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)


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