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Post by fetchin on Apr 23, 2015 18:11:13 GMT -5
Thank you Wolfgang. You may visit our home any time. There are just a few rude ones. The majority are great and I appreciate all the help they give me when I'm away from the computer or unable to post. Or they will alert me to comments such as yours. Thanks again. As for Burns, she has yet to visit Hawaii. Said she will try to come out after the sand season/graduation. Pretty much confirms that Kauiaboy is a pathetic liar. LOL It's so hilarious someone would just flat out lie on something like that.
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Post by fetchin on Apr 23, 2015 18:13:09 GMT -5
If Hawaii has proved ANYTHING in the past, its that they don't need top prep talent to win games. Like Cubicle said, look at 2009. One top ten talent, the rest ranked pretty low on Tawas list, with one not even being ranked (Hewitt) and two other OH in the 70s-90s I believe. That team beat teams like Stanford, USC, who were absolutely loaded with TALENT, and people still thought Hawaii would lose. Hawaii lost to cal in the pre conference was close, and while texas destroyed them, that texas team was second to none when it came to talent. And they took a PSU team to four, with top talent and every single position minus MB2. So that "do you really think Hawaii has equal talent" argument doesn't work. They beat texas two years ago, and guess what texas had, Eckerman, Bell, Mccage, Webster, Allison, all top ten talent. Plus two number ones. Guess what, Hawaii had zero. Hawaii beat Stanford in 2012, a team that eventually won the pac and took Washington to FIVE on their HOME floor. I think its obvious dave can do wonders with what he gets. Now Final four or NC is a little far fetched. But I Defintely see this team making the sweet 16 and probably the elite eight. I could see Hawaii advancing to the elite 8 if their setting improves, However if Higgins plays like last year, , I could totally see them out in the second round again, their schedule doesn't look rpi favorable either unless they beat Florida.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Apr 23, 2015 19:05:44 GMT -5
If Hawaii has proved ANYTHING in the past, its that they don't need top prep talent to win games. Like Cubicle said, look at 2009. One top ten talent, the rest ranked pretty low on Tawas list, with one not even being ranked (Hewitt) and two other OH in the 70s-90s I believe. That team beat teams like Stanford, USC, who were absolutely loaded with TALENT, and people still thought Hawaii would lose. Hawaii lost to cal in the pre conference was close, and while texas destroyed them, that texas team was second to none when it came to talent. And they took a PSU team to four, with top talent and every single position minus MB2. So that "do you really think Hawaii has equal talent" argument doesn't work. They beat texas two years ago, and guess what texas had, Eckerman, Bell, Mccage, Webster, Allison, all top ten talent. Plus two number ones. Guess what, Hawaii had zero. Hawaii beat Stanford in 2012, a team that eventually won the pac and took Washington to FIVE on their HOME floor. I think its obvious dave can do wonders with what he gets. Now Final four or NC is a little far fetched. But I Defintely see this team making the sweet 16 and probably the elite eight. I could see Hawaii advancing to the elite 8 if their setting improves, However if Higgins plays like last year, , I could totally see them out in the second round again, their schedule doesn't look rpi favorable either unless they beat Florida. Very Very true. Win florida and sweep the Big west, I see the wahine getting a 12ish seed. Don't win, and I don't know where their fate lies. Florida will be a VERY VERY key match. Also agree about higgins. While I don't think she's as bad as the board makes her out to be, she definitely needs to improve. One thing she does bring though is vocal leadership, something I think lacked with Uiato.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Apr 23, 2015 19:13:32 GMT -5
How so? can't the same dumb question be applied to every other team with the exception of Penn State? Hawai'i is loaded with talent and depth this season. The only concern for Hawai'i going in to the season is setting consistency. They clean that up and they have as good a chance as anybody else. I respectfully disagree. I agree that final four is a stretch, so is championship, but I definitely see them making it to the sweet 16 (assuming the committee doesn't screw them over have them play Penn state or stanford etc in the second round like they like to make Hawaii do. (Play teams they shouldn't be playing that early). I also see them possibly making the elite eight.
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Post by admrvt on Apr 23, 2015 19:52:42 GMT -5
How so? can't the same dumb question be applied to every other team with the exception of Penn State? Hawai'i is loaded with talent and depth this season. The only concern for Hawai'i going in to the season is setting consistency. They clean that up and they have as good a chance as anybody else. Most of the talent that Hawaii is getting hasn't played any Division 1 College Ball. Setting alone isn't the only thing that's going to keep them from a final four or a national championship this season. Besides that, do you really think Hawaii has more talent or even equal talent than most of the top 10 teams? I highly doubt it. What's dumb is that you think they have as good a chance as anyone. I don't get it. Unless a player transfers in from a D1 college, none of the new players that a college gets has played any DI games. So, huh?
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Post by C on Apr 23, 2015 20:18:52 GMT -5
Most of the talent that Hawaii is getting hasn't played any Division 1 College Ball. Setting alone isn't the only thing that's going to keep them from a final four or a national championship this season. Besides that, do you really think Hawaii has more talent or even equal talent than most of the top 10 teams? I highly doubt it. What's dumb is that you think they have as good a chance as anyone. I don't get it. Unless a player transfers in from a D1 college, none of the new players that a college gets has played any DI games. So, huh? You're right. All of the talent that Hawaii is getting hasn't played any division 1 college ball****
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Post by C on Apr 23, 2015 20:33:36 GMT -5
Most of the talent that Hawaii is getting hasn't played any Division 1 College Ball. Setting alone isn't the only thing that's going to keep them from a final four or a national championship this season. Besides that, do you really think Hawaii has more talent or even equal talent than most of the top 10 teams? I highly doubt it. What's dumb is that you think they have as good a chance as anyone. why is it "dumb" for a fan to think hawaii has a chance, as any other team? there's always a chance. sure, it comes down to more than just talent ... it's luck of the draw/bracket, seeding, RPI, etc., as well, plus a host of other things. but some of that we won't know till later. at the very least, hawaii certainly has the talent to potentially make a deep run into the tournament. hawaii has a big recruiting class this upcoming year, and it's true that none of them have D1 experience. but hawaii returns the bulk of its lineup from last year (5 of 7 starters). is it optimistic to think hawaii can make a run? sure. as any fan would be. there's precedent for it too. hawaii made it to the final four in 2009, with just one top 10 player on the roster (kanani danielson), and a cast of solid players, including a couple unheralded players out of high school. optimistic, yes ... but dumb? far from it... It was just a tit-for-tat for saying my question was dumb. Plus, it's pretty delusional to think that Hawaii will make the final four or even win the national championship this upcoming season. So I stand by my comment, even though it was just a tit-for-tat.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Apr 23, 2015 21:05:51 GMT -5
I could see Hawaii advancing to the elite 8 if their setting improves, However if Higgins plays like last year, , I could totally see them out in the second round again, their schedule doesn't look rpi favorable either unless they beat Florida. Very Very true. Win florida and sweep the Big west, I see the wahine getting a 12ish seed. Don't win, and I don't know where their fate lies. Florida will be a VERY VERY key match. Also agree about higgins. While I don't think she's as bad as the board makes her out to be, she definitely needs to improve. One thing she does bring though is vocal leadership, something I think lacked with Uiato. Florida lost its entire backcourt. They have talented attackers but their ball control will be suspect, at least early on. Hawai'i, otoh, will be a great ball control team this year. Hawai'I should handle the Gators.
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Post by ballervolley on Apr 25, 2015 10:34:58 GMT -5
I don't get it. Unless a player transfers in from a D1 college, none of the new players that a college gets has played any DI games. So, huh? You're right. All of the talent that Hawaii is getting hasn't played any division 1 college ball**** i see your point. ALSO adolpho was HUGE in the middle for UH blocking and hitting and taking blockers with her because she was such a threat, i don't think many people realize this. replacing her will be one of the biggest challenges. another subject that has been brought up is higgins' setting. biggest question is has she improved especially her connection with magil. furthermore everyone was saying how the abscence of nikki taylor was why we lost those beginning games but then when she was back in the lineup nothing really changed i know she was hurt and all but still. i don't think we should make such bold (FF) predictions early on. the new talent is talented but unproven at div 1.
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Post by po'okela on Apr 25, 2015 14:56:39 GMT -5
everyone I click on this thread it's the same ol crap being repeated over and over again. I feel like thr last 10 pages are all duplicate posts
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 26, 2015 21:18:05 GMT -5
Somewhere on this site, I read that the Wahine were at the Hawaii vs. Long Beach State men's vb match to do some fundraising for their upcoming trip to Europe. What fundraising activity did they actually do?
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Post by jr67 on Apr 27, 2015 1:30:49 GMT -5
Somewhere on this site, I read that the Wahine were at the Hawaii vs. Long Beach State men's vb match to do some fundraising for their upcoming trip to Europe. What fundraising activity did they actually do? A bunch of them were by the front entrance asking for donations.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Apr 28, 2015 13:30:59 GMT -5
Wahine won't have November to remember
By Cindy Luis, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 28, 2015
And you thought the Hawaii football schedule was brutal.
The Rainbow Wahine volleyball slate appears to trump that of the Rainbow Warriors'. While football has Ohio State, Wisconsin and Boise State on the road during the first five weeks of the season, volleyball is on the road for all but one match in November.
That's six consecutive Big West away matches between Nov. 6 and Nov. 21 to close the regular season. That's including consecutive nights at Long Beach State and CSUN, and another four within seven days across three regions in California: northern, southern and central.
That's a senior night on Nov. 1 with more than a third of the conference contests remaining.
It is what it is and, according to Rainbow Wahine coach Dave Shoji, the November schedule was the lesser of two evils. The other option for the mid-month matches was to squeeze them in on the same day as men's basketball tournament doubleheaders.
"It was the better alternative," said Shoji, beginning his 41st year in Manoa. "Basically that weekend was just a scheduling nightmare with men's basketball and football that Saturday. There was an option for us to maybe play at 1 p.m. Sunday, but that was unacceptable to me. So we swapped out the weekend that we play (UC) Irvine and (UC) Davis. It made more sense."
Originally, Hawaii was to host UCI on Nov. 13 and UC Davis on Nov. 15. Now, the Wahine will be at UC Davis on Nov. 15 and UCI on Nov. 17, to start of the four-matches-in-seven-days road trip.
"Playing every other day is not the end of the world," Shoji said. "It was a compromise and allowed us to combine two road trips."
The Big West again kept Hawaii as the "lone wolf" where the Rainbow Wahine are the only opponent for a team that week. The travel pairings also remained the same for Hawaii's opponents: Long Beach State-CSUN, UC Davis-UC Irvine, UC Riverside-CSU Fullerton and UC Santa Barbara-Cal Poly.
Shoji feels the nonconference schedule also will be challenging. Headlining the three tournaments are Florida, Oregon State and UCLA, all of which advanced at least to the Sweet 16 of last season's NCAA tournament. Also coming to the Stan Sheriff Center are defending Patriot League champion American (in the Hawaiian Airlines Classic) and Cal State Bakersfield, last year's Western Athletic Conference champion for two nonconference contests prior to Big West play.
Hawaii returns 12 players from the team that finished 22-7 overall and second in the Big West at 13-5.
RAINBOW WAHINE VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE
Home matches at Stan Sheriff Center All matches at 7 p.m. unless noted otherwise
Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational
Aug. 28: Oregon State vs. Wichita State, 4:30 p.m.; Idaho at Hawaii
Aug. 29: Idaho vs. Oregon State, 4:30 p.m.; Wichita State at Hawaii
Aug. 30: Idaho vs. Wichita State, 2:30 p.m.; Oregon State at Hawaii, 5 p.m.
Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Classic
Sept. 4: American vs. UCLA, 4:30 p.m.; Iowa at Hawaii
Sept. 5: Iowa vs. UCLA, 4:30 p.m.; American at Hawaii
Sept. 6: Iowa vs. American, 2:30 p.m.; UCLA at Hawaii, 5 p.m.
Outrigger Resorts Challenge
Sept. 10: Florida vs. Eastern Washington, 4:30 p.m.; San Diego State at Hawaii
Sept. 11: Eastern Washington vs. San Diego State, 4:30 p.m.; Florida at Hawaii
Sept. 12: San Diego State vs. Florida, 2:30 p.m.; Eastern Washington at Hawaii
Nonconference
Sept. 18: CSU Bakerfield at Hawaii, 7 p.m.
Sept. 20: CSU Bakersfield at Hawaii, 5 p.m.
Big West
Sept. 25: UC Santa Barbara
Sept. 26: Cal Poly
Oct. 2: at CSU Fullerton
Oct. 3: at UC Riverside
Oct. 9: CSUN
Oct. 11: Long Beach State, 5 p.m.
Oct. 16: UC Davis
Oct. 17: UC Irvine
Oct. 30: UC Riverside
Nov. 1: CSU Fullerton, 5 p.m.
Nov. 6: at Long Beach State.
Nov. 7: at CSUN
Nov. 15: at UC Davis
Nov. 17: at UC Irvine
Nov. 19: at Cal Poly
Nov. 21: at UC Santa Barbara
NCAA tournament
Dec. 3-5: 1st-2nd rounds, TBA
Dec. 11-12: NCAA regionals, San Diego; Des Moines, Iowa; Austin, Texas; Lexington, Ky.
Dec. 17 & 19: Final four, Omaha, Neb.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Apr 28, 2015 13:40:19 GMT -5
that's a brutal road/travel schedule in the last month of the season. could lead to some exhausted players heading into the ncaa tournament. it's looking like the 3 sports in november (football, volleyball and basketball) have created a choke point for scheduling ... with some really unfortunate results.
and again with the 4 matches in 7 days... i know shoji has done this type of scheduling in the wac. and maybe that kind of scheduling was fine for the caliber of teams that was there, but not against the big west. and i know at times, the condensed travel schedule was intended to save money. but, at the same time, there's money in the budget to send the team to europe this summer ... so you would think there'd be room in the budget to space those road trips out a little.
just a bizarre, unfortunate, disappointing schedule ...
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Apr 28, 2015 17:02:22 GMT -5
I agree that the schedule is not ideal but in the end, it won't matter in terms of wins and losses. Hawai'i will mop the court with The Big West this season.
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