Well, obviously the "Iolani haters" don't have the authority to change those rules, so forums like this are the next best alternative. I did mention in earlier posts that I don't particularly care for Iolani, but I don't hate them. I mean, when we talk about high schools, we're talking about kids, and I would like to think most of us as adults aren't encouraging hatred of the kids who attend this high school or that. I mean, if you hate their school, do you hate them, too? I think what the so-called "Iolani haters" are getting at is that while "the rules" may exist, shame on Iolani for taking advantage of those sort of rules. I guess it's like saying, while the law doesn't call for your arrest if you commit adultery, should you then commit it? I think a lot of the "Iolani haters" are mad at Iolani for staying in D2 in football. If you read my earlier posts, you would see that my position is, we don't have to get mad at that, because being in D2 is itself somewhat ignominious. I.e., while I'm not thrilled that Iolani won the D2 title, I nonetheless am not angry that they're in D2.Leftfieldcoachlikeu wrote:I'm just commenting too. I think the negative attacks came from the Iolani haters, not me. Get mad at the rules, not for the team that the rules was made for. Get mad at whatever school you're cheering for for not having a better coaching staff. Some programs like to put more work in than others. Kauai teams is ahead of most of the Oahu d2 teams. Should they move up too? Why even have a d2 league if as soon as you get decent, you move up? Should we make it so Waipahu with 22 kids are a state champion? Should we give out participation medals?
Then you say, "Why even have a D2 league?" And, I agree that there shouldn't be one. Let all schools aim high, and be D1. That's what they were all doing before '02 anyway, when the classification system was created. I.e., are some schools simply hiding behind D2? Are they using D2 as a crutch? And speaking of Waipahu, I think it's ironic that a school that has what I understand is the second-largest enrollment in the state--second only to Campbell's--should have so few players available on its football team, on any given week. That's yet another indication that a school's enrollment isn't necessarily a reliable indicator of whether it should be in D1 or D2.
