Zebras change stripes
A bunch of media folks — Jim Leahey, Bobby Curran, Robert Kekaula, Dave Reardon, Princess Leila, etc. — yesterday attended football official George Gusman’s annual party to review rule changes. The event is held at his house (referee’s striped shirt over the mailbox), and includes his wife’s finest baked goods as well as coffee made from beans grown at a relative’s farm in Kona.
But I digress.
Aside from learning the new rules against any helmet-to-neck-and-above contact and that all face-mask violations are 15-yard penalties (goodbye to inadvertent contact), we were told that there is no longer a crew known simply as “WAC refs.” There are hybrids involving the WAC, Mountain West and Big 12. Starting next year, they will be grouped as Western Region crews.
That, of course, does not dull the sting of the previous UH AD’s act: He agreed to use Big East officials for the 2008 regular-season finale between Cincinnati and UH.
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In Leahey’s new deal with K5, where he has served as play-by-play announcer for more than two decades, he moves from staff employee to contract worker.
It is more than a book-keeping switch.
It is a pay-for-play-by-play arrangement, meaning — and a lawyer would have to check the fine print — that he would be eligible to work for other entities. That is how K5 sports analysts are also allowed to work for OC-16.
It won’t happen — uh, maybe — but this keeps open the possibility even of Rick Blangiardi hiring Leahey to do the Greg McMackin show on KGMB. Blangiardi and Leahey were football announcer partners for years, and it was Blangiardi who started UH sportscasts on what is now K5.
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Training camp opens in two weeks, and everyone is buzzing about the play of the quarterbacks.
Inoke Funaki has been the most polished. But Tyler Graunke, who has met all of his academic obligations, has been impressive in recent weeks. He has cut his hair, lost weight and assumed a leadership role.
JC transfers Greg Alexander and Brent Rausch have been here all summer. They have not missed any unsupervised 7-on-7 drills.
Of the newcomer receivers, Ryan Henry and MIke Tinoco have stood out. Henry, who will compete at slotback, is extremely quick with impressive post-catch speed. He also is fearless. He made an over-the-shoulder-pad catch a few yards in front of a metal fence.
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The word on the street is Jett Jasper has been added to the training-camp roster.
Training camp opens in two weeks.
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If there continues to be little progress in contract negotiations between The Advertiser and its six unions, this blog will stop for a third time, most likely for an extended period.
But that will not happen this week, or, I expect, for a few weeks.
This is one of the few blogs in which the host is paid.
While the host — and I’m not sure why I’m writing in the third person — enjoys much satisfaction from producing the blog, it is still a job that is compensated as an extension of regular UH coverage duties.
Times have changed. The demand for information on all things UH sports has spawned forums, talk shows and, yes, blogs. Coverage — and competition — has gone from day-to-day to hour-to-hour. Readers want information immediately, and this format has been one of the quickest ways to deliver updates and news. I take that responsibility seriously. But I also have great respect and love for my co-workers.
This town has been blessed not only to have two daily newspapers, but two publications produced by great people. Both papers are successful because of dedicated efforts from union workers and, even, management.
It is hoped a satisfactory resolution will be reached.
If not, we will be ready to respond.
Hiya!
Howdy.
From the last blog:
hmmm. Does anyone else see the irony here?
“Lending a helping hand to those struggling for a better life
A new initiative by Helping Hands Hawai’i, The Honolulu Advertiser and KGMB not only raises money to help pay the bills of recently laid-off workers but also raises awareness of the plight of people too embarrassed to ask for help. ”
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEIGHBORSINNEED
Will the effects of “The Idiot” never cease? And with airfares going thru the roof, add on that extra expense of bringing the crew from the East on top of everything else.
Glad I’m not anywhere near the A-house abode this morning.
Yea, Jett… let it be.
In Tyler I still Trust.
Yes, indeedy… times have changed and are still changing. I daresay that the blog format, with instant news, gives this paper an EDGE.
And should be REWARDED.
Welcome back, ST, we missed ya!
Hmmm…
(looking around and checking the place out)
Things seem to be in order, albeit, a tad bit darker now.
But still, nice to be back!
“This is battle, you must respond!”
Good to have you back.
~•~ 😯 🙄 😀 ~•~ Good Morning Tsaikos and Warrior Nation!!! ~•~ 😀 🙄 😯 ~•~
ST- typo:
This town has been blessed not onl
Stephen,
Is Liz Chun not as close to Mack as she seemed to be with the Former Coach?
Good morning Stephen, Liz , d1 and all other Tsai-kos!! I hope everything goes well for here on.
Happy Sunday to all
sj_macro,
Will try to stop by for a drop-off but 🙁 no can stay long…
Hi myki,
Ever the optimist, you. Love it!
Good morning gang, welcome back erryone…
Hi PB! How was Legoland???
*DPK’s hands shake and his fingers tremble as he hurriedly gets his first ‘fix’ in two days… ‘Good Morning Everybody!’ he says before momentarily collapsing in a heap on his keyboard… *
glad to have the blog back!
I guess the powers-that-be doesn’t believe that charity begins at home – except this would not be “charity” but for work well-done (but underpaid).
Yes 2 weeks until training camp. Good luck Graunke, I think I drank enough haterade for you so far, but it’s tough love, still support you bruddah. Funaki is still my #1.
Okay one more story on Michelle Wie and I’m going to shoot myself…
PLAIN AND SIMPLE… THE WAC IS WACK!
Okay one more story on Michelle Wie and I’m going to shoot myself…
pauoa boy…… MICHELLE WIE IS OFFICIALLY “HAWAII’S BIGGEST BUST”
If memory serves, the guy who is the Producer of the yet unnamed coaches’ show on KGMB also produces the Leahey & Leahey TV show on PBS.
Howzit Aunty Liz – Lets just say I’ve seen enough of LegoLand to hate Legos for the rest of my life. Nah, We’ve been to LegoLand the past two days Fri/Sat from opening to closing each day. Kids had lots of fun got super soaked on the water rides and unbelievable how they have the energy to go all day 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Anyway, today is rest day cause I don’t think I can walk anymore after that. Plus, for any of you who frequent amusement parks such as LegoLand, get the annual pass it is well worth it. We already made the difference in the two days we went and can go whenever we want for a year. Plus you get free-parking, discounts on everything 10% merchandise, 20% food. Saves alot of money in the long run.
Pauoa Boy,
Howzit!
Yep nice to be back, eh.
Small kine note: recent experience shows that some who view the blog are kinda sensitive to da references about “violent” kine stuff, so I know I going try avoid using ’em as much as can.
🙂 Whew, it’s great ta have ya back Mr. Tsai! Lot’s o’ good info on the blog, and a very concise definition of it’s role by it’s author. Do what ya godda do Stephen. Let’s hope that things can be worked out.
Good news about Jett.
I would HATE to be the guy who picks our starting QB. So much depth and talent there.
d1: if can, can; if no can then Friday. 🙂 sjmacro
FKI,
Is that “The Newcomer” guy?
morning stephen good have you back in charge
seem different somehow but I’m sure things will be picking up
shout out to d1 mahalo for the dd last night. how you like my singing bwhaaaaaaaa
myki and lizk how you guys?
koauka, brew808 and pboy waddah say men?
(set soapbox on)
Oh yeah- Honolulu Advertiser Bosses- please bring back Leila Wai’s videos. Even those of you decision makers who do not live in Hawaii should understand that HER timely videos totally compliment this blog – which provides the cutting edge of news about UH Sports – which has the potential to hold the SUSTAINED LARGEST AUDIENCE INTEREST in Hawaii.
EVEN in an ELECTION YEAR.
In hard times, which look to be getting harder, GOOD NEWS, like support for our WARRIORS, is a RELIEF for MANY PEOPLE.
(set soapbox off)
pboy watch out using the word shoot bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
damonstah, I think Wie just got screwed basically. The way she is going yes she can be the biggest bust but I’d put it as overrated too much. Probably not her fault though but her coaches and trainers who have no clue how to refine her game to take her to where she needs to be. Obviously after a couple years touring you would think they could figure it out. I would fire them all and get the Coach from Happy Gilmore to help her out 🙂
Second, the WAC is not WACK! We as a conference are starting to compete. To think of what the WAC has done in recent years with our budgets, etc…tells you we do more with less. Boise St. beating Oklahoma, Our Warriors undefeated season, Fresno St. Baseball Champs…plus much more in all other sports…Our conference may not be as prestigious as others but we are heading in the right direction.
Oops sorry, sorry I forgot how sensitive things get nowadays, so long are the days of good fun hazing…
Jim Leahey is one of the few guys in any profession whom I feel should be allowed to write his own ticket in terms of job assignment and pay. He’s the reigning Jedi Master of a bevy of talented sports announcers in our town, and his body of work, as well as his inimitable style are truly unique. We very fortunate to have him.
#16 Punchbowl Kid too funny!
Good to have Stephen back. Please don’t leave us during football season.
Why did the Advertiser have 799 employess up til the layoffs, and Oahu Publications, which has the S-B, Midweek, and other local papers, has 400?
Seems like the Advertiser is bloated so layoffs were deemed necessary? I dunno, just guessing.
It’ scary to be laid off. That happened to hubby a few times, but he managed to find another job within a month. However, where can Dick Adair go? Not too many openings for editorial cartoonists.
DPK – I second that about Papa Leahey. I think we’ve all been spoiled year after year with his commentary and know that he will always be a fixture in Hawaii Sports. Wish he can give us the goods for more years to come…
Okay gang.
Tings fo’ do, peeps fo’ see….
Eh, wait….looks like SOMEBODY from the Tsaikos is having fun this weekend…
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3y4DdQ64E&feature=related
heheheh
latersss….
d1 – that sounds like music to anyone’s ears right there…
Oh, almost forgot.
Be sure to reset yout homepage everyone!
You got DAT, PB!
Spok you latah!
Gigi:
Advertiser does not have 799 contracted workers.
It has a little more than 500.
Second, our circulation is the largest.
And we have several publications.
And, no, the paper is not bloated. For instance, we lost four city reporters who won’t be replaced.
As I said last week, HA management does not know how to deal with our ST. He is one of their greatest assets with the blog traffic that he generates, but he is also one of their greatest threats. The shutdown of this blog demonstrates the commitment that the Warrior Beat bloggers have to ST. If ST decides that we move to another blog (and their are many talented Tsaikos that can help him set one up), us bloggers would move without question.
Kudos to ST for using his status to try to help his fellow workers. Hopefully, something good will eventually come from all of this.
ST, know that we bloggers support you 100 percent.
FWIW- Here’s my take on Michelle Wie. She’s 18 years old. She has been through A LOT lately and finally looked like she would put it all back together in this last outing. She had golfed two fantastic rounds before making the mistake, and may have been more excited, and hence forgetful. Understandable? Maybe, maybe not. However, nothing changes the fact that she had just played three rounds of excellent golf. IMHO, she’ll be back, better than ever.
their = there
Good morning ST and everyone!
Good to be strolling on the decks of a blog ship again, such as it is. But the “lifeboats” are prepped and reprovisioned. I’ll start a rumor: a master shipbuilder was looking for a shipyard in between his night security guard work. 👿
The events and of the past fews days have spurred me to finally offer my thoughts on what I call the “Blog Bus Stop” sentiment. Drafts have been sitting on my desktop for a year but I stopped to write it from scratch yesterday. It is posted below temporarily…
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/smurashi/tsai-kos/stevemuse.html
Re Michelle- also: She did sign her card after the tent helpers called her back. WAS THERE NO LPGA OFFICIAL there to observe protocols? A determination should have been made right then and there!
DQing her after her round yesterday was too wierd.
There should be another rule.
“If they do not inform you of a DQ after you have finished the next round, they cannot DQ you retroactively.”
sheesh.
Good Morning and Welcome Back to all the Tsaikos!!
Re: West Region Referee’s.
I feel sorry for the Mountain West and Big 12 who will have to put up with the stupid WAC refs. For the WAC teams, maybe we might have some competent people taking care of the games.
With Cincinatti wanting Big East officials for the game, it only adds fuel to the fire when I hear them start complaining about the calls being made.
Hey Auntie Liz,
At least you can get on the soapbox anymore. Me, I’m afraid of heights. Besides, da last time I got up on a soap box, dat buggah when collapse into a thousand little pieces. Too fat no ho’i! 😆
Of course, there’s an alternate site:
http://tsai-ko.blogspot.com/
SteveM- beautiful observation. I shall add it to the list along with Bulla’s Culture speech and Papa’s oration.
OK I am stepping away from the keyboard and getting my coffee and breakfast NOW!
Fresh Kid Ice- welcome!
welcome back! for now i guess…
we want videos!
we want blogs!
we want a contract!
but more important, we want you, THE Princess and the other HA employees to be treated fairly and compensated for it.
hopefully i’ll get to see both you ST and THE Princess running the sidelines again this year.
thanks to lizk for being the temporary blog server host. we might need to call on you or tombo more often if things don’t progress.
To the Michelle Wie Bashers:
Obviously things have not gone exactly the way she has dreamt they would go since she was a young girl strolling the twilight hours on Olomana Golf Course, but to hate on her for living her dream and trying to accomplish things that others are unable to even envision speaks volumes of your own character. It seems your own insecurities become a brave new world behind your postings on the blog. I doubt you have can look this now, young lady, in the eye and tell her that she is a “loser” and a “bust”. I’d like to see you tell that to your daughters. I’d like to see you do that to your nieces or your neighbors little girls. Does she exhibit bad moral values off the course? Does she do performance enhancing or mind altering drugs? Does she fund illegal activities? Does she do any of the many negative things that many of the pro athletes you idolize do? It has not gone her way recently. It may never go her way, but she is doing it her way. She is living her dream…something most of us just leave laying on our pillows.
DPK,
Jim Leahy – Agree with you 110%. Jim is the best, even with his many miscues. He has the voice and the demeanor.
onipaa ST!
My Sunday has been depleated without Michelle on the tour today with the final round.
Hard lesson for her and the followers.
I’m more curious what lured her away from the tent before signing out????.
Someone or something = sum’ting wrong.
56th!
Re: Michelle Wie
I have a feeling it was the excitment of being second place, somewhere she hasn’t been in a while, and wanting to do her press conference. Her mind was thinking ahead to what she was going to say about her round of golf that she forgot to take care of the basics.
Michelle Wie is playing with the big girls. So she has to play like a big girl and know the rules of golf. And this is not the first time she forgot to
sign her scorecard.
And when mommy and daddy Wie can figure this out, she will understand. But when Michelle learns to be true to herself, then I think
she will be successful professional.
Michelle speaks with “spin.” It’s getting very old.
What a beautiful, glorious morning it is to be here again with the rest of the Tsaiko Ohana!!! 😀
#20 I think the biggest bust is still on Koreamoku st bwaaaahahaha
As for Michelle…I still support someone from Hawaii. But, people seem to overlook that, as a professional, she should know the rules. Forgetting to sign her card in the midst of excitement can be understood. But, she should have known she was “outside the roped off area” and self-reported herself as rules require. If she didn’t know that, perhaps she should go to Q-school and get trained in the rules of the game…otherwise she’s not taking her work seriously. JMO
I still prefer Liz Chun
Funaki is my #1.
Go warriors
okok… just one more comment.
Re the new football rules: YEA! Even though the facemask rule may cause a lot of angst on the field, the head-spearing (al a Colt in the Fresno game last year) rule is something I welcome.
These kids have to be able to have a life after football. Losing knees is bad enough- but losing brains … well… not worth it.
WAC refs will always be WAC refs.
and if I remember right, MWC refs WERE WAC refs before, so it doesn’t matter.
they all will endure the same wrath and heckling when they blow an obvious hold or pass int or measure a first down with the chains when its so obvious that you can hear Stretch yelling it from his lofty perch way up there.
bg- true, true. Self-imposed application of the rules is the biggest test of golf – knowledge and character.
pauoa boy,
please email me at chawan_cut at yahoo dot com
Haka – chillax, not bashing Wie, just giving her the tuff love as I give to all. I support any and every athlete to come out of Hawaii. We all want our own to succeed but when you hear about stupid things that could have been avoided time after time you wonder, what da heo? Plus the news on her is really old and repetitious so to speak. Oh Wie did good but didn’t make the cut. Oh she almost…oh she pulled out of a tourney, oh this, oh that…get the picture. I hope she figures it out and does well with her being so young she has time and her dream of one day ruling womens golf comes true. Sorry to ruffle your feathers, I was just saying I’m tired of all the negative news already getting old…
chawan_cut, email sent
Pauoa,
I get the picture. It wasn’t your suicidal post that made me post. There have been many postings that make me feel for her situation. No one criticized her when she was doing well. Many of the comments are warranted. Many are not. My feathers are not ruffled as I am just posting as you, my opinion.
haka – au’ryte my bad it’s all pono
Maybe Wie can golf like me on the Wii and always be under par 🙂
Just saw this article that probably has nothing to do with football, about the most expensive hamburgers in the world. Maybe, can re-think a tailgate menu huh?
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-23233092;_ylc=X3oDMTFyazc5MG8yBF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEX3MDMjcxOTQ4MQRzZWMDZnAtdG9kYXltb2QEc2xrA2J1cmdlcnMtMjAwOC03LTE1
Aloha Pauoa. Gotta go hit the links now on my field of dreams.
Peace out 🙂
I no yell, I only write on the board. Well…. I do yell sometimes.
lataz haka
Stretch – I can grab couple more boards for write on, knowing how many BS calls going happen during one game…
stretch….
maybe i meant to say midori7. you could probably hear her yell too. heh. j/k, j/k!!!
chawan – yeah I am sure you was talking about her. I’ve heard her yell, “ahhhh come on” at the baseball games. I know for sure that the refs can hear her from the yellow section.
actually i think i just heard her yell at us right now after reading the last 2 comments.
chawan – nah, she still sleeping “trying” to get her beauty rest.
i’m not gonna touch that one.
you’re on your own there!
Coach Zorn talked about Colt at the 3:20 point of his video interview.
http://www.redskins.com/
ST:
Soory ST:
So, the new “WAC Officials” are they working games in teams or is it gonna be mix and match, meaning officials from each of the conferences are assgned to games?
To me, if it is the same group of officials working together game after game, you will see some consistancy. But mixing them up, and not working with the same folks week after week, I dont think we will see much improvement.
But then again, who knows? Might be better……
Glad that Colt has a coach like Zorn willing to teach and develop him until he is ready to go. He couldn’t be in a better situation than he is in right now. Even though he may have a long way to go, I feel once he’s given the green light, it’s going to be scary facing that Redskins offense in years to come…
http://uhfootball.blogspot.com/2008/07/warriors-in-pros.html
tombo ahi has found some practice photos of colt and the redskins here.
Stretch- I like how Zorn described what Colt needs to be. Nothing like knowing what the coach wants!
Colt is looking a lot thicker in those photos…he should keep the weight although I know they want him back down to about 215ish I heard…
Mahalo of the pix linx Chawan and Tombo!
Willie Grace- Costco time!
Welcome back everyone. A lot of different threads are being woven here.
Mahalo, Liz, for setting up the blog. We all appreciate your efforts.
Probably most of you don’t know about our creating an electronic town square for folks here in Hawai`i which ran from July 1, 1999, to December 31, 2006. Those seven and a half years provided much information and insight about local communities and people and How We Do Things Around Here; however, the $$$$ costs as well as the physical wear & tear on three people trying to do it all proved in the end to be too much.
In the end, we shut the doors because to do it right we had to cover operating costs including utilities, car expenses, salaries, commissions & fringes plus capital costs for equipment & technological improvements with all of that coming from ad sales and investors. Start-up subscription blogs just don’t make it in today’s Internet world.
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From last night’s post:
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BACK TO FOOTBALL: Although I certainly have a fairly clear grasp of any given quarterback’s playing responsibilities, what does a coach look for in making the decision as to who will be Number 1? Do some coaches have two #1s and make the decision based upon a particular opponent’s defensive weaknesses, the weather or some other factor which could change from one game to the next? I understand about the need to be prepared for injuries, but I’m trying to figure out what Coach Mack is facing with the 2008 Warrior team in making that decision.
Have a great day everyone – will be back late this evening. We’ve got chores, errands, and then a couple of hours at the office before heading off to a cool movie somewhere.
Good morning Tsaikos everywhere.
41 days to go.
oldie
at #41 re the Advertizer bosses.
agree wit yu 110%.
kekoa,
I’m coming Honolulu 7/30 to take my 75 yr old fren to Queens for preop, overnite stay and ops wit da knife 7/31. wat say we go shoot sum…covert pikchas?
heh heh
all dis national security treats all round here, da hype is gettin ridiculuz, da dogood ideeuts goin off on da da wurds, not da deeds. threat: who wuud yu be no scaid ah, me oah Cheney?
😆
Mission Accomplished, Sir! 😆
shoot em again, dick… heh heh
stop big hilo, stop already… 😀
but to end dis on a real high….
Ryan Henry, 3 tings:
1. dat braddah keeps his word!
2. dat braddah is all Warrior!
3. dat bradda is 1 speedy Warrior!
Regarding the Michelle Wie situation I think that with a few weeks away from fall camp the anticipation for Warrior Football is going to get BIGGER.
Not surprised to hear that Funaki seems to ahead of the pack as his quiet and humble demeanor takes precedence over the “hungry lion” inside waiting to burst and dominate.
As they say “it’s always the quiet ones”.
Oh and the possibility of Jim Leahey hosting the Warrior Football recap show on Sundays on KGMB instead of Liz Chun??? Um… if they do, then they should extend that show to an hour instead of just 30 minutes.
aloha to all the Tsaikos,
just another warm day in Utah; lovely area, but headed back home tomorrow, early morning. will be at work by 12:30 pm, haha.
glad to have the blog back, need to shore up for future evacuation….
have a restful afternoon to one and all……
bighilo,
The bloggers on the Warrior Beat have as strong a passion for each other as we have UH football. We will always support our fellow bloggers and ST.
Missed your daily countdown to da Swamp (now resuming at 41). That’s a sacrifice we all made for this blog.
I wonder what the bosses think about the evacuation. It must have registered on their hit counter and negatively impacted their earnings.
Electrons are sure tiny but are mighty powerful.
To paraphrase a communication giant, “Can you hear us now?”
good afternoon tsaikos. good to see st’s blog back again and the gang adding in their minds.
A House, how was your trip? hope you caught some alaska mahimahi. will see if you left any for this week as am headed there on wed.
back to lurking and packing.
Hi all and welcome back, I hope we don’t have to do that again. Thank you Liz and SteveM for the alternate blog site.
whitey — coming to Oahu on Wednesday? How long you staying? Got time for a karaoke call if not a Cattle Call? …or both 😉
I’ll cover for Al till he gets back from Vegas…
*flying the Tsaiko clubhouse door open with a huge sigh of relief*
Hey, gang! Hey, ST!
I know the hiatus was murder on everybody, but a necessary measure. Good to “see” everyone again.
DPK, yer just awesome.
ho boy, happy sunday noonish.
watchin last year’s Carolina Florida game now on ESPNU. visualizin dem crackahz.
Yeah, what haka said.
wafan, re: #92 … I saw the numbers. Not pretty.
I hope the contract negotiations will make some progress soon. I would hate for this blog and others to be stopped. It’s an interesting time to be at The Advertiser this summer. I’m definitely learning a lot more than I expected. I have a lot of appreciation for the great people who’ve been kind enough to offer their advice and guidance to young, aspiring journalists. Of course, I have to give credit to this blog’s host for my start this summer. Thanks ST! 🙂 I really hope things work out soon.
Let’s hope for a win-win resolution, but given the previous stoppages and shows of solidarity I’m just not that optimistic. Worse yet — no stoppage for the next few weeks?! B-but that’s right before the start of the season! Then again, that _would_ be a time when, um, blog outages would have the biggest impact. Sigh…
Back to Warrior Football, very happy to hear Inoke is prepared for the No. 1 spot, though I’m still pulling for Graunke, being the senior and all.
Capitol -ist/WassupDoc – Re: Quarterbacks
There are a lot of factors going into picking the starting QB…for me I would say whoever is most consistent in making all the throws and knowing the playbook will get the nod. Nothing against the other QB’s but with that being said it’ll come down to Funaki or Graunke. One factor that plays in big to the success of the QB especially in our offense is his supporting cast. Colt although very gifted had the ulitmate supporting cast to help boost the numbers. This year, it’ll be all new starters mostly in the skill positions which will have some growing pains but I think they’ll manage just fine as the season rolls. Plus you need a guy who has the knack for thinking on his feet and making plays. I feel that at this point Funaki has that “it” factor and needs the opportunity. I know I may seem like I’m giving Graunke a hard time but past performances is no guarantee of future returns. I know Graunke may be working hard, but because of his setbacks, I feel Funaki has surpassed him and deserves to start.
Esme, therefore, numbers don’t lie. And if HA website is the key to the owners’ future, I think I would heed to the truth.
ON NOW
ESPNU nov 07 game between Fla and S.Carolina, SEC game. good read on Fla. team. if our DEs can hold da Oline, and our LBs can reach da corners, take away da runners, if Ryan, Keao, Mana can take da receivers, we get chance.
i tink we get da guuds.
GO WARRIORS!!!
Howzit Kelli,
Keep writing, we’ll be reading… 🙂
Re: Quarterbacks
Here is what I’ve come up with so far I know there are way more factors though…
1. Knowing the playbook well like the back of your hand
2. Leadership Skills, QB’s need to control the game, no room for errors
3. Arm Strength, you got 4.2-4.3 speed receivers so uh yeah ya know?
4. Reading Defenses, Coverages, seeing mismatches on the field
5. Timing on throws, very important as most will have to come before a receiver makes his cut so it’ll be there once he’s open
6. Creating space on the field, looking off safety’s not telegraphing your passes and who you’re throwing to.
7. Going through progressions, having bail out options in case of blitzes and broken protection
8. Strong Legs, Core…equates to better footwork, more accuracy passing, and more throwing power
9. Poise, not panicking and throwing interceptions…knowing when to throw it away or take the sack.
10. Endurance, if you can’t last the whole game you shouldn’t be starting
So, like I said I know there’s more to choosing the starter but this is what I would look for…basically whoever is most consistent in these areas will start.
steveM, not going to HNL, going to alaska on wed. hope al and mrs al made some money. anyway, thanks for the offer. back to lurking
Pboy, glad to see that the transistion from north to south has been good to you and your family. hope to see you again in either in hawaii or in the san diego area. thanks to you and your buddies, we are enjoying our life in the US.
aloha warriors, everyone should be ready to go!
tsaikos feelin good with return of blog.
st, good job, tryin to keep things level!
much aloha from LA!
LizK is it much of a problem going back to one instead two tix for Oregon State game? much mahalo for your help!
MANEO !!!
All in all though I’d say if I were to choose a starting QB it would have to come down to Trust, Toughness, Competitiveness, Athleticism, and Vision!
Trust: A Coach needs to trust his QB and have an open relationship of communication whether positive or negative. A QB needs to have the trust and respect of his teammates on and off the field as well. He needs to be a secondary Coach on the field and teach his WR’s, RB’s etc…on what he can see that they can’t so everyone is on the same page.
Toughness: A QB needs to be the toughest guy on the field both mentally and physically. He needs to be the one who can rally the troops, and will his teammates to victory with his presence alone.
Competitiveness: A QB has to want to win all the time, losing is not in his vocabulary and definitely not an option. He has to win and can’t accept anything else!
Athleticism: A QB that can beat you with both his arm and his legs is dangerous to any defense. A QB needs to be able to create especially with the way DLineman are freaks of nature these days and so fast breaking down the pocket. He has to have the ability to tuck it and go when needed.
Vision: A QB has to have the ability to see the field. He needs to visualize the play and the defensive scheme and be able to turn the routine play into the spectacular one. A QB with vision can get rid of the ball quicker and reduce the amount of sacks and hurried plays.
With these factors it is no wonder we all know Colt will excel at the NFL level. Plus with our QB’s in our Warrior stable we will continue to be successful. I still say based on all this I give Funaki the nod again.
Also, QB position doesn’t require height, weight, 40yd time, a big arm, that doesn’t mean squat and I believe Colt will prove that in time…
whitey – mahalos, comments such as yours are always appreciated!
welcome back tsaikos and tsaiko master tsai.
not too hot here on the ninth island of hawaii. today, 97 degrees, overcast, light showers, steady breeze, no problem.
i see whitey going to alaska again. one of these days braddah. no forget my order of king salmon and halibut.
i got to visit all of you guys’ money already. they said to tell you hello. i wish i did hit one of those in d1’s post #36.
shopping all day today. taking a small kind break now and will met with some famous local ex-sumo guy in a few hours. should be a nice time. hopefully get crown royal for his indoctrination. i’ll try to document the occasion for stretch.
i’ll post later if i win the big one.
d1: Thanks in advance from Doris. Good to see you this morning.–sjmacro
Kekoa, Koakane, BG: thanks for the company this morning. On the way back we saw blue lights heading in the Kapolei direction. 😆 😀
sjmacro & myki (as in “my”)
Welcome back, Tsai-Meister and Tsaiko-Nation.
I hope this mess will be resolved soon and we all can go on with our Warrior lives in peace.
Great to see our QB’s are all into the fight. Should be very interesting who will emerge as starter.
Laterz, guys, glad the blog is back.
Aiyah, so speaking of twinkle toes Jason Taylor…I guess he’ll be teaming up with Colt Brennan on the Redskins. Got traded to the Redskins for some future draft picks. Plus, with injury to DE Phillip Daniels I guess he could fill in for a season or two. Here’s the link…
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-dolphins-redskinstrade&prov=ap&type=lgns
Dylan Rush (Konawaena HS) is quitting football at UCLA to become a mixed-martial arts fighter.
I’ve added pics of Tinoco and Jasper to a previous album since ST mentioned them this morning–sjmacro
http://picasaweb.google.com/808Cruiser/JugsMachine
Aloha Tsaikos (fellow blog-aholics…), it’s great to have the blog back!
ST — Hang in there and know we all appreciate and support you and all the good people at HA.
LIZ and STEVE M — Mahalo for providing the backups in case of the worst case scenario. I’ve got’em both bookmarked just in case.
On the topics of the day:
Quarterbacks — I was watching a tape of the ’07 Utah St. game yesterday, in which Tyler came in to relieve Colt at the end of the 2nd Quarter, immediately produced a touchdown, went 9-for-9 before throwing an incompletion in the 3rd quarter and was named player of the game. What a performance! Of course, he did have a panic-induced interception later, and too many of those throughout the season, but he also had other great games too. When he’s hot, he’s awesome!! Inoke never had a similar chance last year to display his talents, and I didn’t see the Spring game, but based on the information I have, I’d have to go with Tyler. That said, if the coaches decide to make someone other than Tyler #1, that would be quite a statement about that QB’s abilities, and I’d say we’re in GREAT shape at the QB position!
MICHELLE WIE — Too bad, but when you do the crime, you gotta do the time. It just seems, though, that the punishment doesn’t fit the offense! Good grief, it’s not like she cheated, took performance-enhancing drugs or some other felonious act. I would think a fine would have been more appropriate in this case.
I wonder how CJ’s doing? Haven’t heard anything for a while. I’m sure RGM will get another shot if he hasn’t already.
Is there any room for another WR on the Redskins’ roster?
I’m glad there’s a lot of QB’s in the mix. The first year I attended UH, Blane Gaison had to be brought back from D at the beginning of the year because Mike Stennis was injured. The next year, Tim Lyons had to move back from WR because Bernard Quarles had appendicitis.
I don’t recall them having great arms but combined with the great running game they got the job done. Of course they had Pride. protecting them.
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I’m no longer “a person of interest” I passed the lie detector by telling them a different lie! Bwhahaha!
Thanks for the goodies ‘Mikey!’ I had to arm wrassle Diana for it wen I got home. She called a time out and then grabbed it before the 3 minutes was up. Not fair!
whitey: sent you an email.
Hi, ST!!! Good to have the gate open to the playground again.
Watching the ESPYS. Did Coach Mack say where he sat?
Tomorrow should be a lot of fun for the “Big Boys”. I wonder if anyone will be offered a scholie??
BowsForever – Last I know CJ Hawthorne had signed a free-agent deal with the Atlanta Falcons. He’s not listed on their roster but not sure if he may be playing in NFL Europe or not???
Sorry folks, why the ESPYS chose Justin Timberlake to host is lame.
JT is a bit “timid” for me. Can’t relate him with professional athletes.
BTW – Parcells did it. Jason Taylor traded to the Redskins for a 2nd round and 6th round draft pick.
Good thing, can’t see Parcells dogging Jason about “Dancing witth the Stars.”
NFL Europa was disbanded last year.
That’s good news. Taylor will be going to a team that wants and respects him.
Speaking of Taylor, I watched the last 1/2 of Drillbit Taylor, starring Owen Wilson. Pretty good movie! Even with the sound muted, I got the gist of the plot. The body movement and facial expressions made me laugh. Good job!
There are so many good movies out there that can be viewed and enjoyed with the sound muted. So, if I am ever given a choice of going blind or going deaf, I would definitely choose the latter. I could never do without my vision. How would I read this blog???
These are profound thoughts when you’re sipping your 2nd Beck’s. Ah, the life.
Yeah, I drink one beer a day. One at a time.
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http://www.wireimage.com/ItemListings.aspx?cbi=61952&igi=325967&nbc1=1
Two small photos of Colt at the ESPYs; wonder if he saw Mack there?
He had a phone interview on the radio last week from an airport en route to the ESPY show.
He said he had been running, working out, and had gotten his weight down to 213.
Nice mention of Colt: This Redskins writer is *really* high on Campbell, so he figures Washing will trade Colt for a high draft pick from the Colts or 49ers.
Pauoa Boy: Will do. 🙂 I’m expected back at Ka Leo in the fall, too.
I wonder if WarriorMojo will still be in DC for this…pretty cool that Colt is one of the 2 rookies mentioned as being promising.
Looks like Chad Kapanui played in his league’s All-Star game today.
This guy writing about Florida’s opponents for Bleacher Report discussed UH/
BSU is just about done with their football stadium expansion (adding luxury seating, etc.) and they are planning their next stadium/facility upgrade. Remember their current upgrade was funded in part by their BCS money while UH had to use their BCS money to pay back some of the debt that HF ran up…
Hiya! Back from Costco and 4 othr places in Lihue…whew! It’s hot here! And humid!
UKU@LA… no worries. We shoud be able to find someone else who would like to come to the OSU game.
PB- thanks for the QB info.
Because he has seen the field in chips down situations and saved our butts several times… In Tyler I Trust.
Key to Florida-
Get to Tebow every time. Hold him to the line. I do not think they have the depth at QB like we do.
All their chips are in a pile behind Tebow.
Interesting comparison between Nevada’s training room and BSU’s training room. BSU hired their head athletic trainer from Nevada and they are going to try to match Nevada’s facilities, since it helps players get back from injury quicker and is a big recruiting tool. I wonder what it would cost for UH to get this type of underwater treadmill setup in the new Ching Athletic Complex?
Interesting article analyzing the Wonderlic test. Interesting that the positions with the highest Wonderlic score are left and right tackle on the OL, with center coming next. Those positions score higher than the QBs! That actually doesn’t surprise me because the OL have to be smart and quick thinkers to make all of their adjustments on the fly. UH has a former OL as their new AD…
Liz,
I remember an article awhile back from a Florida paper that went over each of their positions. They were very positive about Florida’s depth *except* at one positions…backup QB. Florida does *not* have the type of depth at QB that UH does, so if Tebow gets hurt they are in big trouble.
Of course, since that article Florida lost 2 or 3 safeties, so maybe that position is even less deep than their QB position. However, lack of a strong backup at QB has to worry Florida’s coaches….
Oye my bad Jason, wasn’t thinking about that…
Interesting observations from the Redskins Blog:
“Colt Brennan – A number of you have asked for first day reviews of Colt Brennan, post-injury. Two things about Brennan stood out for me. First, he was a thicker guy than I had expected after watching him in college. Had some more heft to him than I would’ve thought. Second, he has a really weird delivery, somewhere between sidearm and pushing the ball, and it really needs to change if he’s going to have success on the NFL level. He did complete a few nice passes, but watching that delivery through the traffic of the line … it just doesn’t look like it’s going to be fully effective as is. We’ll see if Coach Zorn can change that.”
http://theredskinsblog.com/
I can’t wait to see what happens when they see Colt in action with that quirky throw of his… bwhahaha!
Aunty Liz – I trust Graunke too but I’m pulling for Funaki to start. Either of the two will do us good. The JC guys I think will need to wait one more year before they see the field.
espn always has the greatest highlight films.
Zorn is a quarterbacks coach and instead of changing Colt’s throwing motion I’m sure he’ll just fine tune it a little so it becomes deadly. They’ll see his accuracy come to life as Campbell is inconsistent anyway. Still see Colt moving up the depth chart and unseating Campbell in a year or two…
Nice comment on the Redskins blog to followup on that report:
“MaiTaiSoo, on July 21st, 2008 at 4:38 am Said:
Appreciate the report but on Brennan… should be the last time anyone makes mention of his delivery… it’s something we all know about. As regards the QBs, we would appreciate getting an everyday ranking of the 4 as regards these items: quickness of release, accuracy, read progression, use of eyes to look off the safety, foot work, drop motion fluidity and pressure awareness. Thanks for the good work today.”
Nice thing about LWJ is that he is one of the few RBs in recent UH history that is not likely to be caught from behind. Love Libre’s quickness but Leon has the jets.
who knew greg oden could play the piano???
there’s the pretty boy brady quinn.
i don’t think timberlake will ever be allowed back in memphis with all of those free throws comments.
ha, this musical satire is funny.
Howzit Tsaikos.
yep, 40+ days an countin!
some questions.
-how many season tickets has UH sold to date for its home games?
-how many tickets, total, has UH sold individually or in packages to the UH/Fla game thru 7/15?
-what section(s), row(s), is Fla making available to UH to sell to the UH supporters?
it would be interesting to compare Fla and help Hawaiii tix peeps prepare for the big away games in the future. I will let you know the section, row #s that Fla gives me, the dates when I get my tix, and compare when I made my order (April 21), as against my UH friends ordered their tix a month later.
I expect a first class operation from Florida. something we can all aspire too, including UH. our Warriors deserve no less.
Go Warriors!!!!
btw,
Fla knew I wanted/asked for tix in the Hawaii section.
Pomai,
Howzit. I’ll check for your email tomorrow. thx.
Kekoa,
howzit howzit. heard yu guyz cruizin Wed, Thurs., an or Fri nite this week?
Liz – kkv2000, a lurker might be interested in the extra ticket. i’ll try to find out. I was talking to him at practice last week and I think he’s going. If he does, he wants to meet for the pregame CC and carpool down to Corvallis.
jus saw t.o. cryin on tv on da espys. looked real to me. 🙂
kekoa,
watah ya tink about a bar-b? 😀
burn sumtin up! 😆
wat? wat!! 😀
see what a difference a smile an a stick an ball can make? 👿
jus no can wear the turbine, call me saaheeb, lie dat.
😀
if no can laugh, no mo out!
heh heh
Stretch- terrific! Just let me know.
bhf2- wow…gettin close!
Speakin of lurkers… the LoCal Calf Call had some lurkers in attendance – jse by lookin’ at PB’s pix. Anyone gonna tell us about it??? Eh???
❗
THE BIG KARAOKE CALL
Saturday – August 16, 2008
Krazy Karaoke 8:00 PM – 12:00 midnight (minimum)
The large room at the Young Street Krazy Karaoke is ours for Saturday, August 16 and STRETCH has made put down the deposits. The room holds at least 55 persons.
Same arrangement as last April 19’s Krazy Karaoke Call…
• bring your own drinks (this room has a lot more cooler space)
• bring snacks and pupu’s (optional)
• $15 per person to cover room rental/karaoke
• pay Stretch or designee at the door that night
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RSVP to SteveM — stevem.hnl (at) gmail.com
Current RSVP Count = 36
Updates will be posted in the Events Calendar section
Yups we had some lurkers at the LoCal CC, but I cannot remember the names at the moment??? The ones I remember who attended was… Ronnie, Garret, UKU@LA, Dennis Holleran, Ed Morimoto, losthawaiian, I think Brian, and the rest I cannot think of…
Any of the lurkers that attended, my bad if I forgot your name..
Ahem,
could someone tell me the name(s) of the peep(s) who came up with the bright idea of no more jv sports in public schools?
dare i say it? obvious stupidity, on so many levels. which goes to prove that stupidity – there i said it again, stupidity, runs rampant throughout society.
even in the upper echelons of education, everywhere, not just at the former AD level. you gotta call it for what it is, people. these kinds of decisions affect our future. some will become geniuses, some will become athletes, some will use the vehicle to better their life, some will use the vehicle to stay out of trouble.
OKAY, I’LL SAY IT. THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND LAW HAS COME FULL CIRCLE. SOME WOULD LEAVE US ALL BEHIND!
Looks like Colt’s team had a good reason to trade for Jason Taylor.
PB did anyone take pictures at the LoCal CC…pix will document who was there and sometime in the future, names will be found for those in attendance
Ralph if you click on my name I have a few on my page. There were a few on the temporary blog too I think. Didn’t get pictures of everybody though as some left early. I think there were about 15 of us at the LoCal CC which was a pretty good turnout. Not sure if Ronnie or the others might remember all who was there…
Ralph, the group photo was posted on the tsaikos blog these past 2 days.
I think that Pauoa Boy named the posters who were at the Calf Call. For the lurkers, I figure that they will be identified after they decide to post and identify themselves…maybe the lurkers don’t want their name revealed. I figure that if they come to enough of our gatherings they will start to post on the blog, or at least I can ask them if it will be okay to name them on the blog.
I go by the saying that Ronnie, Rich, and the others seem to follow: what is said at the Calf Call stays at the Calf Call. The same thing happens at Cattle Calls in Hawaii–some things aren’t meant for posting on a public forum. Most of that stuff is about off-topic stuff like our work situations, but other things we don’t post about are things like discussions about who should start at a certain position that might include some of the negatives about a player.
More analysis of the Taylor trade.
I sauntered over here from the Solidarity Suite to make sure the area was secure. No picket signs cluttering up the Tsiako clubhouse, no strike slogans painted on the walls. We don’t want to give those nosy neighbors of ours any excuse to empty out the clubhouse for uwarranted searches. Hehehehe.
BHF2 we are still on alert status “Whskey-Alpha-Romeo” in case we do have in-coming. Meanwhile, we steer a course straight to Florida to take out those pesky Gators. I’m feeling like Gator meat would pulehu real nice on a kiawe wood fire.
Free play link time. Please ignore my next 5 posts if you do not want the off-topic stuff.
Interesting to read about the latest research on extending life and combating Alzheimers. They are looking extend life expectancy past 100 years!
A Russian antihistamine actually reverses the decline from Alzheimers within 12 months! They have very promising human trial results.
According to the South China Morning Post, Beijing bar owners have been forced by China’s Public Security Bureau officials to sign pledges agreeing not to let black people or Mongolians to enter their premises.
Rolls-Royce sees a big market opportunity in the consumer market for nuclear energy so they created a whole business unit focused on that. They estimate the market at nearly $100 billion per year within 15 years!
It is absolutely shameful to read about the horrible electric work that Halliburton did (at enormous profit) for our troops in Iraq. 283 electric fires in just 6 months, soldiers electrocuted due to shoddy electric work…our troops were put at risk when they did basic things such as take a shower on a military base.
Free play links pau.
kekoa,
roger that. I go back to my solitude in da odda spot. i learned how to make da blue today over there, the arrows around the “a.”
meanwhile, i really don’t mean to be rude, but you’d think the BOE higher ups, whether its athletics or wherever that lolo idea came from, i think that ridiculing that recommendation/suggestion (eliminate jv programs) in a very strong way assures that the junk idea won’t have any salve value.
Interesting that JJ tried to hire Frank Gansz several times when JJ was at UH. I think that Gansz would have improved UH’s special teams, especially because UH would have focused more practice time on special teams if he was there. At SMU’s spring practices Ganz had the first 20-30 minutes of each practice to go over special teams.
Hey Garret,
Thanks for the updates on Colt Brennan, Frank Gansz, etc. Interesting reading. Hope Colt has a good camp.
Hey Stephen,
Keep up the good work!
ST,
Hope things works out for the everyone at the Advertiser. It ain’t easy for both management and the employees.
All right, it’s bed time. Hasta la vista.
It’s funny, I don’t even read this blog for about the last three months, started looking for it today after reading about the layoffs in Da Uddah Pepah and low and behold, nothing ever changes:
>>>Stephen Tsai:
July 20th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Gigi:
Advertiser does not have 799 contracted workers.
It has a little more than 500.
Second, our circulation is the largest.
And we have several publications.
And, no, the paper is not bloated. For instance, we lost four city reporters who won’t be replaced.<<<
Someone help Gigi take her foot out of her mouth, LOL. Leave it to her to get facts wrong, trivialize job loss and make room in a very topical post to talk about her favorite subject, herself.
Tony:
Welcome back. Football is coming up, for real.
Well, it’s been an interesting day.
My sister was hospitalized again.
We had a two-hour meeting to discuss our newspaper’s future.
Then we had a surprise party for middle child.
But, best of all, SteveM gave me a great shirt. It’s a Bonafide one without the WB logo.
Thanks, SteveM.
And thanks to LIz for running the alternative site at:
http://www.tsai-ko.blogspot.com
Hey Tony,
Good to have you visit the blog. But, no need to be mean to a fellow blogger. We’re all family here.
ST – prayers for your sister.
By the way, Adam Leonard is the chat guest at noon.
And Princess Leila will be back running it. We’re almost back to normal … well, except for no contract and no video.
Stephen-
Are HA Editors in the union too? I know a couple there, they are great people. The give back to the community and help aspiring High School journalists.
Stephen, hope your sister feels better soon. She is in my prayers toniight.
Hope things improve at the HA.
Goodnight all.
ST/Mike – my continued thoughts and prayers for your sister.
God Bless!!!
Nitey nite, sweet dreams and prayers for all those who are ailing.
BHF2 – Interesting question you asked about the JVs and one which I tossed at some political contacts – got some very interesting answers back. Will be glad to share them with you the next time we run into each other.
PAUOA BOY: You’re most likely in the Land of Nod by now, but mahalo for your quarterback thoughts. If you don’t mind, every couple of days, I’m going to ask a question about football so that I can be well prepared for Coach Heather’s clinic on August 19.
GENERAL QUESTION: If events/get-togethers/gatherings are not posted on SteveM’s calendar page but are discussed here on the blog beforehand, can anyone attend? If so, how do people get the when & where details?
STEPHEN: Who was the “We” in #183? And who got pink-slipped in the newsroom?
KAZZ: I sent you an e-mail about August 30 to tsaikotailgate at gmail dot com. Jason confirmed that this is the only address he has for you.
Another week in Wonderland coming up. Hopefully, there’ll be no further delays in the Ching/Cooke Field project and the bids will be opened on Friday.
Sorry for the Newton’s Fig post – it’s a name used in the science blogs.
Due to the No blog Friday, Saturday that is why I thought that we should have our own tsai-kos email account, so that if the blog went down we still could be able to contact any of the bloggers by email, I know that some have others email address’s but it would be much simpler if we all had our user name and the same dot com address. All we would need to do is remember the user name and add the dot com. Here is the list of email address’s that have been given out so far.
a-house at tsai-kos dot com
bighilofan2 at tsai-kos dot com
bulla at tsai-kos dot com
djmitcho at tsai-kos dot com
esme at tsai-kos dot com
gigi-hawaii at tsai-kos dot com
hawaiianbods at tsai-kos dot com
jason at tsai-kos dot com
kekoa at tsai-kos dot com
kuulei at tsai-kos dot com
las-vegas at tsai-kos dot com
midori7 at tsai-kos dot com
mrs.a-house at tsai-kos dot com
pauoaboy at tsai-kos dot com
pomai at tsai-kos dot com
rainbowcliff at tsai-kos dot com
ronnie at tsai-kos dot com
stephen at tsai-kos dot com
stretch at tsai-kos dot com
uhfan808 at tsai-kos dot com
wafan at tsai-kos dot com
wassupdoc at tsai-kos dot com
wena at tsai-kos dot com
jm2375 at tsai-kos dot com
There is more than enough accounts that all of the bloggers can have their own tsai-kos email address, just let me know if you want one by sending me an email at pomai at tsai-kos dot com
Sorry but one of them was wrong
hawaiianbods at tsai-kos dot com =
hawaiianbod at tsai-kos dot com
without the – s
Pomai – add me to the list
Pomai add Ralph to your tsai-ko list…by the way, will the – be accepted in the email account…just wondering
I posted this on Friday on the temp blog but unfortunately did not get any help so I will try once again:..
“Need some help here. I have been working on a new website that will be sort of like an online media guide for all of the UH sports programs, starting with the football program first covering the years 1909 through 2008, what I need is a good name for this site, any serious suggestion will be considered. Thanks”
If you click on my name it will take you to the site, remember this is a draft type, I have only been working on the year 2007 to get a feel for what I want to show.
Ralph sure is
Ralph shoot me an email so that I can tell you how to activate it. pomai at tsai-kos dot com
#193 – thanks Uncle!
ST,
I’m very, very sorry to hear that your sister was hospitalized again. I hope that she is better soon. I will light a candle for her.
Karl Benson talked about how he’s happy with how the WAC is doing.
The WAC sure is talking up Fresno State and BSU this year.
Ronnie will especially hate this part–Benson talks about the Fresno State-BSU game as being for a BCS appearance…which assumes they both beat UH and are fighting for the WAC title.
Good morning Tsaikos everywhere!
ST
I’m saying a prayer for your family & sis right now….
Wassup Doc, Newton’s Fig,
please share publicly: which committee, led by which peeps, came out with the actual recommendation to get rid of all JV programs? was this the result of a meeting of “all school administrators,” meaning a committee of school VPs, pres, etc? I mean, JV programs are like A+, with volunteers instead of paid peeps. always get liability and cost concerns, but the alternative is idle hands and idle minds on a statewide scale, which affects UH athletics, which affects our ability to compete nationally.
so please share this one.
ST
i know i know, its hard to keep a positive beat goin in your brain when there is so much “bad news” all around you, professionally and personally.
I suggest you look at your blessings, “yings,” it’ll soothe your spirit and take some of the edges of the “yangs.”
on that note I’ll simply say: have a great day. you got a great job. you get to ride up to UH and go see some great people with hope in their hearts, feed off their positive vibes. take pics of some smiley faces. go find out whats taking so long with the Florida tix.
go to Utah boonies.
or, you could focus on the negatives. go send Wena or Leila to go meet some Tsaikos, get em to take off their shirts or muumuus, take a pix and post. bwahaaahaaaaa.
see, dares even humor in da negatives. 😀 much mo fun fo laugh.
i still don’t know who is “management” when it comes to the contract. is it some lawyer based outta Philadelphia, Tulsa, LA, San Antonio? when the story gets put in the paper that there is no contract, and they menshun Gannett, I wish the writer’d tell us who is Gannett.
oddawize i say i’m gonna make frenz with the SB guyz. they’d love to tell me. after all, didn’t HA trying to cut their oohlos a few years back? 😀
Thanks for the posts, Garrett.
40 days to go!!!!
GO WARRIORS….
Aloha Kakahiaka!!!
Hi, BHF2. Kama looks like he is as tall as you in that SB photo.
morning gang!
Stephen/Mike – prayers and thought for your sister
Liz/Steve/Homey – thanks for setting up the alternate site
Tsaikos on the mainland, just curious and some questions for you.
Does management for HA also own any paper in your general neighborhood area? Is there a D1 college team in your hood that will be playing UH this year or next? (Like Cincinatti, UW, Wassu, Gainesville, SMY, USC, Boise, Fresno, UNLV, Nevada.)
if the answer to both questions is yes, then I wish I knew how to blog with blogsters in those spots, generate interest about UH sports an rivalry. i’ll bet we could increase management’s interest in what interests us.
nuff said.
Good Morning to all!
Our prayers for ST and Ohana for sis’ speedy recovery…
Cutting JV and some varsity sports: was this a knee jerk suggestion? Sometimes we don’t here about all the discussions of alternatives. Were those individuals who threw this idea out non-sports oriented? What were the other possible cuts?
Michelle Wie: imho…I cheer for anyone coming out of/from Hawaii…(homer) but is just disappointed that “avoidable mistakes” just seems to happen…What can she do to remember that she has to dot all the “i”s and cross all the “t”s even on the golf course?
PB: thanks for the QB analysis!
Brie and I are committed to learning a little bit more about football and terminology.
Have a great day everyone!
Go Warriors!
Good morning Garret, Loa, Mei Ling and Bighilofan2!
DOE – gotta keep the jv programs
i’m sure theres a lot of folks here who benefited from jv
keep the kids busy and out of trouble
come’on now we only talking $4.2M out of $2.3B budget
sorry gang for the rant
good morning JaM!
DOE – one more thing
you should look into expanding sports at the intermediate level too
lotta kids could benefit, not just the club sports, ok nuff already
hope everyone had a nice weekend
planning to hook up with sj/myki one day this week
bighilo – i was trying to do the ying/yang thing above
Great Morning All.
Good thoughts for Stephen’s sis.
Loa,
It’s crazy to even consider eliminating JV athletics.
I wonder if there’s more behind the suggestion than just saving $$$.
As far as bang fo the buck, it’s hard to think of an alternative better than athletics:
You keep young teens busy in the afternoon after school
The cost of supervision is cheap! After all, aren’t we always hearing about how coaches’ pay is ridiculously low?
The kids have to stay focused on academics in order to participate.
The kids learn valuable life lessons: goal-setting; team-building; planning; etc….
The list could go on and on but really just preaching to the choir here.
Garret,
All the Fresno/Boise hype just stokes the fire for our guys as they look for inspiration beyond the season opener.
Aloha Kakahiaka!
From the Redskins blog:
http://theredskinsblog.com/2008/07/20/taylor-brennan-etc/#comments
“Sinclair Harris, on July 21st, 2008 at 12:01 pm Said:
Prediction: Colt Brennan will be starting before the end of the season and Jason Taylor sets one Redskin record for quarterback sacks!
I like Jason Campbell as well as the next guy, but he has had to suffer a lot of coaching changes over his career and I wonder if he can adjust to Zorn. Brennan reminds me of other smallish QBs in the NFL that had good college records but had to prove themselves in the Pro League. I just hope he comes with the same “chip on his shoulder” that others have.”
It’s a new week; one more closer to the start of the season!
Have a great day everyone.
HiHo.
Howzit gang – nice story on Colt
Newton’s Fig – Uh…Land of What? Was just giving Capitol-ist/Wassup Doc a little insight on how a coach evaluates a QB position to determine the starter. I myself played QB too.
Or wait I’m confused haha just kidding you’re the same person right???
howzit d1 – are you going camping this week?
Loa,
Kinda hard to get away early in the day this week so probably not.
Maybe try save up a coupla get-aways once fall camp starts for the team.
latersss…..
Adam Leonard…for later today
All I gotta say bruddah Adam is thanks for bringing the Gatorade to practice. Nah, but good luck this season and lets show the Gators what a Top 25 defense is all about! Also, can you do me a favor and put that uh Tebow guy on his arse a few times, would greatly appreciate it! Oh and my question for you would be… So how does it feel knowing that you and the rest of our Top 25 Defense will keep Florida from scoring period?
Good luck to you this season, stay healthy, and please pound Tebow so hard when you’re in FL, so your LoCal Tsai-ko Family can feel it in San Diego, mahalos bruddah Adam!
great discussion gang. keep the heat on the DOE. birds for brains. air heads. talk their way right into trouble. they want to save 4.2M? send da upper echelon back to da classes, make em do PE afta school. remembah da dayz day had to work? just headin up da Peetah laddah. 😆
ho boy, glad i got that 1 off my chest. 😀
ending on a positive note: have a nice day. 😀
an even bettah taut is dat its less than 40 days in Florida, like 39 days, 23 hours and 55 minutes. 😀
d1 – 10-4, #2 going camping? catch you later
39 days!!!!!
Stephen,
btw, are there going to be more bios of our tsai-kos? they could fill in for the days there’s not much uh news. although its getting close to august and fall practice will start soon.
Good Morning Tsai-ko Ohana!
Just some random thoughts about the week ahead….
~ Charge 7 kinda day today what with fb speed and quickness workouts continuing up at the *U*
~ ST packing his *BBD’s* for his trip to Salt Lake country for the Media blast.
~ Myki packin’ her new *iphone* in a more mobile mode, with newz updates from around the globe and up your street. (Mahalo for da smoked salmon!)
~ PB reliving his *QB* days and instructing those who never got to handle the football unless someone was autographing one for them.
~ D-1shima reminding our *Warriors* that the media is already disrespecting the ’08 Team by salivating over a Boysee vs Freezno melt down for a BCS berth…whadd-r-we, chopped liver? Grrrrr!
~ BHF2 standing for truth, justice, and the *JV* program! Such a no-brainer for those of us who are supposedly soooo uneducated.
~ As for me, I’m riding in my car, turn on the radio…La-la-lalalala…heading down the road…..eh! No fogit to buckle up, had one wahine fall out of her car dis mornin’ on da H-1!! Pua ting wen Ma’ke!…Bee careful my Ohana! PSA pau…have a good one.
aloha kakahiaka
getting to be anoddah hot humid windless day. take precautions to be cool today
shout out to lizk, kekoa, chawan, d1, bhf2, loa, pboy
today is da start of the big man camp going meet pride. if addahs can come come.
ST ~ Prayers out for your sister. Hope she gets well soon.
I won’t be online for Adam Leonard’s chat today. Too much work & heading to appt. just after 12:30 pm HST. I’m sure others will thank him for his unselfish work during UWs being the water guy.
Adam Leonard for team captain!
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