itshandled wrote:
Like most head coaches, Rod loves his team. They are like family to him, and he challenges them to give their best not just for themselves but for each other. Cuz whats one person against a team? What you are seeing, Mililani dominating the way they are is just them giving their 100%. Why people feel the need to make it like he's out to 'prove a point' is beyond me. From talking with friends and family from Kahuku, some things I have heard a lot from them is that Rod is trying to take 'their championship' or 'how dare they call themselves champs, they haven't won states!' or 'heard the coaches are coming after our coach' or 'trying to say its their year'.
@itshandled welcome to the forum, in the end its all about the kids and the competition and competition breeds greatness. without cal lee and stlouis setting the bar high back in the 90's kahuk wouldnt have had any mark to shoot for. ask any player who played for kahuku in the 80's and 90's and they will tell you how much animosity they still have toward stlouis, that same bitterness is what united and created drive for the next generation of kids to become better. so in a sense we have to thank stlouis for bringing that out of us.
i sense the same competition in york as kahuku has handleed the trojans over the years, add on top like you say how some of the parents and fans of kahuku eggon and mock the trojans and of course any coach would take it personal, if they didnt then they shouldnt be in the coaching business. much respect to york who unlike most other OIA coaches that just laydown and accept defeat to the red raiders he sparked a fire within his program to rise to the challenge. we went through the same growing stages so we can relate, but you need to also understand that there can only be one king of the hill so of course we going try to keep them off of it. they might win it all this year but that will just make us more hungry for next year.
its all good and in the spirit of competition!
now days kids from all over the island attend camps together and are taught by the same coaches, they become friends and the competitive nastiness soon dissipates. just like the NBA and how everyone is friends not like the bill laimbeer days and piston bad boys, this generation is soft. I love watching vae malepai run the ball but would like to see him run over a db and then step on their face. just like how maafala did when he was at stlouis. that is how rivalries are created and maintained and makes for some good competition. like bobby curran say on the radio "kahuku fans seem to care a lot more" and it shows by the numerous of us idiots on here speaking smack while the other schools have no one representing them. i guess u are now the lone trojan fan on here.
kahuku will come out strong but will need to be smart too, and ultimately will need to respect that trojan offense or else it will get out of hand
hope its a competitive game this week. go kahkuu!
