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1 >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
2 FANS OF LEAHEY AND LEAHEY, THIS IS JUST A GREAT DAY BECAUSE MAMA
3 LEAHEY IS BACK.
4 YESTERDAY WAS HER LAST RADIATION TREATMENT FOR HER CANCER, AND
5 SHE IS RARING TO GO.
6 WE WENT THROUGH MONTHS AND MONTHS OF CHEMOTHERAPY, AND ALSO
7 RADIATION, A MASTECTOMY, SO SHES REALLY HAD A TOUGH TIME OF IT.
8 BUT SHE SLOGGED THROUGH CANCER, AND SHE HAS SLOGGED THROUGH
9 CANCER, AND SHE IS BY NOW AND IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WELL HAVE
10 HER ON THIS PROGRAM, DESCRIBING HER STRUGGLES AND THAT WILL BE
11 GOOD FOR EVERYBODY TO LEARN.
12 THANKS FOR WATCHING.
13 WHEN WE COME BACK, HEY, WELL HAVE MY SON JOINING ME.
14 LEAHEY AND LEAHEY.
15 >> YOU NEVER KNOW WHOS GOING TO SIT AT THE KITCHEN TABLE ON
16 LEAHEY AND LEAHEY.
17 A GENERATIONALLY CHALLENGED DISCUSSION ON SPORTS AND OTHER
18 LIVING THINGS.
19 LEAHEY AND LEAHEY.
20 >> WHATS UP, EVERYBODY?
21 WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF LEAHEY AND LEAHEY RIGHT HERE ON
22 PBS HAWAII.
23 POPS JIM, SON KANOA SITTING AT THE LEAHEY FAMILY KITCHEN TABLE
24 AND THE SAINTS WILL BE MARCHING IN TO THE HALE HERE TODAY.
25 HEAD COACH OF THE ST. LOUIS CRUSADER FOOTBALL TEAM, MATT WRIGHT.
26 SO YOURE A ST. LOUIS GRAD.
2
1 HES THE HEAD COACH OF ST. LOUIS FOOTBALL, BUT HE, LIKE ME, IS
2 AN IOLANI GRAD.
3 SO ITS LIKE WERE ALL WOVEN TOGETHER HERE.
4 >> WELL, YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH LIKE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIRST
5 BEFORE YOU WENT TO THE BIG TIME.
6 AND NOW HES IN THE BIG TIME.
7 >> YOUVE BEEN WAITING TO BUST THAT ONE OUT FOR SOME TIME, I
8 THINK.
9 >> YES, I HAVE.
10 >> WELL BE TALKING WITH MATT RIGHT HERE SHORTLY, BECAUSE BOY,
11 IS ST. LOUIS OFF TO A POWERFUL START.
12 A HUNDRED POINTS COMBINED IN THEIR FIRST TWO GAMES, A BLOW-OUT
13 WIN OVER BALDWIN, AND A BLOW-OUT WIN OVER TWO-TIME DEFENDING D-1
14 STATE CHAMP KAHUKU, SO LOTS OF PEOPLE ASKING ARE THE CRUSADERS
15 FOR REAL THIS YEAR AND WELL TALK TO THE HEAD COACH TO SEE WHAT
16 HE THINKS.
17 LETS GET INTO THE HOT TOPICS, HOWEVER, BECAUSE THIS IS A SAD,
18 SAD DAY.
19 >> NO, ITS NOT SAD.
20 >> FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOOTBALL TEAM.
21 >> ITS A SAD DAY AND YET ITS A GREAT DAY.
22 WELL TAKE A LOOK AT THE SAD DAY NOW.
23 GO AHEAD.
24 >> I UNDERSTAND ABOUT A GREAT DAY.
25 IM TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF UH FOOTBALL.
26 UH FOOTBALL FANS, AND FOR FANS SPECIFICALLY LIKE I AM, OF ONE
3
1 KENNEDY TUSEMAILII, WAILUKU GRAD, CONSIDERING THE CROWN JEWEL OF
2 THE ENTERING CLASS, TIME AND TIME AGAIN, ME PERSONALLY, I HAVE
3 NOT IN MY LIFETIME SEEN A BETTER HIGH SCHOOL DEFENSIVE LINEMAN
4 IN HAWAII THAN THIS GUY AND WITH JUST A FEW MINUTES LEFT IN
5 THEIR FINAL WORKOUT AT PEARL HARBOR, HICKAM, HE -- WELL, HE
6 MESSES UP HIS KNEE.
7 HE SPRAINS HIS KNEE.
8 TURNS OUT TO BE A GRADE 2 MCL TEAR.
9 THEY SAY HES LISTED AS DAY TO DAY BUT IN ACTUALITY THAT TYPE OF
10 INJURY USUALLY KEEPS SOMEONE OUT FOR AROUND FOUR WEEKS, WHICH
11 MEANS HELL LIKELY MISS THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE SEASON.
12 PLUS THIS GUY WAS KILLING IN PRACTICE.
13 HE WAS PROVING TO BE WHAT HE WAS ADVERTISED TO BE, AND THIS IS A
14 GUY WHO HAS AT LEAST PRIOR TO HIS ARRIVAL AT UH, HE HAD YET TO
15 REALLY GET INTO THE REGIMEN OF WEIGHT TRAINING.
16 HE HAD TO LEARN SOME OF THE DEFENSIVE LINE TECHNIQUES.
17 IT WAS ALL RAW NATURAL TALENT THAT GOT HIM TO THIS STAGE.
18 HOW DIFFICULT IS THIS GOING TO BE FOR HAWAII, WHICH WAS LOOKING
19 -- CAL WAS ON THE SHOW A COUPLE WEEKS BACK.
20 SAID THIS GUY WAS GOING TO BE AN IMPACT PLAYER AS A FRESHMAN.
21 HOW HARD IS IT GOING TO BE TO PLAY THROUGH WITHOUT HIM?
22 >> VERY, VERY DIFFICULT, BECAUSE HE WAS THAT KIND OF PLAYER.
23 MY CONCERN NOW, BECAUSE OF THIS INJURY, WHEN HE COMES BACK, WILL
24 HE BE THE SAME KIND OF PLAYER?
25 AND THATS ONLY NATURAL TO THINK THAT WAY, BECAUSE ONCE YOU
26 START GETTING INTO LIGAMENT PROBLEMS, WILL YOU RETURN JUST AS
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1 GOOD AS YOU WERE BEFORE THE INJURY?
2 THATS WHAT I REALLY FEAR, THAT HELL COME BACK AND NO DOUBT
3 HELL HAVE TO WEAR A BRACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WILL HE BE
4 AS GOOD?
5 >> YEAH.
6 YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF A FAN OF THIS GUY I AM.
7 TO ME THIS IS LIKE THE FOURTH SADDEST THING THATS HAPPENED TO A
8 GUY NAMED KENNEDY.
9 I MEAN, IT REALLY IS.
10 LIKE, THIS IS TOUGH FOR ME TO SWALLOW.
11 THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DEAL WITH, BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU,
12 WHAT MAKES HIM SO GREAT IS HIS MOTOR, HIS ABILITY TO PLAY WITH
13 RECKLESS ABANDON, AND I THINK ONCE YOU DEAL WITH AN MCL, WHICH
14 IS KIND OF A TRICKY SITUATION BECAUSE THE MCL IS THE LIGAMENT IN
15 THE KNEE THROUGH WHICH YOU CAN PLAY THE MOST.
16 YOU DONT NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE THE SURGERY, BUT ITS
17 SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT INSTABILITY COULD COME BACK TO
18 HAUNT YOU AND IF ITS IN HIS MIND, MAYBE HE DOESNT PLAY WITH
19 THE SAME EFFECTIVENESS AND AT THE SAME TEMPO, SO I AM A LITTLE
20 CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
21 BUT IT BEGS THE QUESTION.
22 DO YOU, IF YOU WERE THE HEAD COACH NORM CHOW, DO YOU CONSIDER
23 RED SHIRTING KENNEDY TUAMAFEALII?
24 >> IT DEPENDS ON HOW SOON HE COMES BACK, HOW GOOD HE IS.
25 HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED HIM, BECAUSE BY THE TIME HE COMES BACK, THE
26 SEASON WILL HAVE PROGRESSED THROUGH THAT FIRST HOME GAME AGAINST
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1 USC AND THEN THE ABSENTEE TYPE OF SCHEDULE WHEN THE TEAM IS
2 GONE.
3 BUT THERE WILL BE TWO, THREE, FOUR GAMES IN, AND THEN HELL HAVE
4 TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
5 >> YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN INJURY THAT HARKENS BACK TO WHAT THEY
6 EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR, REMEMBER MOSES GOES DOWN, BO YAP IS STILL
7 NOT BACK IN FULL CAPACITY, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF PRACTICE DRILLS.
8 THIS IS A D LINE THAT JUST GOT GUTTED LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF
9 INJURIES.
10 AND SO WHAT IS THIS NOW?
11 THIS IS THE SPECTER OF THAT AGAIN.
12 ITS STARTING TO HAUNT THIS TEAM ALREADY.
13 THEY HAVENT EVEN PLAYED A GAME AND YOU HAVE ONE OF THE BRIGHT
14 SPOTS IN THE RECRUITING CLASS, A GUY WHO WAS GOING TO BE AN
15 IMMEDIATE IMPACT, CERTAINLY WAS GOING TO PLAY A HEAVY AMOUNT OF
16 SNAPS AGAINST USC AND GOING FORWARD THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, AND
17 SO YOU START TO CONCERN YOURSELF WITH OK, IS THIS TEAM GOING TO
18 BE ABLE TO ABSORB THESE KINDS OF INJURY HITS YET AGAIN?
19 IS THIS INDICATIVE OF WHAT IS TO COME?
20 IS THIS AN OMEN?
21 IT IS JUST NOT THE NOTE ON WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS
22 SEASON STARTED.
23 >> HE WAS WELL ON HIS WAY TO BECOMING A SUPER PLAYER.
24 HE HAD THAT ABILITY.
25 HE MAY STILL HAVE THAT ABILITY.
26 BUT LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
6
1 WHO TAKES HIS PLACE?
2 >> BO YAP IS A GUY WHOS EXPECTED TO ONCE HE GOES BACK TO THE
3 END POSITION.
4 REMEMBER, HE MOVED OVER TO TACKLE BECAUSE OF THE INJURY LAST
5 YEAR.
6 HES EXPECTED TO BE GOOD TO GO COME USC.
7 YOU HAVE MARCUS, TAWITO WOODARD, THESE GUYS WHO CAN DEFINITELY
8 FILL THAT ROLE.
9 THEYVE EXPERIENCED IT, THEYVE PLAYED SOME SNAPS, SOME
10 SIGNIFICANT MINUTES, BUT I THINK WHAT WAS EXCITING ABOUT KENNEDY
11 WAS THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF EXACTLY WHAT HE COULD CONTRIBUTE.
12 HE WAS A GUY THAT INSTANTLY, WHEN YOU PUT HIM ON THE FIELD, HE
13 COULD MAKE PLAYS.
14 HE COULD MAKE GREAT PLAYS.
15 THEY HAVE GUISE, THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED GUISE THAT I THINK WILL
16 BE ABLE TO CARRY THIS TEAM FORWARD.
17 THAT IS GOING TO BE THE FOCAL POINT OF THAT DEFENSE.
18 THAT IS GOING TO BE THE STRENGTH, I THINK, TO A LARGE DEGREE OF
19 THAT DEFENSE, EVEN WITH KENNEDY OUT, BUT BOY, IS THAT GOING TO
20 BE SAD, NOT SEEING HIM OUT THERE IN THE CAPACITY THAT WE THOUGHT
21 HE WOULD BE IN, AT LEAST TO START THE SEASON.
22 >> THIS IS NOT GOOD.
23 THIS IS NOT GOOD.
24 >> HOPEFULLY ITS NOT A LONG-TERM THING.
25 THATS WHAT WE CAN HOPE FOR.
26 >> GOING TO ANOTHER SPORT ALTOGETHER, KOLTEN WONG, BIG ISLAND
7
1 BOY, FORMER UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BASEBALL PLAYER, GETS CALLED
2 UP TO THE BIGS.
3 HES IN THE SHOW, GOES 0 FOR HIS FIRST TEN AT THE PLATE, BUT NOW
4 HES PICKED UP FIVE HITS OVER HIS LAST TWO GAMES, THREE STOLEN
5 BASES, HAD A DOUBLE.
6 HOW EXCITED ARE YOU FOR THIS START FOR KOLTEN WONG AS A BIG
7 LEAGUE SUMMER
8 >> IM VERY EXCITED BECAUSE I SAW HIM PLAY FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF
9 HAWAII, AND I WAS IMPRESSED WITH HIM THEN.
10 AND HE WAS DRAFTED VERY HIGH.
11 HE WENT INTO THE MINOR LEAGUES.
12 HE WORKED HIS WAY UP TO AAA AND HE PLAYED VERY WELL THERE.
13 I DIDNT LIKE THE WAY THAT THEY WELCOMED HIM TO THE TEAM BECAUSE
14 THEY DIDNT.
15 I DONT THINK THE CARDINAL PLAYERS WHO WERE esconced in THAT
16 LINE-UP OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME LOOKED AT HIM LIKE THIS GUY
17 IS GOING TO TRY TO TAKE MY PLACE, HA, HA.
18 >> ARE YOU SURE YOURE NOT JUST O PROJECTING THAT ON TO HIM?
19 BECAUSE THEY DIDNT HAVE A PARADE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
20 THAT DOESNT HAPPEN WHEN A ROOKIE GETS PULLED UP TO THE SHOW.
21 ITS NOT A GRAND THING.
22 YOU JUST JUMP RIGHT IN.
23 THEYRE IN THE PENNANT RACE.
24 YOU JUMP RIGHT IN.
25 >> BUT THE PLAYERS ARE ALREADY THERE.
26 THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE ATTITUDE.
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1 JUST HOW GOOD IS THIS GUY?
2 >> I DONT KNOW.
3 HEY, LOOK, THE CARDINALS ARE AS I MENTIONED IN A PENNANT RACE.
4 THIS IS A TEAM THAT HAD AN ALL-STAR AT SECOND BASE, AND THEY
5 MOVED MATT CARPENTER OVER TO THIRD TO MAKE ROOM FOR KOLTEN TO
6 ASSIST WITH THIS UPCOMING HOME STRETCH IN THIS DRIVE FOR THE
7 FULL SEASON.
8 I DONT THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES AS TO HOW HIGHLY THEY THINK OF
9 THIS KID AND HOW MUCH HE WAS ALREADY IN THAT THEIR PLANS, THAT
10 THEYRE WILLING TO MAKE THESE MANEUVERS TO MAKE ROOM FOR HIM
11 DESPITE THE OUTSTANDING SEASON MATT CARPENTER IS HAVING.
12 >> YOU FORGET THE HUMAN CONDITION.
13 THAT THOSE PLAYERS THAT WERE THERE ALL OF A SUDDEN, HES THE
14 INTERLOPER.
15 THEYRE NOT GOING TO GO AND PUT THEIR ARM AROUND HIM AND SAY
16 WELCOME TO THE CLUB, KID.
17 MAYBE IN A FEW WEEKS THEY WILL.
18 BUT NOT NOW.
19 >> I THINK YOURE PROJECTING THAT ON TO THE SCENARIO.
20 OF COURSE YOURE GOING TO HAVE SOME GUYS SAYING GOSH, BUT BOTTOM
21 LINE, THIS TEAM WANTS TO WIN, SO IN THAT DUGOUT, IF KOLTEN WONG
22 IS VIEWED TO BE A GUY WHO CAN BE A KEY COMPONENT IN THAT ABILITY
23 TO WIN AND GO DEEP INTO THE POSTSEASON, TRUST ME, THEYRE FINE
24 WITH HIM.
25 THEY LIKE HIM.
26 THEY LIKE WHAT HE BRINGS.
9
1 OBVIOUSLY THE FRONT OFFICE DOES AS WELL.
2 I THINK ITS EASY AND SAFE TO EXPECT BIG THINGS FROM KOLTEN WONG
3 AND WERE SEEING, THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THEY BROUGHT HIM UP,
4 BECAUSE OF HIS ABILITY TO GET ON BASE, TO STEAL BASES, TO PUT
5 HIMSELF IN SCORING POSITION.
6 DEFENSIVELY HES IMPROVED SO MUCH SINCE HIS DAYS AT THE
7 UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
8 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HE DOES.
9 KOLTEN WONG, THREE STOLEN BASES IN TWO GAMES.
10 THAT IS HIM.
11 THAT DEFINES WHAT HE IS LOOKED UPON TO BRING TO THIS TEAM, AND I
12 THINK --
13 >> I AGREE.
14 >> I THINK IT WILL RESONATE HERE GOING FORWARD.
15 >> I AGREE.
16 >> ALL RIGHT.
17 IM GLAD WE FINALLY AGREED ON THAT.
18 STAY ON THE DIAMOND.
19 HOW ABOUT THIS SITUATION.
20 BOSTON RED SOX STARTER RYAN DEMPSTER, RECEIVING A FIVE-GAME
21 SUSPENSION FOR -- AND AN UNDISCLOSED FINE, BY THE WAY, FOR
22 INTENTIONALLY HITTING THE YANKEES SLUGGER ALEX RODRIGUEZ.
23 NOW FIRST OFF, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE DETERMINATION BY
24 DEMPSTER THAT HEY, ITS TIME TO SEND A MESSAGE TO A-ROD BECAUSE
25 OF ALL THE SCANDAL THAT HAS FOLLOWED HIM WITH REGARD TO PEDS,
26 AND IM GOING TO THROW AT THIS GUY?
10
1 WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT MOVE AND WHAT DID YOU THINK IN TURN
2 OF THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLS REACTION TO IT?
3 >> WHEN I WAS A WEE LAD AND LIVED IN NAVY HOUSING WITH THE OTHER
4 ENLISTED FAMILIES IN PEARL HARBOR, WE USED TO HAVE LARGE
5 CONTAINERS WHERE WE THREW OUR GARBAGE, AND THEY WERE CALLED
6 DUMPSTER, DUMPSTER.
7 THIS GUYS MIND WENT TO THE DUMPSTER, BECAUSE HE HAD NO BUSINESS
8 DOING THAT.
9 THIS IS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
10 YOUR JOB IS TO WIN GAMES.
11 TO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE IT UPON YOURSELF, IM GOING TO THROW
12 BEHIND THIS GUY?
13 COME ON.
14 IM GOING TO TRY TO HIT HIM?
15 IM GOING TO TRY TO TEACH HIM A LESSON BECAUSE HES NOT KOSHER?
16 HES NOT THE WAY WE ARE?
17 AND HE HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE SYSTEM?
18 NO.
19 HE ONLY AGGRAVATED THE YANKEES AND ENDED UP LOSING THE GAME.
20 HE WAS A DUMPSTER IN THAT PARTICULAR GAME.
21 >> I DONT THINK THE SUSPENSION DOES MUCH.
22 ANY TIME THEY SUSPEND MLB DOES, A STARTING PITCHER, ITS ALWAYS
23 FOR X NUMBER OF GAMES BUT DOESNT JUST INCLUDE GAMES IN WHICH
24 THEY START.
25 ITS GENERAL GAMES.
26 SO HE DOESNT PITCH FOR FOUR OR FIVE GAMES HE ACTUALLY WONT
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1 MISS A START.
2 SO ITS OF COURSE, AS FAR AS THE PUNISHMENT IS CONCERNED -- AND
3 I DONT LOOK AT THIS AS AN A-ROD SITUATION.
4 I LOOK AT THIS IN A MORE JEB WAY BECAUSE I HATE WHEN PITCHERS,
5 PARTICULAR LOO IN IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, TAKE UPON THEMSELVES
6 TO THREE AT A GUY TO SEND A MESSAGE, AND I THINK THE YANKEES
7 TOOK THE HIGH ROAD BY NOT RETALIATING HERE, BUT OH, WOW, BIG
8 TOUGH RYAN DEMPSTER, YOU HAVE THE HARDBALL IN YOUR HAND, YOU
9 FLOW 90 PLUS MILES AN HOUR AND YOURE GOING TO TAKE IT UPON
10 YOURSELF TO THROW AT THIS GUY BECAUSE WHAT?
11 YOU DONT HAVE THE BAT.
12 YOURE IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE.
13 YOU DONT HAVE TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE.
14 YOU DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RETALIATION AGAINST YOURSELF.
15 I HATE THAT THE PITCHERS ARE THE ONLY ONES WITH THE WEAPON THAT
16 CAN BE LAUNCHED IN THE WAY THAT IT CAN BE, AND THEYRE THE BIG
17 TOUGH GUYS, THROWING AT THESE HITTERS.
18 I GET TIRED OF THAT.
19 SOMETIMES THESE UNWRITTEN RULES OF BASEBALL, THEY JUST MAKE ME
20 SICK.
21 AND SO I THINK IN GENERAL, I HATE WHEN PITCHERS DO THAT.
22 AND IM GLAD HE GOT SUSPENDED.
23 I JUST WISH IT WAS A SUSPENSION THAT HE WOULD ACTUALLY FEEL.
24 ITS A JOKE.
25 ALL AROUND, ITS A JOKE.
26 >> UMPIRES SHOULD HAVE WARNED AFTER THE FIRST PITCH.
12
1 AFTER THE FIRST ERRANT PITCH, UH-OH, SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE,
2 BECAUSE THIS IS THE MAJOR LEAGUES.
3 THE BALL DOESNT GO BEHIND THE BATTER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
4 >> YEAH.
5 >> SO HE MADE A MISTAKE THERE.
6 AND THE CONSEQUENCESES WERE RIDICULOUS.
7 >> TIME NOW FOR US TO PLAY THE JUDGE AND JURY.
8 RED CARD, YELLOW CARD, GREEN CARD.
9 RED IS REALLY BAD.
10 YELLOW IS KIND OF A WARNING.
11 GREEN IS A POSITIVE THING.
12 YOUVE GOT A COUPLE, I HAVE A COUPLE TOO.
13 >> I HAVE ANOTHER RED CARD.
14 YOU JUST KEEP THROWING RED CARDS AT THESE PEOPLE.
15 COM-CAST IN SAN FRANCISCO.
16 >> YOU HAVENT DONE THIS ONE BEFORE.
17 >> THE WAY IT WAS ADVERTISED, THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE, ESPN,
18 THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE THE RED SOX AND THE GIANTS, YOU KNOW,
19 FROM AT&T.
20 >> YOURE WELL AWARE THEY DONT SHOW GIANTS GAMES THAT MUCH ANY
21 MORE.
22 >> BUT I THOUGHT THAT ESPN HAD THE POWER TO OVERCOME THE
23 COM-CAST.
24 BUT NO.
25 THEY DIDNT, AND I SAT THERE LIKE AN IDIOT WAIT ARE FOR THE GAME
26 TO COME ON AND IT NEVER DID.
13
1 ITS ANOTHER RED CARD.
2 HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BE A GIANTS FAN?
3 I CANT EVEN SEE THE GAME.
4 I DONT EVEN KNOW WHO THE PLAYERS ARE ANY MORE.
5 >> ONCE AGAIN, JUMP SHIP TO THE DODGERS LIKE YOU DID LAST YEAR.
6 >> THEYRE THE ONLY ONES THAT SUCCEED.
7 >> SMART MOVE.
8 >> IVE GOT A RED CARD.
9 FOR HIP-HOP ARTIST NIKKI MENAJ.
10 SHE HAS A LINE IN ONE OF HER SONGS, ISLANDS OF WAIKIKI.
11 SHE REFERRED TO IT AS ISLANDS OF WAIKIKI, MAYBE THE ONLY WORDS
12 THAT RHYME WITH FREAKY, BUT COME ON, NIKKI, COME ON.
13 ITS NOT AN ISLAND, ITS A PLACE.
14 OK, ALL RIGHT.
15 RED CARD.
16 >> WHY ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO THIS?
17 >> ILL EXPLAIN TO YOU WHO NIKKI IS LATER.
18 >> BUT WHY DO YOU LISTEN TO IT?
19 >> HIP-HOP BAND.
20 YELLOW CARD FOR THE TELEVISION COVERAGE WIDESPREAD AS IT HAS
21 BEEN OF LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL.
22 WE GET INTO THIS USUALLY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
23 IM NOT A FAN OF IT.
24 THESE 11 AND 12-YEAR-OLD KIDS, YOU SEE CHINESE TAIPE I AND THE
25 WAY THEY LOST TO PANAMA ON A HIT BATSMAN WITH THE BASES LOADED
26 AND THEN THERES THIS EXTREME CLOSE-UP OF THIS LITTLE PITCHER
14
1 WHOS IN COMPLETE, YOU KNOW, DISARRAY.
2 HES ABSOLUTELY UPSET.
3 HES CRYING, AND I JUST -- I DONT THINK 11 AND 12-YEAR-OLDS
4 SHOULD BE PUT UNDER THAT KIND OF SPOTLIGHT IN THOSE SITUATIONS,
5 AND THEY SHOW REGIONAL COVERAGE NOW, AND THERE ARE ALL THESE
6 OTHER LEAGUES AND OTHER DIVISIONS THAT PROBABLY DESERVE AT LEAST
7 EQUAL COVERAGE.
8 IF YOURE GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, NOT A BIG FAN OF IT
9 PERSONALLY.
10 YELLOW CARD.
11 >> I HAVE A GREEN CARD.
12 >> WHATS THAT?
13 >> I WILL A GREEN CARD FOR QUEENS HOSPITAL SURGERY FOR STRAUB
14 HOSPITAL CHEMOTHERAPY, AND FOR ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL RADIATION.
15 THEY DID A TERRIFIC JOB ON MAMA, AND MAMA IS BACK.
16 >> THATS A BIG OLD GREEN CARD.
17 WELL HAVE MAMA ON THE SHOW HERE SHORTLY.
18 >> YEAH.
19 BIG GREEN CARD.
20 >> OH, ON THAT CUE, HOW ABOUT A GREEN CARD FOR OUR GUEST TODAY.
21 COME ON IN.
22 THERE HE IS.
23 ITS THE HEAD COACH OF ST. LOUIS.
24 WERE NOT ALLOWED TO --
25 >> NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE THE DAY THAT AN IOLANI GRADUATE WOULD
26 WEAR A ST. LOUIS CRUSADERS SHIRT.
15
1 >> OH, I SEE IT ALL THE TIME.
2 >> MATT WRIGHT, HEAD COACH FOR ST. LOUIS.
3 FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS, HECK OF A START.
4 YOUR TEAM SCORES A HUNDRED COMBINED POINTS, 55-0 WIN OVER
5 BALDWIN AND THEN OF COURSE THE SMACK DOWN ON KAHUKU THIS PAST
6 WEEKEND, 55-24 AT ALOHA STADIUM.
7 PEOPLE ARE ASKING IF THIS ST. LOUIS TEAM IS FOR REAL.
8 YOURE THE HEAD COACH.
9 HOW FOR REAL IS IT?
10 >> I THINK ITS FOR REAL.
11 WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE GAME, I THINK THAT BALDWIN
12 GAME, YOU KNOW, IT WAS PART OF HOW THE BOYS PLAYED.
13 WE WENT UP THERE, THEY SLEPT ON THE BEACH BLEACHERS, PLAYED THE
14 GAME AFTER THAT, QUICK REST, BACK ON THE PLANE.
15 IT WAS A GOOD WIN FOR US.
16 KAHUKU, I DONT THINK IT WAS A SMACK DOWN AT ALL.
17 IT WAS -- I THINK THERE WERE FIVE GAMES GOING INTO THE FOURTH
18 QUARTER, AND OUR DEFENSE CAPITALIZED ON IT.
19 ONE OR TWO OF THOSE STOPS DONT HAPPEN AND IT COULD HAVE GONE
20 EITHER WAY.
21 BUT IT GOES BACK TO THE CHARACTER OF OUR TEAM AND WHERE WE ARE
22 RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THREE SEASONS.
23 I LIKE WHAT I SEE, BUT WEVE GOT A LONG WAY INTO THE SEASON,
24 GOING INTO HOPEFULLY THE STATE PLAYOFF TOURNAMENT.
25 BUT WEVE GOT TO STEEL FIRST WITH KAMEHAMEHA.
26 BUT SO FAR, SO GOOD.
16
1 >> YOU ARE A HEAD COACH, AND OVER THE YEARS AS A PLAYER, AS AN
2 ASSISTANT LEARNING THE GAME OF FOOTBALL, LOOKING AT THE
3 DIFFERENT OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE PHILOSOPHIES, AND NOW YOU ARE
4 A HEAD COACH, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO DECIDE ON, OK, I WANT
5 TO GO NO HUDDLE, I WANT TO GO WITH THIS KIND OF OFFENSE?
6 HOW LONG?
7 >> I THINK THAT -- I KNEW WHEN I WAS HIRED, WHEN I WAS FIRST
8 HIRED LASTS YEAR, AS A DC, THAT WAS THE HARDEST THING TO GO UP
9 AGAINST IS A NO HUDDLE OFFENSE.
10 SO I KNEW THAT BECOMING A HEAD COACH, I WANTED TO RUN THE NO
11 HUDDLE OFFENSE, BUT I WAS HIRED IN JUNE AND WE WERENT ABE TO
12 FULLY INTEGRATE IT INTO THE SYSTEM.
13 SO GOING INTO THIS OFF SEASON, I KNEW THAT NO HUDDLE WAS WHAT WE
14 WANTED TO DO.
15 I WANTED IT TO BE EXTREMELY FAST PACED, NOT JUST A NO HUDDLE BUT
16 A HIGH TEMPO, HIGH INTENSITY TYPE TEAM.
17 I THINK THERES A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TYPICAL NO HUDDLE VERSUS
18 A HIGH TEMPO, HIGH INTENSITY TYPE TEAM THAT WERE STRIVING TO
19 BE.
20 SO WE START TO INCORPORATE THAT DURING OUR OFF SEASON WORKOUTS
21 IN OUR WEIGHT LIFTING, IN OUR CONDITIONING, EVERYTHING THAT WE
22 DO IS AT A FAST PACE, BUT NOT JUST THE FAST PACE.
23 THERES THAT TEMPO, AND EXECUTION.
24 THERES GOT TO BE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO.
25 SO YOUVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO BREATHE THE KNOW-HOW.
26 YOUVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO FULLY INTEGRATE THAT INTO EVERYTHING
17
1 THAT YOURE DOING, NOT ALL OF A SUDDEN SAY HEY, LETS TRY THE NO
2 HUDDLE TODAY, SEE HOW THE TWO MINUTE WORKS AND APPLY THAT TO THE
3 ENTIRE GAME.
4 IT DOESNT WORK.
5 YOUR COACHES HAVE TO BELIEVE IT.
6 YOUR COACHES HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT DURING PRACTICE, OUR
7 PRACTICES LAST NO LONGER THAN AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES, TWO HOURS
8 AT MOST.
9 THAT YOUVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO COACH ON THE FLY.
10 YOUVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS AT A FAST TEMPO BECAUSE
11 THATS WHATS EXPECTED OF THE TEAM.
12 AND THE PLAYERS.
13 >> YOU HAVE A ST. LOUIS ALUM WHO IS DOING JUST THAT IN TERMS OF
14 THAT FAST PACE.
15 IN FACT, WHAT IS NOW THE PROTOTYPICAL FAST PACED, NO HUDDLE
16 OFFENSE AT OREGON, MARCUS MORIOTA, HOW MUCH OF AN INSPIRATION
17 HAS HIS SUCCESS THERE BEEN WITH REGARD TO YOUR PROGRAM?
18 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU TAKE A LOOK AT MARCUSS SUCCESS AND YOU
19 CANT BE SURPRISED BY IT.
20 IF YOU KNOW HIM AND YOU KNOW HIS FAMILY, I THINK THATS THE
21 FIRST THING, THAT HES PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST MEN THAT I
22 KNOW AND IM NOT TALKING FROM AN ATHLETIC STANDPOINT BUT FROM A
23 MORAL CHARACTER, INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP, EVERYTHING THAT YOU
24 WOULD WANT FROM A LEADER OR QUARTERBACK, HE HAS.
25 IF I HAD A DAUGHTER, ID LET HIM DATE MY DAUGHTER.
26 THATS THE KIND OF -- THAT GOES TO EXPLAIN THE PERSON THAT HE
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1 IS.
2 THAT BEING SAID, EVERY OFF SEASON WHEN HE COMES ON, HE WORKS OUT
3 WITH US, THROWS WITH COACH VINNY, WORKS WITH THE QUARTERBACKS ON
4 SUNDAY.
5 EVERYONE IN THE STATE IS WELCOME TO COME IN AND THROW AND CATCH
6 BALLS WITH US, AND AS HES BEEN COMING HOME, I DONT ASK HIM
7 XS AND OS.
8 WHAT I CAN IS HOW DO YOU PLAY FAST?
9 WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP OURSELVES PLAY FASTER?
10 SO HES GIVEN SOME TIDBITS ABOUT WHAT OREGON DOES, IN THE A FULL
11 DISCLOSURE OF EVERYTHING THEY DO, BUT JUST SOME LITTLE THINGS
12 HERE AND THERE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY THIS, HOW YOU PRACTICE,
13 HOW YOU WORK OUT, THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
14 SO MORE APPLYING WHAT HE SAYS, NOW GOING INTO THIS OFF SEASON,
15 AND THE BOYS SEEING HIM ON THAT NEXT LEVEL GRAND STAGE, ITS
16 JUST VALIDITY AND SAYING WE CAN DO THIS, MAYBE NOT AS FAST AS
17 THEYRE GOING, BUT ITS BEING APPLIED IN THE SAME WAY.
18 >> I ALWAYS WANTED TO ASK A PERSON, A COACH WITH A NO HUDDLE
19 OFFENSE, IS THAT NO HUDDLE EXTENDING TO OTHER THINGS YOU DO IN
20 YOUR LIFE?
21 LIKE IF YOU GO SHOPPING, DO YOU DO IT QUICK?
22 ILL TAKE THAT, THAT, THAT, HURRY UP, LETS GO?
23 >> 25 MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT.
24 >> IS EVERYTHING NO HUDDLE WITH YOU?
25 >> 2 IF YOU ASK MY WIFE, SHED SAY IM AN IMPATIENT GUY.
26 MY WIFE IS VERY PATIENT WITH ME.
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1 I THINK IT KIND OF DOES.
2 YOU KNOW, IN A FUNNY WAY, YOURE ALWAYS -- YOU ALWAYS WANT TO
3 HURRY UP AND GET THINGS DONE.
4 AND -- BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO EXECUTION AND TEMPO.
5 SO YOU KNOW, IT TRICKLES OVER INTO YOUR PERSONAL LIFE AND THEN
6 THERE COMES A POINT WHERE YOURE GOING SO FAST FOR SO LONG THAT
7 YOU JUST GET SPENT AT THE END OF THE DAY.
8 AND THEN YOU DONT WANT TO THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
9 >> LETS GET INTO SOME OF THE PERSONNEL ON THIS YEARS SQUAD,
10 BECAUSE A VERY ATHLETIC TEAM REALLY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, BACK END
11 OF THAT DEFENSE, THAT DEFENSIVE SECONDARY, JUST FROM WHAT IVE
12 SEEN, IT MIGHT BE THE BEST IN THE STATE AT THIS STAGE OF THE
13 GAME.
14 LETS START THERE.
15 WHO ARE THE STANDOUT PERFORMERS THAT YOUVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH
16 AS FAR AS THE PREPARATION FOR THIS YEAR AND WHAT YOUVE SEEN SO
17 FAR?
18 >> WELL, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OUR DEFENSIVE SECONDARY, I WOULD
19 SAY THAT THATS THE HEART OF THE TEAM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THATS
20 -- YOU KNOW, THERE ARE GREAT SENIOR LEADERS COMING FROM THAT
21 DEFENSIVE SECONDARY, STARTING OFF WITH JAKE.
22 HES A STRONG SAFETY, OUTSIDE LINEBACKER, ROVER TYPE.
23 THEYRE LOOKING AT HIM AS NICKEL, THAT NEXT LEVEL, SOMEONE WHO
24 CAN PLAY IN THE BOX AND STILL COVER.
25 BUT WHAT MAKES HIM A GREAT LEADER IS HIS WORK ETHIC.
26 I WOULD SAY THAT HIS OVERALL WORK ETHIC, HE WORKS HARDER THAN NO
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1 ONE ELSE ON THE TEAM RIGHT NOW, AND HE BRINGS EVERYONE WITH HIM.
2 WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT.
3 WHICH IS AFFECTED AND KIND OF SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TEAM.
4 SO YOU KNOW, JAKE RACKET IS ONE.
5 JASON SANCHEZ IS A FREE SAFETY CORNERBACK SENIOR.
6 HES GETTING SOME LOOKS RIGHT NOW AS WELL.
7 GREAT COVER GUY.
8 A MAN PRESS TECHNIQUE.
9 HES REAL PHYSICAL.
10 BUT YET AT THE SAME TIME, HE WON THE 200 METER ILH, SO HES GOT
11 SOME SPEED ON HIM AS WELL.
12 >> ON OFFENSE, RYDER COMBS, HE SHARED TIME AT QUARTERBACK LAST
13 YEAR, SEVEN TOUCHDOWNED THIS SEASON WITH NO INTERCEPTIONS RIGHT
14 NOW.
15 ED A MANY IN THE BACKFIELD, DAVE RIORDAN OF THE STAR ADVERTISER
16 SAYING HE MIGHT BE THE BEST ATHLETE IN HAWAII SPORTS THIS YEAR.
17 EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES HERE ON OFFENSE?
18 IS THAT WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT?
19 >> NO, I THINK THAT FOR OFFENSIVELY, WE ARE ABLE TO REALLY
20 DEVELOP.
21 THE BOYS BOUGHT INTO IT EARLY ON DURING THIS OFF SEASON, THE
22 DEVELOP THE TALENT THATS THERE AND TO COMMIT TO TRAINING TO GET
23 BETTER.
24 , YOU KNOW, RYDER HAS COMMITTED FULLY.
25 HES A TWO SPORT FLEET, YOU KNOW, AND PEOPLE SAY HES BETTER AT
26 BASEBALL THAN HE IS AS FOOTBALL.
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1 SO HES AN INCREDIBLE ATHLETE.
2 WE ALSO HAVE ADAM NOVEL, A WORK HORSE IN HIMSELF.
3 WE HAVE A GREAT O LINE IN FRED PERRY, AND RYDER COMBS, THE
4 MANAGING THE ENTIRE OFFENSE, THERES A ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF
5 HAVING A NO HUDDLE OFFENSE IS THAT NOW YOU CREATE MORE PLAYS AND
6 MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPREAD THE BALL AROUND TO YOUR WEAPON.
7 >> HITTERS HAVE A WEEK OFF.
8 NUMBER ONE ON KHON 2, DEBUTING IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
9 HOW IS THAT SHAMELESS PLUG.
10 NUMBER ONE SAINTS GO UP AGAINST NO. 4 COMPLAIN AUGUST 30 AT
11 ALOHA STADIUM.
12 KAMEHAMEHA ALSO 2-0 RIGHT NOW.
13 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE LAYOUT OF THE ILH AND HOW YOUR
14 TEAMS READINESS STANDS, GETTING READY TO GO IN
15 >>
16 >> YOU KNOW, THE ILH -- I THINK THE ILH AS A WHOLE IS
17 PROGRESSIVELY GETTING STRONGER, AND WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT
18 DIVISION 1, BETWEEN OURSELVES, KAMEHAMEHA AND PUNAHOU,
19 ESPECIALLY KAMEHAMEHA AND PUNAHOU, ITS A TOUGH, TOUGH SCHEDULE.
20 AND EVERY GAME COUNTS NOW WITH THE REFORMATTING OF THE SEASON,
21 WHERE BEFORE YOU WOULD HAVE TWO CHANCES TO PLAY EVERYONE, NOW
22 ITS A ROUND ROBIN, EVERYONE PLAYS EACH OTHER ONCE AND THEN
23 THERES A PLAYOFF SYSTEM AT THE END.
24 SO THAT FIRST ROUND ROBIN GO AT IT IS SO IMPORTANT.
25 WE HAVE THEM FIRST PICK OF THE ILH SEASON, AND THEYRE A TOUGH
26 TEAM.
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1 WEVE HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH THE FILM ON THEM.
2 GREAT EXPLOSIVE TEAM.
3 VERY, VERY STRONG.
4 BIG ATHLETIC DEFENSE LINES, AND THEY CAN MATCH UP WITH YOU.
5 YOU KNOW, THEYLL ATTACK YOU FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES AND
6 OFFENSIVELY, THEYRE LOOKING TO COME RIGHT AT YOU AND ESTABLISH
7 THE RUN.
8 YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SOME PRETTY TALENTED RECEIVERS, ATHLETIC
9 QUARTERBACK THAT CAN MOVE AROUND, SO WEVE GOT TO GET READY FOR
10 THAT, BUT OVERALL YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT, EVEN GOING TO PUNAHOU,
11 WHICH IS A WAYS AWAY, BUT ITS A TOUGH SEASON.
12 ITS A STRONG SEASON, AND THE BEST THING YOU CONDITION DO IS
13 TAKE IT ONE GAME AT A TIME AND PREPARE FOR IT.
14 >> LET ME ASK YOU QUICKLY ABOUT THE AMBIENCE OF BEING HEAD COACH
15 NOW IN THE ILH.
16 ILH HAS ALWAYS HAD THIS POLICY, WE DONT WANT OUR GAMES ON
17 TELEVISION, BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE PLAYERS
18 AND THE NEXT LEVEL, AND DISPLAYING THEIR TALENTS TO THE NEXT
19 LEVEL, IT ENHANCES YOUR PROGRAM, IT ENHANCES THE SCHOOL.
20 WHAT IF YOU GOT BROADCAST RIGHTS AND ALL THE GAMES WERE ON
21 TELEVISION?
22 WOULD YOU BE IN FAVOR OF THAT, OR ARE YOU MORE CONSERVATIVE IN
23 THAT AREA?
24 >> ID BE IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT I THINK THAT EVERYONE WOULD HAVE
25 TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE.
26 I THINK THAT THE BIG STRIKE RIGHT NOW IS THAT THERES MONEY THAT
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1 BECOMES NOW INVOLVED, AND HOW DO YOU ALLOCATE THAT MONEY.
2 FOR ME I SAY FORGET THE MONEY.
3 YOU KNOW WHAT, ITS GOOD FOR HAWAII FOOTBALL.
4 ITS GOOD FOR RECRUITING.
5 IT EXPOSES WHAT HAWAII FOOTBALL IS REALLY ABOUT, WHICH IS
6 UNIQUE.
7 IT IS PROBABLY BETTER AND MORE UNIQUE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE
8 COUNTRY.
9 ID COMPARE IT TO EVEN -- A ID PUT IT RIGHT UP AGAINST TEXAS
10 AND CALIFORNIA AS FAR AS FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND THE TALENT AND
11 CALIBER OF FOOTBALL THATS BEING PLAYED.
12 BUT ANY TIME YOU START TO LOOK AT A SMALL GROUP GETTING A LARGE
13 AMOUNT OF EXPOSURE, YOURE ALWAYS GOING TO FACE SOME KIND OF
14 ADVERSITY THERE WHICH THE ILH HAS BEEN FACING FOR A WHILE,
15 BECAUSE I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A PUSH, WHETHER IT BE MORE ON
16 LINE AND TRYING TO STREAM THE ILH GAMES, OR DOING DIFFERENT
17 THINGS, THERES BEEN RESISTANCE, AND A LOT OF IT HAS COME DOWN
18 TO HEY, HOW IS THE MONEY ALLOCATED, WHY DID THIS SMALL GROUP GET
19 THE BENEFIT.
20 >> WELL SEE WHAT HAPPENS GOING FORWARD.
21 WE WISH YOU THE BEST.
22 GREAT START TO THE SEASON.
23 GOOD LUCK HEADING INTO THE ILH SCHEDULE.
24 WELL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON LEAHEY AND LEAHEY.