Comments on: Punahou’s title win over Kahuku all about family

By: Coach C

Coach C — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 22:22:20 +0000

#23.@nnnnyway, shaddup. Nobody talking about football on a basketball thread. Couple questionabe officiating but it happens.

By: anywaaaays!!

anywaaaays!! — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 22:40:18 +0000

coach c is right. there needs to be a massive investigation with Pay for Play and the ILH cover up that runs at the highest levels of the state and the media. The ILH Agenda really screwed it up when they overplayed their hand and bought off the refs to clearly tilt the football state championship game to saint lulu’s favor.

Despite the massive cover up and the media black out on this issue, everyone in the Kahuku community knows what’s going on. It’s disgusting to see what high school sports has turned into now that the ILH treats sports as money and prestige makers and they view the kids as just chips to use for more money. They don’t care if they break up communities and families by creating mercenary teams. That’s the me first attitude of the ILH.

RRFL!

By: TooMeke

TooMeke — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:01:53 +0000

Congrats to Puns! And great season Big Red! Thank you!

By: Last Samurai

Last Samurai — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:39:00 +0000

Eh, if St Francis and Coach Durant like stay in D2, let em. They can continue to be the big fish in the little pond. The attention, prestige, limelight, focuses on the D1. Up to the ILH how they like deal with that. Kind of like Pearl City in Football, should be D1 but they choose to stay D2, the OIA let em. Now Iolani is a different story, they are successful because of their coaching. If you look at their lineup, they don’t have the size & numbers of their ILH D1 counterparts, D2 yes but not D1. Anyways, going back to St. Francis, Sol Batoon started it off and were able to build that program to where it is today, yes, recruiting but just like what the other ILH schools. More power to them.

By: JetWavy

JetWavy — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:28:57 +0000

@ Just The Truth

BINGO!

By: Just the truth

Just the truth — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 21:32:21 +0000

The only way St. Francis will move up to D1 is if all the Division 1 teams band together and not play them in the pre season. What advantage would it be to play a Division 2 team, that thrives off of beating Division 1 teams, with the help of the media supersizing their accomplishments?? None! If you win, you were supposed to. If you lose, the basketball community and the media make a huge deal out of that situation. There was a point that every team played in the same division! St. Francis is a small school, but so is Maryknoll, Damien, Mid Pac, etc. etc. etc…..

Their coach even said he’d only move up if he got a few players above a certain height level….huh? what team in Hawaii has that luxury? You have a kid from Serbia, go get more…

What would their schedule be like if no Division 1 team would play them?? They are so competitive, that I believe that would make them consider moving up. Try it, see what happens. You can’t get ranked in the D1 polls without beating D1 teams. They would get no recognition playing only D2 teams. It doesn’t matter what they accomplish at the D2 level, the only people that will take them seriously is the D2 community and the media in Hawaii.

Please don’t misinterpret what I’m saying. There are many teams that have their place and should be in D2. This is NOT one of them. If you’re allowed to recruit, have all access to the gym at all hours of the day (per player interviews), and have been beating D1 teams, but choose to stay at the D2 level, you’re a sandbag. And, college coaches know it.

I think their top scorer is a hell of a player. He works hard. The media makes it seem as if no one else is working as hard as him, they are absolutely off their rockers….Don’t forget that his dad is on the staff, he takes 25-35 shots per game, and plays the whole game. He didn’t come out of the championship game, even up by 25+ so that he could up his stats. Come on, what kid wouldn’t flourish in that environment? But, unless you do that day in and day out in the top division in your state, there will always be questions.

By: JetWavy

JetWavy — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 21:32:16 +0000

@Coach C

But when a team from the league that doesn’t offer tuition/aid beats the team that can, then people like investigations lol. I remember last season, the Punahou coach after losing the title game was talking about “we’re winners we did it the right way”. Ok, coach.

By: Coach C

Coach C — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 21:13:29 +0000

I’m just wondering? Where do the Kahuku recruits get housed. Do they have dorms? Do they fly back on weekends? Is Kahuku academics so great that they flock there? What bring these kids there? Maybe FAMILY? If a kid goes to a public school and there is no $$$ incentive, that’s called transfer. There is no value for the kid. When a kid is approached from a school and a 15-18k tuition is offered for his athletic services, that’s recruiting. Power to that kid and the family and yes it’s a good move and bring’s prestige to that private school.

By: Coach C

Coach C — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 21:04:08 +0000

Lots of trolls here. My question is will St.Francis and Damien go to D1? Cmon, most polls got St.Francis above ALL OIA and Outer island D1 teams.

By: Local fan

Local fan — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 04:40:54 +0000

Geez Kahuku fans!!! Enough about the ILH recruiting already and “play for your community”. All students that go to an ILH school have to come from somewhere. And if Kahuku was all about community, then all of their athletes should stay home and play for UH which is the “community” we all live in. Shaddup already and just support all local athletes. Root for your school and congratulate the winners.