About not being on the field for the first time in his 38-year career (2 years as a player, 36 years as an on-field coach) with the UH football program, George Lumpkin said:
"It's been difficult, but not hard. I've been a coach for a long time." (HA)
HA Note: "At the urging of head coach Greg McMackin, Lumpkin moved from assistant head coach to director of player personnel. In his new position, Lumpkin serves as recruiting coordinator and academic liaison. Na Koa, UH's booster club, pays for the director of player personnel's salary and benefits."
About taking the non-coaching position, Lumpkin said:
"Mack talked to me about it. He thought this was the best deal (for the team). I'm all supportive of Mack. What he said is what I want to do." (HA)
About being able to work with recruits and their families, with his job letting him guide players from when they are being recruited all the way through graduation, Lumpkin said:
"Any time I can continuously work with people, that's my main objective. I enjoy helping the young guys mature and grow. That's the best part: helping to mentor the young people, and deal with the challenges they have in life, and helping overcome those challenges." (HA)
HA Note: "Lumpkin and his predecessor, Tony Tuioti, who now coaches the defensive tackles, have crafted a five-year outline for recruiting. Lumpkin said the Warriors will expand their recruiting reach to Western Samoa, Australia and New Zealand. The Warriors also are going to increase their letter-writing and e-mail contacts with recruits."
About how they will write more letters and send more e-mails to recruits, Lumpkin said:
"(Recruits) need to know you're interested in them. It's not enough to offer a scholarship and say, 'We're interested because we offered a scholarship.' You have to show a little love by the mailings that go out on a continual basis so they know there's interest. We'll intensify that." (HA)
About being the #1 QB now (Graves is #2, Rausch is #3), Shane Austin said:
"It's still the middle of spring. We're at the halfway point. It's how you finish. We have to keep trucking through this spring. We've got the second half of the game, basically." (HA)
About how all of their QBs are trying to become the starter, Graves said:
"Even if Bryant (were) here, I'm still going for the prize. I still want the No. 1 spot. I'm going to do what it takes to get that. Every day is a new opportunity." (HA)
About how all of their QBs need to strive to be the starter, Austin said:
"Everybody should have that mentality. If you're not striving to be the best, I don't know why you'd be out there. Everybody wants to be the best. Everybody pushes everybody to be the best." (HA)
About his familiarity with UH's plays on offense, Austin said:
"We've been around the block. We know how things are going to develop, and how they'll open up. It makes our reads quicker. I'm feeling confident, but I know I can do things every day to get better." (HA)
About how he had no notice when he became their #1 QB, Austin said:
"Nobody told me anything. It was: 'Where's Mo?' I went on with practice. You have to go with it." (HA)
About how the fractured right pinkie on his throwing hand is completely healed, Rausch said:
"It's ugly, but it's healed." (HA)
HA Note: "While he had an uneven performance in the offense-only passing drills, Rausch made accurate throws in team and blitz drills. Graves had some difficulties when the defense unveiled new looks and blitzes."
About how he cannot get frustrated when he struggles, Graves said:
"If things aren't going your way, you have to have a short memory, and keep moving on. The next play is the next opportunity." (HA)
About how last year Shutter, Nielsen, and he ran their opponent's offense instead of UH's offense, Graves said:
"It's great to run our system. Last year, on scout, I was running the other team's system the whole time. This semester, I'm picking up our system." (HA)
HA Note: "Middle linebacker Brashton Satele and offensive right tackle Laupepa Letuli yesterday participated in light workouts. Both have been cleared to practice while they await a ruling on their appeal for medical hardships that would allow them to play as sixth-year seniors in 2010. They have been restricted to individual drills as a precaution if their appeals are rejected. The National Football League draft is next week, and teams may sign free agents after that. The UH coaches want to keep Satele and Letuli healthy in the possibility they might need to audition for NFL teams."
About the uncertainty over whether or not he can play this season, Brashton Satele said:
"I've been waiting since December (for the NCAA to rule)." (HA)
About taking over at RT after Kainoa LaCount was hit on his right knee during drills yesterday, Levi Legay said:
"I had to step up to the plate." (HA)
OL coach Gordy Shaw said that Legay has:
"good workout habits and fundamental techniques. He's smart, and he knows what we're doing, and he doesn't make mistakes." (HA)
About being asked to grayshirt and join UH in January 2008, Legay said:
"I guess the coaches felt I needed a little more time to mature physically. I gained a considerable amount of weight since then. I got stronger. I still have a way to go." (HA)
HA Note: "Legay, a sophomore, is listed at 6 feet 3 and 280 pounds. Shaw said another option is to give Adrian Thomas some reps at right tackle, where he started two games last season. Thomas is now the No. 1 right guard."
Asked who their #1 QB is now, Mack said:
"We haven't made any decisions yet. Shane (Austin) just happens to be the first to go in some of our drills." (HSB)
About how it would be better for the team if Moniz was practicing, Rolo said:
"It'd be much better if (Moniz) was here to get the reps. But we're getting the depth, you gotta look at it that way." (HSB)
HSB Note: "When asked about other positions, Rolovich said veteran inside receivers Greg Salas and Kealoha Pilares have pretty much secured their starting spots. No surprise there. He said wideout Rodney Bradley, coming back from a broken leg, remains "a big question.""
About Moniz not practicing, Greg Salas said:
"We miss him a little bit but one player doesn't make our team. We're way ahead of where we were at the end of last year." (HSB)
About the struggles he has gone through during his Warrior career, Brent Rausch said:
"It definitely made me a better person, a stronger person and it's good for me. I'm just waiting for God's plan." (HSB)
About throwing 14 passes in 2 seasons, sitting out all of last season due to a broken bone in his throwing hand, Rausch said:
"It was hard to keep my head up. But I'm still here." (HSB)
About Moniz's situation, Mack said:
"Bryant Moniz is taking care of some personal issues and he'll be back on the team when he gets those taken care of. We just move on like we would if anybody goes down and it just gives the other quarterbacks more reps." (HSB)
HSB Note: "So far this spring, Rolovich has split the offense into two huddles, with the units alternating plays. Yesterday, junior Shane Austin and freshman David Graves led the first huddle, which included the more experienced receivers and linemen. Rausch and freshmen Cayman Shutter and Corey Neilsen rotated in the other huddle. The order can change with each practice, depending on performance."
About the competition at QB, Austin said:
"It's fun, it makes it competitive. Everybody wants to be that top dog. It makes us better and in the end it helps the offense as a whole. One day you can be in the first huddle, and the second day you can be the No. 4 guy in the second huddle. It gives you a goal to shoot for." (HSB)
About how they have to get a lot of QBs ready to play due to their unstable QB situation, Rolo said:
"Any time your number one is not here it's going to have some kind of effect, we've got to minimize that effect. We haven't had the most consistent quarterback stability in the first couple years I've been here so we have to have guys ready. This is football, things like this happen and you have to move forward." (HSB)
About how he is getting familiar with UH's offense, Graves said:
"I feel like I have it down on paper, but I just have to get out there and get reps and get timing down, see coverages quicker. It's all going to come with time." (HSB)
About Rausch, Rolo said:
"We just need consistency. I think he's taking it like this is his chance to do everything he can to get better and improve himself." (HSB)
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