Warrior Quotes from the Star-Advertiser 3/29/11 (Miah Ostrowski had his first practice)

About his first practice of spring training, Miah Ostrowski said:
"It was hard waiting around all day. Once I caught my first ball, I was all right." (HSA)


About having Ostrowski as their right slotback on the first-team offense in their practice, Mack said:
"It was great getting him out there. Everybody was really excited about having him back. He has to get his timing back. I think every sport has a different tempo. But our offense is like basketball on a field, and he did a good job running his routes." (HSA)


About Ostrowki (his roommate last season on road trips), Bryant Moniz said:
"Miah knows the offense as well as anybody else out there. We have good chemistry." (HSA)


About how Ostrowski learned a lot about their offense from Salas and Pilares, Rolo said:
"He communicated a lot with them, and all of those things are positives." (HSA)


About learning from Salas and Pilares, Ostrowski said that their receivers are:
"close as a unit. I learned from (Salas and Pilares) after watching them for two, three solid years. Just the way they ran after the catch helped me a lot." (HSA)


About how he relaxed during spring break since basketball was over and spring practice had an off week, Ostrowski said:
"I didn't do anything at all. I relaxed the body. I didn't want to do any running at all." (HSA)


About how Ostrowski ran a lot as the only healthy point guard on the basketball team's final 2 games, Rolo said:
"I think he's in really good shape. He didn't have any trouble in that area." (HSA)


About how he caught all 3 passes thrown his way during 6-on-7 situational drills and ran just 1 route incorrectly in 12 plays during team drills against their #1 defense, Ostrowski said:
"It was a minor mistake." (HSA)


Praising Ostrowski's play in their practice, Rolo said:
"He did a lot of good things out there." (HSA)


About how Terence Bell might be a better fit at right wideout and Allen Sampson move from #1 left slotback to left wideout yesterday, Rolo said:
"Everybody is getting a lot of work. Allen is doing some nice things on the outside. Billy Ray is doing a good job at slot. Bell is smart, and he can help us in a lot of ways." (HSA)


About having Moniz back as their starting QB, Rolo said:
"Having 'Mo' back is definitely a plus. It is nice having him back to orchestrate because he is so dialed in with the offense. He's like having another coach out there at this point." (HSA)

HSA Note: "Ten of the 12 Football Bowl Subdivision teams on UH's schedule are casting for starting quarterbacks, including the first three foes the Warriors face — Colorado, Washington and Nevada-Las Vegas."


http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110329_Ostrowski_back_to_football.html

http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/ferdswords/20110329_Returning_starter_Moniz_puts_UH_a_step_up_on_11_opponents.html