordinator will be crucial hire. Hope the boosters can come through with upping the salaries of assistants.

Hoping that Rolo will bring in Timmy Chang as QB coach and o-coordinator.

#21- I agree %100. That would be awesome

oh well !! best of luck rolo !! let see how much people you and AD Dave Matlin can put back in the seats !!
AD Dave Matlin so far you been have not been keeping your word !! you said on the radio show had to be someone that has been there as a head coach !!and was your choice and your choice only !! one thing people of hawaii dont forget !! if this does not work they will be calling for get you out !!

Al’s little birdies said that before Chow was hired, Rolo attempted to get an interview but was denied. He had already put a staff in place to present to the search committee. His OC was going to be Adrian Klemm and DC was going to be Jeff Ulbrich. Unfortunately at this point both ships have already sailed. Both are making way too much coin to walk away from UCLA and the Atlanta Falcons respectively. Will be interesting to see who he is able to get now at the low salaries that Hawaii offers. Might be able to get guys like Timmy Chang, Darnell Arceneux, Brian Norwood, or Ikaika Malloe. Certainly someone like Vae Tata would be a good get.

Wanted JJ but Rolo was a close 2nd.
Al, you and I may have same birdie!!

I can’t see a new recruit saying “Wow I wanna go to Hawaii, because Nick Rolovich is their new coach”!

Bad choice! No HC experience. Unproven. And remember how he dissed Hawaii by putting the Rolo candies on our ‘H’ logo after Nevada beat Hawaii? No class!

He better produce quickly or Aloha Stadium will be even more empty. I’m very disappointed. WTFE!

I’m quite jealous of Al and his access to birdies. Although I believe that between Tsai and Kekaula, they know everything way ahead of time but have to bite their collective tongues.

Interesting choice. Would have liked to see an established HC, but my choice out of the five finalists. I believe $$ heavily influenced who we could get.

Oh!!! JJ FOR OC! hehe..

AllG#34.

I stated my case.

JJ is proven winner, has been a HC in the NFL, he’s a great recruiter, can assess talent, can develop that talent, (Just look at what he did with Ikaika Alama-Francis) can form an experienced coaching staff, has NFL ties AND the ability to put people in the seats.

You said that a name is not everything. It’s not JJ’s name. It’s what he brings to the table.

What has Rolo done? Your comment is short sighted at best.

Alright… It’s Rolo! Now I’m just waiting for the list of position coaches…

I’d love to have a “bitterness gauge” on Rich Miano this holiday season. That selection just set his potential university head coaching career back by four to five more years.

Enough of the whining about jj, we do not know all the details of going on behind the scenes. Except the fact that the new head coach is Rolovich, trust him, or take and wash your shirts and jersey’s, fold them and put them in your dresser, and wait for the next head coaoch, and no whining on the blogs about jj.

By the way I told you so.

10 the hard way! Like Veneri sings, “I’m loving it.” So close to giving up my season tickets, “Put me in coach, I’m ready to play.”

Oh and I forgot to mention Tuioti back on the UH sidelines coaching the D line again…

Congrats to coach ROLO…GO BOWS!!!

Congratulations Coach Rolovich! Welcome home.

I wonder if JJ stepped aside for Rolo to become HC,also does Rolo begin effective immediately since the dead period of recruiting ends on Monday or will he coach out his final games as Nevada OC?

eye prefer Stutz over Leile as WR coach because as a player, IMHO, Leile was “lazy” by not running his route when he knew ball was not coming his way[ taking 2 or 3 steps and stop ] or giving up on route when balls came his way

yes, he caught many passes for many yards, but his work ethic was not always there.

Thank heavens it’s not JJ. *whew*

That being said, Rolo has an INCREDIBLE amount of work ahead of him, in admin, scheduling, assistants, and MOST of all, recruiting. I wish him all the luck in the world. I want so desperately for Hawaii football to be good again.

From the Reno Gazette, Nevada newspaper, Rolo talking about Chow: “Rolovich said he spoke with Chow about staying at Hawaii but wasn’t offered a job.

“He said it’s probably best for your future to get off the island and learn a new system and get in a new environment,” Rolovich told the RGJ in 2012. “And he was right. Right now he’s sounding like a pretty good prophet. Coming here has widened my football knowledge immensely. It’s almost two polar opposites. It reinvigorated me. I feel refreshed.”

Tata’s defense made the field look small. They made Waianae look small. I thought it was one of the best defenses that I have seen at that level. If we could get some of those players.

Rolovich was not even in my top 3. Still, I’m glad that Matlin made a quick decision and I’ll support new Coach Rolovich.

63. Our oline was young but got better. Next season they will be better yet.

63, I hope Naeole returns also. I think it would create continuity with the O-line. I am not sure if anyone else will be retained. Also, I hope there are no more grad assistants as the WR’s coach or any other position for that matter.

Congratulations to Nick Rolovich! Not what I expected. But, congrats!

I am looking forward to seeing his new offense. Maybe it will be a mix of the pistol offense and a variation of the run and shoot.

I thought it was interesting how Naole said he was getting things ready for the next coach. I was wondering then if he already knew who it would be. Would kind of explain what he has been doing as interim.

Looking forward to seeing Rolo at the Nakoa Luau on Sunday

Matlin going young, just like Ganot. At least Rolo is not going to say “I’m too old for this.!!!!!” The jury is out as to where he or his selected assistants can do the job in recruiting, evaluations, and development. We have to hope that he is successful.
We got no choice now so let’s get behind him and fill the stands or order PPV right now. Maybe I’ll take in a road trip next year.

There is a frosh QB Kafentzis on the Nevada team who did not play this year. Don’t know if he is a good player.

If Rolo retains Coach Naeole, and brings on Coach Tata, that would be a strong local base with a strong Polynesian influence.

I think a good receivers coach should be one who can teach good route running, separation techniques, blocking and of course concentration on catching the ball.

June Jones is the only coach that would bring success back to the Warriors; high scoring offense that will draw fans back to an EMPTY Aloha stadium, NFL connections that recruits love and big time sponsors that June has brought before. Proof is in the pudding; he took a team with no HS All Americans to a BCS bowl. Get ready for 3 years of 4 to 6 win seasons!!

I was at the game when Rolo torched BYU. I hope that’s the kind of offense Rolo brings to Hawaii.

I think Rolo is a great choice. Knew he was handcuffed by appliances in Nevada. But learned the Run and Shoot under JJ and Ron Lee, did pretty good as OCunder Coach Mac, learned the Pistol O under Chris Alt.

Is he ready? I dunno. Is he young? Yes. But remember at age 37, he is only two younger than Dick Tomey who the UH job at age 39, and 4 years younger than Wags who was 41 when he got the UH job.

Thank god it wasn’t Rich Miano, I woulda given up my 39 years old season tickets if it were him. I was a pre- teen then. I woulda choose JJ but NR was my second choice. Remember in 1977 Ray Nagel’s fifth choice was Dick Tomey. Nuff said.

Good choice Dave Matlin!!!!

Kahuku games had more fans then UH this year and now this.. What happened the last time we hired a genius offensive coordinator with no HC experience???
Division 2 here we come!!!

S.peezy55,
exactly my point, it was June Jones offense crushed BYU!!!!

Pretty sure their gonna pass more than 37.8% of the time.

Pistol is run first offense. But listening to a video of Rolo when Polian came in Rolo seemed like the kind of OC who listened to the ideas of the other coaches.

RB Paul Harris needs 34 yds to hit a 1000 yds season. Go get’um Paul! I’ll be in the stands watching this accomplishment :).

GO Warriors!

Ok. Congrats to Rolo…

Now comes the critical part: can he assemble a staff that can recruit effectively?

Now comes the question/concern I’ve had with the whole process that nobody talks about: How much money will be available to pay for quality assistants?

because Rolo is going to be cheaper than Chow, will this allow UH to offer on the higher end of the salary range to try and attract good assistants?

That’s the key question.

Remember, recruiting isn’t just the HC. He cannot recruit all players, there’s just too many to find, evaluate, talk to, visit, etc for one guy to handle.

Another point that nobody has brought up that I hope AD Matlin will do… Realign the FB budget to boost recruiting budget. UH has fallen far behind their rivals largely in part to the advent of social media (this has made it much harder to keep good local players here) and the lack of budget to visit recruits in person. Emails and phone calls are great, but nothing beats a coach coming to your living room and showing all the highlights of The school.

So wrong here unproven and what kind of staff can a 36 year old unproven head coach put together which includes recruiting coordinators in southern California and pacific northwest and pacific and Australia ?, good luck Rolo best wishes so a few points Mr Matlin and team
1. What Kind of offense will he run?
2. What kind of defense will he run and what kind of D coordinator work under him being so young?
3. What kind recruiting coordinators could work under him and all contacts.
4. Butts in the seats, new & renewals, you can scratch that right now, include myself.
I am glad it is Rolo a UH ex June quarterback coming back I lack faith in the UH administrators with the Gib mess and many many other things this is the icing on the cake I am now a ex season ticket holder and will not attend tomorrows finally
wish seniors best of luck Chris Naole too, with Michigan on tap next year along with Arizona both on the road it will be a long season I will now just select a few
games at least to watch Kennedy T knock a few guys out in the backfield so at last
words is MR. (cleat up da Mess) Matlin How you get this so wrong, guy so now it is your guy (your advisor team) you better hope Rolo can assemble a super staff because that’s what its Going to take don’t be so Damm cheap pay these guys and here’s hoping Kaulakaua stays .

Congrats Rolo!

Forgot to say congrats Rolo. You’ll my full support.

Miano needs to be on Rolo’s staff for the local ties. What the heck, take a shot, see if JJ will be an OC (ala Glanville back in the day).

I was hoping for JJ…
But that was because I was remembering and hoping again for what was. Although now, I find myself hoping for what will be! Rolo is like that finance factors commercial for makakilo…the one with the six million dollar man’s boss where he says “The future is at makakilo.”

Only now it’s The future is…with Nick Rolovich.

We need a koa spear….
A warrior spear that is passed on from coach to coach. And at the game the coach brings out the spear, spikes it into “the ground” and the team does the haka. Or the coach gives it to a captain and when they go out for the coin toss one of the captains brings the spear to midfield and spikes it in to “the ground when the teams meet at the fitty. Maybe need a pot with dirt to spike it into…

Or to bring in some cash…a donor or corporate donor can be selected to spike the warrior spear into the ground at the coin toss…then let that corporate donor keep the replica with game spear with their name and the score embossed in it.

I don’t know…maybe the excitement of roll woke up m mind that was going senile the past fort years.

Bad choice…..now lets see if the Wahine will be sent to E. Coast???

46, you may want to hold off on Matlin being the best AD since Stan Sheriff.

However, it was a quick decision on choosing a HC. That is a plus.

Yeah, me too, I want to see Paul Harris pass the 1,000 yard mark. Got my ticket for today’s game.

To all you season ticket holders who are happy with this hire; enjoy your tailgate parties cause UH will win no more then 4 to 6 games every year..
.I agree, get rid of the Rainbow uniforms for GOOD!

Good luck to the new coach. He has a hugh job ahead of him. If he can’t turn this program around, football at UH should be dropped. Nobody goes to the games any more. Home ground talent leaves and goes to other Universities on the main land. It’s not good for a University to loose almost every football game. It’s not fair for the tax payers to pay for a loosing program.

The decision needed to be expedited and decisive. I give the AD credit for that. Rolovich’s offense with Bryant Moniz was probably my favorite. He added the zone-read to the run-and-shoot, which I think would’ve helped UH big time in the Sugar Bowl. His teams put up similar numbers to the Brennan years with inferior receivers — Salas and Pilares aside. I’m excited to see how Rolovich has grown even more with a couple of years leading Chris Ault’s pistol.

All of that said, I have no idea about his management skills and ability to recruit both coaches and players. Does he have the ability to command respect from coaches who are likely to be his senior, and from recruits who may not be impressed with his body of work, or lack thereof.

I wish Nick Rolovich the best of luck. And UH, too.

#119 Thanks! Just like every game we go to win or lose, good or bad, we will always enjoy it! Keep them bandwagon fires burning yah?

Thanks Shoko. Wow! Traveling to Australia, then Ann Arbor the next week? Talk about some serious miles and travel time for the team.

It ought to be interesting to hear if Miano comments on it during today’s broadcast. He seems like a pretty stand up guy, so I’m sure he’ll be positive.

ST, did you go to the store and buy that pack of Rolo for this occasion and eat half before you got the chance to take a pic?

Or are those really a pic of the oh so controversial post game Rolos?

I love that story.

Welcome back Coach Rolo.

Moocher~Spiking the spear into the turf will ruin the turf and cost big bucks to fix.

To all those crying because JJ didn’t get the job. Suck it up.

To all those professing NR will only get 4-6 wins a year for the next for years…….
I don’t know what games YOU have been watching, but that would be a lot better than we have been doing….PLUS that’s “to be expected” with a new coach, we LITERALLY all know this. You’re not saying anything intelligent.

Every candidate has their strengths and weaknesses. You have to make the best of what you have. Nick is young and will be able to connect with recruits in a very different way than Chow, lets hope he uses that to his advantage. He has a fantastic offensive pedigree, and despite my lack of enthusiasm for JJ as a head coach, the man knows football and I’m sure Nick learned a great deal from him.

My only request now is that we SPEND THE MONEY on the best defensive coordinator we can find. There are usually VERY HUNGRY young coaches out there ready and willing to take on a new challenge at a D1 school, filling those spots won’t be easy, but won’t be tremendously hard either. The defensive coordinator is truly where UH needs to “put it’s money where it’s mouth is”. If they want to be competitive SPEND THE DANG MONEY.

A winning program will likely triple the revenue of the program this year, that in itself justifies the increase in budget, in fact I would argue that it’s counter intuitive as well as just bad economics to try to run a program on a bare minimum budget. Now, I’m aware UHM isn’t the wealthiest school, I’m not looking for Alabama results here, just better than what we’ve had.

Sorry for the novel.