Comments on: SPRING-ing into fall FB: Farrington Governors

By: Ackrite

Ackrite — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:22:09 +0000

Man Coach Okimoto…

You sound like a guy making excuses and although you may believe that’s the reason you ain’t getting over the hump, you’re really sounding like a cry baby…

You need to hit da road or just get it done! Kahuku been having elite kids leave for private schools since I remember!!! This year Punahou just scooped up a handful of Laie Park BigBoys that are going to enter the 9th grade next year and that’s not counting the kids they already have!!! So don’t make excuses about not getting the job done with what you have because Kahuku gets it down with what they have and it doesn’t matter who leaves to privates schools! Difference is the next kid believes in himself that he is just as good or even better!!! That’s how those kids are raised down there…It’s next man up mentality and pure blue collar work ethic…

All you cry baby coaches crying over transfers and now kids have to sit out a year that won’t even have any benefit to them but just because coaches crying kids take the hit! It’s no wonder a lot of teams suck year in year out! The coach doesn’t even have the mentality to lace up the cleats, put on the helmet and just bang with anybody regardless who’s on the team…

“C’MON MAN?!!!” I bet if Vae Tata was head coach at Farrington he wouldn’t even use that excuse… LOL! Just get it done no excuses or hit da road and let someone else take a shot!

By: 88

88 — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 03:16:14 +0000

Work + work + more work = Champions and Championships. Not just ” A handful of players” but the WHOLE DAMN TEAM! Stop making excuses and get the kids ” ALL THE KIDS” out running and putting in the work so that way come time to play Kahuku its not 43-0 again.

By: Setu taifane

Setu taifane — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 23:03:01 +0000

Jus restateing how I feel, i agree with coach, farrington loses players to private schools just like kahuku. But I believe that just like kahuku, farrington has a deep talent pool but farrington not doing things right. Kahuku is a good example to follow. Every year private schools take players from laie park big boys football. But kahuku has instilled in them kids the ” next man up” mentality. Very well coached. Almost Every kahuku kid has at least 5 to 7 generations red raiders before them in their family. It gives the kids an incentive to be great like their family members before them not just football but everything. On top of that kahuku got the best community support ever in the history of anything. I kno I saying too much about kahuku but obviously they doing something right and farrington is not. I know farrington can do it but everybody gotta jump on board in making farrington great. But Too much crabs in da bucket.

By: Setu taifane

Setu taifane — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 22:51:03 +0000

To nick abramo. Kahuku has the best community support in the history of anything. Just my opinion. Bumbai u think I stateing facts

By: Polo

Polo — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 20:41:48 +0000

I agree with irizary! I’m an OG RRFL and our faith has a big big influence. Our young men knows that the community is behind them and we have Elite players leave to the ILH also. The coaches who have left to other programs is a reflection of Coach Okimoto, they learned and it’s time for them to spread their wings and continue to teach the values that was learnt while there with the Govs. But my opinion is after all these years… it’s time for Okimoto to past the torch and let the new generation take over. The game has evolved so much and it’s time to let young and new blood to run wild.

By: irizary

irizary — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 04:28:04 +0000

88 – everyone puts in work, from west side to town to waimanalo all these kids are working their tail ends off. Coach Okimoto is saying that some of his hardest working and talented kids are leaving to play at other schools. Its not an issue of his kids not working hard, its about keeping his kids to stay and play for Farrington. He specifically mentions Unity and sense of pride in the community is the only card he has left to play in order to keep the elite athletes in his program. He used Kahuku as an example of kids that leave the ILH to return to Kahuku because they want to wear the Red Raider jersey and represent big red.

Year in and year out…If the few elite linemen from Kalihi stayed and didnt fill rosters at Mililani and St. Louis and Punahou the bamboochas wouldnt even be starting and you wouldnt be blaming hard work as the problem. Okimoto knows that its not about getting his kids to work hard because there already is a handful that are working hard, its about stopping the ILH from taking those kids away from him. All OIA schools are dealing with this problem and its probably one of the main reasons the OIA does not want to join conferences with the ILH.

By: 88

88 — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 02:50:16 +0000

Farrington has a lot of Mormon kids on the team however being a Mormon has nothing to do with winning Championships. Putting in the work during the off season is what breeds champions and championships. The day after Kahuku loss to Punahou the kids were all at Laie Park putting in the work and we all know the result. Work + work + more work is what Farrington needs if they want to win. The Bamboochas need to put in the most work. Can you imagine how good that team would be if that O-line wasn’t hanging by the 2 quarter…..

By: irizary

irizary — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 23:17:15 +0000

Setu, There are other schools that have many generations deep in the community like Waianae, Ewa beach and Kalihi but what seperates Kahuku and takes them to another level is the predominantly mormon environment. Through the church system they worship together, play, eat, camp, sing, pray, dance, celebrate weddings and even mourn at funerals together. Unity is what brings that community together and their faith allows that unique bonding. Its not a fad, its a daily lifestyle. When I attended the championship game last year at the stadium I saw many red raider fans from Honolulu that were mormons but had no other connection to Kahuku other then the church. Mormons supporting mormons lol.

If I was coach Okimoto I would join the Kalihi mormon church and start building a bond and pride in that community with the help of those mormons, the Fehokos are mormon and was a big supporter of the Farrington athletic program when their four boys were playing.

By: irizary

irizary — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 22:39:28 +0000

I applaud Coach Okimoto for continually bringing the issue to light about the “recruiting” era we live in. He went public a few years ago when some of his players transfered to Mililani to help the trojans win a state title, he went public about private schools taking his talented players and now hes going public about his assistant coaches being recruited too.

More OIA head coaches need to voice their concerns because it directly reflects their ability to coach. Okimoto is considered the coach that cant win the big games and he is making sure that its not his ability to coach but rather the ability of schools like Mililani and Kahuku that field a more talented squad on the field, the three or four extra elite players that would have helped the Govs have a punchers chance against Kahuku/Mililani are recruited away from the Farrington program. So Rod York in his 5th year is considered a better coach then Okimoto who has been coaching for 20yrs based on winning two OIA titles and a state title? Coaching can only do so much its the talent on the team that makes the coach look good. It is definitely an arms race.

By: Nick Abramo

Nick Abramo — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 22:20:57 +0000

In reply to Setu taifane.

To Setu taifane … a great line: “the best community support ever in the history of anything.” … I can’t prove that to be true, but I wouldn’t put money against it.