UH's return policy

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This guy should be good for us!

too slow, good morning anyway.

Gmornin!

I should go sleep!

ugh.

Eh, who won the Golf tourney?

Dean Wilson off to a great start in the 4th round as he just rolled a monster 45′ putt for birdie on the 1st hole at congressional….Wilson now at -1 and T/37…..yesterday he chiped an amzing 30′ birdie from green rough for a birdie….if he stays consistent his career will elevate on tour.

Morning Tsaikos!
Great news!! This is why we shouldn’t talk bad about the kids that want to leave out of high school. We should wish them well and eventually some will want to come home. Maybe Mr. Teo will do the same.

Aloha Kakahiaka!
Time to hele back to Kauai.

A Hui Hou!

Like the good news for the UH Warriors. Kaniela is a presence in the middle.

The “return policy” has a lot of up sides. The down side is the recruits can use it as a crutch and instead of committing at the onset they can have the mentally of “trying the other side first because I can always come back”. Then UH will have all these “new” players that will play in the system for only 2 years instead of potentially 5. It’s kinda like that prom analogy…I’ll try this guy first because he’s got a lot of glitz and money, but the girl finds out he’s a jerk and the glitz isn’t for her, comes back to the local guy who’s nice enough to take her back knowing full well he was second choice?

It was a little different with Kealoha Pilares. He didn’t even get to taste the “glitz” but decided he wanted to come back. Because of his immediate change of mind he didn’t have to sit out a year. In his situation, the “return policy” works to our advantage.

Good morning, Tsaiko-Nation and Tsai-Meister.

Looks like a lot of fun was had at yesterday ‘event’. The blog was literally deserted for hours. Hope we get some reports.

Great sportsday today, something for every taste. My TIVO is working overtime. Have a great day, everybody.

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I agree. Nothing for me to add. What I do want to know since I don’t know the transfer rules: Are transfers even though they’re required to sit out a year are they allowed to practice with the team? Can Kaniela Tuipulotu practice with the team, and maybe be part of this year’s scout team that can give the O-Line a good workout?

Anthony Kim’s excitment could barely be contained. yesterday as he finshed the third round at Congressional tied at 10-under with the world’s #1 and AK will be paired with Tiger Woods for the first time.

AK admitted it has been his lifetime dream to play Tiger.
Kim looked like he was ready to jump out of his skin at the thought of playing Tiger this afternoon.
When queried yesterday about his emotional rush or any kind of excitement knowing he was going to play against this really good young kid, Tiger said,
“Not yet. Come tomorrow, certainly, but as of right now, no, not yet. I’m just looking forward to taking the family and watching fireworks tonight and then getting reset tomorrow morning for the round. But that’s when I’ll get fired up. Usually I don’t get fired up the night before.
There’s no sense in wasting energy.

Lol.

VJ making a charge–5 birdies on the front nine to go
7-under, T/7.

Michael Allen turned 50 in January and has been a pro since 1984 and the congressional marks his 337th PGA TOUR event and he hasn’t won one yet….the former Horticulture grad from Nevada is in position at 9-under and one back of Woods and AK when the championship round begins today.

Allen has promised to buy the house a round of champaign if he should win.

“Pretty amazing, isn’t it?”
Tiger said,
“It goes to show you, a lot of these guys are turning around their careers by training and doing things that they normally wouldn’t have done. Normally we see guys in their probably mid-40s kind of waiting, buying time to try to get to the Senior Tour, and instead, we’ve seen from…..Michael….really playing well up into the Senior Tour and even when they could be out there and they’re still playing out here really well”.

There’s hope….even for those who eat before they ball-strike.

Good Morning All! Hope everyone had a good and safe 4th. Great news about the returning of Tuipulotu.

Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂

The return policy is a good one. At the end of the day, as far as culture,climate, family and friends, for most of these youngsters there is no place like Hawai’i. You have to expect that more than a few will get homesick, and if so, Mac is very wise to welcome them back with open arms.

The fact that we have so many prominent recruits wanting to come back also speaks volumes to current high schoolers who think they want to go away.

I feel wf2’s excitement about UH’s future at the D Tackle spots.

“Show me a university that is financially secure and I’ll show you its athletic foundation; show me a championship team and I’ll show you a student body academically driven by the same zeal of excellence.”

Great quotation from the late Gov. Burns in the HA’s Fab 50 article today. This is what I’ve tried to explain to my ASUH friends.

Speaking of the Fab 50 articles—maybe I missed it, but is there a link to a page with all of the stories archived? I know it started on Friday, but I didn’t even notice until yesterday, when I wondered why there was an article about the Islanders. If there isn’t such a page, someone really should make one. I would think this is a series that the HA should feature, but there isn’t anything that distinguishes these articles except the Fab 50 graphic. And since I read the articles on the HA’s mobile site, I only notice the graphic when the Fab 50 article is the lead sports story.

First three holes at congressional–ak outdriving tw on fw by 15-25 y and better proximimity to hole when reaching the green than tiger….kim w one stroke lead after birdie on the first.

Sup Gang,

Guess the day aftah 4th of July was cherry. Got to hang with the Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders today, have breakfast and get up on stage with them…au’ryte. Them girls is so fit and strong boy whew. Anyway, was good times, also had Coach Bill Cowher, Tom Coughlin, John Gruden, and Jeff Fisher.

Good morning Tsai-kos!!

Welcome home to Kaniela.

Hope you all had a great 4th of July, wherever you may be.
Looking for reports from the party last night.

Went with neighbors to watch the Kailua fireworks last night. They put on a good show, hope it keeps going. Went to Yogurt mama afterwards last night. That place was packed!! I liked it better than yogurtland and menchies. Had a better variety of toppings than the other places, even though they have less flavors of yogurt.

Have a great Sunday.

Dateline: Kaneohe Bay View Golf Course
Re: Range Observations.

I must say that after several buckets of balls, ALL of the Tsaiko’s showed a tremendous improvement in their swing. They really did try very hard to go for the gusto!

ST was able to demonstrate total control of his *emotions* as the Blogmeister’s ball sailed consistently out of control down range. There wasn’t enuff room on the shot chart to plot the final resting place of any of his shots!

Hi-Flyer lived up to his name as he tested the limits of the driving range perimeter fence…both left and right!

M/M A-House had a private battle going for range supremacy with their daughter Midori7 as they whacked several dozen golf balls into the wild blue yonder. Midori actually came close to pulling out the win over Ronnie.

Speaking of blue…SailorBlue made a vain attempt at re-capturing his youth and golf skills. Soon he realized that the rust wasn’t just on his irons!

The Addahknow’s were punishing each golf ball they hit as if it had stolen something from them! First time I had ever really heard a screaming line drive!

Midnite hit several practice shots close to the pin. Not so easy when it was time to shoot for record! He walked off the range mumbling about Menehunes moving the pins while his shot was in the air!

Tiger Woods is in no danger of Jason stealing his thunder. Jason did prove the theory that a “a body at rest, tends to remain at rest.”

Rob25 was careful to approach the competition with survival in mind. Her quiet conversations with her ball, as she tried to remote control her shot with hard body language, proved that her ball was not listening.

Liz gave it her all, as her Bursitis handcuffed any attempt at her posting a good shot. Poor ‘ting was in obvious pain after each swing.

Wafan is in the same situation with his aches and pains. That didn’t stop him from the joy of being a world class ‘Kibitzer!’

And that brings me to the conclusion of my observations. Tsaiko’s got game. We need to take it to the next level. Time to get off the porch and jump on the backyard swing!

Ronnie placed the winning shot for the Tsaikettes the absolute closest to the pin.

Koakane never made it out of the confines of the Bay View Bar as he was on a mission to place himself closest to the GIN.

furyk imploding on the 6th….

ak feelin it on the 5th w his flat iron and misses a 5-footer–the kid has been nearly flawless under 10′ all week…..we r all tied up again @ -10…..hang-on this is goin to get real goooooood!

he’s BAAAAA-CK!
Tiger birdies 6th w 15-footer–goes one up on leader board!
AK shows stuff by scrambling 4 par.

Good morning everyone!

Sadly, it is only after you leave the islands that you realize how much you miss it. But the draw to leave for adventure and change is strong in your teen years.

Kaniela Tuipulotu is a huge addition to the Warriors. He is an NFL type talent that we haven’t had in the interior line since Isaac Sopoaga. This is great news.

With respect to Scott Smith, he still needs to still find himself and get focused. Two Pac-10 teams in two years and now headed for a j.c., that is not a good sign. Probably a little too much playing and partying and not enough good old fashioned discipline. I hope he can pull it together before it is too late.

Why oh, why oh Wie?

Why did she have a lousy round yesterday?

Today she has one hole to go with seven birds!!!

The budget crisis for Athletic Departments has forced a bunch on non-BCS conference schools to cancel their football media days. The WAC is one of the few non-BCS conference schools that hasn’t canceled the media day. One reason cited was the cutbacks by newspapers, reducing attendance at the media days…the Pac-10 isn’t even sure they will get a good turnout for their media day.

Faced with schools looking to cut costs and a changing media landscape in which newspapers and local television outlets are struggling financially, several college conferences have decided to cancel their annual mid- to late-July football media days.

But this summer, Conference USA, the Ohio Valley Conference, the Sun Belt Conference and the Big Sky Conference are doing away with their in-person gatherings. They’ll offer reporters forums such as live video streaming or phone teleconferences as a substitute.

“It’s all financial,” said Jon Kasper, the Big Sky’s assistant commissioner for media relations. “The schools decided that was something that we could easily cut and save a few thousand dollars for each school.”

Conference USA Assistant Commissioner Russ Anderson said one reason for the decision was declining attendance from media.

Newspapers are facing unprecedented financial challenges from the loss of classified advertising, high newsprint costs and the migration of readers to the Internet. Local television news operations are also making cutbacks. Anderson said only half of the conference’s 12 markets were represented by journalists at last year’s event.

“Our concern is — and we won’t know until we get there — is how many people will attend, particularly from outlying areas,” said Jim Muldoon, the associate commissioner of the Pac-10, which will hold its event July 30 at the Sheraton Gateway LAX hotel in Los Angeles.

sam birdies the 10th–if he can survive his nemesis (-4) the 11th, alert the fat lady to start warmin up….

mahan is in the hunt w birdie on final hole and ties course record w a sizzlin 8-under to finish T/1 at -12 w woods.

pressure on the world’s #1 at the congressional–that putt just inside 7′ on the 13th to save par was huge….that is the mantra of tiger, when he doesnt have his A game he scrambles successfully to keep above water….

one birdie in 3 rounds on the par 439 y 15th for sam—all fw shots good.

Piper’s Son, that’s been her M.O. all year. Make the cut then fade fast in the third when it counts, shoot lights out in the 4th when it does not matter with slim but none chance to win.

In the 3rd yesterday she did shoot one under, but all the leaders shot between 4 to 10 under.

To her credit she had a great round today, hope she can chuck the 3rd round pressure out and just play.

the gallery is so thick u have to ask what happened.

talk about pops being there tellin sam to shut it off and dial in…..amazin!

it will be interesting to see the host present himself the trophy–what spectacle tiger brings to the game.

the fat lady is bellowing out the song of earl and his son he called sam.

WF2, mahalo for the commentary. Granddaughter hogging the tv, watching Caillou.

Most memorable moment of the TW tourney was when he took his ball from the 18th and gave it to the veteran in the wheel chair with one final fist bump for the day. TW is in a class of his own.

Hiya!

Safely resettled in my familiar routine of laundry and dishes and dinner thoughts.

What a great week, topped off by another Tsai-ko gathering- add to the F’s, golF.

Kekoa and Diana with the usual suspects – Betty and BG, Koakane keeping the evening interesting and wonnerful.

Midnight and Barbra are still my favorite couple- dapper, dancing, duetting and NOT duffing the little white ball! WOW, what a team!

Mahalo, Midnight, for my most excellent, special present last night. Miraculously, my work schedule worked out so that I can actually use it!

Best of all, Ronnie and ohana were able to enjoy themselves – with many strolls down good memory lane and plenty of ono kaukau and good cheer.

And Jason- what can I say? Without d1 and James, I was lost. And then there came Jason.

Woo Hoo!

Thank you to Mei Ling for the ride and Liz for the front seat (I get car sick).

Stretch,

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Yea Cassy!

First the bad news- we had to put our White Sugar Kitty, Kopa`a, to her final rest early this morning. A few hours later, we did get the good news that Saturn The Dog’s lymphoma is still being held at bay and is no worse than it was four months ago. Still, his endt time is coming as well.

Mahalo to the folks who coordinated last night’s get-together at the Bay View Golf Park. We stopped off for a big bowl of frozen yogurt & toppings on our way back home. Somehow, I really don’t think we saved any calories even using non-fat yogurt.

Last night, someone – I think it was Ralph – at our table said that the first game this football season is on Thursday, September 3rd. According to the UH Athletic Department’s website, it states that the Central Arkansas game is Friday, September 4, at 7:05 pm. Has the day/date been changed,and the official website has not?

Whether it’s Friday or Saturday, that game, along with the LaTech away game on Wednesday, September 30, will make it challenging to have a T-Gate or Away-Gate Party. Any ideas?

Sheesh!!! Wednesday, September 30.

Central Arkansas game will be played on Friday, Myki looked it up in her calender at Bay View, you must have missed the conversation when the correction was made.

Where is everyone?

Are people still recovering from yesterday’s celebrations?

Just about nothing worse than a slow connection.

Nice mention of Bess in the Palm Beach Post.

The Dolphins could use a playmaker at wide receiver, and Ted Ginn Jr. had a nice mini-camp that hinted he might be ready to take the next step in his third season. But it wouldn’t shock me if Davone Bess develops into the most-dynamic WR on the roster this season, while 6-foot-5 rookie Patrick Turner could become a force in the red zone.

RGM’s coach defended his starting QB by kind of throwing RGM under the bus.

Saturday, Buono said his quarterback led a second-half comeback and if Ryan Grice-Mullen had made a simple catch in the dying seconds, the story of the game would have been Pierce’s gritty, determined performance.

Another article about the football championship game.

The U.S. roster of incoming college freshmen crushed France and Mexico in the first two rounds by a combined score of 133-0 and led top seed Canada 18-3 lead late in the third quarter.

“This was not an All-Star team. I’m going to look you in the eye and tell you that until the day I die,” United States coach Chuck Kyle said. “These guys will be friends the rest of their lives because it’s a team. All-Star teams never have that. All-Star teams play to showcase talent. ‘I want to show somebody my talent.’ Nah, not this one. This was a team.”

Japan won the bronze medal, Mexico finished fourth, Germany was fifth, Sweden was sixth, France was seventh and New Zealand was eighth. Canada received the top seed for its strong history in junior international play, and the U.S. received an automatic bid for serving as the host.

SteveM,

I just got an e-mail from NCL letting me know about this offer from NCL…free 6 category level upgrades for 2010 and 2011 cruises!

During breeding season the male hummingbirds dive about 100 feet, soaring by female hummingbirds while pulling up to 10x the force of gravity (385 body lengths per second is about twice what the space shuttle can do and much more than 2x the fastest fighter jet can do)…and they orient their dive so that the sun shows off the dramatic pink plumage on their heads.

Despite bans on sending text messages during class, 1/4 of all text messages sent by US teenagers are sent during class. Only 23% of parents think that their teens use their cell phones during the school day, but 65% of students say that they do.

Free play links pau.

kaniela bouncing back is like getting a jc 4star recruit coming in.
so technically is he a transfer student and won’t count against the annual 25 and only the 85?

Slugger — was this Elvis your brother-in-law? 😕

Anyway…good night everyone! Long day on the farm and I’m broke again. Back to the office job tomorrow.

Nope, it wasn’t my brother-in-law…

Looking forward to seeing the guys on Thursday!

aloha tsaikos,
seems as if all have recovered slowly from the celebrations of yesterday. tuipolotu coming back will be much needed relief, and the timing will be good. we will see soon enough regarding the secondary, but that has always been a challenge of late for the warriors. hey, 54 days and counting…but who’s counting, haha!

GO WARRIORS
GO WILDCATS

hey liz,

so you were here but now you’re there? how was the 4th? lyn and i was playing taxi for Coach Mcbride from Weber State since his flight was delayed from 9 pm to 3 am. We picked him up at honolulu a/p at 7 pm, brought him back to waikiki, then picked him up at 1245 am to get him for his 3 am flight home….so we got to see a lot on the 4th, haha., and i was at work protecting the natives from the tourists….

al,

Nah, don’t need to pour any drinks for the slug-a-bugs. They like it in the cool shade of the cups. All I need are hashi. The Tsaikos get the beer.

“A rose by any other name…” would smell like feet… nah, wrong rhyme… It’s definitely more of an anonymous name. And I like baseball…it’s all cool.

bulla,

Can you protect us natives from the drivers in Waikiki? It’s sometimes crazy out there.

Night all!

See ya Thursday, MsLiz.