Comments on: 4 JV football teams bow out of games

By: Marauder

Marauder — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 02:15:12 +0000

As we are talking about GPA we need to consider the school. Is a school 4.0 to begin with. For example, Punahou is a 4.0 school with less than 1% not graduating.
While Waianae rate is 2.0 with graduates 50 to 60% of student body. Therefore, how can we expect a child in Waianae to meet the 2.0 gpa. When the school cant even meet a 2.0 rating or pass academic review.

By: phILHarmonic

phILHarmonic — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 01:16:27 +0000

Mama- isnt that how it is supposed to be right now?

By: Mama

Mama — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 22:50:45 +0000

Its the Student-Athletes that should be held accountable for their education, that allows them the ability to participate in all school functions, including “sports”. In the long run, teaching the Student-Athlete to prioritize, organize and focus on Education first, then sports and community, when and if they move on to the next level it will only benefit themselves to be marketable to college recruiters and Division I, II and JC institutions. It is our job as parents, coaches, and school administrators to provide these Student-Athletes the tools, support and avenues for success.

By: phILHarmonic

phILHarmonic — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 17:52:44 +0000

Id like to think that a coach does things outside of his job description because it is what is needed and is the right thing.
we not blaming the coach, but there needs to be some solution focused thinking and not who is to blame.
work with programs/businesses in the community to provide services/resources to help players in season and off season.
have a 4th quarter watch team of faculty or coaches or even parents with educational background who will mentor players through the 4th quarter to finish strong.
just ideas.

By: bumbuchas

bumbuchas — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 08:57:20 +0000

Academic Probation impacts 3 games this season due to school starting 1 week later then in the past. Thus the 2 week sit out goes into the 3rd game of the season.

I don’t get it, how can people blame the FB Coach for players being on probation? His job is to coach! Tthe school has Educators to help, Parents to push their child, but yes, the bottom line is the Student themselves make the choice of keeping up his grades or not. The FB Coach goes out of their job description to try to help the students improve their grades by running study hall, off season programs, pushing their athletes into other school sports which keep their grades up, doing things in practice to remind these athletes to keep up their grades, etc. One blames the Coach? Blame the student and their parents! Do your job parents! Don’t blame someone else for your shortcomings as a parent! That student has your last name on his back! Take away their video games and cell phone! Sheesh!

By: rrforlifebaby

rrforlifebaby — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 02:54:24 +0000

Just saw in MaxPreps that California and National Power Long Beach Poly won’t field a JV team this year due to low numbers….unreal.

By: phILHarmonic

phILHarmonic — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 00:37:19 +0000

Maybe they would start with negative points. Probably still win though.

By: Education First

Education First — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 23:48:10 +0000

Education First August 10, 2017 1:37 pm
This is the VERY reason the leagues should factor in GPAs and SAT scores into the on-field score for every game. If it was implemented there’s a chance that Kaiser could have won the game without actually having to step on the field. For instance a forfeit win by rule is always a 2-0 score. If Kaiser accumulated 10 points via academic score and Mililani only 6 then Kaiser would have won 10-8.
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Here’s my shadow pretending to be me again.

But if that was the case, I don’t know how successful Kahuku would be.

By: Education First

Education First — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 23:37:19 +0000

This is the VERY reason the leagues should factor in GPAs and SAT scores into the on-field score for every game. If it was implemented there’s a chance that Kaiser could have won the game without actually having to step on the field. For instance a forfeit win by rule is always a 2-0 score. If Kaiser accumulated 10 points via academic score and Mililani only 6 then Kaiser would have won 10-8.

By: phILHarmonic

phILHarmonic — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:41:01 +0000

Is it really, if it is something consistently happens year in and out? I have a friend who started coaching back in 2000 and says that they always factored in not having at least 15 players for the first two games of the season due to AP. Im all about accountability, but, cmon man, the OIA needs to address this, only if they see it as a problem which apparently they do not.
Which is why, pre-season games are the best to miss if you are on AP.