About how former Leilehua QB Andrew Manley might have a chance to play this season, Walker said:
"In a perfect world, you'd like to redshirt him. But he's capable of being our second or third quarterback. I'm not afraid to play him this year if he learns (the offense)." (HSA)
HSA Note:"Hawaii head coach Greg McMackin acknowledged he made a scholarship offer in July 2008, when Manley was entering his junior year at Leilehua. McMackin made a second offer the following summer. With four quarterback prospects on the Warriors' radar, each was told the scholarship would go to the first to accept. When Manley opted to explore other options before making a decision, the UH scholarship went to Kevin Spain. McMackin said he had a grayshirt opportunity, in which Manley could join the Warriors in January 2011, if he could not secure another scholarship."
About how "some buddies who live" on Oahu called him after Manley got the grayshirt offer from UH, Walker said:
"They said we have a quarterback up here who's being under-recruited." (HSA)
About looking at Manley's highlight video, Walker said:
"It was like, 'Geez, he's a good player.' We got him on the phone, got him on the (recruiting) visit, sold him on our vision, and he jumped in. We feel like we stole a good player. We feel there are a lot of schools who dropped the ball on his recruitment." (HSA)
About how Manley has the skills to be a successful D-IA QB, Walker said:
"He's so mature. He has good size. He has good arm strength. He loves the game. He has great passion for the game of football. He's a leader. I think he's going to be a heck of a football player in our conference." (HSA)
Walker said that they will be running a spread offense so Manley will:
"have to do some quarterback run stuff. He doesn't have to be great at it. He has to be able to provide a threat that he is capable of running. With what he can do throwing the ball, and his football IQ, and his leadership, he's what you're looking for at quarterback." (HSA)
About how he got to know Mack when he was an assistant coach on offense at Texas Tech and Mack was the defensive coordinator there, Louisiana Tech head coach Sonny Dykes said:
"I really, really like Greg as a person. He obviously has a great coaching background. We went against each other a lot. I felt Greg was a great team guy. That's what stands out to me. I was a young coach at the time. Watching Greg coach for (then-Tech head coach) Mike Leach, who was strictly an offensive guy—which was sometimes hard on a defensive coordinator—I felt Greg did a great job of handling it. He was the ultimate team player." (HSA)
About how Dave Aranda was a graduate assistant back then at Texas Tech, Dykes said:
"He's one of the brightest young coaches in the game. I think he's a very dedicated hard worker. He has a bright future ahead of him. I don't know if I've been around anyone who has a better work ethic than Dave does." (HSA)
HSA Note: "San Jose State, meanwhile, is reporting a balanced athletic department budget. The Spartans' fiscal efficiency is traced to a strong fundraising campaign, as well as support from state funds and a student athletics fee. SJSU sports information director Lawrence Fan has set the tone. Fan, who needed to deliver seven boxes of media guides to the WAC Football Media Preview and the University of Utah, decided to drive instead of travel by plane. He said he saved the department a significant amount in airfare and shipping charges. The distance between San Jose and Salt Lake City is about 800 miles. Fan filled up his car's gas tank five times during the round trip. He stayed in a motel that charged less than $50."
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The real story on Andrew Manley is that he was offered at the UH camp between his sophomore and junior year. Coach McMackin told Andrew and his dad he wanted to be the first to offer and for him not to worry about committing throughout is junior year, just go have fun knowing you have a scholarship. He has always been a huge fan of UH and couldn’t stop smiling after the offer. The following spring he was invited to over 10 camps in the mainland and was only able to attend a couple of them. He stayed in very close contact with UH throughout the entire process. Coach McMackin told him and his parents at Junior Day "to take your time, go to the camps and come back to Hawaii knowing this is where you truly want to be". UH put no time lines on the offer and at no time did they tell Andrew or his parents that they offered other QB's and the first to commit gets the scholarship. I repeat, at no time did the UH coaching staff or anyone affiliated with the UH tell Andrew or his family that other QB's were offered and the first to commit gets it. While at a camp in the mainland the family received an email from Coach McMackin telling them the offer had been pulled. Andrew Manley and his family were in total shock!!! The gray shirt offer happened after his parents called the coach and asked what in the world just happened, you tell us one thing and do another. He felt so bad that he offered a gray shirt a week later. I am not sure what the story from McMackin is about offering a second time, I guess it just another blatant lie, the offer was pulled in June of 2009...period, no other offers and the gray shirt was verbal only. In the fall of Andrew Manley's senior year he was told that they gray shirt was not guaranteed.
ReplyDeleteWhat really happened is Coach McMackin received a call from his good friend Coach Erickson about a QB in Arizona. They watched tape and liked him so much they offered right away. He should just tell the truth and say we found this other QB we liked better than Andrew Manley and went in that direction. That’s recruiting, and if coaches weren’t doing that I would be upset with them. But don’t lie about it and try to make the kid look bad. Andrew is one of the most humble down to earth kids I know. Just a hunch but I bet they told Kevin Spain you better commit quickly before Manley comes back from the mainland and commits because we only have one scholarship for the QB position. It would have been nice for Andrew Manley to have all that information. I guarantee he would be a Warrior right now.
This has been a gut wrenching experience for the Manley Family, when UH decided to pull this crap they made a decision the stay quiet, but it’s back again and it’s starting to wears on them.
I understand that writing in this blog will perpetuate the situation, but the other side needed to be heard.
Many won’t believe this because all you have heard is UH’s story. If you tell a lie enough times it becomes the truth.