*** Official Hawaii vs Army, Game 4 Thread ***
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:34 am
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Takes a Washington Post writer to tell Hawaii fans that there were cultural problems in the locker room? You think a Hawaii Sports writer would say something subtle like they're not that cohesive a group yet, it will take time to build. Instead you see all the transfers leaving Hawaii and you have no clue why. Just makes it tough for a fan to follow. Now we know why there were so many suspensions last year if you add 1 and 1 and get 3. There's always going to be altercations in the locker room, there's just a lot of testosterone flowing but how its managed productively makes it more interesting.xer 21 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:20 pm Good read someone found from WSN.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/c ... 26b5aabb84
nice readxer 21 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:20 pm Good read someone found from WSN.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/c ... 26b5aabb84
That was an interesting read. I went to a meet the coach and Rolo was saying he wanted to get players that wanted to play for Hawaii. Now I can see that was his solution to the cultural problem. We need a team with cohesiveness one for all all for one because we can't attract the caliber of players the teams with prima donnas have. The players can make each other better by doing their own jobs better. It's still early in the year but so far so good.xer 21 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:20 pm Good read someone found from WSN.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/c ... 26b5aabb84
Yup, but no surprise there.shrek2 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:09 pmTakes a Washington Post writer to tell Hawaii fans that there were cultural problems in the locker room? You think a Hawaii Sports writer would say something subtle like they're not that cohesive a group yet, it will take time to build. Instead you see all the transfers leaving Hawaii and you have no clue why. Just makes it tough for a fan to follow. Now we know why there were so many suspensions last year if you add 1 and 1 and get 3. There's always going to be altercations in the locker room, there's just a lot of testosterone flowing but how its managed productively makes it more interesting.xer 21 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:20 pm Good read someone found from WSN.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/c ... 26b5aabb84
What he refers to as "rock fever" I used to know as "island fever." When you local, you get involved as an adult in lots of local softball and basketball leagues or go diving or surfing somewhere and there's all kinds of things to do. When you live on the mainland you have access to taking a trip out to Yosemite, Napa or Ocean Beach if you live in Northern California or Disneyland, Venice Beach etc if you live in Southern Cal. When I came back from Europe and lived in the east coast, first thing I did was go to a play on 42nd street in NY. One thing when you have that freedom of getting away is that people aren't asking you the same questions. I can imagine that Rolo might be asked how's so-and-so on the team doing when he goes to Safeway or wherever. That leads to island fever because there's no where he can go to get away from those questions except taking a trip back to Marin or Kula where his in-laws are.stranger808 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 6:17 pm "The issues Rolovich talks about are difficult for those who haven’t lived and worked on Oahu to understand. Hawaii is paradise to vacationers, but it can feel very isolated if you live there. Former Warriors basketball coach Riley Wallace used to talk about “rock fever.” Rolovich prefers to call it “the Magellan mind-set.”
“You come here, you have to be prepared to be an explorer. The geography’s not going to change. The volcano isn’t going to all of a sudden erupt and create a bridge between here and the mainland. When we fly somewhere, we aren’t going to see land for 4½ to five hours. I tell players when we recruit them that in four or five years when they leave here, they’ll be worldly men. They can go in any direction and be comfortable.”
^^^ From that Washington Post article.
I don't like that term "rock fever", and I never heard of that term until I spoke to some haole military members who asked about "rock fever". I told them I never heard of that term growing up, when you're born and raised in Hawaii you don't know anything else, but living the island life. Almost all of my family and friends live in Hawaii, so for most of us it's no big 'ting. Rock fever for non locals sounds more like homesickness to me. IDK, I still hate that term.
When I was at Schofield in the Army I can remember mainlanders moaning about how they miss home. I told them to either adjust and be happy or go home. Even my sister when she comes here she tells me in Seattle we have this. I keep telling her this is not Seattle. I can pretty much go anywhere. My stint in the Army prepared me for this. There are a lot of worse places in the world. But still Hawaii isn’t for everyone.stranger808 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 6:17 pm "The issues Rolovich talks about are difficult for those who haven’t lived and worked on Oahu to understand. Hawaii is paradise to vacationers, but it can feel very isolated if you live there. Former Warriors basketball coach Riley Wallace used to talk about “rock fever.” Rolovich prefers to call it “the Magellan mind-set.”
“You come here, you have to be prepared to be an explorer. The geography’s not going to change. The volcano isn’t going to all of a sudden erupt and create a bridge between here and the mainland. When we fly somewhere, we aren’t going to see land for 4½ to five hours. I tell players when we recruit them that in four or five years when they leave here, they’ll be worldly men. They can go in any direction and be comfortable.”
^^^ From that Washington Post article.
I don't like that term "rock fever", and I never heard of that term until I spoke to some haole military members who asked about "rock fever". I told them I never heard of that term growing up, when you're born and raised in Hawaii you don't know anything else, but living the island life. Almost all of my family and friends live in Hawaii, so for most of us it's no big 'ting. Rock fever for non locals sounds more like homesickness to me. IDK, I still hate that term.