Comments on: SUMMER summary: ‘Iolani Raiders

By: grabum.bythe.puppy.gate

grabum.bythe.puppy.gate — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 01:36:47 +0000

iolani no like work hard in d1 fo title gatta go d2 lose money

By: phILHarmonic

phILHarmonic — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 23:28:46 +0000

BTW, BG Grad is Education First masquerading as a Bishop Gorman grad. Same MO, choose a screen name that makes you seem somehow superior to hide real life self esteem issues. LOL!

Star Advertiser says ILH has StL, Pun, Kam in open, stF and Damien in D1, P5 and Iolani in D2. Is this some kind of JOKE??!! Iolani slotting themselves BELOW stf and Damien so they can steamroll smaller programs and claim yet another empty State title? Feel sorry for the players having to play “low” so head coach and school can feel good about themselves. Punahou not much better. Bringing in boatloads of “student athletes” under the guise of “Diversity scholarships” to bolster their roster. Direction of school’s admissions is troubling, getting essentially mercenaries to come in to win titles in name of school.

By: rrfl

rrfl — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 18:01:11 +0000

BG grad, no one mentioned kahuku at all in his article or any of these comments.

By: BG Grad

BG Grad — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 08:23:19 +0000

when will kahuku fans ever stop whining? that’s the million dollar question. quite frankly, it’s getting embarrassing and reflects negatively on you and your community.

By: RidgeRunnerE-5

RidgeRunnerE-5 — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 05:18:50 +0000

I’ve always viewed ‘Iolani as a Div-I program competing at the Div-II level. They definitely could’ve won a few more ILH(and Prep Bowl) titles in the ’80s-’90s.

By: grabum.bythe.puppy.gate

grabum.bythe.puppy.gate — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 02:50:14 +0000

coaches hold summer camps to make good relation wit player, stlous host nike camp as way to indirect groom player miano have speed camps. many ways to make favor wit elite player

By: bumbuchas

bumbuchas — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:54:24 +0000

we are not saying ALL good athletes are recruited by private schools as they are many who attend on their own accord. But…..there are some that are recruited and asked to apply for financial aid and $ found to cover the difference and that’s great for them!. Been involved in both private and public school settings. I’m sure there are players who gravitated to Miano’s program on their own but let me tell you many of the elite were recruited. And that’s fine cause the OIA AD’s & Principals had knowledge of it but chose to do nothing. So, Rich & Staff continued to do so. he put his college recruiting experience to good use. We know cause the athletes would talk & brag. Recruit Hit Board of athletes targeted from different public schools, Chad Ikei’s informal persuasions of the high school athletes who paid to work out with him, boarding house in Hawaii Kai, etc. hahaha! More Power to Kaiser! they got their championship. not complaining. No private school athlete is singled out and recruiting is not said to be All of them are. BTW, Keoni Makekau is a great athlete. nothing like a Scholar-Athlete!

By: Sports Mom

Sports Mom — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 21:02:18 +0000

As personal friends of the Makekau ohana, I know for a fact Keoni was NOT recruited by ‘Iolani. Unless one has personally spoken to the family, it is unfair to the school, the player & his family to assume that they were recruited and could not afford to attend a private school. A lot of these parents make financial sacrifices to send their kids to schools such as ‘Iolani & Punahou to first & foremost prepare them academically for the future. A lot of athletes at ‘Iolani would probably welcome less homework and less of a commute by attending another school, but these families know that ‘Iolani prepares those kids well for life after high school. I am a mom to two public school athletes as well as two private school athletes so I see both sides. Parents have chosen to transfer between public schools without being recruited by the coach. I know a couple of players from Campbell who went to play for Rich Miano at Kaiser & they were not recruited. The players/parents will gravitate to certain public schools/coaches on their own for their own children’s development and the schools they choose is usually a testament to the school’s academic resources as well as coaching staff. If a coach knows of a potential transfer & the player’s potential to make an impact, I don’t think the coach would discourage the transfer but I also don’t see or hear of the coach going all out to recruit & make the transfer happen.

By: bumbuchas

bumbuchas — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:58:01 +0000

Winless in D1 competition but 2nd in State Tournament. 8 D2 Titles since it’s inception and 11 ILH D2 Titles. Even w/only 3 teams and 4 when Word of Life was around, it’s still hard to come out on top and that’s a credit to their program & coaching. No one said Iolani doesn’t recruit, they do but not at the level of the other Big 3. Their high academic standards limits who can come in. Compare the academic standards of St. Louis, Kamehameha to Iolani, big difference. If they went winless against the ILH D1 teams, obviously they don’t belong in the same category. D1 State Tier is their place. If you mock their success in the ILH D2, that doesn’t say much about PAC 5 and Damien. Well, you may have a pt there on those 2 FB programs, hahaha! But as I said before, let em all recruit! They (ILH) can play by themselves and the OIA can play by themselves.

By: Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:29:57 +0000

bumbuchas, The Iolani Reds went winless in league play last year. What “domination” are you talking about?! I think Iolnai recruits juts enough players to be able to win the Div 2 championship every year, but not too much that they become too good where they are forced to play at the highest level and are then forced to compete with St Louis for state football championships. I say Iolani recruits. They say they don’t. But former Iolani player Josh Hauanio (sp?) is now at UH. You telling me St Louis didn’t recruit him? Keoni Makekau too. You telling me St Louis didn’t recruit him either and that their families paid the full tuition price at Iolani? yeah, right. Donny Mateaki. Sealii Epenesa too, recruit.