Friday, October 30, 2009

Miah Ostrowski says that when JJ left he had to give up his plans to play basketball and football at UH

HSB Note: 'Ostrowski, a third-string football slotback, was just sitting quietly yesterday morning, observing. His teammates who play in the football games were in Reno. His possible future teammates were getting ready for tonight's opening exhibition against Hawaii-Hilo. The two new point guard possibilities were out with injuries, making Ostrowski's presence all the more intriguing."


Asked if Ostrowski had gotten the approval to play basketball, UH men's basketball head coach Bob Nash said:
"We haven't had that conversation yet." (HSB)


Asked about his readiness to play basketball, Miah Ostrowski said:
"I just mess around, couple times a week. Football keeps me busy." (HSB)


About how he was going to play both football and basketball at UH, but when JJ left he wasn't allowed to do that, Ostrowski said:
"I wasn't really thinking about football coming out of high school. But June said I could play both. When he left, I figured I had to stay with football." (HSB)


Asked if he's frustrated about his lack of playing time in football, Ostrowski said:
"Not really, I'm still one of the young guys. I'm behind Greg (Salas) and the juniors." (HSB)


About how losing is hard on the team, Ostrowski said:
"But we're a team, and those are the guys I'm with every day. We're brothers, a family." (HSB)


HSB Note: "He wants to do both. Problem is, these two families practice at the same time — in the morning."


About how the basketball team is interested but they aren't going to interfere with football, Nash said:
"We were never not interested. But I was not going to seek it out and interfere with him in his other sport." (HSB)


About how the football coaches know that he wants to play basketball, Ostrowski said:
"We'll try to figure something out. (The football coaches) know. We just haven't talked about it yet." (HSB)


http://www.starbulletin.com/columnists/furtherreview/20091030_Basketball_beckons_while_Ostrowski_embraces_football.html

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