Comments on: Q&A: Kahuku basketball coach Brandyn Akana

By: BG Grad

BG Grad — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:11:49 +0000

notice how anywaays doesn’t refute education first.

but based on how the comments in this section is going right now, kahuku fans here be like “ILH recruits! ILH recruits! they’re dirty! they just recruit!”

then when it’s pointed out that Kahuku recruits, they go “ILH recruits because of prestige of academics and the schools themselves. Kahuku recruits by family connections! so our recruiting is okay!”

what a joke. just accept that all schools recruit and move on. kahuku fans posting here are really coming off as clowns right now

By: anywaaaays!!

anywaaaays!! — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:34:27 +0000

Hey Edu, you said in the other comments section you attended Punahou before transfering to Lowell High in Sanfran. Ok. So you are an elitist talking crap about our public school kids education. Wow! How honorable of you.

…ps. and why are my comments about exposing this former Pun student keep getting deleted? Is it bad press for StarAdvertiser that one of the most vocal posters on this blog the past 2 years calling Kahuku students stupid and their alumni “burger flippers” bad press for Punahou?

By: anywaaaays!!

anywaaaays!! — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 23:37:20 +0000

What community are you from EDU? I remember you saying last year you are from Lowell High School in San francisco.

Since you are so critical of Kahuku, why dont you do a comparison of your High school with the Athletics AND Academics at Kahuku, and if your alma mater is so much more superior in both then I can begin to understand why you think you are so much better then us island people.

By: Education First

Education First — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 22:09:18 +0000

I disagree. I recall parents waiting on the football field trying to physically confront Coach Reggie Torres when he was first hired. I also recall moms going on TV last year with attempts to get a fine man like Alan Akina fired. Is that your definition of Aloha?

As for weaknesses, I would say standardized test taking and being eligible through the NCAA Clearinghouse are some of the weaknesses of that community.

By: anywaaaays!!

anywaaaays!! — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 23:19:50 +0000

You dont hear about the ILH schools crying because when they want to get their way they dont go to a dead end blog and voice them selves. They go to the offices of the entity’s in charge to change the rules, hire their “own kind” to ref games, lobby for changes that tilt the competition in their favor, recruit and stack their teams with talent (Cal Lees Neighbor island recruiting).

The Kahuku community have no other outlet to voice themselves other then social media and this dead end blog, no other OIA community wants to create waves because they all secretly aspire to join the ILH family, either that or they are just quietly bending over and taking it in the you know what. As much as every one bagged on Rod York in 2015 for stacking his Mililani team with recruits at least he showed some pride in his own community to build it from scratch and not sell-out to the ILH like how many athletes do every year. Much respect for Rod York.

In Kahuku we have Aloha and respect for everyone but don’t mistake our Aloha as weakness!

By: Education First

Education First — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 22:37:00 +0000

@anyways, I do not recall any ILH players who won the title and then immediately left the school to go home.

I am all for any player to change school if they feel that school would benefit them in anyway from academics to athletics to music regardless if they are attending a private or public school.

However, I find no honor in attending a school, winning a title, then leaving. I understand if there is a family emergency or whatnot. But if a kid came to win then immediately leaves, that kind of kills the spirit of competition.

As for crying? Who is crying? And if you guys really go into the heart of these blogs, the ones usually crying are the same guys crying over and over again. It’s hardly anyone from the ILH and almost all of the OIA schools. The ones crying are the same ones who claim to represent one particular community.

By: Public School

Public School — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:20:09 +0000

So Fotu really did go back to NZ?

By: Tafena_Costa

Tafena_Costa — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:34:40 +0000

@anywaaaays!!!
You right. ILH crying foul on this is laughable. Avea only went Utah one year all of a sudden he’s a “recruit”. Villa born here, most his family here, comes back to play for his uncle nothing wrong with that. Even Fotu got family here, among them his sister playing at HPU. Kahuku definitely had more Hawaii born players than a lot of rosters in this state,

By: anywaaaays!!

anywaaaays!! — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 08:09:39 +0000

@JustPlay, you are right the public school coaches and familys need to know how to game the system similar to what the ILH coaches have been doing for years. Coach Akana used his family ties to bring in Fotu and his Nephew Villa and all of a sudden a public school wins the title. Goes to show that when the playing field is even and public schools have access to recruiting some talent they can beat the ILH schools. The ILH coaches are overrated, they survive off of recruiting more talent then everyone else.

The ILH schools use money, prestige and resources to recruit their talent. Once they get the talent and win championships all the younger kids want to go to that school. Family pride is what attracts talent to Kahuku.

“The school doesn’t make the player, the players make the school” – Lavar Ball (Father of the Ball brothers)

https://youtu.be/SnLVqvsDToU?t=1m34s

By: Just Play

Just Play — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 01:24:50 +0000

OIA players gotta sit out one year if they go to an ILH school. And vise versa. But yah. Happens a lot in the ILH. Public schools gotta just keep winning the championships!