Comments on: Corbett, Ikei contend in Fargo

By: fkndsfkdsf

fkndsfkdsf — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 23:49:47 +0000

um there was girls in fargo from team hawaii as well why didn’t get any coverage ?

By: Love to Coach

Love to Coach — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 07:26:31 +0000

mxp2000 and Darren … obviously you guys have never gone up to Fargo and seen the competition. Please help coach at Team Hawaii and bring over your wrestlers … going to Fargo will open your eyes. Over the last 10-15 years I’ve seen my of our State Champions and multiple time State Champions go up to Fargo and flat out get licked. I promise you it wasn’t because a lack of coaching or a lack of hard work. I agree, the practices have a lot of room for improvement but I don’t blame the coaches. Many of the kids that went up are club wrestlers and are coached by a variety of other coaches. It would be like saying we are all failures as coaches because our kids can’t be as competitive as we’d hope. So, unless you’ve coached Travis Lee, David Terao, or Josh Terao …. tell me who you’ve coached that would do any better and be a guaranteed All-American at Fargo. Any success our wrestlers have up at Fargo is really a joint effort by many … John Robinson and Kevin Corbett will be the first to tell you that it wasn’t all them. The only coaches in Hawaii that I know that have fielded teams that have been mostly competitive against visiting mainland teams in dual competition have been Matt Oney, Todd Los Banos, and Yoshi Honda. And I know you are none of the above.

By: WrestlingFan

WrestlingFan — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 01:20:22 +0000

Mark B.,

Who are the “better coaches” staying away from HFUSA? The same ones coaching the kids for 10-11 months out of the year until they start going to Team Hawaii practices?

A couple of years ago, basically the same coaching staff took kids up who came back with a bunch of accolades.

The high schools need to step up during the Team Hawaii period and make practice facilities available large enough to accommodate 20-40 wrestlers per session.

By: nerrad

nerrad — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 01:10:18 +0000

Im saying put up or shut up. don’t diss the coaches who volunteered to go when u guys stayed home and did nothing to contribute. $3000 is news to me. last i heard it was about half that but even still if u have the money or can fundraise then why not take a trip to train and compete with the best? I’ve been to fargo. went 0-2 in greco and 1-2 in freestyle but it was more about the experience and improving. I came back and won a state title the next year. After seeing the studs at fargo it definitely gave me a mental edge over the competition in hawaii and I’m certain it will for the current team hawaii kids as well.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:17:46 +0000

So Nerrad as long as a coach travels on his or her dime their skill level as a coach doesn’t matter? The better coaches stay away from participating because of the politics of HFUSA.
Hawaii’s governing body is so out of touch with reality that we don’t stand a chance on the boys national level. The leadership we had shown on the girls side has passed and they are being overtaken by the mainland girls. The only exception are the Alo sisters.

By the way what about the wrestlers who forked out nearly $3000 to be on the Hawaii National
team only to go 0-2 or 1-2? Shouldn’t their dime matter Nerrad? Shouldn’t the coaches have told them to save their money and get better before entering a tier 1 tournament??

By: nerrad

nerrad — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 02:40:02 +0000

replaced? the coaches are volunteers who pay their own way to fargo. most of the better coaches in the state are more focused on their own teams and don’t take the time to help team hawaii. don’t blame the coaches who actually make the trip on their own dime.

By: Darren

Darren — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 19:54:47 +0000

The wrestlers were not prepared and the coaches all need to be replaced. They don’t have a clue.

By: mxp2000

mxp2000 — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 07:39:02 +0000

This is an embarrassment. What else can I say.

By: Thedude

Thedude — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 05:28:21 +0000

I feel like Kato’s name should be in the headline since he is the only guy to bring home a medal.