If he was off the team, I assume no scholarship. So did he pay rent in the Manoa area? What job did he get to afford that? Yeah, he would be on the first flight out I would think too.shoichikun808 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2020 12:27 pm supposedly he's been seen during offseason workouts practicing with the team. I think he's been reinstated
The student housing apartment aren't that expensive. Me and a few friends were contemplating that when I was in school a few years ago. He was slated to be a Spring 2020 graduate per his twitter bio and others have mentioned they seen him in the stands at UH games even after he got let go from the team. So it seems like he never gave up the chance to get back on.cabanalane wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:22 amIf he was off the team, I assume no scholarship. So did he pay rent in the Manoa area? What job did he get to afford that? Yeah, he would be on the first flight out I would think too.shoichikun808 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2020 12:27 pm supposedly he's been seen during offseason workouts practicing with the team. I think he's been reinstated
When Kennedy Tulimasealii was off the team, he had to workout on his own (for that chance to comeback) to stay in shape.
Read the whole article atThe Stovall brothers, who grew up in Lancaster, Calif., expect a couple dozen friends and family to be in attendance. But there is one person, their sister Melkyra, who both brothers wish could cheer them on. Melkyra died in August 2018 in a freak car accident. She was funny, outgoing, friendly and her brothers' biggest fan. But 13 months ago, she died at age 19, a wound that’s yet to heal, that will never heal.
“We will never get through it,” said Melquan, a freshman receiver at Nevada. “It’s something that will be stuck with us forever. Every time I hit the field, she’s with me. I know she always wants me to do good. I can’t take anything for granted because everything can be taken away from me in the blink of an eye.”
Melkyra was the lone person in her car when a Waste Management trash truck attempted a wide turn. The truck misjudged the turn and didn’t see Melkyra’s car. The Stovalls’ lives changed forever.
“It happened Aug. 1,” said Wanda Stovall, mother to Melkyra, Melquan and Melquise. “She tried to fight it, tried to hold on, but they declared her brain-dead Aug. 11 and took her off life support Aug. 14. Just seeing her deteriorate for two weeks was hard on us. With the grace of god, we’ll get through it.”
The Stovalls’ father walked out of their lives 16 years ago, leaving Wanda as a single mom to seven kids, including four boys, Melquan the youngest of the sons. Given the circumstances, family meant everything to the Stovalls, which made losing Melkyra gut-wrenching. Melquan said his sister was kind and respectful.
Yeah, I agree. Todd Graham is a strong faith based coach with a high work ethic is one of the few coaches that I feel can work with Melquise. It's going to be an interesting story going into the next season and after.st808 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:48 pm how good is graham? graham is so good, stovall can't pass up a chance to play for him.
how good is stovall? stovall is good, but, needs graham's help and discipline to get to the next level, great.
graham's strength is committing himself to his players and getting his players to commit to him. this is better than reality t.v.
Mahalo for the clarificationshrek2 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 3:59 pm Just to put things into a timeline, Melquise announced his transfer from Cal in May 2018 after his suspension.
https://247sports.com/college/californi ... 118166975/
His plans were to go to Arizona Western. Melkyra Stovall's unfortunate and sudden accident occurred in August of the same year and may have affected his decision to go to Riverside CC. If anything, his sister's demise may have affected his behavior with UH in 2019.
Like Melquise, coach Graham was raised by a single mom after dad also walked out on the family. Graham could be to Melquise, what his HS coach was to himshrek2 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:02 pmYeah, I agree. Todd Graham is a strong faith based coach with a high work ethic is one of the few coaches that I feel can work with Melquise. It's going to be an interesting story going into the next season and after.st808 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:48 pm how good is graham? graham is so good, stovall can't pass up a chance to play for him.
how good is stovall? stovall is good, but, needs graham's help and discipline to get to the next level, great.
graham's strength is committing himself to his players and getting his players to commit to him. this is better than reality t.v.
https://pittnews.com/article/16129/arch ... -pitt/amp/After his dad left his mom with five kids in the southeast side of Dallas, Graham didn’t have a lot of guidance in his life, he said. Without an education, his mom worked three jobs to support the family.
He wasn’t sure where his life was headed. Then he started playing football for Buddy Copeland.
“[Copeland] was the meanest, toughest guy I’d ever been around,” Graham said. “He never said a positive thing to me — ever. He would grab you by your facemask and kick you in your tail end.”
But then Copeland would whisper in Graham’s ear and tell the young athlete that he was a stud football player.
He told Graham to stop feeling sorry for himself because he didn’t have a father. Graham said he thought Copeland was the most insensitive person he ever met.
“But somehow I knew this guy loved me,” Graham said. “I knew that he really cared. He never did anything but coach seventh and eighth grade football. He made a difference in my life in every way you can change a person’s life. And from that point, I knew I wanted to coach.”
Graham wanted people to look at him they way he looked at Copeland — as a teacher and a disciplinarian. Copeland was hard and tough, Graham said, but he made a difference.
I believe in redemption. There's a reason many human resource managers have a degree in psychology. I imagine managing young athletes is that much more difficult and most coaches do not have a psych degree. 
