I've been thinking about this for quite some time and have finally come to a decision on this issue. I am not going to archive anymore quotes about the Warriors on this blog. I am still a Warriors fan and will read everything I can on the team, so it bothers me that Warriors fans will not have an archive anymore for quotes on the team. Tombo does an amazing job in covering the news about the Warriors with awesome video support from Chawan_Cut and you can get to his blog at: http://uhfootball.blogspot.com/
The reason I'm stopping this blog is simple. National coverage of the Warriors has decreased by 90% or so from the 2006-2007 years, so the bulk of the quotes are coming from Hawaii newspapers. Hawaii used to have 2 Honolulu newspapers that provided free content, but now there is just 1 newspaper that has recently put up a paywall. I could archive the quotes from their articles, and just getting quotes seems to be fine with "fair use" copyright laws, but that would hurt the newspaper since people could get the content of the articles without paying. Since the Star-Advertiser is the source of almost all of the quotes for the Warriors, leaving them out would neuter this quote archive to the point that it would just be pointless to continue.
Online-only subscriptions to the Star-Advertiser are very reasonably priced, especially when compared to other paywalls set up by mainland newspapers. Subscribers to the print newspaper get a code for free online access to the online newspaper...but not everyone has parents like I do who subscribe to the Star-Advertiser (and the Advertiser and Star-Bulletin before the Star-Advertise existed) and never read the online newspaper so they can give their code to a grateful son.
I am sad to see this blog end and hope that this blog has been useful to anyone interested in the Warriors.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
The Playing Surface of Aloha Stadium will be called "Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium"
HSA Note: "Terms of the multi-year deal were not announced but are expected to be in the range of five years for $2.5 million, people familiar with past discussions have said."
HSA Note: "In addition, Hawaiian said it will help fund University of Hawaii travel costs."
About their sponsorship of UH sports, Hawaiian Airlines president and CEO Mark Dunkerley said:
"We are pleased to use funds from our marketing budget to contribute to these much-needed improvements and increasing our support of the home team at UH." (HSA)
Praising Hawaii Airlines for their sponsorship, Aloha Stadium manager Scott Chan said:
"We appreciate Hawaiian Airlines coming forward with its sponsorship of this outstanding new field." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/126799833.html
HSA Note: "In addition, Hawaiian said it will help fund University of Hawaii travel costs."
About their sponsorship of UH sports, Hawaiian Airlines president and CEO Mark Dunkerley said:
"We are pleased to use funds from our marketing budget to contribute to these much-needed improvements and increasing our support of the home team at UH." (HSA)
Praising Hawaii Airlines for their sponsorship, Aloha Stadium manager Scott Chan said:
"We appreciate Hawaiian Airlines coming forward with its sponsorship of this outstanding new field." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/126799833.html
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Quotes from the HSA Overview of each position for the Warriors
About how Moniz (who owns a DVD projector that allows him to watch videos at home or on hotel-room walls) understands their offense, Rolo said:
"You don't need to draw things up for him. You can talk to him, and he understands." (HSA)
About how Moniz does not have the freedom to call plays, but he has designed a few that were used in games, Rolo said:
"They all worked." (HSA)
About how David Graves is the early favorite to start at QB next season but needs to work on going through his read progressions before scrambling out of the pocket, Rolo said:
"This will be a big year for him." (HSA)
About Sterling Jackson's running style, Rolo said:
"He can get us tough yards if we need it." (HSA)
Pointing out how in 2008 Greg Salas was a wideout and Kealoha Pilares was a RB, but both were highly productive at slot for UH in 2010, Mack said:
"It's about finding the right place for each player." (HSA)
About how Miah Ostrowski's basketball background helps him in football, Rolo said:
"He understands spacing." (HSA)
About how Terence Bell adjusted well to being shifted from slot to wideout, Rolo said:
"He's an underestimated playmaker." (HSA)
About how UH changed its recruiting strategy a few years ago to look for tall OL with a frame that could fill out to 300 pounds, such as Sean Shigematsu, OL coach Gordy Shaw said:
"(Shigematsu) was probably outside most people's box. He was a good volleyball player and a good basketball player. He's not where he needed to be strength wise, but he's smart, has long arms, and has very good footwork." (HSA)
About how Andrew Faaumu was cut before the 2008 training camp but lost weight and gained strength to be added to their 2009 roster, playing 9 games last year, Shaw said:
"He's a self-made millionaire in football. He didn't have 2 cents together when he first came to the University of Hawaii in his ability and physical size. He had the door slammed in his face. We gave him simple goals, and he attained them. Then we gave him tougher goals, and he made those." (HSA)
» Right end: Siaki Cravens, Paipai Falemalu, Alasi Toilolo, Tavita Woodard, Beau Yap.
About DTs Kaniela Tuipulotu and Vaughn Meatoga, DL coach Tony Tuioti said:
"They do a great job of knocking back offensive linemen." (HSA)
About how their DL are taught to get to the "heel" line, where the blockers' heels are at the snap, to best be able to cut off quicker RBs, Tuioti said:
"Those two guys are great at getting to the heel line. They're not sitting back and catching the offensive linemen. They're attacking. That's what you can get from them." (HSA)
About how Corey Paredes is listed at MLB but will move around on defense, Mack said:
"He's going to move around." (HSA)
About how Paredes started at the middle of the field and caught Nevada's Colin Kaepernick last season near the sideline, Mack said:
"There's not many guys who can make that play. I don't need to time him. I know he's as fast as he needs to be. He has the Warrior's heart." (HSA)
About how Tank Hopkins is an aggressive open-field tackler, Mack said:
"Why do you think they call him Tank?" (HSA)
About how they only returned 19 of 70 punts last season for a 3.8 return average, Mack said:
"The problem is we weren't executing." (HSA)
About how they are going to attack on special teams under special teams coordinator Dick Tomey, Mack said:
"We attack on offense, we attack on defense, and now we're going to go after punters and kickers." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110803_2011_Warriors_football_position_breakdown.html
"You don't need to draw things up for him. You can talk to him, and he understands." (HSA)
About how Moniz does not have the freedom to call plays, but he has designed a few that were used in games, Rolo said:
"They all worked." (HSA)
About how David Graves is the early favorite to start at QB next season but needs to work on going through his read progressions before scrambling out of the pocket, Rolo said:
"This will be a big year for him." (HSA)
About Sterling Jackson's running style, Rolo said:
"He can get us tough yards if we need it." (HSA)
Pointing out how in 2008 Greg Salas was a wideout and Kealoha Pilares was a RB, but both were highly productive at slot for UH in 2010, Mack said:
"It's about finding the right place for each player." (HSA)
About how Miah Ostrowski's basketball background helps him in football, Rolo said:
"He understands spacing." (HSA)
About how Terence Bell adjusted well to being shifted from slot to wideout, Rolo said:
"He's an underestimated playmaker." (HSA)
About how UH changed its recruiting strategy a few years ago to look for tall OL with a frame that could fill out to 300 pounds, such as Sean Shigematsu, OL coach Gordy Shaw said:
"(Shigematsu) was probably outside most people's box. He was a good volleyball player and a good basketball player. He's not where he needed to be strength wise, but he's smart, has long arms, and has very good footwork." (HSA)
About how Andrew Faaumu was cut before the 2008 training camp but lost weight and gained strength to be added to their 2009 roster, playing 9 games last year, Shaw said:
"He's a self-made millionaire in football. He didn't have 2 cents together when he first came to the University of Hawaii in his ability and physical size. He had the door slammed in his face. We gave him simple goals, and he attained them. Then we gave him tougher goals, and he made those." (HSA)
» Right end: Siaki Cravens, Paipai Falemalu, Alasi Toilolo, Tavita Woodard, Beau Yap.
About DTs Kaniela Tuipulotu and Vaughn Meatoga, DL coach Tony Tuioti said:
"They do a great job of knocking back offensive linemen." (HSA)
About how their DL are taught to get to the "heel" line, where the blockers' heels are at the snap, to best be able to cut off quicker RBs, Tuioti said:
"Those two guys are great at getting to the heel line. They're not sitting back and catching the offensive linemen. They're attacking. That's what you can get from them." (HSA)
About how Corey Paredes is listed at MLB but will move around on defense, Mack said:
"He's going to move around." (HSA)
About how Paredes started at the middle of the field and caught Nevada's Colin Kaepernick last season near the sideline, Mack said:
"There's not many guys who can make that play. I don't need to time him. I know he's as fast as he needs to be. He has the Warrior's heart." (HSA)
About how Tank Hopkins is an aggressive open-field tackler, Mack said:
"Why do you think they call him Tank?" (HSA)
About how they only returned 19 of 70 punts last season for a 3.8 return average, Mack said:
"The problem is we weren't executing." (HSA)
About how they are going to attack on special teams under special teams coordinator Dick Tomey, Mack said:
"We attack on offense, we attack on defense, and now we're going to go after punters and kickers." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110803_2011_Warriors_football_position_breakdown.html
UH's Coaches have adapted to technology that helps them teach the Warriors more effectively
About how he had a thick playbook when he became UH's defensive coordinator in 1999, had the playbook on a flash drive when he became UH's defensive coordinator in 2007, and now uses an iPhone to hold everything, Mack held up his iPhone and said:
"This is my office." (HSA)
HSA Note: "Last year's 450-plus defensive playbook and the offseason condition program have been transformed into applications that can be accessed on smart phones, iPads and laptops. That enabled recruits, using a code, to access plays and workout schedules while still residing on the mainland. This past Monday, computer techs installed Smart Boards in the football meeting rooms. Think of them as large mounted touch screens."
About how today's players need to see things on video and on their phone instead of on paper, Rich Miano said:
"These young people have embraced technology. Give them a playbook with formations, it doesn't mean anything to them. They have to see it on video. They have to see it on the big screen. They have to see it on their phones." (HSA)
About how he is an "old-school guy" that can discuss plays on a chalkboard, Mack said:
"I could do that, but they won't listen." (HSA)
About how their coaches need to use the tools that best teach their players, Mack said:
"I believe coaches have to be teachers. To teach, you've got to say it however they understand it. If you draw something, and they don't understand it, you have to say it another way. The way these guys learn is on video games. That's this generation. Our generation wasn't like that. What we want to do is keep up with the newest technology." (HSA)
About how most of their offense is taught via video sessions or in practice, Miano said:
"This is a video generation." (HSA)
About how he uses a smartphone for his work, Mack said:
"My grandkids set it up for me. This is easy for young people." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/20040101_uh_coaches_have_upgraded_their_teaching_methods.html
"This is my office." (HSA)
HSA Note: "Last year's 450-plus defensive playbook and the offseason condition program have been transformed into applications that can be accessed on smart phones, iPads and laptops. That enabled recruits, using a code, to access plays and workout schedules while still residing on the mainland. This past Monday, computer techs installed Smart Boards in the football meeting rooms. Think of them as large mounted touch screens."
About how today's players need to see things on video and on their phone instead of on paper, Rich Miano said:
"These young people have embraced technology. Give them a playbook with formations, it doesn't mean anything to them. They have to see it on video. They have to see it on the big screen. They have to see it on their phones." (HSA)
About how he is an "old-school guy" that can discuss plays on a chalkboard, Mack said:
"I could do that, but they won't listen." (HSA)
About how their coaches need to use the tools that best teach their players, Mack said:
"I believe coaches have to be teachers. To teach, you've got to say it however they understand it. If you draw something, and they don't understand it, you have to say it another way. The way these guys learn is on video games. That's this generation. Our generation wasn't like that. What we want to do is keep up with the newest technology." (HSA)
About how most of their offense is taught via video sessions or in practice, Miano said:
"This is a video generation." (HSA)
About how he uses a smartphone for his work, Mack said:
"My grandkids set it up for me. This is easy for young people." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/20040101_uh_coaches_have_upgraded_their_teaching_methods.html
Feature on UH Offensive Coordinator Nick Rolovich (Rolo)
Asked what he'd say if someone told him that he'd be the offensive coordinator at UH just 10 years after playing for UH, Rolo said:
"I'd have been very happy. And I would've believed it. I knew I couldn't leave football and I had developed a love for Hawaii." (HSA)
About how he's like a father to the 50+ Warriors on offense that he's in charge of, Rolo said:
"Yeah, it's getting closer to them being sons (in age). It started out like younger brothers. I think we're at a nice range now." (HSA)
About watching MTV recently to get an idea of what young people are into these days, Rolo said:
"I turned it right off." (HSA)
About how things seemed to come easy to him until he was benched at UH when he was a junior, Rolo said:
"it was a huge wakeup call. My actions and decisions helped lead to nine losses." (HSA)
About how UH's starters this year learned a lot from Salas and Pilares last season, Rolo said:
"(This year's starters) were in the room, very close to it. They soaked up a lot, it was valuable for them to see that. Greg and Kealoha took it up a notch every snap in practice, every snap in film." (HSA)
About how the Warriors saw how Alex Green's hard work resulted in his being drafted by the NFL, Rolo said:
"Now everyone sees hard-work equal-sign draft-pick." (HSA)
About how their offense has to learn to play with each other, having just 2 returning starters, Rolo said:
"It's so much about knowing the people you're doing it with. There's so much non-verbal communication. It's a trust thing." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/furtherreview/20110803_Football_and_Hawaii_are_all_Rolovich_needs.html
"I'd have been very happy. And I would've believed it. I knew I couldn't leave football and I had developed a love for Hawaii." (HSA)
About how he's like a father to the 50+ Warriors on offense that he's in charge of, Rolo said:
"Yeah, it's getting closer to them being sons (in age). It started out like younger brothers. I think we're at a nice range now." (HSA)
About watching MTV recently to get an idea of what young people are into these days, Rolo said:
"I turned it right off." (HSA)
About how things seemed to come easy to him until he was benched at UH when he was a junior, Rolo said:
"it was a huge wakeup call. My actions and decisions helped lead to nine losses." (HSA)
About how UH's starters this year learned a lot from Salas and Pilares last season, Rolo said:
"(This year's starters) were in the room, very close to it. They soaked up a lot, it was valuable for them to see that. Greg and Kealoha took it up a notch every snap in practice, every snap in film." (HSA)
About how the Warriors saw how Alex Green's hard work resulted in his being drafted by the NFL, Rolo said:
"Now everyone sees hard-work equal-sign draft-pick." (HSA)
About how their offense has to learn to play with each other, having just 2 returning starters, Rolo said:
"It's so much about knowing the people you're doing it with. There's so much non-verbal communication. It's a trust thing." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/furtherreview/20110803_Football_and_Hawaii_are_all_Rolovich_needs.html
Monday, August 1, 2011
Warrior Quotes 8/1/11
Bryant Moniz said that one of the things he needs to pack for UH's football training camp is a:
"… Hard hat … " (HSA)
When asked why he needed a hard hat, Moniz said:
"I'm coming to work." (HSA)
About how their first practice is on Thursday, Moniz said:
"I'm ready. You get to concentrate on football all day. And you get three meals a day." (HSA)
About how he will start training camp with LT Clayton Laurel (being pushed by Jordan Loeffler), LG Brett Leonard, C Matagisila Lefiti, RG Chauncy Winchester-Makainai and RT Sean Shigematsu (slightly ahead of Levi Legay) as their starters, OL coach Gordy Shaw said:
"We have a lot of players who can get it done, but some have never done it in (an NCAA) game." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110801_Warriors_ready__to_get__to_work_.html
"… Hard hat … " (HSA)
When asked why he needed a hard hat, Moniz said:
"I'm coming to work." (HSA)
About how their first practice is on Thursday, Moniz said:
"I'm ready. You get to concentrate on football all day. And you get three meals a day." (HSA)
About how he will start training camp with LT Clayton Laurel (being pushed by Jordan Loeffler), LG Brett Leonard, C Matagisila Lefiti, RG Chauncy Winchester-Makainai and RT Sean Shigematsu (slightly ahead of Levi Legay) as their starters, OL coach Gordy Shaw said:
"We have a lot of players who can get it done, but some have never done it in (an NCAA) game." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110801_Warriors_ready__to_get__to_work_.html
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Corey Paredes was determined to play at UH, even when UH ran out of scholarships in 2007 and he had to walk-on
About not getting a scholarship offer from UH in 2007, Corey Paredes said:
"They ran out of scholarships. They said they would call me, and I never got the call the day before signing day. It was a hard time for me." (HSA)
About being a "preferred" walk-on at UH, Paredes said:
"It means you get zero aid. It's a nice way of saying you'll be on the scout team." (HSA)
About how he was determined to play for UH, even as a walk-on, Paredes said:
"I wasn't going to change. I really wanted to play for Hawaii." (HSA)
About growing up a baseball fan but choosing to play football instead, Pardes (who is of Filipino, Hawaiian, Chinese, German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry) said:
"Football is really not a sport Filipinos play." (HSA)
About the comings and goings in the WAC, Fresno State coach Pat Hill said:
"The WAC has been a petri dish ... and we've grown tremendously as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The new schools coming in will grow tremendously. Boise State, when they first came into the WAC, everyone was going: 'Who's Boise State?' It was quite a platform for Boise State, quite a platform for Fresno State, quite a platform for Hawaii, what a platform for Nevada. It'll be a platform for growth. That's what it's all about." (HSA)
Hill said that the changing WAC membership is:
"just a part of evolution. Everyone changes. Everyone moves. To me, the WAC represents a conference that will fight, and it's a survivor." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110731_Changes_are_afoot.html
"They ran out of scholarships. They said they would call me, and I never got the call the day before signing day. It was a hard time for me." (HSA)
About being a "preferred" walk-on at UH, Paredes said:
"It means you get zero aid. It's a nice way of saying you'll be on the scout team." (HSA)
About how he was determined to play for UH, even as a walk-on, Paredes said:
"I wasn't going to change. I really wanted to play for Hawaii." (HSA)
About growing up a baseball fan but choosing to play football instead, Pardes (who is of Filipino, Hawaiian, Chinese, German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry) said:
"Football is really not a sport Filipinos play." (HSA)
About the comings and goings in the WAC, Fresno State coach Pat Hill said:
"The WAC has been a petri dish ... and we've grown tremendously as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The new schools coming in will grow tremendously. Boise State, when they first came into the WAC, everyone was going: 'Who's Boise State?' It was quite a platform for Boise State, quite a platform for Fresno State, quite a platform for Hawaii, what a platform for Nevada. It'll be a platform for growth. That's what it's all about." (HSA)
Hill said that the changing WAC membership is:
"just a part of evolution. Everyone changes. Everyone moves. To me, the WAC represents a conference that will fight, and it's a survivor." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110731_Changes_are_afoot.html
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Cal Lee talks about UH being favored to win the WAC and about UH's Warriors from Maui (Kaniela Tuipulotu and Andrew Faaumu)
MN = Maui News
About UH being picked to win the WAC, Cal Lee said:
"Well, it is really exciting being picked to win the conference and it is a credit to what the kids did last year. I think it takes about a couple of days until you realize you are not going to win any games on somebody picking you to win it." (MN)
"If you are picked to win it, you have got to work extra, extra hard and I think that is what the kids are going to do." (MN)
Praising DT Kaniela Tuipulotu (an academic all-WAC selection last year who is from Lahaina), Lee said:
"Kani has really taken that leadership role that you need. He is like another coach out there because of his leadership. People kind of gravitate to him. They know he is a player, they know what he can do. That leadership out there on the field is invaluable. He makes the other kids play better because of his actions." (MN)
About how he thinks that Tuipulotu will make it to the NFL, Lee said:
"I really think he does.Again, it just depends on what happens this year. If he has a good year, which we expect, I think the future is bright for him." (MN)
About how UH's other player from Maui, walk-on OG Andrew Faaumu, is a candidate to start, Lee said:
"Andrew is going to be good. He is going to have a great year because he is big, he is strong, he is physical. I mean, he wants to knock people down. Sometimes I think he should have been a defensive player because he just wants to mix it up." (MN)
About how Bryant Moniz shows that walk-ons can accomplish great things, Lee said:
"Him being a walk-on shows that you can do anything you want. I mean maybe he wasn't highly recruited out of high school. I will just mention Moniz, nobody recruited him and now everybody knows who he is. Andrew is the same way, he worked hard. Not only is he a good athlete, he is a good person, good grades, graduating, works hard at it and that is all you can ask from somebody." (MN)
About being part of the fundraiser by the Wailuku Hongwanji at an Obon dance selling T-shirts to raise funds for the Soma City victims (50 children were orphaned in the city of 17,000 that is located in the Fukushima Prefecture), Cal Lee said:
"Eric Texidor, who was living in Fukushima, he gave me a call when the nuclear plant opened up. He was actually checking out, he was telling me that he wasn't going to make it. You try to motivate somebody to hang in there - this wasn't a football game - this was about life. . . . I felt the horror in his voice and until today I can still remember how he sounded. Thank goodness he survived." (MN)
http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/551924/Lee-sees-bright-futures-for-Maui-s-Warriors.html?nav=11
About UH being picked to win the WAC, Cal Lee said:
"Well, it is really exciting being picked to win the conference and it is a credit to what the kids did last year. I think it takes about a couple of days until you realize you are not going to win any games on somebody picking you to win it." (MN)
"If you are picked to win it, you have got to work extra, extra hard and I think that is what the kids are going to do." (MN)
Praising DT Kaniela Tuipulotu (an academic all-WAC selection last year who is from Lahaina), Lee said:
"Kani has really taken that leadership role that you need. He is like another coach out there because of his leadership. People kind of gravitate to him. They know he is a player, they know what he can do. That leadership out there on the field is invaluable. He makes the other kids play better because of his actions." (MN)
About how he thinks that Tuipulotu will make it to the NFL, Lee said:
"I really think he does.Again, it just depends on what happens this year. If he has a good year, which we expect, I think the future is bright for him." (MN)
About how UH's other player from Maui, walk-on OG Andrew Faaumu, is a candidate to start, Lee said:
"Andrew is going to be good. He is going to have a great year because he is big, he is strong, he is physical. I mean, he wants to knock people down. Sometimes I think he should have been a defensive player because he just wants to mix it up." (MN)
About how Bryant Moniz shows that walk-ons can accomplish great things, Lee said:
"Him being a walk-on shows that you can do anything you want. I mean maybe he wasn't highly recruited out of high school. I will just mention Moniz, nobody recruited him and now everybody knows who he is. Andrew is the same way, he worked hard. Not only is he a good athlete, he is a good person, good grades, graduating, works hard at it and that is all you can ask from somebody." (MN)
About being part of the fundraiser by the Wailuku Hongwanji at an Obon dance selling T-shirts to raise funds for the Soma City victims (50 children were orphaned in the city of 17,000 that is located in the Fukushima Prefecture), Cal Lee said:
"Eric Texidor, who was living in Fukushima, he gave me a call when the nuclear plant opened up. He was actually checking out, he was telling me that he wasn't going to make it. You try to motivate somebody to hang in there - this wasn't a football game - this was about life. . . . I felt the horror in his voice and until today I can still remember how he sounded. Thank goodness he survived." (MN)
http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/551924/Lee-sees-bright-futures-for-Maui-s-Warriors.html?nav=11
Friday, July 29, 2011
Warrior Quotes from the WAC Football Media Preview (UH picked to win the WAC, Moniz top offensive player)
RGJ = Reno Gazette Journal
About how he's never been on a team picked to win its conference before, Bryant Moniz said:
"I think my junior year at Leilehua (High) we were up there, but not at the top." (HSA)
About the coaches and media picking them to win the WAC, Corey Paredes said:
"It's an honor to get that recognition early in the season. We have a target on our backs now." (HSA)
About being picked to win the WAC, Mack said:
"Quite honestly, preseason polls don't mean anything. You have to play your season. That's why they keep score. If you start thinking too much of yourself, you have to look back at teams that have won a championship and then did not play well the next year. They were resting on their laurels. We're not going to do that." (HSA)
About how they met on the football field in high school, Paredes (who went to Castle) said:
"I sacked him." (HSA)
"I was small then. But I did sack him." (HSA)
About Paredes saying that he sacked him in high school, Moniz said:
"I don't remember. I had a lot of concussions." (HSA)
"It was muddy. I couldn't move." (HSA)
HSA Note: "WAC coaches were in uniform agreement that the Warriors' black jerseys create problems in video scouting. The topic came to light when it was revealed that as a condition for joining the Mountain West Conference, former WAC member Boise State agreed to not wear all-blue uniforms when playing on Bronco Stadium's blue turf. Fresno State coach Pat Hill said it made it difficult to identify Bronco players on videos. But Hill also said that UH's black jerseys (with green numbers) also created problems in scouting. The Warriors wore black jerseys for home games last year. Last week, they unveiled new green jerseys for home games."
About picking Moniz to be the WAC's preseason top offensive player, La Tech coach Sonny Dykes said:
"Easy choice." (HSA)
About how Moniz walked on to UH, Dykes said:
"The thing I like best about him is his story. When a quarterback does what he does — walking onto a program, delivering pizzas to pay for school — that's a guy I want to play with. And he's a heck of a player. He's a good player in the pocket. He's a good player out of the pocket. He has an incredibly quick release. He's accurate. He does a great job of boosting his team. He has tremendous confidence, and that carries over to those other guys." (HSA)
About how he was surprised to get the preseason honor, Moniz said:
"I didn't even know they had this (media event) until a month ago. I asked Derek (Inouchi, UH's media relations director): 'When are we going to Vegas?' I was referring to our game against UNLV. He said, 'Oh, we have to go to Vegas for media day.' I was like, 'What's that? I never heard of that.' This is awesome." (HSA)
About how his uncle, Rick White, was the pilot on his flight from Honolulu to Las Vegas, Moniz said:
"It was cool. I wish I could have gone into the cockpit, but he said they don't allow (passengers to do) that anymore. I had some other relatives on the flight." (HSA)
Praising Moniz, Fresno State coach Pat Hill said:
"I like him. I think he's a heck of a player. I thought we went hard after him last year, and he kept getting away and making plays. He's very talented." (HSA)
About how no D-I school offered him a scholarship out of high school, Moniz said:
"My mom still loved me." (HSA)
Remembering how he doubted himself backthen, Moniz said:
"Maybe I'm not that good. Maybe I'm just a high school player." (HSA)
About how his mother encouraged him to play at Fresno City College, working extra jobs to pay for his school and living expenses, Moniz said:
"She found a way to get it done. She did a lot for me. I didn't want to let her down." (HSA)
About his goals when he walked on to UH, Moniz said:
"When I first came in, I just wanted to play in a game. I didn't think about awards or any of that stuff. I just wanted to play."
About how UH is the only WAC school with a returning starter at QB, Mack said:
"I think it's a big advantage. I've never seen a guy more calm than him in a game situation." (RGJ)
About how teams cannot win in the WAC without a good starting QB, NMSU coach DeWayne Walker said:
"We played Boise a couple of years ago and the first thing Coach (Chris) Petersen told me was, 'Coach, you have to have a quarterback to win in this league.'" (RGJ)
About how there will be a lot of scoring in the WAC this season, Hill said:
"There will be a lot of scoring in this league. We play against a lot of teams in a lot of conferences and I'll tell you the Western Athletic Conference has some of the best offenses in the nation. The schemes that you see week-in, week-out in this league are very, very good. The coaching in this league is very good." (RGJ)
About how the use of spread offenses makes the QB position more important than ever, Dykes said:
"The quarterback position is going to be the X factor because the quarterback is expected to do so much nowadays." (RGJ)
About how you never know how a QB will react to actual game time instead of practice, Hill said:
"There's a big difference between sparring and actually getting in the ring." (RGJ)
http://www.rgj.com/article/20110729/SPORTS01/107290398/WAC-football-Experienced-Warriors-take-top-spot-both-league-polls-Pack-No-3?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Sports|p
About how he's never been on a team picked to win its conference before, Bryant Moniz said:
"I think my junior year at Leilehua (High) we were up there, but not at the top." (HSA)
About the coaches and media picking them to win the WAC, Corey Paredes said:
"It's an honor to get that recognition early in the season. We have a target on our backs now." (HSA)
About being picked to win the WAC, Mack said:
"Quite honestly, preseason polls don't mean anything. You have to play your season. That's why they keep score. If you start thinking too much of yourself, you have to look back at teams that have won a championship and then did not play well the next year. They were resting on their laurels. We're not going to do that." (HSA)
About how they met on the football field in high school, Paredes (who went to Castle) said:
"I sacked him." (HSA)
"I was small then. But I did sack him." (HSA)
About Paredes saying that he sacked him in high school, Moniz said:
"I don't remember. I had a lot of concussions." (HSA)
"It was muddy. I couldn't move." (HSA)
HSA Note: "WAC coaches were in uniform agreement that the Warriors' black jerseys create problems in video scouting. The topic came to light when it was revealed that as a condition for joining the Mountain West Conference, former WAC member Boise State agreed to not wear all-blue uniforms when playing on Bronco Stadium's blue turf. Fresno State coach Pat Hill said it made it difficult to identify Bronco players on videos. But Hill also said that UH's black jerseys (with green numbers) also created problems in scouting. The Warriors wore black jerseys for home games last year. Last week, they unveiled new green jerseys for home games."
About picking Moniz to be the WAC's preseason top offensive player, La Tech coach Sonny Dykes said:
"Easy choice." (HSA)
About how Moniz walked on to UH, Dykes said:
"The thing I like best about him is his story. When a quarterback does what he does — walking onto a program, delivering pizzas to pay for school — that's a guy I want to play with. And he's a heck of a player. He's a good player in the pocket. He's a good player out of the pocket. He has an incredibly quick release. He's accurate. He does a great job of boosting his team. He has tremendous confidence, and that carries over to those other guys." (HSA)
About how he was surprised to get the preseason honor, Moniz said:
"I didn't even know they had this (media event) until a month ago. I asked Derek (Inouchi, UH's media relations director): 'When are we going to Vegas?' I was referring to our game against UNLV. He said, 'Oh, we have to go to Vegas for media day.' I was like, 'What's that? I never heard of that.' This is awesome." (HSA)
About how his uncle, Rick White, was the pilot on his flight from Honolulu to Las Vegas, Moniz said:
"It was cool. I wish I could have gone into the cockpit, but he said they don't allow (passengers to do) that anymore. I had some other relatives on the flight." (HSA)
Praising Moniz, Fresno State coach Pat Hill said:
"I like him. I think he's a heck of a player. I thought we went hard after him last year, and he kept getting away and making plays. He's very talented." (HSA)
About how no D-I school offered him a scholarship out of high school, Moniz said:
"My mom still loved me." (HSA)
Remembering how he doubted himself backthen, Moniz said:
"Maybe I'm not that good. Maybe I'm just a high school player." (HSA)
About how his mother encouraged him to play at Fresno City College, working extra jobs to pay for his school and living expenses, Moniz said:
"She found a way to get it done. She did a lot for me. I didn't want to let her down." (HSA)
About his goals when he walked on to UH, Moniz said:
"When I first came in, I just wanted to play in a game. I didn't think about awards or any of that stuff. I just wanted to play."
About how UH is the only WAC school with a returning starter at QB, Mack said:
"I think it's a big advantage. I've never seen a guy more calm than him in a game situation." (RGJ)
About how teams cannot win in the WAC without a good starting QB, NMSU coach DeWayne Walker said:
"We played Boise a couple of years ago and the first thing Coach (Chris) Petersen told me was, 'Coach, you have to have a quarterback to win in this league.'" (RGJ)
About how there will be a lot of scoring in the WAC this season, Hill said:
"There will be a lot of scoring in this league. We play against a lot of teams in a lot of conferences and I'll tell you the Western Athletic Conference has some of the best offenses in the nation. The schemes that you see week-in, week-out in this league are very, very good. The coaching in this league is very good." (RGJ)
About how the use of spread offenses makes the QB position more important than ever, Dykes said:
"The quarterback position is going to be the X factor because the quarterback is expected to do so much nowadays." (RGJ)
About how you never know how a QB will react to actual game time instead of practice, Hill said:
"There's a big difference between sparring and actually getting in the ring." (RGJ)
http://www.rgj.com/article/20110729/SPORTS01/107290398/WAC-football-Experienced-Warriors-take-top-spot-both-league-polls-Pack-No-3?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Sports|p
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Instead of just getting $150k over 3 years for radio rights, UH will be an equity partner with KKEA
HSA Note: "KKEA general manager Randal Ikeda said the new arrangement involves, "net income sharing" and "promises a broader partnership" between the station and UH. Under the agreement, the station said, it will give a yet-to-be-announced portion of its net income to UH after "recapturing a portion of sales costs and expenses." "
About sharing in the profits and assisting KKEA (AM 1420) with their sales efforts, JD said:
"The upside is if they make money, we make money." (HSA)
HSA Note: "Once, competition in the marketplace assured UH could be hands-off, sitting back and pocketing handsome radio rights fees. But as advertising sales have plummeted 30 percent or so in the local market from their peak and all-sports format outlets have dwindled, bottom lines and rights fees have been impacted to the point that UH might have been guaranteed only $150,000 from the new deal. That would be less than half of some recent contracts."
About how the declining ad revenue market resulted in other stations not being interested in UH's rights and KKEA having declining revenue, JD said:
"They (KKEA) shared their sales numbers and expense numbers with us and we could see it is a very tough situation for them." (HSA)
About how KKEA can use its sister station at AM 1500 to air multiple UH events simultaneously and their all-sports format gives a good platform to promote UH sports, JD said:
"They have the sports niche from where many of our customers come,." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/ferdswords/20110728_UHs_radio_rights_deal_is_an_interesting_partnership.html
About sharing in the profits and assisting KKEA (AM 1420) with their sales efforts, JD said:
"The upside is if they make money, we make money." (HSA)
HSA Note: "Once, competition in the marketplace assured UH could be hands-off, sitting back and pocketing handsome radio rights fees. But as advertising sales have plummeted 30 percent or so in the local market from their peak and all-sports format outlets have dwindled, bottom lines and rights fees have been impacted to the point that UH might have been guaranteed only $150,000 from the new deal. That would be less than half of some recent contracts."
About how the declining ad revenue market resulted in other stations not being interested in UH's rights and KKEA having declining revenue, JD said:
"They (KKEA) shared their sales numbers and expense numbers with us and we could see it is a very tough situation for them." (HSA)
About how KKEA can use its sister station at AM 1500 to air multiple UH events simultaneously and their all-sports format gives a good platform to promote UH sports, JD said:
"They have the sports niche from where many of our customers come,." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/ferdswords/20110728_UHs_radio_rights_deal_is_an_interesting_partnership.html
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
The UH Athletic Department is projected to have made a $322k surplus during FY2010-2011, only the second surplus in 10 years
Abotu how they expect to have a $322k surplus in their fiscal year tha closed on June 30, JD said:
"We highly suspect that we'll be in the neighborhood of $300,000 to $400,000 (in the black), and our best estimate today is $322,104." (HSA)
HSA Note: "The surplus would be only the second finish on the plus side in 10 years. The last surplus, $295,243 in 2008, was bolstered by $4.4 million in Bowl Championship Series money from the football team's Sugar Bowl appearance."
Pleased to hear that the UH Athletic Department will end with a surplus, UH President M.R.C. Greenwood said:
"I have not seen the official figures but I am delighted to hear that the program is doing as well as it appears to be. Jim Donovan and his team have worked very hard to control costs and being 'in the black' is a validation of their efforts." (HSA)
HSA Note: "The $322,000 would be the biggest surplus since 2000 when the athletics department produced a $721,752 windfall. Since then, the department's budget has grown by more than $10 million to $28.7 million. The latest surplus will go toward paring down the $9.58 million accumulated net deficit the department had amassed since 2002, according to the last auditor's report."
Greenwood said that when JD took over the Athletic Department in 2008 he:
"obviously came into a situation where there already was a pretty significant budget deficit and we've had the very bad luck of tough financial times, which makes it really hard to (retire) the deficit." (HSA)
HSA Note: "UH's reversal of fortunes for the just-completed fiscal year was aided by $816,142 from the first installment of student-paid athletic fees, which began in January; $132,256 in Western Athletic Conference payouts Boise State forfeits by jumping to the Mountain West Conference this year; and spikes in ticket revenue for baseball, men's basketball and football; plus cost containment. In addition, UH has realized about $200,000 in savings from salary reductions, and Aloha Stadium has worked with the department to trim expenses."
JD gave credit to associate AD Carl Clapp and assistant AD-business Tiffany Kuraoka:
"for watching the budget on a daily basis for the whole year. Obviously, we could not have done it if it wasn't for the corporate culture and the coaches and staff doing everything they could to help with the budget." (HSA)
About how they didn't cut the budgets of individual sports for competitive reasons, JD said:
"In retrospect these last three years, with no budget cuts, should help us from a strategic standpoint." (HSA)
About how avoiding a deficit in the coming year will be difficult because UH is giving up over $1 mil in WAC revenue and paying Tulane $400k to come to Aloha Stadium, JD said:
"We'll enjoy this and we're real proud of this, but now the reality is we're going to work hard to put two years in a row in the black. But it is certainly going to be challenging this upcoming year because we lose over $1 million in estimated WAC revenue (plus) the cost of bringing in Tulane." (HSA)
HSA Note: "When Boise State announced its departure from the WAC for 2011, UH was left to scramble to fill an 11th-hour puka on the football schedule and will pay the Green Wave nearly $400,000 to fill the Nov. 26 vacancy. UH's own departure from the WAC in 2012 means forfeiting its share of TV and most other conference revenue in June 2012."
HSA Note: "Beginning in 2012, UH faces uncertainty with its local TV agreement and the necessity of underwriting an estimated $1.2 million annually in travel costs by its opponents in the Mountain West and Big West as a condition of conference membership."
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20110727_uh_athletics_ends_yearin_the_black322000_in_hand.html
"We highly suspect that we'll be in the neighborhood of $300,000 to $400,000 (in the black), and our best estimate today is $322,104." (HSA)
HSA Note: "The surplus would be only the second finish on the plus side in 10 years. The last surplus, $295,243 in 2008, was bolstered by $4.4 million in Bowl Championship Series money from the football team's Sugar Bowl appearance."
Pleased to hear that the UH Athletic Department will end with a surplus, UH President M.R.C. Greenwood said:
"I have not seen the official figures but I am delighted to hear that the program is doing as well as it appears to be. Jim Donovan and his team have worked very hard to control costs and being 'in the black' is a validation of their efforts." (HSA)
HSA Note: "The $322,000 would be the biggest surplus since 2000 when the athletics department produced a $721,752 windfall. Since then, the department's budget has grown by more than $10 million to $28.7 million. The latest surplus will go toward paring down the $9.58 million accumulated net deficit the department had amassed since 2002, according to the last auditor's report."
Greenwood said that when JD took over the Athletic Department in 2008 he:
"obviously came into a situation where there already was a pretty significant budget deficit and we've had the very bad luck of tough financial times, which makes it really hard to (retire) the deficit." (HSA)
HSA Note: "UH's reversal of fortunes for the just-completed fiscal year was aided by $816,142 from the first installment of student-paid athletic fees, which began in January; $132,256 in Western Athletic Conference payouts Boise State forfeits by jumping to the Mountain West Conference this year; and spikes in ticket revenue for baseball, men's basketball and football; plus cost containment. In addition, UH has realized about $200,000 in savings from salary reductions, and Aloha Stadium has worked with the department to trim expenses."
JD gave credit to associate AD Carl Clapp and assistant AD-business Tiffany Kuraoka:
"for watching the budget on a daily basis for the whole year. Obviously, we could not have done it if it wasn't for the corporate culture and the coaches and staff doing everything they could to help with the budget." (HSA)
About how they didn't cut the budgets of individual sports for competitive reasons, JD said:
"In retrospect these last three years, with no budget cuts, should help us from a strategic standpoint." (HSA)
About how avoiding a deficit in the coming year will be difficult because UH is giving up over $1 mil in WAC revenue and paying Tulane $400k to come to Aloha Stadium, JD said:
"We'll enjoy this and we're real proud of this, but now the reality is we're going to work hard to put two years in a row in the black. But it is certainly going to be challenging this upcoming year because we lose over $1 million in estimated WAC revenue (plus) the cost of bringing in Tulane." (HSA)
HSA Note: "When Boise State announced its departure from the WAC for 2011, UH was left to scramble to fill an 11th-hour puka on the football schedule and will pay the Green Wave nearly $400,000 to fill the Nov. 26 vacancy. UH's own departure from the WAC in 2012 means forfeiting its share of TV and most other conference revenue in June 2012."
HSA Note: "Beginning in 2012, UH faces uncertainty with its local TV agreement and the necessity of underwriting an estimated $1.2 million annually in travel costs by its opponents in the Mountain West and Big West as a condition of conference membership."
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20110727_uh_athletics_ends_yearin_the_black322000_in_hand.html
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Rodney Bradley, Mana Silva, and Laupepa Letuli received NFL free-agent contracts
About the hectic period for NFL teams to contact undrafted free-agent rookies, Rodney Bradley (he and Mana Silva will sign with the Ravens) said:
"It was busy. There were a lot of offers going back and forth." (WB)
About how he will start his NFL career 21 months after his serious leg injury, Bradley said:
"Everything happens for a reason." (WB)
About how Letuli will sign with the Cowboys (Letuli seemed to be set to go to the Steelers until the Steelers decided to go in another direction), Letuli's agent Leo Goeas (who is long-time friends with Cowboys OL coach Hudson Houck) said:
"It was a combination of knowing the coach and the opportunity that presented itself." (WB)
http://warriorbeat.honadvblogs.com/2011/07/26/3-ex-warriors-land-nfl-deals-veneri-accepts-offer/
"It was busy. There were a lot of offers going back and forth." (WB)
About how he will start his NFL career 21 months after his serious leg injury, Bradley said:
"Everything happens for a reason." (WB)
About how Letuli will sign with the Cowboys (Letuli seemed to be set to go to the Steelers until the Steelers decided to go in another direction), Letuli's agent Leo Goeas (who is long-time friends with Cowboys OL coach Hudson Houck) said:
"It was a combination of knowing the coach and the opportunity that presented itself." (WB)
http://warriorbeat.honadvblogs.com/2011/07/26/3-ex-warriors-land-nfl-deals-veneri-accepts-offer/
Feature on the Warriors who are ready to start their NFL careers now that the lockout is over
About how he's been working in his father's taro patch this past week, Kealoha Pilares said:
"It's not easy. There's mud and all of that stuff." (HSA)
Looking forward to signing his contract with the Carolina Panthers now that the lockout is over, Pilares said:
"This is what we've been waiting for. I've been training every day waiting for the call." (HSA)
Excited about starting his NFL career, Pilares said:
"It's exciting. I'm not thinking about the money. I'm thinking about playing. I'm ready to start playing." (HSA)
Greg Salas' agent said that NFL teams will likely start negotiations first with undrafted rookie free agents and:
"then they'll go up the chain." (HSA)
About how he's ready to report to the Packers, Alex Green tweeted:
"Don't have many clothes to pack ... coming from Hawaii to GBay." (HSA)
HSA Note: "Three undrafted former Warriors — receiver Rodney Bradley, safety Mana Silva and offensive lineman Laupepa Letuli — are expected to accept training-camp invitations as early as today, Letuli with the Dallas Cowboys, Bradley and Silva with the Baltimore Ravens."
HSA Note: "The new CBA calls for a cap in which a team can spend no more than $75,000 in total signing bonuses to undrafted free agents this year. In return, the minimum annual salaries increased by $55,000. A rookie will earn a minimum base salary of $375,000 this year. A player with one year's experience will earn a base of $450,000; with two years of experience, the base will be $525,000."
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110726_Former_UH_players_ready_to_get_going.html
"It's not easy. There's mud and all of that stuff." (HSA)
Looking forward to signing his contract with the Carolina Panthers now that the lockout is over, Pilares said:
"This is what we've been waiting for. I've been training every day waiting for the call." (HSA)
Excited about starting his NFL career, Pilares said:
"It's exciting. I'm not thinking about the money. I'm thinking about playing. I'm ready to start playing." (HSA)
Greg Salas' agent said that NFL teams will likely start negotiations first with undrafted rookie free agents and:
"then they'll go up the chain." (HSA)
About how he's ready to report to the Packers, Alex Green tweeted:
"Don't have many clothes to pack ... coming from Hawaii to GBay." (HSA)
HSA Note: "Three undrafted former Warriors — receiver Rodney Bradley, safety Mana Silva and offensive lineman Laupepa Letuli — are expected to accept training-camp invitations as early as today, Letuli with the Dallas Cowboys, Bradley and Silva with the Baltimore Ravens."
HSA Note: "The new CBA calls for a cap in which a team can spend no more than $75,000 in total signing bonuses to undrafted free agents this year. In return, the minimum annual salaries increased by $55,000. A rookie will earn a minimum base salary of $375,000 this year. A player with one year's experience will earn a base of $450,000; with two years of experience, the base will be $525,000."
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110726_Former_UH_players_ready_to_get_going.html
Friday, July 22, 2011
Quotes about UH's new football uniforms
About UH's new jerseys and pants, Mack said:
"When you look good, you feel good, and you play good." (HSA)
"When you look good, you feel good, and you play good." (HSA)
HSA Note: "Available in black and white, the uniforms feature a kapa
design on the shoulders and the back of the legs. UH athletic director
Jim Donovan said the kapa design received "the support" from UH's
School of Hawaiian Knowledge."
About how they changed the seam of the pants, Under Armour's Brian
Calabrese said:
"Most football pants have the seam down the side. What we did was move
it to the back so it works more with your natural anatomy of running."
(HSA)
HSA Note: "There are three different cuts -- a very short sleeve for
quarterbacks; a snug fit for receivers, running backs, defensive backs
and linebackers, and a two-way-stretch fit for linemen."
About how the short sleeve helps QBs, Bryant Moniz said:
"There's more mobility for your arm." (HSA)
Praising the new uniforms, Royce Pollard said:
"The designs are nice. It'll turn your swag up." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110722_Warriors_unveil_new_uniforms_for_2011.html
Oceanic plans to upgrade the PPV broadcasts with expanded coverage
About how they want to improve the PPV broadcasts by expanding the coverage, Dan Schmidt (GM/executive producer) said:
"We want to make the experience of being a University of Hawaii fan that much better.We want people to understand how being there (at the gam e) is important. It is best to be there in person. If you can't, we're going to provide an opportunity for you to experience it vicariously on television and (expanded) pregame, postgame and halftime will serve to do that." (HSA)
HSA Note: "UH is guaranteed a minimum $2.3 million from its agreement with Oceanic and can earn more depending upon sales. Last year Oceanic sold slightly more than 6,000 packages and UH received $2.45 million."
About taking over the production of the PPV broadcasts, Oceanic President Bob Barlow said:
"We're very excited about building a team to take this product to the next level." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110722_UH_payperview_prices_hold_steady.html
"We want to make the experience of being a University of Hawaii fan that much better.We want people to understand how being there (at the gam e) is important. It is best to be there in person. If you can't, we're going to provide an opportunity for you to experience it vicariously on television and (expanded) pregame, postgame and halftime will serve to do that." (HSA)
HSA Note: "UH is guaranteed a minimum $2.3 million from its agreement with Oceanic and can earn more depending upon sales. Last year Oceanic sold slightly more than 6,000 packages and UH received $2.45 million."
About taking over the production of the PPV broadcasts, Oceanic President Bob Barlow said:
"We're very excited about building a team to take this product to the next level." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110722_UH_payperview_prices_hold_steady.html
Updates on Greg Salas and Wayne Hunter as the NFL lockout is (hopefully) about to end
About how it seems that the lockout will end soon, Greg Salas said:
"Every time we get closer to ending the lockout, that's great news." (HSA)
About the cancellation of the Hall of Fame preseason game, which would have been his first chance to play in a pro game, Salas said:
"Yeah, it is disappointing, but I don't know if we would have been ready as a team in time to play at a high level." (HSA)
About how he cannot wait to practice and learn from his coaches, Salas said:
"I'm anxious. I'm ready to let the coaches get their hands on me and learn as much as I can as fast as I can." (HSA)
About how he doesn't have a vote on the lockout situation since he's an incoming rookie, Salas said that he trusts the players:
"to do what's best for all of us." (HSA)
About how Wayne Hunter's situation with the Jets or any other team will be decided very quickly after the lockout ends, his agent Kenny Zuckerman said:
"If Wayne's going to re-sign with the Jets, he'll know within 72 hours of when this opens up. If he goes to another team, it will be done within another 72 hours." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/furtherreview/20110722_For_Salas_and_others_around_NFL_the_wait_is_almost_over.html
"Every time we get closer to ending the lockout, that's great news." (HSA)
About the cancellation of the Hall of Fame preseason game, which would have been his first chance to play in a pro game, Salas said:
"Yeah, it is disappointing, but I don't know if we would have been ready as a team in time to play at a high level." (HSA)
About how he cannot wait to practice and learn from his coaches, Salas said:
"I'm anxious. I'm ready to let the coaches get their hands on me and learn as much as I can as fast as I can." (HSA)
About how he doesn't have a vote on the lockout situation since he's an incoming rookie, Salas said that he trusts the players:
"to do what's best for all of us." (HSA)
About how Wayne Hunter's situation with the Jets or any other team will be decided very quickly after the lockout ends, his agent Kenny Zuckerman said:
"If Wayne's going to re-sign with the Jets, he'll know within 72 hours of when this opens up. If he goes to another team, it will be done within another 72 hours." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/furtherreview/20110722_For_Salas_and_others_around_NFL_the_wait_is_almost_over.html
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Former Warriors Colt, RGM, Patek, and Ginlack with the Hartford Colonials were sent home after the UFL canceled training camp
While he was driving home after they sent the players home after postponing training camp, Jerry Glanville said:
"I'm driving home (to Georgia) in a 1996 Buick Estate station wagon, but it has an LT1 Corvette motor in it. It can move. I don't think it will be a one-way trip." (HSA)
About how the UFL suspended operations for a month while looking for a TV deal, Glanville said:
"I'm disappointed, but not discouraged. I think we'll be back in a month." (HSA)
About how they reported for physical examinations 10 days ago and training camp was supposed to have opened last month, Jacob Patek said:
"They sent us home. They told us to stay in shape." (HSA)
About how the players were not allowed to practice until training camp opened, Patek said:
"We did little jail-house workouts — situps, push-ups in our (hotel) rooms." (HSA)
HSA Note: "Former UH quarterback Colt Brennan returned to California on Wednesday. He said the quarterbacks had meetings and learned plays."
About how he hoped to use the UFL to show that he can play football, Colt said:
"All of us are hoping for the best. Life is life." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110721_colts_career_put_on_hold_along_with_ufl.html
"I'm driving home (to Georgia) in a 1996 Buick Estate station wagon, but it has an LT1 Corvette motor in it. It can move. I don't think it will be a one-way trip." (HSA)
About how the UFL suspended operations for a month while looking for a TV deal, Glanville said:
"I'm disappointed, but not discouraged. I think we'll be back in a month." (HSA)
About how they reported for physical examinations 10 days ago and training camp was supposed to have opened last month, Jacob Patek said:
"They sent us home. They told us to stay in shape." (HSA)
About how the players were not allowed to practice until training camp opened, Patek said:
"We did little jail-house workouts — situps, push-ups in our (hotel) rooms." (HSA)
HSA Note: "Former UH quarterback Colt Brennan returned to California on Wednesday. He said the quarterbacks had meetings and learned plays."
About how he hoped to use the UFL to show that he can play football, Colt said:
"All of us are hoping for the best. Life is life." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110721_colts_career_put_on_hold_along_with_ufl.html
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Features on Robert Kekaula getting the play-by-play job for UH football and picking his broadcast team
About how he tried out for the UH play-by-play job in 1987, Robert Kekaula said:
"I started in 1987 with News Radio 99 and Don Robbs. I had read in the paper they had gotten the UH contract, so I called up Don and tried to convince him that I should do the play-by-play for UH. That didn't work. So, I tried to convince him that I should do color. That didn't work, either. He (Robbs) convinced me I should do schlep work. That worked." (HSA)
About getting the UH football play-by-play job, Kekaula said:
If there is celebration in that, there is also relief. "I didn't know if I'd ever get the chance (at UH play-by-play) because that job doesn't come open very often.You don't see m any get the opportunity." (HSA)
About taking over for Jim Leahey, Kekaula said:
"Jim is the greatest storyteller I have ever known; I grew up watching him. When I first got in the business, I told him that." (HSA)
Robbs said that Kekaula:
"never lacked for confidence — and I mean that in a good way. Whatever he did he came well-prepared for. He always believed he could do radio and he worked to make it happen." (HSA)
About wanting Darren Hernandez and Nate Ilaoa for his broadcast team, Kekaula said:
"I specifically wanted those guys because of their personalities. In talking to them, the idea I had is that we have to constantly think we're sitting on a couch and what would we say if we were describing the play we just saw. I want us to have good fun doing it. I want to step up the entertainment value and not lose the integrity of the game." (HSA)
About entertaining PPV viewers, Kekaula said:
"People pay good money for pay-per-view and we feel obligated to give them not only the X's and O's and ABCs and have some fun along with it. For example, the first successful shovel pass we come across I want Nate to explain to us exactly how that works. I've always thought Nate had to be a special cat to be able to turn his back on the defense and make that catch." (HSA)
About how he's worked with Bobby Curran on the radio broadcasts of UH football for the past 12 years, Kekaula said:
"I have nothing but good memories of those years. After I got the job and cleared everything with my people (at KITV) and everybody was on board and official, the first thing I did was call Bobby. Then, I drove out to his house and talked to him. He understood. He knew it was something I wanted to do for a long time." (HSA)
About Kekaula approaching him about joining the TV broadcast team, Ilaoa said:
"It was out of the blue and we played some phone tag. I never really thought about doing this, but it's right up my alley. I'm anxious, and I'm nervous because I've never done (TV). One thing I know is we're going to have fun with it." (HSA)
About how Ilaoa could be excellent for their broadcasts, Kekaula said:
"It's a whole arena he's never seen before. But if we get Nate to be Nate, it will be magical." (HSA)
About the role he sees Darren Hernandez having, Kekaula said:
"I like what FOX did with Tony Siragusa, take it a step further. Not just be the person to speak when spoken to. Jump in when you have something to say. Darren can be the guy who speaks the king's English, the bad- ... biker he looks like and everything in between. And that's not putting on an act, that's him." (HSA)
About how doing TV play-by-play will be different for him, Kekaula said:
"The biggest difference will be preparation. My homework is different now. And during the play my eyes have to follow the ball. As color guy you can look at the pulling guard, how the defense sets up. Definitely, now I have to be on the ball." (HSA)
About meeting at Kekaula's house with Hernandez and Kekaula, Ilaoa said:
"Robert and Coach Darren explained the prep work that goes into it. It's sort of like getting ready to play a game in some ways. I've always been able to form an opinion about sports." (HSA)
About telling Ilaoa and Hernandez the same thing that Wally Zimmerman told him when Zimmerman hired Kekaula as a sportscaster in 1989, Kekaula said:
"I want you. If I wanted someone else, I'd hire someone else." (HSA)
About making unconventional choices for his broadcast team, Kekaula said:
"Nate's a football junky. Darren's a preparation freak. I put these three pieces together in my mind, and it works. I've been rolling the dice since the day I started. I like being different." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110720_for_kekaula_uh_football_play-by-play_is_dream_job.html
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/furtherreview/20110720_kekaula_takes_bold_approach_in_assembling_dream_team.html
"I started in 1987 with News Radio 99 and Don Robbs. I had read in the paper they had gotten the UH contract, so I called up Don and tried to convince him that I should do the play-by-play for UH. That didn't work. So, I tried to convince him that I should do color. That didn't work, either. He (Robbs) convinced me I should do schlep work. That worked." (HSA)
About getting the UH football play-by-play job, Kekaula said:
If there is celebration in that, there is also relief. "I didn't know if I'd ever get the chance (at UH play-by-play) because that job doesn't come open very often.You don't see m any get the opportunity." (HSA)
About taking over for Jim Leahey, Kekaula said:
"Jim is the greatest storyteller I have ever known; I grew up watching him. When I first got in the business, I told him that." (HSA)
Robbs said that Kekaula:
"never lacked for confidence — and I mean that in a good way. Whatever he did he came well-prepared for. He always believed he could do radio and he worked to make it happen." (HSA)
About wanting Darren Hernandez and Nate Ilaoa for his broadcast team, Kekaula said:
"I specifically wanted those guys because of their personalities. In talking to them, the idea I had is that we have to constantly think we're sitting on a couch and what would we say if we were describing the play we just saw. I want us to have good fun doing it. I want to step up the entertainment value and not lose the integrity of the game." (HSA)
About entertaining PPV viewers, Kekaula said:
"People pay good money for pay-per-view and we feel obligated to give them not only the X's and O's and ABCs and have some fun along with it. For example, the first successful shovel pass we come across I want Nate to explain to us exactly how that works. I've always thought Nate had to be a special cat to be able to turn his back on the defense and make that catch." (HSA)
About how he's worked with Bobby Curran on the radio broadcasts of UH football for the past 12 years, Kekaula said:
"I have nothing but good memories of those years. After I got the job and cleared everything with my people (at KITV) and everybody was on board and official, the first thing I did was call Bobby. Then, I drove out to his house and talked to him. He understood. He knew it was something I wanted to do for a long time." (HSA)
About Kekaula approaching him about joining the TV broadcast team, Ilaoa said:
"It was out of the blue and we played some phone tag. I never really thought about doing this, but it's right up my alley. I'm anxious, and I'm nervous because I've never done (TV). One thing I know is we're going to have fun with it." (HSA)
About how Ilaoa could be excellent for their broadcasts, Kekaula said:
"It's a whole arena he's never seen before. But if we get Nate to be Nate, it will be magical." (HSA)
About the role he sees Darren Hernandez having, Kekaula said:
"I like what FOX did with Tony Siragusa, take it a step further. Not just be the person to speak when spoken to. Jump in when you have something to say. Darren can be the guy who speaks the king's English, the bad- ... biker he looks like and everything in between. And that's not putting on an act, that's him." (HSA)
About how doing TV play-by-play will be different for him, Kekaula said:
"The biggest difference will be preparation. My homework is different now. And during the play my eyes have to follow the ball. As color guy you can look at the pulling guard, how the defense sets up. Definitely, now I have to be on the ball." (HSA)
About meeting at Kekaula's house with Hernandez and Kekaula, Ilaoa said:
"Robert and Coach Darren explained the prep work that goes into it. It's sort of like getting ready to play a game in some ways. I've always been able to form an opinion about sports." (HSA)
About telling Ilaoa and Hernandez the same thing that Wally Zimmerman told him when Zimmerman hired Kekaula as a sportscaster in 1989, Kekaula said:
"I want you. If I wanted someone else, I'd hire someone else." (HSA)
About making unconventional choices for his broadcast team, Kekaula said:
"Nate's a football junky. Darren's a preparation freak. I put these three pieces together in my mind, and it works. I've been rolling the dice since the day I started. I like being different." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110720_for_kekaula_uh_football_play-by-play_is_dream_job.html
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/furtherreview/20110720_kekaula_takes_bold_approach_in_assembling_dream_team.html
UH ended its recruiting of Tate Forcier
HSA Note: "People familiar with the situation said Forcier did not project to meet the requirements to join the Warriors for UH's fall semester, which begins Aug. 22. If he had chosen to attend UH and met those standards, Forcier would have been allowed to practice but not play in games in 2011, in accordance with NCAA rules."
HSA Note: "The Warriors are recruiting two other quarterbacks. Both are eligible to compete for the Warriors beginning in January."
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110720_warriors_end_courtship_of_tate_forcier.html
HSA Note: "The Warriors are recruiting two other quarterbacks. Both are eligible to compete for the Warriors beginning in January."
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110720_warriors_end_courtship_of_tate_forcier.html
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Mike Edwards is paying his living expenses to be in Hawaii early to meet the rest of the Warriors
About paying for his living expenses since he arrived in Hawaii Sunday night since he cannot get scholarship money until training camp starts, Mike Edwards said:
"It was a sacrifice I wanted to make for the team. I wanted to get out here and get an early start." (HSA)
About passing the online class that will enable him to transfer to UH, with the grade being recorded at the end of this month, Edwards said:
"I could have stayed home (in Ohio), and trained with the guys I've been working with. We got in some great work. But I wanted to get in early. I wanted to meet the other players. I didn't want to be the new face to everybody in camp." (HSA)
HSA Note: "Two years ago, Edwards was widely known as a four-star cornerback from Ohio's powerful Glenville High. He signed with Tennessee in February 2009, and played eight games as a true freshman that year. But in November 2009, he and two other teammates were arrested for attempted robbery in which a pellet gun was shown. They were dismissed from the team. Because Edwards did not handle the weapon, he received a two-year probation, which eventually was shortened. He is no longer on probation."
About being arrested for attempted robbery, Edwards said:
"I was never a bad kid. I was never in any trouble in my life until that situation. It was me being in the wrong place at the wrong time. ... Those two guys were my best friends on the Tennessee team. We were young. We all played as freshmen. ... I acted without thinking about the consequences. I made a mistake. That's part of growing up. That's part of making great decisions at all times, not taking an hour off. An hour can change your life forever. That's one of those situations that changed my life. I hope it can make me a better person. That's what I want to show in Hawaii." (HSA)
About his past achievements, Edwards said:
"I didn't want all of that to go to waste. I knew if I had another opportunity, I would take advantage of it." (HSA)
About how Tony Tuioti (who met with Edwards' family, friends and teammates) and Mack (who approved a scholarship offer to Edwards) welcomed him to UH, Edwards said:
"They made me feel I was part of the family. This is a great place to make the most of a second opportunity. Everybody kept asking me when I would go back on the field and what school I would go to. It was tough. I kept my eyes on the prize. I worked hard in school. Now I'm here. The sky's the limit." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110719_edwards_gets_a_jump_on_uh_football_career.html
"It was a sacrifice I wanted to make for the team. I wanted to get out here and get an early start." (HSA)
About passing the online class that will enable him to transfer to UH, with the grade being recorded at the end of this month, Edwards said:
"I could have stayed home (in Ohio), and trained with the guys I've been working with. We got in some great work. But I wanted to get in early. I wanted to meet the other players. I didn't want to be the new face to everybody in camp." (HSA)
HSA Note: "Two years ago, Edwards was widely known as a four-star cornerback from Ohio's powerful Glenville High. He signed with Tennessee in February 2009, and played eight games as a true freshman that year. But in November 2009, he and two other teammates were arrested for attempted robbery in which a pellet gun was shown. They were dismissed from the team. Because Edwards did not handle the weapon, he received a two-year probation, which eventually was shortened. He is no longer on probation."
About being arrested for attempted robbery, Edwards said:
"I was never a bad kid. I was never in any trouble in my life until that situation. It was me being in the wrong place at the wrong time. ... Those two guys were my best friends on the Tennessee team. We were young. We all played as freshmen. ... I acted without thinking about the consequences. I made a mistake. That's part of growing up. That's part of making great decisions at all times, not taking an hour off. An hour can change your life forever. That's one of those situations that changed my life. I hope it can make me a better person. That's what I want to show in Hawaii." (HSA)
About his past achievements, Edwards said:
"I didn't want all of that to go to waste. I knew if I had another opportunity, I would take advantage of it." (HSA)
About how Tony Tuioti (who met with Edwards' family, friends and teammates) and Mack (who approved a scholarship offer to Edwards) welcomed him to UH, Edwards said:
"They made me feel I was part of the family. This is a great place to make the most of a second opportunity. Everybody kept asking me when I would go back on the field and what school I would go to. It was tough. I kept my eyes on the prize. I worked hard in school. Now I'm here. The sky's the limit." (HSA)
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sportsnews/20110719_edwards_gets_a_jump_on_uh_football_career.html
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