I'm a fan of our opponents as much as I'm a fan of Hawaii football. Aranda is a pretty humble guy from everything that I've ever read about him. McMackin gave him his first big break at Hawaii, but in an interview for Wisconsin he credited Utah State and Gary Andersen for giving him a shot when no one else wanted him. So, yeah, I'd say Norm Chow pretty much whiffed that coach non-retention decision. When a Hawaii opponent has Hawaiian roots, I'm even more interested. I'm not gonna root for Wisconsin, but I'll be in awe of the craftsmanship and talent.Broseph12 wrote:I don't understand some of our "fans"... it sounds like some of you hate Chow so much that you are rooting for Aranda to beat our Warriors. Aranda is a great coach, but he has moved on to bigger and better things (and besides, how do you guys know we would have been able to retain him? Coaches like that don't stay around mid majors too long and not to mention he's making more than he ever would coaching here). Should he have kept Aranda?... probably. Doesn't mean you hope for our team to fail against them.
And I do expect to be in awe. I watched most of the Alabama/Wisconsin game. Some break-away runs by a monster running back sealed the deal for the Tide. As far as I can tell, we don't have monster running backs. Alabama scores in that game: 37 yard run by Derrick Henry, 17 yard pass, 56 yard run by Henry, 2 yard Henry run, and Drake 43 yard run. Oh, and Wisconsin's defensive leader suffered a concussion in the first half of that game.
I don't like Chow's coaching style and I didn't like his first two choices for offensive and defensive coordinator. I do like what I see of his 3rd (4th?) choices for offensive and defensive coordinator.