Quotes from HF

About how no school has contacted him about JJ, HF said:
"In most of these types of situations, (they'll) call the athletic director. You don't have to give them permission, but they'll at least call you and talk to you." (HA)


About how JJ will be in demand, HF said:
"Who wouldn't want to talk to June Jones? He's an outstanding football coach. He's done a terrific job here in the state of Hawai'i and when you have success like we've had these things are always going to pop up." (HA)


About how JJ's name would still pop up if he had an extension, HF said:
"If he had a contract extension or not, his name's going to pop up. Chris Petersen did a terrific job at Boise (State) last year. Just signed a new contract and his name pops up. When you sustain that kind of excellence in your sport, that's going to happen. If you do the job you're supposed to do, your name is going to pop up." (HA)


HF said that he will not:
"negotiate June's contract through the media." (HA)


About the AD opening at Washington, HF said:
"I don't think the ink is dry on the email for anyone to even be discussing who's going to go to Washington." (HA)


Denying that he went to NY for the Heisman ceremony to pursue another job, HF said:
"Absolutely false. Absolutely did not interview for any jobs in New York." (HA)


About the earlier rumors that he'd be leaving UH, HF said:
"When I was on the Olympic Committee, everybody had me going to the committee as a full-time employee. I came off the Olympic Committee board and that stopped. I don't know that there are any other AD jobs open other than the one that opened today (in Washington). I'm not looking for a position. I've got several years left on my contract here and it's been fun." (HA)


About surveying season ticket holders to check on interest in Sugar Bowl tickets, HF said:
"You can do the survey, but how sound is it? I'm sure if I did a survey everybody would say, 'Yeah, I want to go.' But everybody can't go. You aren't going to find many people who are going to say no on a survey, especially when they're as enthusiastic as they've been." (HA)


About how they will get enough tickets for the season ticket holders on their waiting list, HF said:
"A decision was made and it wasn't very popular, but it was made. It's one that we have rebounded from in some respects by being able to have over 15,000 seats that have been allocated toward the University of Hawai'i. Being able to rebound with that kind of number makes us feel a whole lot better. I think the demand was unbelievable for people wanting to go to the game. At the end of the day, it looks like we're going to be able to service all of the people who were involved in this from a season-ticket point of view who put their names on the lists that were compiled." (HA)