Comments on: Pupule ballot: Kapolei vs. Kamehameha, anybody?

By: anywaaaays!!

anywaaaays!! — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 05:39:44 +0000

Kamehameha#1 October 25, 2017 9:51 am
How boring is that Kamehameha played Punahou and St.Louis 3 times this year. How about Damian and St. Francis? 4! What would you want to do something like that?”

Maybe you guys should stop recruiting, destroying the competitive balance in the state, and break apart communities by stealing our children in order to power your football factory “schools.” Until then, you guys can just play each other 10 times in the season. Nobody cares about the ILH except those who support their corrupt agenda.

By: Kamehameha#1

Kamehameha#1 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 19:51:16 +0000

How boring is that Kamehameha played Punahou and St.Louis 3 times this year. How about Damian and St. Francis? 4! What would you want to do something like that?

By: Kamehameha#1

Kamehameha#1 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 19:46:48 +0000

“Bowl week sounds awesome, if rather watch Kapolei vs Kamehameha then a D2 title game”

You are absolutely right! Can you Imagine Mililani vs Kamehameha, or Punahou vs Waianae. Its all about the kids!

By: BlameSomeoneElse

BlameSomeoneElse — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:05:54 +0000

I remember when ILH Champ St. Louis played BIIF champ Konawaena back in 1984, and then as ILH runners-up again played BIIF champ Konawaena. The first game was before the Prep Bowl against Leilehua, the second game, I believe, was agreed to prior to the 1985 season.

By: Hau'ulaBoy

Hau'ulaBoy — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 08:13:25 +0000

Thank you for your perspective and your doing a great job. IMHO the two divisions should have seperate polls. Just like UH did not deserve to play in the BCS that year, proven on the field, these D2 teams would not stand a chance. Yes on any given sunday (friday) any team can win, but 9 out of 10 times the bigger, faster, stronger and better coached will prevail. And yes, the little guys need love, but thats what bowl games are for. But thanks for the response. RR4L._.

By: Paul Honda

Paul Honda — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 06:16:22 +0000

In reply to Hau’ulaBoy.

St. Francis fumbled at the 2-yard line near the end of a 13-9 loss at Leilehua. The D-II powerhouses can hang for a half or more, just not for 10 weeks in a row due to depth issues. That’s understood.

But at some point, when a D-II team is unbeaten for a long stretch, that resume deserves some love. After all, the ceiling is low and the floor is much, much lower for most D-II programs. Lack of SOS, they lose to another D-II (unranked), and it’s a long dive off the cliff. So I don’t mind giving D-II teams some love, especially when they beat (almost) everybody by substantial margins.

We see some of it in the college rankings for football and basketball. Gonzaga, Butler, San Diego State in college hoops. From mid-tier conferences, building stronger each year. In the OIA, teams don’t get much choice in classification, but there would be much more sense with three divisions like they did in the late 1980s and early ’90s. I’ve written hundreds of inches on this…

By: Hau'ulaBoy

Hau'ulaBoy — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 05:19:03 +0000

Good job Pupule Paul. I still dont agree with having D2 schools ranked higher than teams from D1, we know most likely would smash them. But just cuz they have a better record they are ranked higher, even though the play in a lower division with much less talent and size. Thats why they seperated into two Divsions because they couldnt hang with D1. You give some of those same D1 schools that you ranked higher, lets say, Iolani, Lahina, Damien or St. Francis schedule to Waianae, Kapolei or Campbell and they’d be undefeated and looking like champs.

By: Awrite!!

Awrite!! — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 02:32:16 +0000

They didnt get bounced they fell out of contention for the OIA title but continued to play for the top 6 positions and made it in as #5.

Campbell Football and Waianae fell out of contention for the OIA title and are now playing for the 3rd and final spot. If you dont want your season to be over then win your games its as simple as that.

Kahuku football lost to Campbell a few seasons ago and didnt make the state tourney, I didnt want to see them continue playing because they lost and were un-deserving, they had deficiencies in their game and needed to go back to the drawing board and prepare for next season.

Everyone whos season is over has deficiencies and needs to prepare to comeback stronger next season. Knowing that the best team from the ILH and the best from the OIA are going to battle it out for the state title in a few weeks is good enough for me and leaves no doubt about who is the best.

By: The Rim

The Rim — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 02:21:35 +0000

I like the idea! We could have the mud bowl in Hilo and the sun bowl at Kealakehe.

By: Coach C

Coach C — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 02:09:34 +0000

Paul your post season bowl series make too much sense. For the teams that look for advantages for the next season, this would be a great time to incorporate and develop the jv players with varsity play.