Comments on: It was a runaway, not a run-up

By: JD Allen

JD Allen — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:16:31 +0000

Check the roster Sue, or are you Wendell Look’s wife? They had 60-70 players from 2009 till now. The 2008 team probably had 50-60 guys. Iolani is recruiting. The D2 teams can’t compete against their cheating.

By: sue mason

sue mason — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 01:49:33 +0000

It was only a few years back that Iolani had all of 6 players over 200 and a roster size of 43. Ever since they started winning State Championships has the intermediate and varsity programs taken off where the rosters have swelled to 60-70 players and kids over 200 numbering in the teens instead of single digits. That is the price of success, so dont fault Iolani for its success these past years.The other D2 teams need to step up their programs and then we should see parity among the D2 teams in the ILH.

By: sportsguy

sportsguy — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:23:28 +0000

It was not necessary for St. Louis to run no huddle the entire game. That is no class and even the other St. Louis coaches and parents know that they ran up the score and were embarrassed by what they did against Pac 5. The reserves could get just as much practice practicing against themselves because they probably have more talent than Pac 5. Also it is not necessary to blitz when you are up by that much against a much inferior team like Pac 5. St. Louis showed no class in a 73-6 win. Also like JD Allen said Iolani has the numbers and talent to play D1. Look at the years past they were always able to compete and even beat the 3 D1 powers but they rather stay down and win those D2 Championships. And with that in mind Pac 5 will always have more D1 Championships than Iolani and even Punahou since they won 2 prep bowls (1982 and 1985).

By: bandits1

bandits1 — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:53:54 +0000

Is the ILH requiring a back-to-back D2 ILH champion or STATE champion to move up to D-I? ILH champion makes more sense.

By: JD Allen

JD Allen — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:56:32 +0000

P.S. I wouldn’t put it past Coach Look to do this: have Iolani lose games it can easily win (with Jordan Ross, whose family isn’t paying a dime for him to attend Iolani, coming back two more years), thereby letting another D-2 win that part of the ILH in 2014. Good luck with that Iolani, and enjoy having karma catch up with you in 2015 and 2016 as a D-1 team. It isn’t like you are too small to play PUN, KS, and SL anyway. There are 15-20 kids over 200 lbs and 60-70 players. You ain’t a D-2 with those numbers like Pac-Five, Damien, and St. Francis are (those teams have only got about 30-50 players).

By: JD Allen

JD Allen — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:46:51 +0000

If Iolani didn’t play the Big Three in league play they’d never schedule them in non-league games. That’s because Coach Look is a coward.