Comments on: CLOSING THE BOOK: Kaimuki Bulldogs

By: Wainakea

Wainakea — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 10:34:46 +0000

Kinda nuts in my mind to move up to OIA D1 with a school called Waipahu with nearly triple the enrollment of Kaimuki is in. Don’t bring up Kahuku; they’re a complete outlier, one of a kind.

It’s crazy how this team managed to stay healthy all season long. Big props to the coaching staff and the players for pulling this great season off.

By: KeepItKaimuki

KeepItKaimuki — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 11:42:21 +0000

D1 in 2019. Got my money on Kaimuki. Thanks coach for bringing my confidence back to my alma mater! I can’t wait till August 2019

By: KeepItKaimuki

KeepItKaimuki — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 11:39:06 +0000

D1 or D2 it really doesn’t matter. Alls we care about was being competitive and Tautofi brought that back. Sad to see how bad everything else in that school is but the only good thing about Kaimuki high is and has been the football team and what coach has brought back to the kids and the community. I don’t think any coach in the past did quite as much as Tautofi did not just in the program but outside of it and in the community. There’s no comparison between Tautofi and any other coach of the past. He’ll easily be the most winningest coach and possibly next season, that’s if Kaimuki has what it takes to keep him there. They lucky he stayed as long as he did, unlike many of the coaches @Bulldogs listed

By: KHS Alumn

KHS Alumn — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 11:23:47 +0000

By far the best team this season of any in the history of the school. Fell short but they play 13 games with an Ironman squad and still dominating statistically in entire state for D2. Coach is definitely deserving of any praise that brings him in the discussion of the best coach ever in Kaimuki. After next season, he’ll be in the discussions of one of the top 5 coaches in Hawaii high school football ever given nothing to build but from scratch to creating national recruits like Paama. Watch out next season for them Dawgs

By: DefendKaimuki

DefendKaimuki — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 11:12:58 +0000

in the Era of Tautofi, they didn’t have a choice but to stay in D2. Then again, what they’ve done has nothing to do with what division they played in. Kaimuki since Tautofi has been top tier in the division they were put in and no other coach has been consistent in competing for a title as long as he has. He did that with little and what has resulted from that are greats like Paama, and not to mention other ballers on the team that we’ll be hearing much of in the near future. Let’s not start comparing coaches here, this current regime in the school and the unfortunate place Kaimuki high is in now was non existent then where it had thrived. So given Conditions of the school, the place the program had been when Tautofi took over, and how they’ve been one of the most consistent programs in the state last 4 seasons, it’s easy to see why there’s nothing to compare. He’s now the second most winningest coach in school history just 4 seasons compared to 20 plus seasons with the current most winningest. He’ll be on pace to possibly break it next season. Watch for the bulldogs to make a run Ata the D1 title next year! That, I’m excited for all thanks to Tautofi and his staff

By: Bulldogs

Bulldogs — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 04:06:47 +0000

Good job by the Bulldogs but there is an asterik as they were D2 level in the Tautofi era unlike the past Kaimuki HC’s of recent vintage; Onigama, Mafua, Johnson, Oyama, Naciemento, etc. who played strictly in the D1 level or combination of both D1 & D2. Nonetheless, the present Staff has done a nice job and its great to see the Bulldogs compete game in and game out. Looking forward to seeing them being competitive again next year and hopefully being able to move up to the D1 level the season after.