Warrior Quotes from the Star-Advertiser 12/16/10 (Players want Mack to get an extension)

About how he feels that Mack deserves a contract extension, Mana Silva said:
"He's doing a great job for our program. Anyone who has done as good a job has earned an extension." (HSA)


Mack said that he would:
"like an extension.  We're building this program. These are guys I've brought in here. I want to be able to see the job through." (HSA)


About the program would benefit from him getting an extension, Mack said that an extension is:
"important for recruiting and retaining my staff. (Those are) the two main reasons. The kids want to know you'll be there for the time they'll be there. And (assistant) coaches are on one-year contracts. As long as I'm here, they're here." (HSA)


About how he would like Mack to get an extension, Corey Paredes said:
"Of course. Coach Mack is an awesome coach. He takes care of his players. He treats his players like his own children. ... And he's led us to some victories." (HSA)


Supporting Mack, Luke Ingram said:
"He does take care of his players. If you're a head coach, that's all that counts. You're in it for the players, and not for yourself. He's doing a great job taking care of us. My two years (at UH), he's been here, and he'll be here my last two. And it'll be a good thing for all of the up-and-coming guys out of high school to work with him, too." (HSA)


Comparing their team's resiliency to cockroaches, Bryant Moniz said:
"We're the cockroaches. Everybody thought they killed us last year. They thought we were dead. And then we got up. You know when you think you killed a cockroach, then you come back, and it's gone? That's us. They thought we were dead after last year. We came back. We won 10 games. We're going to a bowl game. They need to get a bigger slipper to kill us." (HSA)


Informed about Moniz's cockroach analogy, Corey Paredes said:
"I like that. That's a good analogy. Cockroaches are resilient. Even though their guts are spilled all over the floor, they're still going." (HSA)


Liking Moniz's cockroach analogy, Alex Green said:
"That's a good one by Mo. Everybody picked us low. We worked hard, and we're in the Top 25. We busted our butts for it." (HSA)


About how he was amazed at the size of cockroaches in Hawaii, Green (who is from Oregon) said:
"I've never seen cockroaches as big as I've seen out here in Hawaii. My first year, I was in training camp, and we were (staying) in the studios. I picked up my phone, and a big cockroach jumped into my bed. And (Hawaii's cockroaches) fly." (HSA)


About how he never saw cockroaches when he grew up in Northern California, Scott Enos said:
"I'd never seen cockroaches until I moved out here. It was a new experience for me. They don't stop. I've tried to kill them, and they keep coming back." (HSA)


About signing and faxing his letter of intent to UH, Cecil Doe said:
"I'm excited about playing for Hawaii." (HSA)


HSA Note: "The Warriors yesterday had their first full practice in nearly two weeks. They play Tulsa in the Dec. 24 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. The break "was good for us," said Moniz, whose Warriors ended their regular season Dec. 4. They had conditioning drills last week. Practices scheduled for the past Monday and Tuesday were canceled because many of the players were taking final exams."


About how they needed the time off from practice, Alex Green said:
"The rest was needed. We played a 13-game season. We needed a little breather." (HSA)


About how their players played through their injuries this season, Paredes said:
"This team has heart. That's why we're winning. Guys were hurt, but they pushed through the pain. That's our identity." (HSA)


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