Comments on: ‘Iolani opts for Division II in state football

By: Hyn

Hyn — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 17:28:59 +0000

That’s why there trying to figure out a schedule where St. Louis only travels once to the mainland.

By: Made in America

Made in America — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 04:06:43 +0000

IT’s foolish to disagree with ilh makes there own rules anyways…. because he speaks the truth!

By: grabum.bythe.puppy.gate

grabum.bythe.puppy.gate — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 03:51:46 +0000

univ hawaii no money to travel how stlouis gon travel, silly rabits exposure come from offseason camps not highschool games

By: Hyn

Hyn — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 01:32:15 +0000

@ ilh makes there own rules anyways I think that would make sense. Just think if St. Louis does make the conference with the mainland schools wouldn’t everyone send there kid there for the exposure. Everybody crying that they recruiting now but kids would be standing in line wanting to go there instead.

By: Education First

Education First — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 23:06:10 +0000

Education First April 3, 2017 at 1:26 pm
olani declaring D2 for state tourney with PAC-5 and SF & Damien to D1. Coach Look and school sandbagging and looking for a cheap title against TRUE D2 schools with far less resources and privilege. What an embarrassment to Bray’s legacy. They’re trying to compete with the Mighty Buffnblu but they don’t come close!!!!!! The Golden “O” sticker on my mom’s Kia Optima says it all. PRIDE and will ALWAYS compete at the highest level. Now let’s see big bank take little bank. Onward Sons of Oahu.
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By: ILH makes there own rules anyway.......

ILH makes there own rules anyway....... — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 22:53:58 +0000

This is what it would look like if there was a merger. Something like this with top 2 and bottom 2 going up or down in each division after a 2 or 3 years rotation.
Open Division
Punahou, Kam, STL, Kahuku, Farrington, Kapolei, Mililani, Waianae, Campbell(Tweener), Kailua(Tweener), Leilehua(Tweener)
DI
Iolani, Damien, STF, Moanalua, Aiea, Kaiser, Castle, Nanakuli, Radford, and one of the tweener schools
DII
Pac5, Kalani, Waialua, Anuenue, PC(Tweener), Kaimuki, McKinley, Waipahu, Kalaheo, Roosevelt

State Tournament berths as follows:
Top 6 Open
Top 4 DI plus 1 BIIF, 1 MIL
Top 3 DII plus 1 BIIF, 1 MIL, 1 KIF

Now tell me that wouldn’t be something to pilot for a 2 or 3 year span. Can make tweaks from the data gathered and teams can rotate up or down depending on previous years outcome. Imagine the possibilities and matchups each week and new rivalries created between programs. HHSAA take a look, get it done Mr. Chris Chun.

By: Coach_B

Coach_B — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 21:20:06 +0000

@Anywaaays Just a thought that I’m throwing out there… What if its not the “high paying clients (ilh parents, alumni, boosters)” that Lee, Ane and Look are trying to benefit? I’d be the last person to go out on a limb to back the ridiculously inept administrative skills of Ane, not to mention the nepotism and political web behind the scenes.

However, hypothetically, if the ILH recruiting situation was sorted out, then would you want to see teams on the same competitive level, like Kahuku vs. STL vs. PUN. vs. Waianae, playing together? I hear what you are saying about the ILH needing the OIA more, I’d just think that competitive parity would be good all around given that recruiting would be prevented. 3 ILH D1 teams are kind of ridiculous, but so is the OIA Blue where its pretty much Kahuku and Waianae ever since Kapolei started attracting talent from Nanakuli and Campbell. OIA Red isn’t much better with Farrington, Kapolei, and Mililani, but even Mililani is questionable since their most success came with out of district players like Manu, Agasiva, Milton, Malepeai, and Timoteo. Teams like Castle and Kaiser don’t really have a realistic shot at beating these teams even though they are in the same Division, kind of like Iolani and ILH D1. Just wanted to throw that out there to show that parity is hard given the regular season set up in both the ILH and OIA and that the state set up looked more competitive across the board regardless of the perception with regards to too many champs.

By: Education First

Education First — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 18:30:06 +0000

anywaaaays!! April 4, 2017 at 1:02 pm
The playing field is not even when the ILH has all 8 islands to recruit from. Havent you ever noticed that when Punahou goes on a recruiting binge they end up winning the ILH and usually the state title? and when St. Louis goes on a recruiting binge they end up winning the ILH and states?
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@anywaays, you must hate college and pro sports then. There is never a level playing field. The SEC, PAC 12, BIG 10, and other major conferences will always be better than the WAC and Mountain West.

In professional sports, cities like LA, NY, Chicago, and other major cities will often have more appeal to lure free agents than cities like Sacramento, San Diego, Minnesota, etc.

It’s the name of the game. If you don’t like it you can:

1) stop watching
2) work for the committee who makes decisions on these matters

But PLEASE, can you stop crying already?

By: Just Play

Just Play — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 17:32:51 +0000

@Hyn I have heard that as well. My guess is “Iolani Opts for Div II …” will soon become not as controversial once other things become public. OIA/ILH football is about to get interesting.

By: Hyn

Hyn — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 10:47:02 +0000

Just imagine if St. Louis makes a power conference with 5 other mainland schools and only plays in the ILH. They would boycott the state tournament and now the OIA would beg for them to come back. Just a rumor that’s going around.