Comments on: New Moanalua hire Vince Nihipali raring to go in first head coaching gig

By: ReadReact

ReadReact — Tue, 12 May 2020 07:46:37 +0000

Coaching high school football is great. If you only have to deal with the players. Once you add in the parents, it’s not worth it. If the player is good it’s great parenting if the player is not so good it’s a crappy coach. Parents some advice. Back up the coach. Teach your children to respect authority and work hard.
Every coach is giving up time with his children and family to help your child. They deserve some respect and backing. Coach Nihipali is one of the most football knowledgeable people I know. Maybe only Nate Ilaoa is more into football stats by memory. Coach Nihipali is a stand up guy. I wish for him, his staff and the players at Moanalua the best. Work hard. Focus. Play football the way it is supposed to be played.

By: WTH

WTH — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 03:03:08 +0000

@really, I see that you are very upset Lol! You did not articulate yourself very well in your previous argument. But, I now see that your distinctions between a D1 title and what you call “Real Titles” must be referring to State titles. You should have just said that. Lol. Well Moanalua I believe does not have any football state titles. And since you know everything about Hawaii high school football, can you educate us all on how many “Real Titles” aka State titles Kapolei, Farrington, Campbell, have? ., How many D1 “Real Titles” did they win when they were in the old format, D1? Idk they may have some. In fact specifically please educate us on how many “Real Titles” Kapolei has, from D2 where they started, to D1, and now in the Open? Is Kapolei “overly talented”? I don’t believe Moanalua is a power house program either, but they came from the bottom and built a nice tradition of good football beginning in the Martinez Era to his student Eselu. The current D1 level is a good place for them. Hopefully Coach Nihipali can continue the growth.

By: really

really — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 18:36:59 +0000

I am talking about real titles, not league titles. How many state titles does Moanalua have for football. I will wait while you research and let me know @ WTH.

By: really

really — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 18:35:47 +0000

@WTH, did they win D1? Are they in the open? Last time I checked, they didn’t even make it to the title game.

If they had so much talent, why didn’t they make it at least to the title game?

Who cares if they won the OIA. They lost when it counted.

Moanalua is okay. Please stop pretending that we are talking about STL, Punahou, Mililani, or Kahuku.

By: coconutwireless

coconutwireless — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 19:32:08 +0000

Menehune’s gotta recruit a QB like they did last season but maybe not. New Coach may change the offensive scheme to one where the QB only need be a game manager. There seems to be a lot of uncertainty, uneasiness, unknown among the Moanalua FB supporters in the upcoming new Nihipali era. Eselu did a nice job opening up the offense and having an opportunistic Defense but the QB graduates. Who knows, there may be an influx of transfers to help bolster the local boys in Moanalua’s district.

On another note, if it is true that Kapolei and Waianae were requesting to move down from the Open Tier to the D1 Tier, SMH! Sandbagging! Both programs get talent and huge school enrollment to draw from. It will be interesting to see how Leilehua fares in the Open division. Best of Luck to Coach Kurisu and the Mules! They may end up beating Kapolei and Waianae!

By: WTH

WTH — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:46:38 +0000

@really Um, do you even pay attention to OIA football? Moanalua are the 2019 OIA D1 Champs. You keep saying no D1 titles as a basis for your argument. lol. All be it one, That’s at least one D1 title LOL.

By: really

really — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 14:54:10 +0000

@millz,

So what you are saying is they have talent, but they are playing in the second tier division? Well I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

I do think D1/D2 matters, but comparatively speaking, if they have talent, they would play in the OPEN.

Let’s be more specific. They have talent when talking about the D1 level.

But, they don’t have enough talent to play in the OPEN. If they did, they would be there. And let’s be honest. If they were really so talented, why no D1 titles?

Moanalua is okay. But let’s be real. It’s not like they are a powerhouse football team.

And even schools like Waialua, who are typically near the bottom, has some talent. Just not too much.

Saying a team has talent is really a blanket statement.

I stand by my earlier comment that Moanalua isn’t overly talented. My evidence is supported by being unable to win D1 and not entering the Open division.

By: millzz

millzz — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 23:27:28 +0000

@really
Triggered much?
They never win their OIA division on accident. Yes they not open division but they have talent. You have talent at every level. With that train of thought you must be one of those that think D1/D2 don’t matter. They do matter and they produce talent as well. My son played in college with kids from pearl city and Moanalua & my kids played for open. No I don’t think a lot of the d1 schools could beat many of the open schools even some of the weaker ones but they still produce talent. And I didn’t say they had more heart then everybody just that they had a lot of it.

By: nalohitman

nalohitman — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 22:38:09 +0000

Congrats Coach Vin.

By: Deborah Kim-Ito

Deborah Kim-Ito — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 21:46:38 +0000

It’s really sad that without giving him a chance he is being put down. He is a great coach and he truly cares about his players! Go Coach Vince!