About how his life hasn't changed despite going from 4th string to starting QB, Bryant Moniz said:
"Everything is the same, especially at home. My family doesn't treat me different. I still pick up my dog's waste." (HA)
Asked if they feel the pressure to win all their games to make the Hawaii Bowl, Blaze Soares said:
"Pressure? When your back is against the wall, are you going to stay in the corner or fight your way out? It's how you rise to the occasion. We're going to go down swinging. That's the type of style we have." (HA)
About how they have nothing to lose, Vaughn Meatoga said:
"We have nothing to lose. Those are the scariest people. It's about working hard and never giving up." (HA)
About cutting a minute from each practice drill to shorten practices by about 20 minutes, Mac said:
"It's toward the end of the season, and we want to keep their legs fresh." (HA)
HA Note: "Still, McMackin wants to keep the Warriors mentally prepared. In the days before a game, each player is given a quiz on what to do during certain football situations. A failing score can cost a player a berth on the travel roster or a starting job."
About the quizzes given to their players, Mac said:
"They have to know what we're doing. If they don't, they might not play." (HA)
About how the quizzes force their players to focus, Mac said:
"It's like taking a class. The only difference is that every Saturday night, we get evaluated on the test's outcome." (HA)
Praising Bryant Moniz, Rolo said:
"I love how he prepares. I love his personality. I love the way he attacks the situation, and continues to attack it. He strives for greatness." (HA)
HA Note: "It started as a simple on-air suggestion from radio color commentator Robert Kekaula: Why not throw more to the backs? Before a road practice, head coach Greg McMackin mockingly brought Kekaula to the middle of the huddle to announce the suggestion. And then, beginning a couple of weeks ago, the Warriors started throwing to the lone back on screens and swing patterns. Both swing passes and all three screens were completed — to Wright-Jackson or Green — for a yards-after-catch (YAC) average of 14.0. Each of the five completions resulted in a first down."
About throwing screen passes to their RBs, Rolo said:
"We've tried to expand our screen game to give us another option." (HA)
About how the screen passes are hard on the QBs, Rolo said:
"It's a tough throw. The distance and the angle are so different from anything a quarterback usually throws." (HA)
About how he takes a quick step forward (getting his defender to retreat backwards) then backs up 2 steps to catch the inside screen, Greg Salas said:
"That's part of the screen. You have to get yourself open." (HA)
Praising the play of safety Mana Silva, Chris Tormey (who coaches the safeties) said:
"Mana has always been pretty good in reading the quarterback and reading route progression and breaking on the ball. He's getting better, I think, in his angles in the run game." (HA)
About how he gained nearly 20 pounds earlier this season (getting up to 220), Mana Silva said:
"I kept eating the wrong stuff." (HA)
About how he replaced white rice with salads, had his wife take over preparing his meals, and ran extra after practice to weigh 203, Silva was asked what he recently had for dinner and said:
"Turkey chili with brown rice." (HA)
About how the defensive coaches simplified their schemes, which helped them stop NMSU from scoring a TD on offense, Kiesel-Kauhane said:
"Now, it's just read and react." (HA)
About how he has been working on the way he drops the ball for his punts, with his goal to hold the ball with the laces up and have it bounce with the laces still up, Alex Dunnachie said:
"Every drop should bounce straight up exactly like I dropped it,. Every time I do that, I give myself one point. If it doesn't, I take a point off. I try to get to 10, 20, or 50." (HA)
About how Coach Tomey will have his team prepared to face UH, Rich Miano said:
"(Tomey) is going to have those guys ready to play. We're going to have to play a great game because they're going to be fired up." (HSB)
HSB Note: "Miano and assistant head coach George Lumpkin represent the remaining links between Tomey's UH career and the current staff. Lumpkin served as an assistant throughout Tomey's 10 years in Manoa, while Miano developed from a walk-on into an All-WAC safety under his leadership."
About playing for Coach Tomey, Miano said:
"One of the most influential coaches of my life. When I first came to the University of Hawaii, I admired him so much, you put a guy like that on a pedestal. He commanded respect. ... When he spoke you listened. Whatever he said to do, you did. You just believed you were going to win, you believed you were learning the fundamentals of the game, the fundamentals of life." (HSB)
About how Coach Tomey goes beyond just worrying about his team's on-field play, George Lumpkin said:
"He really strived for perfection and discipline in a lot of ways, but at the same time was very compassionate for people, especially young people. He did all the motivating and talking to kids and helping them to understand how to be the best they can be." (HSB)
About how Coach Tomey is well respected in Hawaii, Blaze Soares said:
"He's a well-respected coach in Hawaii. I remember growing up hearing about him, that's one person you have to respect. He came to (Hawaii), he poured his heart out, and it's going to be awesome to play against him again." (HSB)
About how Tomey has moved away from the conservative offenses he was known for, Miano said:
"He's changed now. He spreads you all over the field; you've still got your trick plays, you've still got special teams things you've got be aware of. He keeps you thinking. You never know what you're going to get from this guy." (HSB)
About how they want to establish their running game, Leon Wright-Jackson said:
"We want to run it, get them to respect it. Big runs is just our whole team doing a good job; our offensive line blocking, the receivers running (defenders) off or blocking. That's the reason the big runs have been popping." (HSB)
About how his team (1-8 now) will play better to end their season, Tomey said:
"I promise you were going to refocus ourselves and put something together this week we can really be proud of." (HSB)
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