About how football on the Big Island improved, Hogan Rosehill said:
"The Big Island is definitely getting a lot stronger. Now you don't have to just dream about making it to a Division I school, you can actually do it." (HSA)
About how his brother Mana Silva is a good example of a Big Island high school player that had D-IA success (at UH), Kana Silva said:
"He worked very hard for his success, so he's a good example." (HSA)
Asked about their play in their scrimmage, Mack said:
"We've got to look at the tape. We've got a lot of good players." (HSA)
HSA Note: "Anyone who saw it knows Darryl McBride's a force to be reckoned with after he spent yesterday wreckin' the Warriors offense with three sacks (one-hand-touch sacks, but sacks nonetheless). Elephant, rhino, tyrannosaurus ... call the position whatever you want, get him in the game. We knew Allen Sampson was fast. But that fast? Fifty-five-yards-on-a-short-pass-against-the-first-team-defense fast? Maybe it was the electric green cleats, like the shoes the basketball team wore."
About how Kana Silva could have success at UH like his brother Mana, Dominic Pacheco (basketball coach at Kamehameha-Hawaii) said:
"He's like Mana, just a little smaller. Athletic, quick, hard worker." (HSA)
About how they will rotate among the 3 neighbor islands each year, JD said:
"The question is if we'll go to Kona or Hilo next time (in 2014). But we won't be doing it without Hawaiian Air's help." (HSA)
About Miah Ostrowski's 2 catches for 53 yards, including the 44-yard reception for the only TD of the scrimmage, Rolo said:
"Tell Gib (Arnold, the basketball team's head coach), 'We're not giving him back.' " (HSA)
Asked about how the basketball team will be touring Asia this summer, Rolo said:
"No passport. I have (Ostrowski's) passport in my office." (HSA)
Asked about Ostrowski playing both sports, Mack said:
"Miah is a real good player, and he'll play both sports. I want Miah to be happy. I have a lot of respect for him." (HSA)
About how Ostrowski had the choice between stopping after 10 yards, finding a seam, or running a post route, David Graves talked about recognizing that Ostrowski was going to run the post on his TD reception:
"I read his head and shoulder movements. I knew exactly what he was going to do based on his body language. We have a great connection from when we were on the scout team together." (HSA)
About how he has run that "91 streak" route hundreds of times, Ostrowski said:
"It's a read, and I took the post. I had one-on-one with the safety, I set him to the corner, and I ran the post. That's from working with David Graves all of the time. We're on the same page." (HSA)
Praising the 44-yard TD route and pass, Rolo said:
"That's what we want to see." (HSA)
HSA Note: "Indeed, yesterday's day trip to the Big Island was intended as a spread-the-aloha gesture for the state's only Division I athletic program. Hawaiian Airlines picked up most of the travel cost, leaving ground transportation — priced at under $1,000 — as the Warriors' only expense, athletic director Jim Donovan said. He said UH would have paid just as much if the event were held at Aloha Stadium."
About how tackling was allowed on anyone except the QBs, Rolo said:
"It was competitive, and the receivers and running backs held onto the ball." (HSA)
About how he stayed in the pocket and completed 6 of 7 passes for 111 yards, David Graves said:
"Last spring, I was a little immature with the offense, and I'd run out (of the pocket) and use my legs a little bit. This spring, I'm staying in the pocket, going through my progressions, getting the ball out of my hands and to the receivers." (HSA)
About how there were a lot of positives during the scrimmage, Mack said:
"There were a lot of good things out there. The offense did some good things, and the defense did some good things. There were big plays on both sides." (HSA)
About using the "elephant" position to enable them to change from a 4-3 to a 3-4 without having to substitute, Dave Aranda said:
"Instead of subbing, we want to go from four-man fronts to three-man fronts on the move. That way we don't have to sub, and teams can't no-huddle us. We have our people already on the field." (HSA)
HSA Note: "Darryl McBride, who is a converted safety; Art Laurel and T.J. Taiamatuia rotate as the elephant. McBride is 206 pounds; Laurel and Taiamatuia are each about 235 pounds."
About their options at the elephant position, Aranda said:
"There are certain down-and-distances where Darryl is the guy, and certain situations where we want a bigger player like Art or T.J.." (HSA)
About McBride's 3 sacks and a body-slam of Clapp on a screen play, Aranda said:
"He's playing fast, and he's making plays." (HSA)
About making a big hit in the scrimmage, McBride said:
"They said we could hit. Why slow down? I wanted to drill them." (HSA)
About how the offense drove to the 15 about halfway through the scrimmage, Aranda said:
"This is where you either put up or shut up as a defense. You do all of that talking when you're on the (offense's) 20, but what are you made of here?" (HSA)
About how they stopped the drive with a 3-yard pass, 0 yard rush, and an incompletion, Aranda said:
"We made a stand. The scrimmage was for situations like that. We learned a lot. I'm proud of them." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/furtherreview/20110410_football_trips_to_neighbor_islands_ensure_healthy_statewide_fan_base.html
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110410_Ostrowski_comes_up_big.html
Sunday, April 10, 2011
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