Comments on: Boys Top 10: Kahuku reigns despite ILH shuffle

By: MPI Parent

MPI Parent — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 22:25:27 +0000

Up by 6 in the fourth quarter last night against Punahou. Boys are competing. Coach Ryan is the best man for the job. It’s a tough one though, building a program. Especially without any football players to help in the middle.

By: Big Rone

Big Rone — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:33:37 +0000

Education last, you mention how the hate is motivating midpac, but it’s only motivating them to a 1-8 record. Soon to be 1-10. Originally there was the phrase of owls rising, when all we saw was owls dying or owls falling. Then it’s owl time, but it must be owl time to lose because 1-8 isn’t anything special. You can’t spell Owls without an L. Take the W out and make it OLS. If Hirata can’t lead a senior loaded team to s positive record, what makes everyone think that they’ll be any better next season all there seniors leaving. The coach is a failure, and he isn’t he man for the job to bring MPI a championship. He was a assistant coach at Iolani and it was on JV! not varsity, I question if he has the experience and the coaching talent to handle this type of job and this type of responsibility.

By: Education Last

Education Last — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:48:28 +0000

Education First, what is your problem with MPI? Did your kid get cut or something? All this hate coming out of nowhere. Do you have anything better to do than talk bad about an up and coming program? Their sophmore and freshmen classes are loaded. Their gonna be special in 2 years. Still curious why u hate midpac tho. Like seriously it’s just motivating them.

By: Education First

Education First — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:24:28 +0000

Kahuna Noshimuri January 27, 2017 at 8:35 pm
The program is going through a tough patch… Mid-Pac is very well coached and very talented. Keep in mind the Owls can still win it all if they get hot in the playoffs. #10 is very talented and did not play in the loss to Kamehameha. Mpi at full health when their clicking is as good as any ilh squad. They have great guard play and Zion Shepherd is a top 5 player in the ilh. The fact that their in every game and they don’t recruit or anything proves that Ryan Hirata is a great coach.

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I am sorry but I beg to disagree. They were not in the game against Maryknoll or STL. Those were blowouts. As for KS, they made a nice comeback. But they were down 19 in the 3rd. If KS’s head coach wasn’t missing, they don’t make that comeback.

Coach Hirata is pretty good, but so are about 12-15 others.

This is year 3, what is his record in the ILH over that time? I don’t think it’s too good.

By: Education First

Education First — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:21:15 +0000

@ MPI Parent, great school?

I definitely agree. Good people and intelligent people come out of that school.

By: Kahuna Noshimuri

Kahuna Noshimuri — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 06:35:55 +0000

The program is going through a tough patch… Mid-Pac is very well coached and very talented. Keep in mind the Owls can still win it all if they get hot in the playoffs. #10 is very talented and did not play in the loss to Kamehameha. Mpi at full health when their clicking is as good as any ilh squad. They have great guard play and Zion Shepherd is a top 5 player in the ilh. The fact that their in every game and they don’t recruit or anything proves that Ryan Hirata is a great coach.

By: MPI Parent

MPI Parent — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 23:55:34 +0000

My son plays ball for Coach Ryan at MPI. Yes, it is tough to turn around a program. There are glimpses of that happening….up by 8 against Punahou at half, up against Iolani in the 4th quarter. Good enough…hell no. But there are glimpses. Great Coach and School.

By: Education First

Education First — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 21:27:16 +0000

@ UH Hoops, my apologies, I didn’t know preseason counted so much, especially when most coaches are tinkering with their schemes and rotations. And once again, my apologies. I didn’t know that moral victories was so important. But I guess when you have only 1 league win, you got to take anything and fluff it out to look special. I am guessing you are also someone who thinks each kid should get a participation trophy.

Let’s see what happens when the senior heavy team who can only win 1 league game so far plays next year. Maybe drop down to D2?

Coaches are judged in year 3. And year 3, unless something drastically happens, will be the doormat of the ILH again.

And if you don’t thin the kids are tuning him out, why are they trending downwards?

They lost by only 2 to Maryknoll, then about 1.5 weeks later they lose by 23. Then a few days later they loes by 16 to the last place STL team who cannot beat anyone other than the OWLS.

If this is Owl Time, I wonder what would it look like when it’s not OWL TIME.

By: Education First

Education First — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 21:21:23 +0000

@ Islandstyl

I agree that Hogland is outstanding. It’s amazing to see the transformation he has made over the past 3 years. He went from a clumsy kid to a kid with a refined game with high basketball IQ. This speaks to the coaching he got at Iolani in addition to his desire to become great.

I like Villa since he can control the game with the ball in his hand. Hogland is outstanding, but if you surround him with inferior guards he can be a non factor. Now if you put competent guards around him, then it’s a different story.

I agree with you that Fotu will leave.

By: Education First

Education First — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 21:19:24 +0000

@ UH Hoops

Ignorance? HAHA. I believe MPI has been playing basketball for over 30 years. How many titles do they have again? I am thinking zero? And how many ILH wins do they have now? I think 1. And you want to compare them to Iolani?

I smell a HOMER in here. And for the record, several parents have told me the kids are slowly tuning him out. But then again you are not a MPI parent or supporter. (wink wink).