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Win-win situation?

June 30th, 2008 by Stephen Tsai

Doris Sullivan and Tony Tuioti are the top candidates for a non-coaching position in the UH program, a job that essentially will serve as a recruiting coordinator. Both, of course, are talented with great connections locally and on the Mainland. The word on the street is UH is looking into whether it is possible for Na Koa to pay for a second non-coaching position. That way both Sullivan and Tuioti could join the program.

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While the “skill” guys are out in the humidity, the big guys are in the sauna known as Klum Gyym.

Here’s Raphael Ieru:

Here’s Joey Lipp:

Here’s Levi Legay:

Here’s Clarence “Lafu” Tuioti-Mariner:

Here’s Sila Lefiti:

Here’s Tui‘atua Tuiasosopo:

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Give players, such as Dylan Linkner (pictured below) and Dan Kelly, for supporting cancer awareness programs:

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418 Responses to “Win-win situation?”

Barry Markowitz:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:58 am
Love that Tuioti kid, great family, nice cousins.

Barry Markowitz:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Tony is going for his 2nd Masters Degree. He is the type of person that UH should hold up, not only as player who gave it all on the field, but one who has led an exemplary life…a perfect role model and example of what UH can do for the seriously committed. Doris has obviously got her stuff together too, and is a proven performer year after year, with virtually zero resources. She would thrive in a UH environment.

Kekoa:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:05 am
ST ~ Do we have JD & Coach Mack locked in as attending the bash? Who else is a lock?

Kekoa:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:09 am
Havng both of these hard working, connected, talented and very intelligent people in the house would be awesome!

Go Doris!
Go Tony!
GO WARRIORS!

WarriorMojo:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:27 am
Hahaha! Love these O-line guys sweating away in the hot box. LOVE ‘em! For all the love that the pretty boys get for their pretty passing and fancy dancing, NOTHING goes down without the O-line knocking heads first. A great QB or RB behind a mediocre O-line is a recipe for three and out all day long. An average QB or RB behind a great O-line means you have a chance to win every single game. The smartest, toughest, and most unselfish guys on the team play O-line.

And, ST what’s the story with Jon Manu-Olevao? Coming? Going?

WarriorMojo:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:34 am
I’m really curious to see what Raph Ieru can do at RG. He showed some promise at times last year, but his weight was clearly an issue. If his weight loss translates into more power and explosion, he just might be a great drive blocker. Couldn’t really tell much about his feet, though.

al:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:36 am
very interesting…..

Ralph:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:41 am
Doris has done an outstanding job for Hawaii fb players….if she becomes a UH recruiting coordinator I would think that would leave a huge gap for athletes not attending UH without her services…difficult situation having a UH recruiter pitching fb players to other schools..

Ralph:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:41 am
Al what you eating to keep you up this late

Kekoa:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:42 am
WarriorMojo ~ I had a legal question pertaining to the blog bash. May I ask for your assistance in answering a blog bash liability question? Not over the blog, but by email.

Please contact me at kekoa22 at aol dot com.

Mahalo!
Kekoa

chawan_cut:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:45 am
just curious. has the offseason workouts always been in klum gym? i thought they were on the grass practice fields and only chose klum on rainy days.
or was klum chosen because of its heat and humidity to prepare for florida?

Ralph:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:50 am
ST is Hanahano, Leonard and Leatigaga in summer school and working out…are the spring grey shirts working out?

WarriorMojo:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:56 am
Kekoa, I responded to a question from Stretch with a cc to you about an hour ago. Try check that one. If you get another question besides that one, let me know at that address.

Barry Markowitz:
June 30th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Ralph, ironically I was consolidating my external hard drives a few minutes ago and I came across a few classic photos of Coach McMackin coaching Geordan Hanohano a year ago at the UH Speed & Quickness Football Camp.

bighilofan2:
June 30th, 2008 at 2:41 am
Good morning Tsaikos everywhere.

61 days to the day.

Barry,
love your post at 1:03

Koauka:
June 30th, 2008 at 3:24 am
A tough decision. Hopefully things work out and BOTH are hired.

bighilofan2:
June 30th, 2008 at 3:46 am
Fla Ted
or anybody else in Fla.
or wit family in Orlando/Gainesville.

leaving Kona 6:30pm on 8/28, arrive Orlando 4:30p 8/29.
attending AHouse’s Orlando cc. arr. Swamp early am 8/30.

I can deliver special kine fuud stuffs for you, family or friends.
wat you like? trade fo gaytah queeezeeen. hehe

wafan:
June 30th, 2008 at 4:15 am
Good morning everyone!

What a dilemma — Doris or Tony. Tony or Doris. I agree both would be nice to have. How about a Toris or a Dorny?

And as Ralph has pointed out, what happens to PIAA?

bighilofan2:
June 30th, 2008 at 4:15 am
Warrior Mojo,

good morning. first time i was walkin around in da kiawe bushes just outside Kailua Kona as a kid, I thought that wuz the hottest place on earth. den wen i joined da Navy an wuz on the tarmat at Barbers Point, i remember tinkin at da time dat wuz the hottest place on earth. den I went on da tarmat at Glynco NAS, Ga., dat wuz da hottest place on earth.

now I read dat day invented Gatorade at UFlorida. an I’m tinkin dat da big braddaz practicin indoorz,

therez a difference between sweat an heat stroke. our guyz gotta practice 3 hours in da sun sometimes.

get used to da sun for 3 hours, get used to Gatorade. imo

wafan:
June 30th, 2008 at 4:22 am
bhf2 . . .

Hoooo, you no can make one fas da kine to drop off some stuffs up hea in da Nortwes? Aie-ya! I feelin so lef owt.

Good ting I goin com bac ova hea aroun dat time from Hanalooloo. Das auryte. I godda bring my own stuffs wit me.

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

bighilofan2:
June 30th, 2008 at 4:25 am
Auburn, Tennessee, LSU, Florida State, Georgia, Alabama.
All picked to finish top 25 this year. These other SEC teams are Florida’s competition. Auburn beat em last 9/13, 20-17 in Fla., Da mind, its all in da mind.

Go Warriors!!!!

bighilofan2:
June 30th, 2008 at 4:33 am
wafan,

PIAA should be severely punished for doing an extraordinary job, getting so many Hawaii kids scholarships in colleges outside UH. we should steal Doris for ourselves, shut down the education pipeline. make the kids fend for themselves.

heh heh

just kidding. :

bighilofan2:
June 30th, 2008 at 4:44 am
Does Doris get any financial help for her job? Does she give any kind of seminar so off island high school ADs/coaches/well wishers can get a quick tutorial on how her job works, how to make contacts, forms from schools, etc?

those of you who have kids who went through the system have a head start. guyz like me tryin to help off island schoolz can use da tutorial. no like call her up an waste her time askin questions solo. she too important for one at a time kine stuff.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:05 am
Both Doris and Tony would be HUGE additions to the UH program! They would be great for the student-athletes and for the team. The only problem for not having Doris with UH would be that nobody else would probably be as willing to work so hard for Hawaii athletes for so little money…but from a UH perspective Doris would be great. Texas has a “Director for High School Relations”, which would be a perfect role for Doris and SMU has someone at a position titled something like “Director of Football Operations” that Tony would be perfect for. I don’t know if UH can have both positions, but I hope so as both would do a great job!

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:06 am
ST,

Thank you for spotlighting the OL in their workouts! The OL will determine the success of the offense–WarriorMojo did a great job discussing that above.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:10 am
This political commentator is probably going about this the wrong way in his attempt to get tickets to the USC-Ohio State game. This is from his nationally syndicated show:

From the June 25 broadcast of Salem Radio Network’s The Hugh Hewitt Show:

HEWITT: By the way, I — I’m still trying to find two tickets to the Ohio State-USC game. And none of the USC people will give up their tickets to me. I’d pay fair price. They — they know Ohio State’s gonna slaughter the Trojans. They know that they’re gonna slaughter the Trojans, and therefore they do not want me there at the bloodbath, since it’s probably the last football game we’ll ever get to see before the United States gets blown up by the Islamists under Obama. I — I would like to see Ohio State slaughter USC. This is what I’m living for right now. I’m keeping — all the bad news, I just focus on the Ohio State upcoming slaughter of USC. So if you are a USC fan willing to sell me two or perhaps even three USC tickets to the Ohio State game, hugh@hughhewitt.com, or if you’re a Buckeye fan with those tickets back in Ohio, I’ll trade you some Browns tickets.

wafan:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:11 am
Does Doris work PIAA by herself? Or does she have assistants (paid/unpaid)? She does phenomenal work and certainly does an outstanding service for the parents and students.

Hopefully, someone is waiting in the wings to step-in and continue the work of PIAA.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Article about how non-BCS conference schools were penalized a LOT more than BCS conference schools by the APR.

The NCAA hit more than 200 teams at 123 Division I schools when it announced its latest round of academic-related penalties early this month, but the swath wasn’t as wide as the numbers suggested.

Two mid-level universities, San Jose State and Alabama-Birmingham, were docked more scholarships — a combined 23.62 in six sports — than all 65 schools in college athletics’ six biggest-name, biggest-money conferences.

All told, the marquee Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pacific 10 and Southeastern conferences make up almost 20% of Division I’s overall membership but accounted for less than 10% of the academic progress rate (APR) scholarship cuts. The gap raised eyebrows not only among affected schools but also within watchdog groups like the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics and the faculty-based Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics.

The Pac-10, for example, saw only three of 14 subpar teams sanctioned (21%) while the neighboring Western Athletic saw 23 of 34 (68%) and the Mountain West 10 of 15 (67%).

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:14 am
At Boise State, President Robert Kustra also is joining the NCAA board as the WAC’s representative and similarly views the league-to-league disparity as a challenge rather than an injustice.

“It may mean (committing) more institutional resources. It may mean a stronger academic support program,” he says. “I think each university has to evaluate itself and make the decision whether it can afford the appropriate level of financial support … or whether it needs to self-evaluate and say, ‘You know what? Division I doesn’t work for us.’ The fact is there is Division II and Division III for schools that don’t think they have the resources to make their athletes successful in Division I.”

The NCAA assesses scholarship penalties by prohibiting teams from replacing players who’ve left school while academically ineligible. Teams subject to the initial sanctions can lose up to 10% of their scholarship allotments.

Beyond revenues and spending capability, or perhaps related to it, association vice president Kevin Lennon says the disparate impact on conferences comes in part from schools in the six power leagues doing a better job of limiting those so-called 0-for-2 players and thus limiting their exposure to sanctions.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:16 am
BSU’s President and others think that those with bad APR scores should think about dropping out of D-IA if they cannot find the resources to fix their APR scores.

He, like Boise State’s Kustra, envisions APRs as a trigger for low-scoring schools near the bottom of the Division I food chain to question whether that’s where they belong. A panel of administrators and coaches addressing chronically low APRs and graduation rates in men’s basketball is looking into one potentially cost-incurring measure: making summer school mandatory for players and requiring schools to provide financial aid.

“That’s going to be another opportunity for some to say, ‘Are we ready to do that?’ ” Lennon says. “It’s just a part of the process, the re-evaluation of what it takes to be a Division I member.”

PIAA DS:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:17 am
I get no financial help for my job. I have been turned down by the state for grants. Many big business always seem to be low on funding. I get help for the PIAA combine and the AFCA conference (which I am desperately seeking funding for now so we can distribute 5000 DVD for 100’s of athletes)…however, I am under the impression that if I helped 100 violin players or 100 artists I would receive the money, but because these are athletes, I get nothing. Ive been told - sometimes to my face - that because I am not “local” or because “she’s a women”, that I would not receive donations. Its sad but true. I receive receive very few donations (thank you to the two of you who made donations recently who are Tsai bloggers) even though PIAA is a 501(c)3 non profit and donations could be tax deductible. I guess people feel that if I’ve been doing it for free all this time Im ok financially. Im not.

I have been doing seminars for years and I have offered this to all the schools for athletes, parents, coaches and counselors. Many take me up on it regularly, some dont.

You can always call, it is never a waste of my time . The more questions you ask the better it is for the athletes you work with. The more people willing to give of their time to help the athletes for free the better. (I dont believe in recruiting services, they are just there to make a profit with their $2500-$4000 fees and are limited in what they can do by the NCAA, Im not because PIAA is not a recruiting service. Remember, there is nothing a recruiting service can do for you that you can not do for yourself for free. Period.)

No one can help all the athletes but those with the knowledge can all help some.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:18 am
Another article in the USA Today brought up an interesting stat: BCS conference schools were twice as likely to be able to avoid punishment (via getting a waiver) than non-BCS conference schools.

Across Division I, fewer than one in three teams with subpar APRs — 218 of 725 — were sanctioned in the past year. The percentage fell to 25% in the six power conferences and climbed to 49% in the other five Bowl Subdivision leagues (Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West, Sun Belt and Western Athletic).

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:19 am
Doris,

Do you have plans for what would happen to PIAA if you take the UH position?

wafan:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:21 am
I do not understand how schools that should be negatively affected by not meeting the APR get away with not being affected. What are they doing that is so different than, say, the UH? Is it the NCAA protecting its own? Is it money? Or is it that the big school can ignore it because they now nothing will happen?

PIAA DS:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:22 am
oh, and often Im asked why the parents dont donate/pay…first because many of the m are low income, second because if they do then the NCAA would consider PIAA a recruiting service thus I would be limited in what I could do and the contact I could have with coaches. As it stands now, I can have full contact with any college coach in the nation as often as I like (or as often as they will take my call! ha) recruiting service can not.

Warfan: no one is paid at PIAA, not Darnell, not Eddie, not TJ. Danny went back to school at LMU to take a GA job in the athletic dept because of the experience he got with PIAA but he couldnt afford to stay with us anymore. I am the only one who has direct contact with coaches to recruit players, except Darnell and Eddie of course can promote kids from their schools.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:24 am
Some people think that coaches should be personally accountable for APR penalties. This would be an interesting addition to the APR, as it would give parents a way to measure how much a coach really values academics.

The NCAA is weighing whether to compile individual academic progress rates (APRs) for coaches, who some officials argue are responsible for recruiting athletes to a school, know and work with them most closely — and thus should be held singularly accountable for their academic performance and graduation.

A personal APR would become part of coach’s record, available for recruits, parents and prospective employers to evaluate along with wins and other competitive and personal criteria.

The move also could attach APR-related penalties to coaches. Under a show-cause order, those leaving teams hit by scholarship cuts and other sanctions would have to argue why the sanctions shouldn’t follow them to a new job.

The concept of coaches’ accountability has support from one of college athletics’ leading academic officers, Oklahoma senior associate athletics director Gerald Gurney. But rather than a coaches’ APR, he proposes a coaches’ graduation rate — with no attached penalties — that could serve as “sort of a consumer report.”

Coaches would be responsible for every player they recruited in their careers. “I don’t think anyone understands, reading these APRs, what they might mean with respect to a coach,” Gurney says. “But a coaches’ graduation rate is clear. It’s just like a won-lost record.”

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:27 am
Doris,

With the economy getting tougher, I would speculate that donations would be even harder to come by now, making it that much harder (and much more work) to keep up what you are doing. And the sad thing is that the need might be even greater at the same time that donations decrease.

wafan:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:32 am
Doris . . .

I cannot donate much but I pledge to send you a cheque this week. I am guessing I will find a mailing address on the PIAA website — would that be correct?

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:33 am
wafan,

I think that part of it is that the big-money programs can show that they will respond by spending a ton of money to beef up their academic support. The NCAA loves to see that the schools are responding to problems, and might suspend punishment while they see if the new funding helps improve the APR. The smaller-budget schools cannot do that type of thing…

PIAA DS:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:36 am
100% correct Garret. I received considerably less this year for the combine, which can usually sustain our phone and gas bills after the combine is paid off. Its very difficult now to raise the funding for the AFCA conference, which has proved to be a windfall for the local athletes. If anyone is interested in what the AFCA conference is all about, please go to the PIAA website. http://www.pacificathleticalliance.com This is the one event that we cant miss, and even small donations pay off in a big, big way. I have about 1/4 of what we need at this point.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:37 am
PIAA was one of the first 3 nonprofits I had on my list once I actually had money again instead of burning up my savings (and home equity line) to fund my company and take care of my family. I guess we’ll know about Doris’ situation and PIAA soon, probably before I would be positive financially again.

PIAA DS:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:38 am
Warfan..thank you. Thank you for anything you can give.

PIAA
P.O. Box 280
Kailua 96734

The address is of course on the site as is the ability to donate via pay pal, information on what we do, the AFCA conference and more.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Certain things might happen late this year for my company…but I’m guessing that is too late for funding for the near-term PIAA financial needs. I could hopefully be able to help out in a limited way later this summer, but November might be big…

PIAA DS:
June 30th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Well Garret, if November proves to be big for you (I hope it is!) we do have the AFCA Convention in January…..:-) thats what I am looking for funding for at this time. email me and Ill give you a breakdown of costs so you can see what Im looking at. doris@pacificathleticalliance.com (anyone can)

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Doris,

I just finished breakfast with the kids. E-mail will be sent right now!

Stephen Tsai:
June 30th, 2008 at 6:06 am
WarriorMojo:
Not sure on Manu-Olevao’s status. I know they’re holding a scholarship for him.

Stephen Tsai:
June 30th, 2008 at 6:08 am
Ralph:
I have not seen Hanohano or Leonard out there. I saw Leatigaga at the airport last Thursday.

whitey:
June 30th, 2008 at 6:11 am
Good morning Tsaikos and looks like it is going to be another ho hum day in paradise.

PIAA DS, thank you for helping all athletes from HI. Your committment is beyond words. All I can say is “thank You”.

Stephen Tsai:
June 30th, 2008 at 6:15 am
You know, a few years ago, Doris was a candidate for a similar opening at Texas-El Paso.

NYUH:
June 30th, 2008 at 6:23 am
Wait, I’m still reelin from the post that said that UH doesn’t recruit from the outer islands? What?

Stephen Tsai:
June 30th, 2008 at 6:24 am
Levi Legay is from Kona.

LizKauai [iMac] BELIEVER:
June 30th, 2008 at 6:39 am
Aloha Kakahiaka!

bighilofan2:
June 30th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Doris,

thank you! are you coming to the 7/10 Blog Bash at the SSC?

d1shima:
June 30th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Great Morning All.

Hoping things work out best for Doris and Tony.

Great pics of OL. ditto WMojo’s comments.

Have a great day everyone.

HiHo….

d1shima:
June 30th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Mahalo Kekoa and Diana.
Good times.

A-joe,
Funny pics

Stretch:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:12 am
Good Morning Tsaikos!!

Liz - is gigi and the hubby still alive??

bighilofan2:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:16 am
Just my opinion.

I don’t expect Hanohano to play this year; he is stuck in the system.
As long as Jervis is in limbo, Hanohano/SLS4 is in limbo. the PR will take a nose dive at trial time. good decision GH stay off UH playfield for now.

the best move is for Seitz & Carlisle to sit down and look long term at the welfare of the State and the peoples’ involvement in this case. The police did their thing. Cunney will not let Jervis take the hit, no care how many power points the prosecutor takes to court and makes nice to the jury. the jury will letta go Jervis’ neck when they see the size of the four men, pikcha their mentality and size at nite. To do that Cunney will destroy the SLS 4. I don’t want UH in the way when he does, and thats how it looks like its shaping up. Hope I’m wrong.

The 4 got the same aspirations that Gerard and Peter had at their age. I hope these two give these young men the same break they got along their ways to the top. But I know I would defend Jervis without blinking if push came to shove, and that would mean not giving them a break because I wouldn’t be given a choice.

koakane™:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:27 am
good morning tsaiko nation

beautiful and hot day in Hawaii Nei again

# whitey:
June 29th, 2008 at 9:14 am

koakane. may have a problem with the memorabilia from Maui. we going give it to al and hopefully he no eat um all. anyway, we don’t think we going take home any of the memorabilia that we bring. you guys going eat em all. hahahaaaaahhhh!!!

whitey now I gotta check al real good. da Maui bruddah’s memorabilla will be one of the bestest. mahalo plenty.

chawan_cut:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:29 am
man, its hot here in s. carolina.

bighilofan2:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:32 am
hi ho hi ho

see you laterz

Bulla:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:35 am
good morning Tsaikos,

sad commentary bhf2 on the Hanohano situation, but probably closer to the truth than we all know.

mahalo garret for your generosity to help PIAA. good luck to all. hey, the Bash is coming up sooner than we think…do we get a preview of the people attending ST? inquiring minds want to know, haha.

Kelli:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Another picture of buddy Ralph. Thanks Stephen!

NYUH:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:39 am
VOTE for Hawaii being back in contention this year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/index

Bulla:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:40 am
ST

good photos of the linemen, Tui looks good…..but in red again….better get that boy some green and black workout clothes, haha.

klum is a sauna, who can remember when Shoji used to have games in their, now that was back in the day…….

Da Punchbowl Kid:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Aloha Doris,
Here’s wishing you all the best as this thing plays out. If anybody has shown the passion for doing such a job, it would have to be you. Thank you for all you do for the youth of Hawai’i.

I don’t know know much about Tony Tuioti at this time, but from what I have read and heard about him, he seems like he should be involved with UH athletics some where. I know that JD reads here, let’s hope there is a win-win situation in the end.

LizKauai [iMac] BELIEVER:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:42 am
Stretch, I think we should be proud of gigi and Mr. gigi. Mr. gigi wore his Tsai-ko shirt and they both survived the golf and the barbecue! I’ll let gigi fill in the details. In the meantime, I have a link to the photographic evidence on my blog

wafan- we should be good on Izzy’s ticket.
More later.

HiHo!

NYUH:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:43 am
Stephen,

Was this in response to my question about recruiting on the outer islands? Was he recruited? What would be a fair definition of being recruited?

NYUH:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:44 am
From Stephen,

Levi Legay is from Kona.

rage777:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Doris,

I sent my donation through paypal, but I think you should put a little paypal icon at the home page. It would make it easier to donate. Also, I clicked on the Jamba Juice ad to hopefully make you some money, but the link doesn’t work.

Da Punchbowl Kid:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:50 am
Great pics of the big guys. They’ll get lotsa sun come August, and ya can see by the pics that there is no shortage of sweat at their work outs. Keep bangin’ big guys,
you guys light the imu for kalua ‘Gator!

Good morning all!

Stephen Tsai:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Yep, Levi Legay was recruited.

Da Punchbowl Kid:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:52 am
Hiya Tsai-ya!

Pauoa Boy:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:53 am
Alojahz to the morning gang.

Stephen Tsai:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Re: NI recruiting.
Like I’ve said before, there are only so many scholarships for so many players.
I’ve heard talk that UH never really pushed for Kaluka Maiava, who’s now at USC. I know that’s not the case because a nephew of one of the UH coaches was Maiava’s coach at Baldwin. UH made him an offer, and pushed for him. But, you know — and this was the case with a certain basketball player — you can only show so much love in recruiting. It’s dangerous to go further because it makes for a difficult situation when a recruit is no longer treated the same when he joins the team. That’s why it’s never good to promise a person a starting job.

Stephen Tsai:
June 30th, 2008 at 7:59 am
When it comes down to it, are you happy with the team? I’m sure we’d all agree that the fab five of Brennan and the four receivers is as good as it gets.

Da Punchbowl Kid:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:01 am
That was then, this is now. Love the one(s) you’re with.

koakane™:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:03 am
WarriorMojo:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:27 am

Hahaha! Love these O-line guys sweating away in the hot box. LOVE ‘em! For all the love that the pretty boys get for their pretty passing and fancy dancing, NOTHING goes down without the O-line knocking heads first. A great QB or RB behind a mediocre O-line is a recipe for three and out all day long. An average QB or RB behind a great O-line means you have a chance to win every single game. The smartest, toughest, and most unselfish guys on the team play O-line.

warriormojo au’ryte I agree o-line is a big key to team success.

Pauoa Boy:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Re: Recruiting

Not to beat a dead horse but at this point I trust Coach Mack and the rest of the coaches on their efforts. The guys they are bringing in this year already proves that UH is stepping it up in the right direction. I’m sure they will keep bringing in the talent to help our Warrior team become the Top 25, national powah it’s supposed to be! Although we would all like to see our big name local boys stay home to play, I really don’t care anymore if they come or go they will obviously make that decision on there own. Either way the Warriors will still prevail with or without them.

LizKauai [iMac] BELIEVER:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:25 am
I’m with DPK.
Love the ones you’re with.

Coach Mack, JD, VH, the whole crew- We re WITH YOU!

GO WARRIORS!!!

Pauoa Boy:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:27 am
WarriorMojo, I agree 100% that the key to success on either side of the ball begins in the trenches. They are on the front lines handling business so the others can do there part to be successful. If the line ain’t holding it down, then ahem, we all know what can happen…a SB rerun. Like I was saying yesterday about the Dline determining or success on D our Oline will determine our success on O. I like the fact that the OLine has changed a few guys around to better suit there abilities. The fact of having Estes, Lafu, and the Bear in the interior, I can envision huge holes being made for our RB’s to fly through. The Tackle spots are deep and I hope they’ve been working on quick footwork and technique to keep the speed rushers away. Can’t wait for fall camp to begin so our boys can gel and be prepared for the season. I envision big things happening from these big men in big ways…GO BIG OR GO HOME…GO WARRIORS!

Stephen Tsai:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:31 am
The next Nike?
http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/06/27/the-next-nike-is-under-armour/

Pauoa Boy:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Stretch - easy tigah before you get heart attack

Stephen Tsai:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Just remember, when looking at the photos, to consider the photographer. I don’t know how to shoot action, so let’s not be too judgmental on a player’s form. It might be a bad camera angle.

Pauoa Boy:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:43 am
I’m glad UH signed the contract with UA. Can’t wait for the new style jersey to come out. Hope they have an aunthentic version and not just replicas. Just wondering when that will be? Was told once by Rainbowtique that they should see shipments coming in August sometime? Hope to have one before the season begins.

PIAA DS:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:45 am
“Stephen Tsai:

June 30th, 2008 at 6:15 am
You know, a few years ago, Doris was a candidate for a similar opening at Texas-El Paso.”

Darn ST, you’re good. I dont remember telling you that. I dont remember telling anyone that!

Pauoa Boy:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:47 am
ST - No pilikia, your photos are great with the blog. It gives us something to talk about as pictures are worth a thousand words, uh, or more…

LizKauai [iMac] BELIEVER:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:49 am
“Darn ST, you’re good. I dont remember telling you that. I dont remember telling anyone that!”

Doris- he never ceases to amaze, eh?
Das why he is da Tsai-Meister and we are but humble Tsai-kos…

Da Punchbowl Kid:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Yah Tsai, dem pics is fine. You ARE getting better and better at framing and timing etc. Main ‘ting you give da big boys equal opportunity. The pics with the back stories are the best, however.

Stephen Tsai:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I know Mack is very impressed with Doris’ work.

Stephen Tsai:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:54 am
And, as Mack always says, this isn’t P.E.
He wants the best around.

Pauoa Boy:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Aunty Doris - Thanks for your contributions over the years to all our student athletes. I remember when I was in high school and you had a hand helping some of my buddies get there foot in the door with your connections. You are a great asset to our high school athletes and Hawaii in general. I know here in California I’ve had a couple coaches take a look at your website and ask about certain players. We all appreciate your efforts. Would love to see you at UH in the recruiting coordinator position. Anyway, thanks again for all that you do.

Stretch:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:55 am
ST - make sure when taking pictures, you don’t get in the way of the players. If not, you gonna get run over with the camera planted in your face.

LizKauai [iMac] BELIEVER:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:58 am
To follow Garret’s train of scientific thought and interesting news from the rest of the world…
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/06/30/doomsdaycollider.ap/index.html

Interesting that the suit to stop was filed in Hawaii.

HIHO!

(Jesse) James:
June 30th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Good morning gang. Good times yesterday at the committee meeting. Thanks again Kekoa and Mrs. Kekoa. Also good to hear that we’ve got a large turnout for the BLOG BASH….man with the line-up, it will be serious fun that people will be talking about for a long time……

Good to see the O-Line working out in the conditions of Klum….that should help deal with some of the humidity issues when we get to Florida.

I also have to agree with Warriormojo, et al, about the O-Line being a key to our success…..

lab rat:
June 30th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Doris

When is the next combine? I would like to sponsor another student/athlete. You know what my ctriteria for a candidate is.

lab rat aka RedZone

PIAA DS:
June 30th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Pauoa Boy,

being that you are a Marine, I’m the ones who should be thanking you. But thank you for your kind words, always appreciated. (Im a scorpio too!)

PIAA DS:
June 30th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Hey LabRat/Red Zone..not till May 2009. However, we will be looking for sponsors for some of the low income athletes to help with duplication costs for the AFCA conference. I found a company that will duplicate and make 50 copies for $100. Thats only $2 a copy! Though I have to bring in 100 athletes DVD’s at the same time to get that discount. The information on this is on our site and any athlete can take advantage of it in any sport, but there will only be one collection period for this or they cant get the discount. These athletes do not have to be with PIAA, its good for any athlete (girl or boy) who wants to take advantage of this low price opportunity. I will be distributing girls and boys VB DVD at this event as well, even though its a FB conference, the coaches gladly take it and give it to the other coaches.

So if anyone would like to help sponsor an athlete or two for this please indicate it on the donation form online or on a check. You can pick the athlete if you know him or her or you can let me assign one to you when the time comes.

Dennis Halloran:
June 30th, 2008 at 9:30 am
This whole industry, Logo, branding and merchandising was started by a Hawaii resident.
Duke Boyd started this all by putting two feet on surfer’s trunks thus Hang Ten.
He is my Brother in Law who lives in Kaimuki and follows the Warriors!. He is in the Merchandising Hall of Fame

jojo ®:
June 30th, 2008 at 9:48 am
First I thought the pictures were of a new exercise, now it looks like they are prepping for the ha’a/haka. Good, clear pictures!

marlis:
June 30th, 2008 at 9:49 am
It’s great to awake in the morning, take a glance at the blog. And see the gratuitous efforts of some of the members in helping Doris and PIAA. If in the future if I see where citizens can nominate people in their communities that make a difference, you’ll know who’s name I have first on the list. Good job all around Doris.

bonar:
June 30th, 2008 at 9:57 am
__th!

bonar:
June 30th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Na Koa needs to step up! It has disappointed some people in the past.

KG:
June 30th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Just a friendly suggestion…

Day after day I notice on the Warrior Beat the BCS and Sugar Bowl stuff is still displayed prominently. I know it was a wonderful thing we all shared last season, but don’t you think it’s time to start getting pumped up for this season? I would like to suggest that this stuff be replaced with the new schedule and although I LOVE Colt, let’s give the “replacements” their due exposure! They are going to need all of the pumping up we can give them come August 30!!!! don’t forget, we are the defedning WAC champs!!!!

LizKauai [iMac] BELIEVER:
June 30th, 2008 at 10:21 am
wafan- please email me - lizkauai at gmail dot com

Mahalo!

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 10:23 am
bulla,

I do not deserve your mahalo (yet) for helping out PIAA, but wafan, rage777 and many (but not enough unfortunately) others here and outside of the blog do.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 10:24 am
KG,

I agree with your suggestion, but that would entail the web folks to fix or update something…that is a dangerous proposition and they haven’t been fast with that kind of stuff in the past.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Former UH recruit just transferred to a D-1AA school.

Danny Russell, a defensive lineman who spent his true freshman football season at Big East member Connecticut last year, has transferred to the University of Delaware, he said today.

The 6-foot-4, 240-pound Russell has four years of eligibility left and can play this season. He said his size and desire to focus on academics – he is a business major – are better suited for the NCAA Division I-AA level.

Russell is from Ponte Vedra, Fla., and played on Nease High teams that went 27-2 and reached a pair of Florida Class 4A state finals, winning one, his final two years. He received scholarship offers from Hawaii, Syracuse, Louisville, Akron, Toledo and Temple before settling on UConn, where he red-shirted last year.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I know this article is pretty old (June 4), but I don’t think it was posted here. I don’t know why the news about Shawn never showed up in my Google searches, but I had to specifically search for his name to find this article. Shawn was the starting QB in 2007 for this team and they went 12-0 in the regular season! That is a nice parallel to UH’s season.

Needing a jolt for a sputtering offense that scored just six points in a loss against Florence last weekend, the Fayetteville Guard is turning to another former player for help.

Shawn Withy-Allen, who led the Guard to 27 victories as starting quarterback between 2005 and 2007, has re-signed with the professional arena franchise and will be in uniform for Saturday’s home game against the Huntington Heroes.

Thompson was Withy-Allen’s backup last year when the Guard went 12-0, but has been the starter this year.

“I can’t say Shawn is going to come in and be the starter,’’ Gunnings said. “But Shawn is a crafty veteran and he knows this (indoor) game. Shawn can read defenses a lot quicker than J.T., who is in his first year of actually starting in this league.

Withy-Allen has spent time since last season trying to make it with a National Football League team. According to Gunnings, Withy-Allen has had workouts with the Carolina Panthers, Philadelphia Eagles and he attended an NFL tryout in Italy.

Stretch:
June 30th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Reminder of the “Call the AD” show this evening at the Hukilau, starting at 6pm.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Shawn’s team still has a chance to make the playoffs.

The Fayetteville Guard isn’t finished yet in the American Indoor Football Association playoff race.

Despite a heartbreaking 59-58 setback against the Columbus Lions last Saturday, the Guard can still earn an AIFA playoff berth by defeating the powerhouse Mississippi Mudcats this Saturday at the Crown Coliseum.

“Our players played with a lot of heart last Saturday,’’ Brockish said. “This weekend they know what their jobs are and they know what we’ve got to do to continue into the playoffs. They just have to go out and get it done.’’

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 10:36 am
This is Shawn’s website, which hasn’t been updated since last season.

Quarterback SHAWN WITHY-ALLEN led his team, the FAYETTEVILLE GUARD of the National Indoor Football League, to the Championship game.

Shawn previously played with the University of Hawaii WARRIORS for his 5 college years and for the local Hawaii Islanders Arena 2 team for 1 year.

Shawn was the # 1 passing quarterback in the NIFL last season before being injured, and this year he led the team to a 13-1 regular season record, and to wins in the first two playoff games to get into the Championship game.

The final playoff game before the championship was very exciting with suspense up until the final moments as the Guard finally won in overtime, 72 to 70.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 10:37 am
I’ll google Shawn’s name each day to see what pops up. I just wondered how he was doing today and found those links.

bonar:
June 30th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Stretch: Regarding call AD- Is Hukilau the place on Bishop/Hotel. Happy hour prices?

Jason:
June 30th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Having Doris and Tony working for UH football would be great. At the same time, that could be a huge loss for PIAA, but hopefully someone is waiting in the wings to continue Doris’ great work.

BTW, I noticed Kelli Miura has a new HA blog in the works, “Campus Life 101.” If you’ve ever read her work, you’d know that she stands out as a quality reporter amongst the general mediocrity that is Ka Leo. I’m looking forward to reading her blog.

I’m also looking forward to Call the AD tonight. If I have memorabilia to drop off for the blog bash, can I bring it tonight?

Jason:
June 30th, 2008 at 11:27 am
bonar: Yep, Bishop and Hotel.

http://www.dahukilau.com/restaurants/hon.html

hoohiki:
June 30th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Thanks, ST, for the pics! Pictures are worth a thousand words. Getting me all hyped for the upcoming FB season. I hope 2 positions open up for both Doris and Tony. Recruiting will definitly beef up with those two.

Pauoa Boy:
June 30th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Jason, I should be touching down on the homeland the end of this week. I will email you my contact info in case your friend wants to talk while I’m there. Like I said I can go with him to talk to the other recruiters so he feels more comfortable. Don’t worry I’m not going to be biased and steer him towards going into a certain direction, that is his choice. I would however like to give him the inside scoops on how it all works from beginning to end so he knows exactly what to expect. I’ve got experience working in the MEPS station, and have learned and researched from all branches, so like I said I will let him know who’s been hitting the pakalolo a little too much.

bonar:
June 30th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Thanks Jason!

Pauoa Boy:
June 30th, 2008 at 11:47 am
PIAA DS:

Thanks, appreciate it too.

Stephen Tsai:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Mack arrived back in town today. He’s at the camp at Aloha Stadium right now.

Loa:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
good afternoon gang!

Stephen - what camp is that?

Doris - thanks for stopping in today, appreciate all your efforts in helping out the kids not only for fb but the other sports as well

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
If anyone has a few seconds to spare today, please visit my Warrior Quotes blog. I have never posted a request like that here before, but I need to pad my stats for the month since someone is asking for that information. It is too bad that their request comes at such a dead time for UH football news…there was a lot more traffic during the season!

http://warriorquotes.wordpress.com/

homey ®:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
O-men working hard! Yeah baby! BTW, Mrs, A-House, did you notice more orbs in the pics?

Hello DORIS!

Mack is sure a busy body.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
This Idaho LB sure enjoyed his status as the last pick in the NFL draft.

Former Idaho linebacker David Vobora spent last week in Southern California being feted for his status as Mr. Irrelevant, a moniker he earned when we was chosen by the St. Louis Rams with the 252nd - and last pick - of the 2008 NFL Draft.

Vobora, the Eugene, Ore., native who was a two-time All-WAC selection for the Vandals, found out that last certainly is not least when it comes to the NFL Draft.

Vobora was introduced in shackles and a prison jump suit, but it was all uphill from there. There was a test drive of a lamborghini. He rubbed elbows with big-wigs at a banquet in his honor where he received the Lowsman Trophy. He spent time on a yacht, got VIP and rock-star type treatment at Disneyland and in Hollywood.

Oh yeah, and he got to spend time with Hugh Hefner and some of the famous playmates at The Playboy Mansion.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
The A’s just gave a $4.25 mil signing bonus to a 16-year-old from the Dominican Republic.

SaberScouting has learned from MLB sources that Dominican right-handed pitching phenom Michel Inoa has agreed to a $4.25 million bonus with the Oakland A’s. The A’s have called a press conference to announce the signing of their new prize.

As covered in this scouting report, Inoa has proven himself to be a rare pitching talent and, as his talent would indicate, has the top bonus in Latin history to prove it, shattering the previous record of $2.44 million to Wily Mo Pena.

Inoa is a 6′7, 205 lb pitcher with a low 90’s fastball that reaches 95, along with good feel for a curveball and changeup with a projectable body and feel that is beyond his years, despite lacking top-level coaching and being only 16 years old.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Mack sure is working hard at his job! I hope that he had a great time in Samoa and that UH finds a long-term benefit from his (and the other UH assistants) efforts there.

Stephen Tsai:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I’m melting … melting …
My desk is under what management wants people to believe is an A/C vent. It’s not. It makes noise like an A/C vent, but no air blows out. And because I’m in a windowless area, I’m baking.
Then at 5 p.m. every day — gurgle, gurgle — the A/C comes on and real air blows. Very strange, but I guess that’s when the managers leave and don’t need the A/C. Then again, not sure if I need A/C at 5 p.m.
I bring this up because one of the managers asked about not being invited to the blog party. I said everybody is invited, and the info is on the blog site. Manager admits to not visiting the site, although the manager is using the site in sales pitches to advertisers.
Anyway …
I’m melting … melting …

Kekoa:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Note to DORIS: Help is on the way!… Hoping the best for you in being named to the Recruiting position. I cannot think of a better person for the job.

I am discussing your support issues with some of the Tsaikos. I’m certain that we will be able to help you. We just need to put the package together as best we can to maximize our effort and minimize your problems. Stay tuned.

Da Punchbowl Kid:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Auwe Mr. Tsai!
All I can tell ya is that it is like a nice steamy sauna outside and our little AC runs day and night here up at Puowaena. Our electricity bill has taken on a life of it’s own. Sorry to hear of your suffering and anguish, but on the bright side, you’ll be ready for the heat and humidity of the Swamp. It’s a wonder that you still do such a great job while working in a “sweat shop.”

Kekoa:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
ST ~ Tell manager that all he had to do was send an email to stretch. We gotta have his name/rank/serial no./date of birth - info. We got room on the wait list now, since he’s good at waiting.

As with the other Special Guests we haven’t heard from, we need some assurance that they are coming. Like the coaches…otherwise they can watch ‘game’ film of the party the next day.

al:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
coach mack…..yah, he sure knows what he is doing.
really.

he is opening every possible door, now, to improve the university of hawaii’s football program. now is the golden opportunity for such because of the past success, and lets face it, like june jones said, his leaving will open doors and create a sense of urgency.

but, give mack such credit for seizing the moment. developing a great plan of action. jim donovan is also in a win-win situation. i mean after the fumbler, one can do no wrong for the moment.

ask now and you shall receive. come tomorrow it will be, “….. too late baby(carole king)”

yup, coach mack coupled with new ad donovan is just what the program needed in these times..

…nuff said!

Loa:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Stephen - grab your laptop and head across the street and practice darts
maybe manger no like ante up and was waiting for someone for treat’em when he says “invited”

Stephen Tsai:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Kekoa:
By the way, manager is a “she.”

99club:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
ST-

Your 12:31 post is a Dilbert classic.

homey ®:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Hey, jojo’s alive! Is your ear itchy?

LizKauai [Believer]:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Garret- for what it’s worth (manini bit) I hit your blogsite and linked to it from mine too.

Go Garret!

GO WARRIORS!

Stretch:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
ST - thanks for lighting a fire under a few okoles today.

Stretch:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
homey ®:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Hey, jojo’s alive! Is your ear itchy?

what you stick in her ear to make it itchy??

SteveM:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
ST — maybe a blogger A/C engineer can help, but in my experience as someone who needs A/C in computer labs, there is a shut off valve near your vent in the ceiling. This vent is controlled by your local thermostat, which opens and closes the vent to regulate temperature.

Perhaps some malfunction–OK, definitely a malfunction– is closing your valve. I have seen maintenance people go up there and tie down the valve lever in the open position… not that I advocate that or anything….

Stretch:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
ST - maybe your manager is getting your ready for the Florida game. We don’t want you to get heat exhaustion there.

bonar:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Garrett: “16″ in the Dominican Republic is really 18-20!

WarriorMojo:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
How can you market a product when you don’t know anything about the product. Heck, even hermie attended UH sporting events, albeit incognito.

PIAA DS:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Kekoa, can you email me? I have a little idea doris@pacificathleticalliance.com

WreckinEyez:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
The Tsaiko Party will be something to remember.

Bring Cash (or your check book) and bring your camera.

We will have Liz do the first prayer and maybe homey will do the prayer to Elvis before we go home…

homey ®:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Stretch - instigator! BTW, I placed my order for the Asian one. I’m pretty certain Wreck ordered the weightlifter one.

PIAA DS:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Hey Homey, long time no see!

Mack is at the Education 1st Football Camp at Aloha Stadium..someone above asked, cant find the post again.

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Thank you for those who visited my blog already! While I appreciate the comments also, I would prefer any Warrior-related comments to be put on this blog–a link to my blog is totally optional when making comments on this blog.

The reason I made the request is that this startup sports site has gathered a list of blogs that they want to put ads on and put through feeds. I signed up awhile back and forgot about it, but they gave me a request today to report my blog stats for this month.

100% of the revenue generated by the ads from my site will be donated to UH Athletics.

WarriorMojo:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
A year or two ago, I exchanged emails with Doris about setting up a scholarship to be used by athletes who needed to go to HPU (or reasonable facsimile) for one year in order to gain admission to UH the following year. As I understood it, the school needs to be a four year school without a football team to allow the player to transfer to UH without sitting out a year or without getting a two year degree from a JUCO. This was all inspired by the path that Blaze Soares took to UH and the thought that George Kauwalu (really sorry if I misspelled his name) might also have been considering that path at the time.

Anyway, I was supposed to follow up with Doris and basically never did. But what about that for a possible Tsaiko undertaking: the Tsaiko Scholarship fund? As I understand it, as creators of the fund we would be entitled to place limitations on the possible recipients. Any interest in helping secure the next Blaze for the Warriors?

Gotta run. Be back in a bit.

Stretch:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
homey ®:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Stretch - instigator! BTW, I placed my order for the Asian one. I’m pretty certain Wreck ordered the weightlifter one.

Since James has not ordered one, he will stick (to) what he already has at home.

bonar:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
OK Garrett: Done.

Loa:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
homey - beer mugs?

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
ST,

It is horrible to hear about the AC situation you have! And you have a manager that never visited your site? That is strange when the stats showed your site gets so much of the traffic for the Advertiser blogs!

My old company moved into a new building and the first time it rained during the work day (which is rare in San Diego) I found out that there was a leak in the roof right above where I sat! Luckily they fixed the problem quickly…

Stretch:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
bonar - you thinking of joining us at the Call the AD Show??

Stretch:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Loa - how come you never RSVP for the party??

homey ®:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
WM - Sounds interesting. Keep me in the loop.

Stretch - The money James used to repair it with duct tape could’ve been used to buy a new one!

Garret:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I agree with Al that Mack and JD are what the UH program needed.

I also agree with ST that the coaches know far more about recruiting than fans like me. Much that goes on is behind the scenes and we may wonder why a player has not gotten an offer from UH when he actually already has an offer from UH that we just haven’t heard about. This has happened many times in the past.

Mack has done a lot already to reach out to the high school coaches, plus making home visits, which will pay off big for UH in the future. I am behind him and the rest of UH and do not want anything I’ve said to be considered a criticism. I just try to monitor what other schools do and post them here as suggestions.

For example, I would love for a Junior Day and a camp to be held at UH next year, if they do not happen I trust in Mack that they will eventually when the funds and resources are available. It is quite possible that the new people that UH hires (such as Doris and/or Tony) would be in charge of making these things possible anyway, so things are being taken care of already by Mack and JD.

homey ®:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Loa’s not going to the party? Beer mugs?

LizKauai [Believer]:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
wafan, UKU@LA, izzy and Calvin from Kona, I called the UH boxoffice and left a message to see if they would allow me to add 3 more tickets (they said no changes when I made the first order). Will let you know if they call back.

al:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
is gigi still out there looking for her lost balls?

why is lizk so mum on the golf tournament?

LizKauai [Believer]:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
al- I posted gigi golf info on my blog- and lots of pics are linked from there!

homey ®:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
al - they are still in shock of that purple muumuu.

Loa:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Stretch - shhhhh, laying low since i heard one yakuza member attending

Homey - no. 145 - thought was for mugs not jugs

A-House:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
wreck:

why check book? what is being sold? what did I miss?

will the committee put out more info on the bash? I like swimming, but it’s terrible in the dark!

rage777:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
# Kekoa:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:33 pm

Note to DORIS: Help is on the way!… Hoping the best for you in being named to the Recruiting position. I cannot think of a better person for the job.

I am discussing your support issues with some of the Tsaikos. I’m certain that we will be able to help you. We just need to put the package together as best we can to maximize our effort and minimize your problems. Stay tuned.

Kekoa,
How do I get in on this?

Koauka:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Al:

Did you check Gigi’s choice of footwear? tsk, tsk.

(Jesse) James:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Homey/Stretch - I actually placed an order for two…asian and eatern european versions….

al - Liz reported that gigi only lost two balls…hope hubby is okay….mwahahahaahahaha

hoohiki:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
My sister who lives in D.C. said that the Redskins shop there was not selling Colt’s replica jersey, but eBay was selling it for 80$. Does anyone know where I could get one?

homey ®:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
If I lost 2 balls I’d be a…eunuch.

(Jesse) James:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
A-House…don’t worry, just bring your check book…Mrs. A-House knows all about it….mwahahahahahahaha

WreckinEyez:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
A-House,

You never know… Just in case you run out of cash for some of the things. Remember Raffles will be sold for one dollar each. With some of the prizes up… let’s just say I think $50+ dollars on raffles might be a worthwhile investment.

James,

I thought you were going to get those two… I know you have the Tongan Rock Wall Builder, the China Town Street walker, and the Country Auto-mechanic. Is the O Triple C prison guard the one with all the duck tape?

Stretch:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
A few updates for the party

1. We are at the max but if you would like to be put on a waiting list in the event someone can’t make it, email me at tsaikoparty at yahoo.
2. I will be making nametags for everyone. It will include your blog name (if any) and your real name. If there is anyone who has a problem, please email me at tsaikoparty at yahoo.
3. We will have “Tsaiko” logo items for sale. Glass mugs and stickers. There is limited supply but if we run out, we will take orders and make more. Proceeds go to UH/Football
4. We will be giving one raffle ticket to each person attending for the prize giveaways. Additional raffle tickets can be purchased for $1 each. All money goes to UH/Football

Capitol -ist/WassupDoc:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Jason:

Justincase you didn’t get a response back - yes, you can bring your Tsaiko-mento to the Hukilau tonight. I’m bringing the Ching/Cooke Field specs so we can decide if the drawing needs to be re-sized and maybe mounted.

Note to anyone going to away games: We’ll be glad to purchase game tickets for you - as long as you pay us for them - although we’re not going on the road ourselves.

Back to work - major report due at 4:30 pm.

(Jesse) James:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
hoohiki…I believe ST said they were available at a sports store in Windward Mall…not sure though.

homey ®:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Wreck/Stretch/James - Just for the heck of it I ordered the pygmy one.

al:
June 30th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
garret…..you have been a proponent of ‘junior day’ for some time now. i believe that mack will get that implemented from the next year. you are right that you can never be too early in recruiting.

…..
on another note:

what many fans and supporters need to understand is that,

for one there is a limit to the number of scholies available every year, 25 is the max, providing the apr is in line.

two, a strutured recruiting process is being put in to place now and until all the parts are in line, only then will the coaches know exactuly what they need every year, four years in advance for each and every position.

third, the biggest thing is, ‘don’t believe everything you hear’. a kid may say he was offered by a university, when in fact he wasn’t. a kid (or a parent, uncle, aunty, friend) may say he wasn’t when he was but didin’t take action in a timely manner and therefore, the offer no longer was avalable. rumor, exaggerations, also come in to play.

fourth, if a kid wants to be part of this program then he should emphatically state such. don’t say i kind of would like to go to the mainland or want to listen to more options or want to get off the rock. that puts you back to the middle or bottom of the barrel. if you want to be a warrior say so! vaughn meatoga (kauai boy) said so and was offered and committed before the summer of his senior year, for example.

fifth, for the neighbor island kids, if you have the talent, academics, and the desire to be a warrior. go call the coach as often as you can. go ask your coach to call as

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