About the importance of getting Cooke field renovated, Tim Grasso said:
"It would be a huge thing if we could actually get on this field. Right now, it's not really used that much. The track's great but to actually have a practice out on this field would be great. It's right next to the locker room." (KHNL)
KHNL Note: "The university is moving forward to renovate Cooke Field. It finalized the bidding process Friday afternoon and the difference between the two lowest bids? A mere $20,000. But the difference between the lowest and the highest bid is almost $400 thousand."
About the importance of competition to keep the bids down, Logan Hamocon (who owns Sports Turf Hawaii and had the lowest bid at $862,381) said:
"For me that just goes to show, the need for competition, fair competition." (KHNL)
KHNL Note: "Applied Surface Technology had the next lowest bid at $883,863. Two other bids were $1.05 million and $.125 million. Hamocon has a C-27 landscape contractor license, and his main competitor Dennis Sadowski, with Applied Surface Technology, has a C-68FF license. Sadowski, who is on the contractors board, complained, and then was assigned the task of reworking the rules, according to the Contractors License Board's meeting minutes from October 2007. The contractors board is looking into which license is necessary to actually do the job."
KHNL Note: "Hamocon did the work on Murakami Stadium, winning praise from the baseball team. The football team looks forward to a similar type of synthetic turf."
About how it is better to have turf on their practice field, Grasso said:
"Practicing on turf is a lot better than on grass. If your opponent is playing on turf, you should be practicing on turf. It's tough for us because Aloha Stadium is so far away. We can't practice there but it would be huge to practice on Cooke Field." (KHNL)
Looking forward to getting Cooke Field ready as soon as possible, Hamocon said:
"My team, my company, myself, we're ready to go. So just give us the work." (KHNL)
About renovating Cooke Field, Grasso said:
"We'd be stepping it up like other colleges and universities, and just seeing a program moving forward." (KHNL)
When KHNL asked if they would win back to back championships, Grasso said:
"Absolutely." (KHNL)
Saturday, July 26, 2008
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It was definitely a great idea to resurface Cooke Field with the stuff UH plays with on saturdays. You always want a consistent surface that will give you the same field day in and day out. Also, another added benefit is the fact that UH can use the field even in horrible downpour as the stuff drains well. A great investment!
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