Thursday, July 18, 2013

Let's try something new.


UH men's volleyball head coach Charlie Wade is in his final year of his contract and while he kept his team from missing the playoffs this season, it's been a while since we seen the Yuval Katz days where the Stan Sheriff Center was rocking and averaging 5,000 fans a match.

It used to be a fun fast pace version of volleyball but now it seems boring and leaves you unsatisfied after the match win or lose. The way the men spike the ball it seems impossible for more rallies during the game. It's like serve, bump, set and SLAM!

I think its time financially to drop the men's volleyball team in UH athletics. If AD Ben Jay wants to see feesible sports, it should be the world's sport SOCCER(futbul).

We have a women's team which is great. Even though they have been down  the past few years they still drew great crowds at Waipio Soccer Stadium. Now i'm not sure if it is free to watch the match but when they finally complete the T.C. Ching complex in Manoa, they should charge an adult general admission fee for the matches and I guess free for the keiki(children). I mean think of all the boys and girls that play organized youth soccer on Oahu and think of how much they would love to go see a match and think about playing for Hawai'i one day.This is the same deal with baseball.. All the little leaguers love to watch UH baseball since we can't go see a major league game here in Hawai'i.

Bringing a men's soccer program to UH would make a lot more sense than men's volleyball. Yes both sports are played in Hawaii high schools but with soccer that brings a much popular sport which will bring in our Asian neighboring markets to sponsor the team and maybe bring in an upcoming Asian soccer star to play for UH.

The schedules between the two sports are the same, 20 games. The roster amount the same, 20 players. Since there are way more college men's soccer teams than men's volleyball, it would not be hard to schedule and of course be in the Big West Conference with our eight other conference members.

So please shut down the men's volleyball program, research if its doable financially to have another men's program and bring this program  to fruition.

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