just curious, how is this ILH RELATED? This has to do with two OIA Schools.

OIA State champions in the last 60 Year’s (17)
Kapolei and Mililani have never won any of those titles (and have never been legitimate contenders)
Basketball in Hawaii is ranked probably where the educational system is ranked in the nation.

Let’s face it most high school teams in Hawaii aren’t ever going to be good teams. There’s not enough talent, well let’s put it like this, there’s not enough coaches that can DEVELOP the talent. I️ believe the talent pool in our state is just different.
Example: most kids here if they are 6 ft tall most coaches will automatically put that kid in the post as a “big man”. Wrong: how many 6’3 big men do you see in college, any college… When you know how to develop kids you look beyond the present. If that kid doesn’t grow what position will he play after high school?

As far as recruiting, what’s wrong with taking a kid who has the potential to play and finding a “better” situation for that kid. Oh and for you loyal freaks, this is about opportunity. Life is about maximizing opportunities and striving for better. Like I️ said, a lot of teams on this Island will not be very good no matter what. The sad thing about that is, the AD’s and Coaches know it and do little to change it, not that recruiting is the answer, but don’t hold a good kid back because you don’t want to work to build a program.
Why penalize a team, school or AD for trying to build a healthy, winning program.

Side note… I️ like what Kahuku is doing with their program…

Just my humble thoughts