2009 Hawai'i Warriors

[Colonel_Reb]

Hawai'i usually recruits a lot of native people to its team. As a result, they aren't very white. Things have gotten a little better as of late though. From 2006 to 2008 the number of white starters increased from 3 to 4 to 5. This year looks to be about the same as last.

Offense
QB Greg Alexander
WR(X) Greg Salas
C John Estes

Defense
MLB Blaze Soares
FS Spencer Smith

 

[celticdb15]

Hawaii does what every team should do. They recruit the Native talent around them, it is the cheapest and best way to build a program. Take note Utah State and Idaho.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Good point celtic. I wish all teams did that. If they did, there would be much whiter teams, providing of course that there was no discrimination against whites.

 

[celticdb15]

In a perfect world lol

 

[Colonel_Reb]

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Look out y'all, here come the sodomite police!

I had to look for several minutes to find the quote.


I'll never do this again. He had his guys. "We do something
special at Notre Dame,"Â￾ he said, and they get up and they do this
little cheerlead like this, you know, this little f****t dance</span></font>.
You remember Jason and Steven. So my guys were looking at me, you know
they're all looking and all trying not to laugh so I gave them the"¦
don't write that f****t thing. I was misquoted.


Anyway, uh"¦ you know, I gave them the shotgun so our guys get up
and it was the best shotgun I've ever seen, I mean they're on their
cheer and they had beads</span></font>
on, they're ripping their beads off. I mean, it was a little scary. But
I think Notre Dame watched that and said we'd better have ourselves
ready, because they're gonna play some big D and we can't take that
away. Our quarterback was on fire.


I went out and challenged the last play of the half because
there's no way that guy could have caught it. We had two guys on him
and he caught it out of bounds with his toes in. It was just great
execution.


So anyway, please, last year you covered for me as far as I
recruit, cover for me, oh yeah, say f****t dance. Please cover for me
on that too, right Carl? I'll deny it. Anything else?
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/9877526/Hawaii%27s-McMackin-suspended-30-days-over-slur

HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii coach Greg McMackin was suspended for 30 days
without pay and has volunteered to take an additional 7 percent pay cut
from his $1.1 million salary for making a derogatory comment while
describing Notre Dame's chant before last year's Hawaii Bowl.

In a room full of players, assistant coaches and boosters, a tearful
McMackin addressed reporters late Friday after meeting with school
officials for several hours.

"I just want to say I made a big mistake. I want to apologize
to everyone and anyone that I offended with my remarks," he said. "I'm
committed to do whatever I can to use this as a life lesson to learn
from my mistake. When we make mistakes, we have to learn from it and
make better people of ourselves."

In total, McMackin will lose
roughly $169,000 from his salary this year. But the real damage seems
to be to his reputation and to the university.

Athletic director
Jim Donovan said McMackin will remain with the team on a voluntary
basis during the suspension. He said the coach violated university
policies. McMackin met with Donovan and Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw.

"We
all recognize that Coach McMackin made a serious mistake that has hurt
many people and brought negative attention to our state and
university," Hinshaw said. "He is clearly remorseful - as well as he
should be."

The second-year Warriors coach has repeatedly
apologized for the comments made during a media briefing Thursday at
the Western Athletic Conference football preview in Salt Lake City. He
used a slur usually targeted at gays to describe Notre Dame's chant
performed at a banquet before last year's Hawaii Bowl.

"I'm very
disappointed in myself. I hope to make up for some for the pain I
caused others," he said. "I made a mistake. Now I have to show the
leadership in dealing with the football program and building respect
for all people in our community."

Wiping away tears from his
swollen-red eyes, McMackin said he's offended the gay and lesbian
community and now he wants to work with them to use the incident as a
"teachable moment for me and hopefully others."

"I should've
never brought Notre Dame's program up in my interview," McMackin said.
"I'm sorry that I said something so hurtful and I'm very remorseful."

Notre
Dame coach Charlie Weis on Friday said the Fighting Irish program was
offended by the comments but has accepted his apology and will move on.

"Coach
McMackin demonstrated poor judgment when, while making comments
critical of our football program, he used a derogatory word," Weis said
in a statement. "Speaking only for our football program, we were
offended by the remarks."

Weis said it was in the best interests
of the Notre Dame program to address the issue promptly, put it to rest
and focus on the upcoming season.

The Fighting Irish routed the
Warriors 49-21 in the Hawaii Bowl for their first postseason victory in
15 years. McMackin called it the worst loss in his 40 years of coaching.

McMackin's
comments have stunned this state, where the story has created a stir
online and has led the front pages of both Honolulu newspapers. The
headline in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin read, "Mack Under Attack."

His comments have been sharply rebuked by everyone from Gov. Linda Lingle to gay and lesbian groups.

Before
joining the Warriors, McMackin spent three seasons with the San
Francisco 49ers as associate head coach and linebackers coach under
Dennis Erickson. He has also served as defensive coordinator for the
Seattle Seahawks and several college programs, including Texas Tech,
Miami, Navy, Utah and Idaho.
Edited by: Colonel_Reb

 

[celticdb15]

Lol what a wimp McMackin is for doing a complete 180, if you say it, man up and confirm what you originally said! It's not that big of a deal just the media pushing it's love all mentality.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

WAC reprimands McMackin

<div> </div>HONOLULU (AP) - The Western Athletic Conference is reprimanding
Hawaii coach Greg McMackin for his derogatory comment while describing
Notre Dame's chant before last year's Hawaii Bowl.
<div>
The university already has suspended McMackin for 30 days
without pay. He's volunteered to take an additional 7 percent pay cut
from his $1.1 million salary.</div>


The coach also has apologized for
using the gay slur during a media briefing last week at the WAC
football preview in Salt Lake City.

The WAC said Monday it
reprimanded McMackin for violating the conference's sportsmanship code.
The league says any further violations will result in a minimum
one-game suspension.

"Coach McMackin's comments were clearly
offensive, violated the WAC Code, and are not condoned by either Hawaii
or the WAC," WAC commissioner Karl Benson said in a statement.

Benson
said he appreciates the quick and decisive actions by Hawaii Chancellor
Virginia Hinshaw and athletic director Jim Donovan," as it has made my
job in processing this very unfortunate situation much easier."http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/9879642/WAC-reprimands-Hawaii-coach-for-comment

Edited by: Colonel_Reb

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

wow. these days, you're not allowed to engage in locker room talk. ... even in a locker room.

this is pathetic, as is his grovelling.

 

[Thrashen]

Even football coaches can't act or talk like grown men without their comments being scripted and edited by our ubiquitous handlers. No wonder there are so many wimpy players in the NFL and NCAA.Edited by: Thrashen