Addaknowjoe wins the tickets

~~•~~~~•~Good..Morning..Tsaikos..and..Warrior..Nation!!!~•~~~~•~~

Is it possible to get Nike back as our equipment sponsor and get a “do-over” for 2008? Ha! j/k 😆 Actually, this should be considered a new beginning for Warrior Football! Spring comes early to Manoa! 😀 😯 😆

😀 ~~•~~~~•~~~~•~ ★ ★ ★ Go WARRIORS!!! ★ ★ ★ ~•~~~~•~~~~•~~ 8)

Hey ST, I’m interesting…. weird, but …weird! Hope you and Wena & family had a great Christmas! 😀 😯 😆

Aloha Kakahiaka!!!

ST ~ Hey, guy, I’m interested in Sunday’s tickets. Saturday might be iffy in my schedule. Mahalo!

Hope everyone’s Christmas was merry & bright!

ST – Please send b-day greetings to Mr. las vegas. His #49 was the 24th. We don’t want him whining again about now getting his share of the b-day wishes! 😆 Besides, I think there’s a whole gang of Tsaikos headed his way for a belated b-day celebration/tail-gate! 😀 😯 😆

I honestly not interested in da tickets, I awreddy get…

I hope Coach Mack makes some coaching changes to fix the offensive woes. He changes players a lot so why not coaches, especially Brian Smith.

The team needs inspiration. Bring back coach Brian K.

At the beginning of the season I suggested that they move Funaki to runningback. Look where he is moving to now.

Good morning.

ST – I’m interested.

BTW, don’t believe the traffic reports of heavy traffic around the malls. There was *NO* traffic this morning around the Ala Moana/WallyWorld area. Went to Walgreens and Sears and got parking real close around 7. WallyWorld parking lot looked like it usually does on a weekday morning. Guess cuz no mo good sales.

Alojah Kakahiaka Gang…

Inoke Funaki at running back huh? That would be nice to see, it could cause alot of havoc with his ability to run in the open field and arm to pass as well, could be a deceptive weapon in the arsenal next year! I heard Dustin Blount might move to running back too. I know he’s super fast but can he handle the pounding a running back takes at only a 160-170lbs??? To me though Pilares is our best running back and probably the best playmaker on the offense! Can Leon Wright-Jackson please step up!?!?!? Wonder if Jack Sula or Chizzy Dimude will contribute right away and lets not forget good ol Rego who should be getting more PT than just spot duty at times.

IMO, I would use Pilares in a Reggie Bush type situation and keep him in the backfield with lining up occasionaly in the slot. The JC’s that have been sitting and the ones coming in look promising. Jovonte Taylor looked decent before the injury, Tinoco looked good, Rodney Bradley could be an immediate impact guy right away! Ryan Henry, Craig Bell, Matt Kiel should contribute.

addahnkowjoe…from yesterday’s blog….

At first everyone thought you may have caught a ride with your brother on his bike. Which got us all thinking: When your brother is packing you, do you:

A.) Hold on to the back of your seat.
B.) place you hands on your brother’s waist
C.) give him a full bare hug (Your right arm crossing over his pectorals, your left arm crossed over his abdomen) and bury your face and cheek into the nape of his neck

Curious.

ST did catch a ride with his brother down to the T-gate after the game…

and as a rider, I have to say, when I pack a guy, and that’s very seldom, I either have them hold on to the back of the seat or put their hands lightly on my shoulder area….no waist, no bearhug…that’s only reserved for women….LMAO….Mike can probably back me up on this one….

Sorry, my point was that with all the receivers coming in and the ones waiting there turn, Pilares should be kept in the backfield until someone steps up. Regardless, Pilares should start at either position when the season begins!

I would like to see Funaki take a leadership role on Special Teams! I’m certain he could be the leader, and on-the-field coach on both coverage and return teams. Leadership, is earned. Mr. Funaki is a LEADER. UH needs to take advantage of that resource. IMHO…. 😀

I hope Brett Leonard, Jordan Loeffler, Benson Ma’afala, Chauncy Makanai, Whitley Fehoko, David Garness, Kainoa LaCount, Bronson Tiwanak, Levi Legay, Sila Lefiti, Austin Hansen, Joey Lipp, Kaha’i Choy, Adrian Thomas, Tui Tuiasosopo, Clayton Laurel, and Drew Uperesa are ready to do work starting now. These JC’s and young guys should reflect on this years OLine woes, take it to heart and put in the work to be successful. If I was one of these guys I would work a million times harder to earn my spot and bring the spotlight back to Hawaii’s lineman. We are known for having outstanding lineman, so lets go git r’ done!

Hey I’m interested

ST,

I would’ve like to seen Hisatake back on the DLine, but if he gets to play on O then so be it. I think his attitude and toughness can bring a certain swagger and killer mentality back to the OLine!

Oh shnap Happy Belated B-Day to SteveM and Chawan Cut

Whoah…. ST’s computer was running the lawn-mower remotely? Is that some new X-mas present? Maybe it’s Midori messing with the neighbor’s delicate psyche. 😯 🙄 😆

We need some fuud pixs…. 😀 8)

“Eh, Number-14, is my breakfast plate ready in the kitchen…?” 😯

O-line ramblings and musings.

Surely, among the 20+ candidates, there must

2 guards who can pull, so that we can see

Tampa Right and Tampa Left again.

ai-ee-soos, caramba !!!

ST — what a guy! He cooks, huh? Teach him how to count and you might have something there! 🙂

Any talk of whether LWJ will change positions next year? I’d like to see rim return some kicks and maybe get a look at safety.

How can Brian Smith be a good coach? when he coached the o-line at portland state, a ton a of sacks were given up. Same thing happened this year at UH. I think Mack tried too hard to find coaches with Hawaii ties.

MeiLing:
December 26th, 2008 at 9:50 am
ST ~ No can do Saturday night; I’ll be partying w/ ‘ohana & singing karaoke…

Whoa — how can I get an invitation to that party? We’ve been thinking of Pam and Russ already…

ST if that is the case we may see Fehoko in the lineup.

ST…take your oatmeal and eat it right in front of your daughter’s BF…and just stare….LOL

According to this article, the loss cost Mac a lot of money.

Even with the loss UH Head Football Coach Greg McMackin will receive a 20-thousand dollar bonus for making it to a non-BCS bowl game and had Hawaii won Coach Mac would have pocketed another 10-grand. His staff will also receive bonuses.

O-line ramblings and musings.

ST: You stated that Brian Smith is a great coach, and

knows the ins-and-outs of the RnS.

If so, how come the O-line appear to play the same in

game 14, as in game 1 – NO improvement.

They give up sacks aganst 3-man, 4-man rush.

Couldn’t run block either – no running game.

Auwe.

Hi Garret! I agree Re #83. The ‘phins run one play off the wildcat with a hand-off to Ricky Williams. I would like to see a variation with the “hand-off” to Bess instead. 🙂

thank you again

and

“Hey, I’m interested,”

although i’ll probably be there anyways.

Happy Belated 20th Birthday to Levi Legay – 12/23

Happy 27th Birthday, today, to former Warrior Leonard Peters

oh, and thank you Mr. Tsai for the kind words.

Hear anything on Rodenhurst?

As Stephen Mentioned, Island Sports Media will be presenting David Veikune with an award as the Athlete of the Year

It will be at Tiki’s Bar and Grill on Sunday from 4-5:30pm
Please see the link above for more details.

If you still want to go, please email me at bigwave96744@hotmail.com by late tonight and I can notify Tiki’s on an update head count

i wonder if those mid court people would mind my sweater. it tends to get varying reviews from strech, midori7 and the others.
although it belongs behind the basket where i normally sit.
i tend to make more noise too. if i don’t win em, i’ll still go anyways.
hopefully those “wonderful” refs that were at monday’s game don’t ref the classic. one guy blew his whistle and didn’t know which UH guy got fouled. two of our guys were waiting at the free throw line not knowing who was to shoot. that “wonderful” ref had to go to the K5 monitors to ask them to show him again who he thought was fouled to begin with. sheesh.

oops, stretch

Tomorrow? Wow, no rest for the weary.

Good luck with boyfriend.

Finally! With all of the geniuses we have posting here, Tsai brings up a subject which I can provide some expert commentary on!

*ahem*

Stephen, never forget that “old fashioned” oatmeal and not the “quick oat” variety are much better for you. Cost wise, the little packages of flavored oatmeal aren’t as economical as the big containers. If you add just a little bit of sugar to your sucralose, you can get sweet tasting oatmeal without jacking up your blood sugar. Bananas are sometimes 98 cents a pound these days at Safeway. They may still return to 78 cents a pound if the price of oil keeps dropping. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, don’t eat too much oatmeal, or you may end up with your own very personal version of the “Run and Shoot”!

😆 😆 😆

I think Stephen is exactly right; my impression for the longest time is that we have good coaches, but they need to clear up what their responsibilities are. The Smith/Gerke roles have been bothering me for a while, now. Communication could get better — I’d like to see someone be a direct adviser with Mack for clock management, maybe Lumpkin. And it always seemed like there were issues with communication between Ron in the booth, Rolo on the field, and the offense.

Watching from the UH sideline, I liked how Stutz and Smith were coaching up their players. But they need to organize on the sideline better. Players from different position groups are all scattered about. It looked awful crowded down there. I used to be a fan of letting the scout players stay on the sideline, but IDK now. I might consider getting them in the stands so that the players in the game and coaches can better work with each other.

I have absolutely no doubt our coaches know the system well. The question is, can they be effective teachers. It’s like in college — you can be the foremost expert in your field, but if you aren’t an effective teacher, the students won’t learn. Our coaches need to self-critique, maybe get some constructive criticism from fans and boosters that can be trusted, and establish this off-season what everybody has to do to get better. The roles this year seemed hastily put together by a long-time coordinator who had never been a head coach at this high level. But that’s not to say it won’t get better. Maybe I’ve been watching too much The Dark Knight, but I can’t help but think: “The night is darkest before the dawn.” It seems dark now, but I’m hopeful that the sun will rise soon, and bright days shine ahead for this program.

“Hey, I’m interested” !
again.
and just in the tickets. you don’t have to mad lib and fill in the blanks for me.

Steve, I’m interested.

Mahalo, Wes

SteveM,

We gave my Mom a new chip for her K-mic for Christmas. (Did you see the sale?) We’re at my bro’s house for our holiday get-together, not singing in public. Pam & Russ will be there…

Mahalo to you & C_C for keeping us informed & entertained with Tsai-kotic happenings & da news. Keep celebrating those berfdays!

Stephen rather than the publication I work for, I would call it Labor of Love

I’m interested in the BB tickets!

Anyone think Spencer Smith starts in the secondary next year? He did not look that bad when inserted into the lineup against ND. I like his agressiveness on kickoffs.

Merry Day after Christmas!

Happy Belated Birthday to SteveM, Chawan_cut, and Las Vegas!

Is Kevin Williams, the corner from los medanos, still coming to Hawaii? I’ve heard that he might not qualify.

# Stephen Tsai:
December 26th, 2008 at 11:36 am

They’ll probably do one of those show-me deals. Guy walks on the first semester, and if he’s a starter, he gets a scholie in the second semester. That’s what happened with Kelly and Grasso. Well, almost with Grasso. UH didn’t have enough December 2007 graduates so Grasso had to wait an extra semster, which is why he went home in Spring 2008.

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I was just talking on the phone with a guy who’s son plays football at Weber State. We think that Coach Mack should give Jason one of those “show me” deals as a coach. Waddya say, Jason? 😉

Remember how Coach Jones used to have all the players running those 220yd sprint quotas to start fall camp? Who else thinks it might be a good idea to re-institute that regimen?

Merry Christmas Homey!

DPK – Unless you have the wrong calendar, is that for next year?

Hi Everyone – Guess what? “I’m interested.” One of the reasons you have to have sports year round is so you don’t sulk long — Go Bows!

A couple runs up Frank St wouldn’t hurt, either. 😉

I heard UH is looking for waterboys for next season. I will apply to be one.

I am interested. If I win, give the tickets to the twins.

DPK, great idea on the 220, but a better one would be that every player has to run the wilamena (spp?)rise road under an hour. going get plenty puking, laying down and gasping, but eventually their legs and lungs going get strong, so they no get their butts kicked like this year.

ST, yes the linemen (both sides) are very weak from the waist down and cannot bend over to tackle or block because they got no strength. should hire las vegas to come teach them how to develop their legs from the stomach down.

uce2, i agree totally that the coaches need to do a better job at analyzing strengths and weaknesses and do a better job at addressing them.

as for when funaki went in, i THINK and Steve Tsai can correct me but ND had already put in like there 10th string D. And more or less called off the dogs.

Steve Tsai, is this an accurate statement? I didnt notice people like that Crumbs or whatever in on D when Funaki jumped in and they werent blizting as heavily.

Ok hey…..I am interested

Koakane-

you home already?

Hey I’m interested

whitey on #154,
running wilamena rise is what Mike Wilton has the VB team do…FB coaches should inquire with VB coaches on use and benefits.

iwwthm,

I’d say ND called off the dogs earlier than that. There were several times that ND’s 2 wideouts had burned our DB’s again for potential bombs, but looks like Clausen was told to throw to the short route run by the slot or tightend.

All in all, ND just looked like they wanted it more. The entire ND sideline would jump up and down whenever there was a big play. Not to mention the volume of the yelling from the ND players and fans was pretty loud from the makai side.

And I am interested still

I am also still interested.

Howzit braddah Koakane.

“Hey, I’m interested again”

hey im interested and good looking too…

cw, good point about men’s vb running. see how they compare with the fb boys. the vb players can jump, go down low, move side to side, and play the full game without running out of gas. think the fb players get nuff guts to run wilamena?? going get some who always like challenges, but then going get plenty who going come up with all kinds of excuses of why they cannot.

😳

Try again….

Hey! I’m interested

Sarkisian is thinking about pulling scholarship offers from players that U-Dub’s previous coaches offered. The positive thing about that is that there may be some really good players available. The bad thing is that Sarkisian is looking to give those scholarships to other players, including some UH commits.

BTW, the OL that wants other coaches to know that he’s available for recruiting now is 6-foot-5, 285-pounds.

Steve Sarkisian’s remaking of the Washington football program also apparently includes rethinking some of the scholarship offers made by the previous coaching staff.

Sumner High offensive lineman Grant Cisneros, who had given a public commitment to the Huskies last month, said he was told last week by new offensive coordinator Jim Michalczik that the new staff is “looking over everybody and starting from the ground up. So he was pretty much telling me that the scholarship I had doesn’t count.”

Cisneros committed in mid-November during the time after former coach Tyrone Willingham had announced he wouldn’t be returning and before Sarkisian was hired.

Cisneros said he was motivated to do so after receiving a letter from UW athletic director Scott Woodward that all offers would be honored.

Washington is reported to have eight commitments, not including that of Cisneros, with five given before Willingham was fired. Several have said they are rethinking their options in the wake of the coaching change, but indications are that all could still end up at UW.

“I just want to let every coach know I’m available,” he said.

It is great that so many schools are spending so much money to help their athletes with their Academics. I’m sure that the APR provides some motivation for this, but it is a great thing to do for the athletes and it is a good recruiting tool because athletes (and their parents!) want to know that they will get a good education. Sadly, I don’t think that UH’s budget for tutoring and Academic services comes close to $1 mil.

Like a lot of other athletes at Ole Miss and elsewhere, Oher got not only tutoring help but a full range of academic support services throughout his career. At Ole Miss, 14 full-time staffers line up tutors for student-athletes, help them choose classes, monitor study halls and check attendance. More than 60 percent of the Rebels’ 390 athletes receive at least some tutoring, and together they averaged about 1,000 sessions a week this fall.

Such services are not unusual.

The last five years have seen an astounding jump in the time, money and resources devoted to academic support for student-athletes, even as some faculty complain that just plain students are being left behind. To learn more about the trend, The Associated Press surveyed the 65 schools from the six major conferences involved in the Bowl Championship Series plus independent Notre Dame.

The AP started work before the first kickoff of the season and eventually obtained at least some financial information from 45 schools about the resources they devote to graduating athletes.

The picture formed by the data is one of schools frequently spending more than $1 million annually on academic support, with some spending hundreds of thousands of dollars more in 2008 than they did in 2004, the AP found. Eight BCS schools reported spending increases of more than 70 percent in the last five years. Four — South Florida, Illinois, Georgia and Kansas — more than doubled spending.

“Now, when I go around and speak on campuses and speak to coaches and athletic programs and to student-athletes, they want to brag about how well they’re doing academically,” NCAA president Myles Brand said. “They want to show me the academic study centers. The coaches want to talk about and brag about their APR (Academic Progress Report). All that is good. A few years ago, that was the last thing people wanted to talk about.

“It’s changed the environment for athletics insofar as it takes seriously now academic progress and accomplishment. There’s just no question about it.”

Ole Miss opened a remodeled, 23,500 square-foot center a year ago that cost $5 million.

Up the road in Starkville, Mississippi State recently cut the ribbon on a $10 million building that features group and individual study areas, private cubicles for tutoring and the latest in computer and video conferencing, plus a cafeteria and weight room. A school that used to tutor students in a basement now has a facility where 12-foot-tall front doors open onto an elaborate display of great moments in school history that’s meant to wow recruits and their parents.

A few weeks after Mississippi State opened its center, South Carolina upped the ante with a groundbreaking ceremony for a $13 million facility.

whitey:

I like your #154 post!!

Nothing wrong in doing Wilhelmina Rise drill to test the endurance and lower bottom strength of all players in place of the 220s. Not asking the players to run all the way up; just run/walk to the top within a specified time. Then the coaches will know who was diligent in the off-season training and who slacked off.

To train for the Honolulu marathon back in 1982, I ran it several times, but was able to run only half way up the hill. Cramps, out of breath, just plain ole hurting in the legs and lungs. That, my friends is TOUGH.

I believe those who finish will have the same gratification/satisfaction of someone who ran 26.2 miles. It is a very personal, inner feeling that only those finishers will understand.

I also agree with Whitey, that sumo training for the lower body may well be a surprise training technique; especailly for the line-men. After all, they are in constant motion and not fixed to a machine as in weight lifting. There are 2 retired Yokozunas and 2 Ozekis in Hawaii who may just be willing to lend a hand.

Kinda reminds me of the late Coach Soichi Sakamoto who could not swim, but was a master trainer who used “home style” techniques to train his Olympic gold medalists. No fancy training stuff; only a plantation ditch filled with swift, running water where the swimmers would swim against it. I tried it and once almost got sucked into a looooooong pipe.

Our point is there are many ways to eat a french fry or climb a mountain or skin a cat. Are there any open minds out there?

From sportshawaii board, much respected coach Ken with his analysis of Hawaii Bowl
“Notre Dame Summary
How do you spell “talent?” The biggest question is not how did they put a whipping on us, but how did this team go 6-6 regular season? A few observations from the sixth row and reviewing the game:

1. Man for man, they were far more talented. Their big guys were not just big, they were lean and big. On the flight back one of their defensive tackles was on the flight….had to be 6’7″ and over 300 but not much fat on this guy.
2. I am tired of the offensive line getting all the abuse for sacks. A couple of things here:

A. When Farmer is in the game its kind of obvious what the defense did, ignore the run.
B. In our three wide and empty sets there were open receivers, we just waited too long to throw the ball.
C. Once any QB gets crushed a few times, he will be panicky in the pocket. A few times we did not stay in the pocket
long enough to make the right decisions.
D. Based on the single season he had to learn the offense, I still like Alexander. Rolo will have him ready for next year.
This was not his best game and had some bad throws but lots of good plays also.

3. I think the receivers did all they could and played well. Congrats to Aaron Bain for the Outstanding Player for Hawaii. We needed to get Salas the ball more by running more square ins and putting him inside on some plays. He is a play maker and he has to be utilized to a higher degree.

4. What running game? Pilares did well given his limited time. I don’t think we attacked where they were giving us open space. I would like to have seen outside screens not to the receivers but to the running back based on the hard outside rush. This is technically a pass but it is part of a great running game.

5. We gave up way to many big plays on defense but when the QB has all day to throw you cannot completely fault the secondary. Our pass rush was not there. When you are going against superior talent you have to take chances, period. We cannot put four on the line and expect to come out on top. When they had a single running back we needed to be more aware of the screens, draws and back in the flat. They hurt us with him.

6. The game was lost at the line of scrimmage. Notre Dame was very good up front and created a surge on offense that at times cut off our linebackers.

Could we beat a time like this? Not when they are operating on full strength and with confidence. They came to play!

CoachKen”

apparently, he still likes Alexander in 2009. He like graunke in beginning of 2008. Coach Jason like Rausch. Hope redemption in 2009.

When was the last time UH played Army? Can’t recall the last time Army came here often.

Article about Sarkisian pulling the scholarship to Grant Cisneros (the tackle I talked about above) discusses how Sarkisian is close to getting some recruits from Hawaii…

The bottom line on all this is Washington is now in on some recruits they may like a lot better than the group that Willingham assembled on his way out. I have heard rumors of some big names from California and Hawaii who are now looking at UW. If Sarkisian is able to pick up a couple of these guys it could salvage the recruiting class.

Eh homey where u waz, didn’t see you at the t-gate?

A BIG Mahalo to those at the last t-gate. It was my turn to watch whitey so I had my hands full. He was playing with the toy d1 gave him at the game. Felt sorry for d1’s wife and kids sitting in front of him! 🙂

I dunno if Midori7 was happy to see me or the Komoda pastries I brought over!

Mahalo to al and #2 son for the ride. Advice to al, no send #2 son to Maui unescorted. Whitey like take him to the darkside.

duffer – was busy that day. didn’t even watch the game.

homey,

If you look at this list, UH was indeed #120 out of 120 teams (I’m only comparing D-IA, or FBS, teams) for penalty yards per game for the 2008 regular season. UH was also the only team that had more than 1000 penalty yards this season, and the 114 penalties was the most this season.

Homey,
Timmy and Company beat Army 59 – 28 in 2003.
Besides the only other time we played them was in 1924 and we beat them 37 – 0 and we were coached by some dude name “Otto” Klum

Funny that before we beat Navy 48-41, in 1999, we previously played them in 1926 and won 33-13.

We are 3-1 all time vs Navy with another win in 1924 (16-3) and a lost in the first ever meeting (10-13)

Thanks Garret and BigWave for the info!

Congrats to addaknowjoe!

I’m going back to sleep

And… who’s going to keep addahknowjoe from high fiving everyone that passes by his seats, running onto the court to hug a player after a nice play, dancing with the Rainbow Dancers, …. etc. 😯 🙄 😆

It’s a bit surprising (read – disappointing 🙁 ) that UH has played Navy only once (in 1999) since 1926. The Navy and military has such a strong presence in the islands. I hope JD fixes this scheduling anomaly… 😯 😀 🙄

I don’t know what to think anymore.

I hear our mentor say dat coach is actually a good coach, and I’m thinking in my mind, is bradda ST on da sauce? is his daughter’s bbf fwigging him out o wat?!

i’m tellin you, I like see da braddaz be da winnahz ahda scrap contests next year. to do dat, somebody’s head gotta roll, not choose da winnah ah da pie eatin contests. dats how it is in da jungle. every so many days, da carnivores eat some herbivores. 😀

ST
you gotta lead by example. eat dat kid. 😛 shoots…. 😆

Great coaches have to know that success comes at a price. coaching a disciplined, well respected program means you have to make tough decisions that sometimes wwill negatively impact your friends. thats the job of the coach. a lonely job. just ask Big Tuna Parcells.

brew808: If addahknowjoe is a smart man, and I think he will, I don’t think he’ll have any problems. After all, a smart man would bring his wife. And since that man is smart, his eyes would definitely not stray … 😉

But addahknowjoe is such a spontaneous person – I really can see him running out onto the court to argue with the blind officials, high fiving players, and dancing and cheering with the pep squads. Yeah – he might get an elbow or two or three – but he’s use to that already! 😯 🙄 😆

Good job J(J) & Tsaikos! Imagine how much better everything would be with Tsaikos in charge…. 😳 🙄 😆

I meant to say, “I think he is (a smart man).”

homey: Chinese never encountered women with lead feet.

brew808: True, true. I guess addahknowsports will have to weigh him down.

Jason – Chinese are famous for using lead and melamine.

That’s why, the lead is in the paint, not the foot.

The smart married man, does whatever the smarter wife tells him to do…. 🙂

…. “brew insurance….” 🙄

i thought whitey was gonna offer the palolo twins the tickets.

duffer, he offered him a trip to south asia. he said it would be a cultural experience. so we came home and told the boss. she went immediately to her kitchen utilitiy drawer for her rolling pin.

bighilo…..only now you understand what i was preaching. only now since st confirmed my theories. das okay bull, i forgive you.

it will be fun to see next year who wants it…

oline will have an influx of new talent with the likes of lacount, leonard, and others. i am not even looking at the freshmen as it is my belief that they will redshirt.

dline has some new blood too.

all in all next year is a bigger rebuilding year than this one was. but, i think that the jc redshirts of this year, new jc’ers, and those who were out this year from injuries will make for much competition that will make us a better team.

reload baby!

IMHO –

reload Rebuild … starting with…
ADRD = Attitude, Desire, Respect, & Discipline…. 😯

Congratulations A-joe!

Well-deserved for all his hard work in putting together the card section “cards” for the Tsaiko Tsection.
Mahalo to our “cheerleader” LizK for reminding us to get those cards up, esp. at halftime as the team was going to the locker room.

Too bad we lost too many participants to do the second part of the message; my kuleana there, #1 and #2 son and nephews grew disheartened and couldn’t watch once it got out of hand. 🙁

I also think that this was a very tough year in terms of transition and it likely affected a lot of the players, particularly the older guys. Let’s face it, no matter who replaced him, losing JJ was a big distraction. Do any of the blog geniuses have info regarding transiton years at programs, following the departure of a successful coach? Do they typically have a year where their performance is flat?

I share al’s optimism about “reloading” next year. I also believe that some of the “young bloods” on the team are going to be stars and that we have the coaching to get them there. Again, IMHO.

My concern is who is gonna step up during the offseason to motivate the guys to get together for the offseason conditioning.

On defense, only Fonoti, Satele, and K-K are players w/starting experience.

For the offense, I believe it was mentioned that Salas trains on the mainland during the offseason? Who is gonna lead during the offseason…Alexander? Lane? Funaki?

I think this offseason will be more crucial than the last one as we lost a lot of seniors and are bringing in a load of recruits and anxious redshirts.

i was awaiting an email from santa’s son with some pics of his arrival on tuesday. santa came to visit 62 seniors at a local adult day care center. he led them in several christmas carols, read the “night before christmas”, took photos with every senior, and in the end he left them with a most appropriate prayer.

i was hoping to post some photos, but, again the two who were tasked to send me photos had forgotten.

it is okay, but, i do want to thank timmy b. the punchbowl kid for coming forward to bring so much cheer to these folks.

on behalf of the staff and my boss

1000 mahalos!

i didn’t forget pride. for donating much needed materials in this same cause.

and also hawaiianbod for coming forward with his offers to assist inspite of tough times in his own life.

tsaiko’s……more that just a bunch warrior fanatics.

What I mean by putting in work, is about training the right way, the smart way…

Eating right, lifting, conditioning, speed, agility, etc…
– Most guys want to just lift weights and hate running.
– Some want to just work upper body and got chicken legs
– Some like to run long distances, but have no speed
– Almost all never go on a work out diet and think that taking supplements and wasting money at GNC is going to be good enough

I mean I know most don’t have the mentality that I may have but I don’t understand why? You have the priviledge to play college football in Hawaii of all places, where you don’t just represent the University, but the whole state of Hawaii or better yet all of Polynesia! With that being said why not go all out and make a name for yourself, put Hawaii on the map. Garrans players who work hard and leave it all out on the field will always earn respect.

So Inoke is moving to RB? Ugggghhh bad baddd move, if anything he is a WR. And why have him at RB, when he looked damn good against ND’s second string!? This is a horrible move by McMackin.

Whoops!!! finning = winning

shot the Bowzuka = shot from the Bowzuka

And the Bowsball Team starts its pre-season workouts in two-plus more weeks to prepare for the season opener – a four-game series, Feb. 20-22, against UC Irvine.

Yeah…but was it the coach(ing), or was it the player(s)? One industrious, determined student-athlete can motivate all of his/her fellow players….. IMHO 😯

So…. when the lights go “out” in Kahului, does that mean the whole Valley Isle goes to the “darkside”…? 😯 🙄 😆

or to test their mental toughness, do the coach tomey firewalk. ouch, ouch, ouch.

hey, is it morning yet?

all outbound flts have been grounded and only inbound flts are permitted. so if nd players have been grounded do they get their $945 per diem still.

i heard that the warriors got $800 less on per diem money. disparity is not only on the field but in the pocketbook.

Penalties-

118– (NCAA Rank) Hawaii- 13(games), 114(#of penalties), 1028(total yards), 8.77(#of penalties a game), 79.08 (total penalized yards per game)

Notre Dame game-8 more penalties for 69 yrds.

Sacks allowed-

118– (NCAA Rank) Hawaii-13(games), 49 (total number of sacks allowed), 293 (net yards minus per game)

Notre Dame game-Allowed 8 more for another loss of 55 yrds.

Red Zone offense-

105– (NCAA Rank) Hawaii-13 (games), 51(Drives), 37 (scores), 229 (points), 17 (rushing), 12 (passing), 8 (fgs)

Kickoff return yardage defense-

95–(NCAA Rank) Hawaii-13 (games), 51(Kickoffs defended), 1184 (net yrds allowed), 23.22 ( per kickoff)

In the Notre Dame game allowed 144 yrds on 3 kickoffs.

Punt Return Yardage Defense-

84–(NCAA Rank) Allow 10.52 per punt return

Punt Return Offense-

119–(NCAA Rank) 28 punt returns for 58 yrds.

In the Notre Dame game 2 punt returns for 4 yards.

Passes had intercepted-

114–(NCAA Rank),21 (total)

Add one more in the Notre Dame Game

Fumbles Lost-

97-(NCAA Rank)-14 (total)

What a mess. Add another category for calculating accumaltive team body fat index and we probably led that too. Maybe in singing and dancing we might be near the top. But looking at the bottom line it has to be a product of mediocre or that of worser coaching. Players we read that come off the field and show bad attitudes towards their position coaches.Some showing a deference to listening.The returning QB showing a deference to getting his off the field things in order. And compounded with any sense of what the direction the offense is going in the future the foundation this year for the future is already flawed. If it wasn’t for the defense we’d be in a deeper mess. Issues with cultivating an idea, a philosophy,discipline….an offense.. This team as I see it isn’t any further along in development than it was last spring .If memory serves me right it was last spring that the coaches said LWJ would be carring the ball a lot this year. Let’s see he carried the ball well 13 times the first two games and 14 times the remainder of the season.Was he forgotton?Nobody paid attention to him? Attention to the smallest detail is what seperates the winners from the losers is the mantra the coaches should take into the next season.

mistaked = mistakes

roysan16,

Unreal to think that with all that pilikia we still made a Bowl Game! Just think if this team was more disciplined and eliminated the stupidity how much better off they would’ve been.

i wonder if pboy and bighilo know about the total blackout on oahu?

nope. i just heard on tv. they say it may take 12 hours to repair.

ho boy, we can go fo the records. 😀

Study shows that looking at hot women in magazines makes men feel worse about themselves than looking at athletic men.

Children who take music lessons for at least 3 years outperform other children in non-musical skills.

Free play links pau. I’ve got a lot more, but there is a long offseason…

NEWS ALLERT. OAHU.

lights out its island wide. minimum 12 hours down. certain stores open to sell flashlight.emergency supplies. times, foodlands, home depot pearl city and city mill kaneohe are open although expect to wait in long lines. no plane departures, only landings allowed. all flights cancelled

Yup,

my bad! 🙁 ouch….

sorry…. snuf snuf snif

UCLA’s defensive coordinator is apparently the top choice right now for NMSU.

UCLA defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker emerged as the leading candidate for the New Mexico State head coaching job and will meet with administrators and get a tour of the campus Monday, according to sources.

A job offer has not yet been extended, but one could be given during Walker’s visit to the Las Cruces campus. It is expected Walker would accept an offer.

Walker already spoke several times with Aggies athletic director McKinely Boston, and the two have a previous connection.

Walker played at Minnesota in the early 1980s, and Boston was Minnesota’s athletic director in the early 1990s.

Wow- welcome, back, blog!
BarryM wanted this to be shared last night:

“Any Tsaiko’s need help in East Oahu, we have couches, chairs, and a quiet generator if they need electricity for med condition like sleep apnea, oxygen, etc. I can’t reach the website right now () …so please post for me. Helping out neighbors less prepared, most of the night…handing out candles, lighters, and offerring out my big BBQ as I just loaded up two propane tanks.”

Hope everyone is ok!
Please email me if you could use Barry’s help.
lizkauai at gmail dot com.

labat,

Online!

Hal Mumme for OC.

😳
INC=UNC
N. Carolina leads WV, 23-21.

Good morning everyone!
Electricity went back on in the Liliha area about an hour ago.

Got an email from someone just before the power went out at 1857 last night, saying maybe going to Genji’s. At 8:00 PM I called Genji to ask if they had power. Wasn’t my cousin that answered and I didn’t identify myself, but I heard a lot of laughter in the background and was told, “NO, but come down anyway…lots of fun”. Got me curious, but we stayed home anyway.

Hi c_aw_an_c_t.
H_ S_ev_M.

Leaders, some say are “born” while others say they are “molded”.

Perhaps, the truth is some where in between where the person “born” with certain inate skills is given the training and opportunity to refine those skills and emerge as a “true leader”.

The “leader” may not necessarily be the oldest or most battle tested, but the “leader” is one who has gained the TRUST and RESPECT of his/her peers and is willing to lead, for good or bad, and that is the defining moment.

It will be up to Caoch Mack and his staff to identify these players, talk to them, and support them. And, it should ne NOW!!!

So with Alex Gerke leaving, do we promote Stutzmann? LIke Uncle Al said, bring in a GA to work with the running backs and O-line?

d1shima,
i thought we were playing hangman for a little while.

Can you provide more information on this please.