AD application update

About how he applied for the AD position on Monday, Clapp said:
"I'm always interested in leadership opportunities in intercollegiate athletics and I'm particularly interested in this one. I think it's a terrific place to be. Great people. A wonderful, wonderful opportunity. That being said I continue to be excited to serve UH in whatever role the chancellor and others want me involved." (HSB)

HSB Note: "Two sources said UH associate athletic director Marilyn Moniz-Kaho'ohanohano had applied. She did not return a call yesterday."

About how he has not applied yet, Hilo Community College chancellor (and former UH associate AD) Rockne Freitas said:
"I'm still thinking about it. I honestly haven't decided yet." (HSB)

HSB Note: "Others sang similar tunes yesterday, including Hawaii High School Athletic Association executive director Keith Amemiya, Hawaii Bowl executive director Jim Donovan and Kamehameha-Hawaii athletic director Bob Wagner. All have expressed at least some interest, but none had applied when contacted yesterday."

About how he has not applied for the position yet, Bob Wagner said:
"I'm real interested, but I have not officially applied." (HSB)

HSB Note: "Several other potential candidates have surfaced, including KGMB executive Rick Blangiardi, Aloha Stadium authority board member Marcia Klompus and San Jose State football coach Dick Tomey. UH was to announce a selection committee by the end of the week and hopes to have the job filled in a month."

Ferd wrote in HA: "It isn't only UH staffers and media onlookers who felt the process wasn't all it could — or should — have been. Some of the people who served on the so-called selection committee in 2002 will tell you they felt misled and kept in the dark by the way it played out. So much so that when the announcement was made they claimed to be as surprised as anyone.

They talk about having been window dressing and of votes that were cast but totals never added up or announced in their presence.

"In hindsight it is pretty clear that the hiring of (Herman) Frazier was a done deal from the start when key information was kept from us and candidates with local ties weren't even given the opportunity to be interviewed," said one committee member who asked to remain anonymous.

It is not a solo opinion, judging from comments by others who served on the 16-member committee. So much so that as controversy over Frazier's administration swirled these last two years, you had to point a finger at the process that put him there as much as the man himself."