Comments on: Johnson won’t close door on football just yet

By: 808Savage

808Savage — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 06:49:14 +0000

@Education First

90% of those RB’s were ineligible to play college ball.

By: Kapahulu

Kapahulu — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 20:55:12 +0000

@88 it’s not a lie Punahou graduates 100% of their students including their student athletes that’s why they are rated the best School in the nation. Not knocking Kahuku just opposed to the comment of anywayys saying Kahuku has learned to use that tool more than any other school public or private is completely wrong.

By: Education First

Education First — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 18:11:30 +0000

Kapahulu September 14, 2016 at 8:27 pm
@anyways you better think twice about your comment that Kahuku has learned to use that tool more than any other school. The last time I checked Punahou graduates 100% of their student athlete and 100% of them go to college. They also have about 20 or more football players that have full rides to college not only for football but for them being great students. Kahuku has a great amount of lineage and talented football players and we all support them in their success but we shouldn’t put them on the top f the food chain because they are not even close.

@Kapahulu, when was the last time a Punahou graduate didn’t meet the academic requirements of the NCAA Clearinghouse? I don’t have an exact number, but an educated guess would say it’s very low or non-existent.

By: Education First

Education First — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 18:04:06 +0000

anywaaaays!! September 14, 2016 at 2:23 pm
The average non-scholarship student usually saves up during high school, works full-time while in college and then is left with a big student loan after they graduate. To the few haters out there that criticize Kahuku for being TOO GOOD at football….we have 9 players on this years 2016 team with offers – thats over $1 million dollars of free college education. Football is a tool and Kahuku has learned how to use that tool more effectively then any other Public or Private school in this state…..There is nothing “dumb” about that!

Wow 9 out of 240 graduating seniors? That is 3.75%. That is a huge amount of kids! And of the 9 with offers, how many will actually be eligible? Would you care to make a list for the past 10 years of all the football players who got offers but never got to use it since they were not academically eligible to participate in football at the NCAA D1 level? Some was due to SAT scores. Some was GPA.

Your numbers paint a good picture that a very “tiny” amount of kids get to a college scholarship based on the numbers you provided. But what about the other 96.25% of graduating students? What happens to them?

By: YNAE

YNAE — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 16:31:47 +0000

JUST BE HAPPY FOR THE KIDS

By: Las Cruces Mom

Las Cruces Mom — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:48:53 +0000

Kawe has the potential, drive, & dedication to succeed in anything he sets his mind to do either on or off the field. He represents what all parents hope our young sons grow up to be like both in the sports arena and living life with respected morals and values.

By: Sam Langi jr

Sam Langi jr — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:28:21 +0000

I’m not calling anyone a liar but 100% is kinda high being that Iolani has the highest high school graduation to college ratio in Hawaii and I believe they were at 96-97% I forget the exact number I need to go look up stat again.

By: 88

88 — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 06:35:28 +0000

Kapahulu you don’t have to lie to kick it. We would all like 100% of our athletes to make it college but what we want and reality are two different things.

By: Kapahulu

Kapahulu — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 06:27:12 +0000

@anyways you better think twice about your comment that Kahuku has learned to use that tool more than any other school. The last time I checked Punahou graduates 100% of their student athlete and 100% of them go to college. They also have about 20 or more football players that have full rides to college not only for football but for them being great students. Kahuku has a great amount of lineage and talented football players and we all support them in their success but we shouldn’t put them on the top f the food chain because they are not even close.

By: Concerned North Shore Parent

Concerned North Shore Parent — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 03:34:29 +0000

Ummmmm Irvin if they played back then they still would have lost. He should just hang it up for safety reasons and go be another kahuku alumni to coach big boys league. That is all.