By George F. Lee, Star-Bulletin
Hawaii tailback Charles Tharp is corralled by a host
of Notre Dame defenders during Saturday's game
at Aloha Stadium.
VonAppen:
Fur will fly
Hawii coach says
By Paul Arnett
changes will be made
Star-BulletinIn the old movie "Network," fictional television newscaster Howard Beale didn't claim to know how people could solve their everyday problems. His only realization was: You had to get mad. "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore," was Beale's popular catch phrase.
And it's one the University of Hawaii football team should repeat at the conclusion of every meeting, weight-lifting session and practice from now until the 1998 season opener with Arizona.
"There could be some fur flying around here," a visibly angry Fred vonAppen said yesterday afternoon. "We're going to have a team meeting (Tuesday) where I'm going to tell them, 'Batten down the hatches, men.'
"We've got a lot of work to do and we don't have time for any slackers," the UH head coach added. "If they're not cutting it academically and they're not doing what we want them to do -- ass out, bye, see you. Pick up your scholarship and move on.
"And it's kind of the same for the staff. We've got some things that need to be straightened out. Pronto. I was in a red-ass mood after the (Notre Dame) game because it's my responsibility. I can't grade myself very high right now."
Part of vonAppen's anger centered on three plays in the 23-22 loss to Notre Dame on Saturday at Aloha Stadium. The first was the second-and-four call on Hawaii's final possession.
Senior quarterback Tim Carey threw a hitch-pass screen to wide receiver Eleu Kane. Instead of going down for a 1-yard gain, the sophomore tried to make something out of nothing, and paid for it with a crucial 7-yard loss.
By George F. Lee, Star-Bulletin
Tharp threads the Notre Dame gauntlet.
"It's my responsibility to manage the game," vonAppen said. "I let the coordinators make the calls. That's the way it is. I'm not going to second-guess calls publicly."And I don't know that the call was so bad. It was Kane's response. He's a good player and a good guy. He was trying to make something good out of something bad. And it got worse."
On the next play, Carey lost track of how much time was left on the 25-second clock, leading to a critical delay-of-game penalty.
"For a fifth-year quarterback to stand out there at a key juncture of the game and not know the clock is running out and have a delay," vonAppen said. "Hell, I've been with people who fired your ass on the spot for that crap."
It eventually led to a punt that gave Notre Dame one last shot, and resulted in the third play that kept vonAppen up late Saturday night walking the floor, reliving the crushing defeat.
"And that was the third-and-17 play where we give up the big pass completion," vonAppen said. "We were in a coverage where we should have been able to make a play short of 17 yards.
"Instead it goes for 47. We can't have a fifth-year cornerback (Al Hunter) giving up inside position in man coverage. Once you've done that on a crossing route, it's over.
"It's just a simple game of throw and catch after that. Their quarterback (Ron Powlus) put it right in there and that's the ballgame, folks. Drive home safely."
By Dennis Oda, Star-Bulletin
UH quarterback Tim Carey signals touchdown as
Tharp ploughs across the goal line.
It was the Rainbows' sixth loss in a row since they squared their record at 3-3 with a win over Fresno State. In vonAppen's two years, the Rainbows have made improvements, but only have five wins to show for it.Seven of vonAppen's assistants will be on the road recruiting the next two weeks. But he still will require a detailed written report of the season from each of them.
"We'll be in an analytical mode the next couple of weeks," vonAppen said. "We need to examine our progress and examine ourselves from within and without."
VonAppen has lost three coaches from his original staff. He isn't sure if he will lose any this season, but said he wouldn't stand in the way if a coach had a better offer.
VonAppen also will be involved in extensive contract negotiations with UH athletic director Hugh Yoshida and president Kenneth Mortimer. He has a promissory note from the school concerning the $28,000 still owed him from the television package, and won't sign anything until that has been handled to his satisfaction.
By Dennis Oda, Star-Bulletin
27 Rainbow seniors say aloha after the game.
"The original 30-point plan that I proposed (last year) has been tailored down somewhat," vonAppen said. "Some have been met and some haven't. But I would prefer Hugh and I hammer out our own plan over the next few months."I'm glad the president came out and said he supported the direction we're taking the program. That was a positive. I think some of the physical changes facility-wise have been beneficial.
"I think we need to demonstrate to the public that we have a plan, that we have a dream and we're headed in that direction. I'm still going to dream that we're going to charter our asses out of here when we go on the road."
VonAppen also wants to instill a winning attitude in the team. Too many times the Rainbows lost this year because they didn't believe in themselves.
"I love our fifth-year seniors to death, but they had become satisfied with moral victories," vonAppen said. "I don't think the younger guys are, and we're going to hammer on that all spring. We have to learn how not to lose before we can win."
UH Statistics
Individual statistics
Rushing
Car Yards Avg TD Long Charles Tharp 195 796 4.1 7 55 Calvin Mims 42 209 5.0 1 29 Quincy Jacobs 45 120 2.7 2 15 Avion Weaver 14 43 3.1 0 11 Jade Charles 6 18 3.0 1 7 Gary Ellison 3 16 5.3 0 6 Fred Lau 3 10 3.3 0 6 Morrie Roe 9 9 1.0 0 6 Anthony Diieso 17 9 0.5 0 5 Johnny Macon 3 5 1.7 0 7 Eleu Kane 7 1 0.1 0 16 Lonn Kalama 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 Robert Kemfort 2 -3 -1.5 0 4 Team 3 -28 -9.3 0 0 Josh Skinner 58 -31 -0.5 2 13 Tim Carey 51 -87 -1.7 1 18
Att Comp Yards Int TD Dan Robinson 4 2 30 0 0 Josh Skinner 195 109 1,416 13 3 Tim Carey 175 99 1,023 9 2 Charles Tharp 3 0 0 0 0
Rec Yards Avg TD Long Charles Tharp 42 435 10.4 1 29 Lonn Kalama 32 312 9.8 0 23 Gary Ellison 26 378 14.5 2 37 Johnny Macon 26 363 14.0 1 35 Eleu Kane 20 157 7.9 0 17 Calvin Mims 19 175 9.2 0 58 Wesley Morris 17 350 20.6 1 59 John Kirby 13 192 14.8 0 47 Robert Kemfort 3 38 12.7 0 18 Morrie Roe 3 7 2.3 0 12 Quincy Jacobs 2 8 4.0 0 4 Ryan Battin 2 7 3.5 0 8 Jimmy McClain 1 14 14.0 0 14 Echo Charles 1 10 10.0 0 10 Jade Charles 1 10 10.0 0 10 Avion Weaver 1 8 8.0 0 8 Anthony Diieso 1 5 5.0 0 5
TD 1xp 2xp FG Pts Eric Hannum 0 18 0 15 63 Charles Tharp 8 0 0 0 48 Gary Ellison 2 0 0 0 12 Quincy Jacobs 2 0 0 0 12 Josh Skinner 2 0 0 0 12 Sam Collins 1 0 0 0 6 Jade Charles 1 0 0 0 6 Calvin Mims 1 0 0 0 6 Wesley Morris 1 0 0 0 6 Chris Shinnick 1 0 0 0 6 Tim Carey 1 0 0 0 6 Johnny Macon 1 0 0 0 6
No. Yards Avg Blk Long Chad Shrout 68 3,133 46.1 5 71 Charles Tharp 3 98 32.7 0 41 Tim Carey 4 123 30.8 0 37 Josh Skinner 2 44 22.0 0 29 Team 5 21 4.2 0 21
No. Yards Avg TD Long Eddie Klaneski 34 359 10.6 0 52 Ron Wood 1 0 0.0 0 0
No. Yards Avg TD Long Charles Tharp 8 192 24.0 0 35 Eleu Kane 18 394 21.9 0 46 Quincy Jacobs 1 19 19.0 0 19 Robert Kemfort 12 193 16.1 0 24 Team 1 5 5.0 0 5 Wesley Morris 1 4 4.0 0 8 Johnny Macon 1 0 0.0 0 0
No. Yards Avg TD Long Eddie Klaneski 2 0 0.0 0 0 Chris Shinnick 2 14 7.0 0 14 Ellie Kapihe 1 21 21.0 0 21 Brian Chapman 1 4 4.0 0 4 Joaquin Avila 1 8 8.0 0 8 Al Hunter 1 1 1.0 0 1 Don. Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0 Ron Wood 1 8 8.0 0 8
No. Yards Avg TD Eddie Klaneski 1 78 78.0 0 Sam Collins 1 32 32.0 1 Chris Shinnick 1 2 2.0 1
Una Ast Total Loss Sack Eddie Klaneski 78 50 128 1 0 Chris Shinnick 77 49 126 1 1 Doug Rosevold 82 26 108 8 1 Brian Chapman 31 17 48 4 6 K. Cobb-Adams 31 9 40 0 6 Matt Paul 28 12 40 0 1 Mark Jenkins 27 10 37 3 0 Kekoa Kilcoyne 24 9 33 0 0 D. Williams 23 10 33 0 0 Al Hunter 25 6 31 0 0 Ron Wood 20 11 31 3 1 Bob Pigott 19 11 30 4 4 Sam Collins 13 15 28 1 1 Tony Tuioti 15 13 28 1 0 Ellie Kapihe 19 7 26 3 3 Ben Bright 18 8 26 4 3 Rinda Brooks 15 10 25 2 1 Rufus Ayeni 12 6 18 1 0 Miles Garner 11 7 18 0 0 Blase Austin 10 7 17 0 0 Matt Elam 14 3 17 2 2 S. Gonzales 10 4 14 4 1 C. Bobbitt 12 2 14 0 0 B. Santamaria 9 4 13 0 0 Punahou Aina 8 4 12 2 1 R. Robinson 12 0 12 0 0 Joaquin Avila 6 4 10 0 0 Olen Rosehill 4 2 6 0 0 Mark Mollner 2 2 4 0 0 Larry Slade 3 0 3 0 0 Wesley Morris 3 0 3 0 0 Chad Shrout 2 1 3 0 0 Gary Ellison 2 1 3 0 0 Anthony Diieso 2 0 2 0 0 Adrian Klemm 2 0 2 0 0 Charles Tharp 2 0 2 0 0 Jason Vaughn 2 0 2 0 0 Tim Carey 1 1 2 0 0 Johnny Macon 2 0 2 0 0 Conrad Paulo 1 0 1 0 0 Kaulana Noa 1 0 1 0 0 Tyler Tanigawa 1 0 1 0 0 Jade Charles 1 0 1 0 0 Calvin Mims 1 0 1 0 0 Quincy Jacobs 0 1 1 0 0 Fred Lau 0 1 1 0 0Team statistics
UH OPPFirst downs 206 200 Rush 69 93 Pass 115 93 Penalty 22 14Rushing
Attempts 459 481 Net yards 1,085 1,676 Yards per game 90.4 139.7Passing
Comp-att-inter 210-377-22 189-319-10 Net yards 2,469 2,188 Yards per game 205.7 182.3Total offense
Plays-yards 836-3,554 747-3,864 Yards per game 296.2 322.0 Points scored-average 189-15.8 308-25.7
WAC Standings
WAC Overall Team W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct. PF PA Colorado State 7 1 .875 300 98 9 2 .818 401 166 Air Force 6 2 .750 201 129 10 2 .833 266 149 Fresno State 5 3 .625 208 166 6 6 .500 318 288 Wyoming 4 4 .500 175 130 7 6 .538 322 227 SD State 4 4 .500 171 199 5 7 .417 257 333 San Jose State 4 4 .500 191 277 4 7 .364 225 387 Nev-Las Vegas 2 6 .250 205 260 3 8 .273 281 332 Hawaii 1 7 .125 96 238 3 9 .300 189 308
WAC Overall Team W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct. PF PA New Mexico 6 2 .750 258 157 9 2 .818 377 213 Rice 5 3 .625 205 189 7 4 .636 306 285 Southern Meth 5 3 .625 185 159 6 5 .545 247 237 Utah 5 3 .625 199 127 6 5 .545 253 200 Brigham Young 4 4 .500 175 167 6 5 .545 250 254 Texas-El Paso 3 5 .375 128 201 4 7 .364 162 311 Tulsa 2 6 .250 197 296 2 9 .182 258 426 Texas Christ 1 7 .125 136 237 1 10 .091 172 325Notre Dame 23, Hawaii 22
WAC Championship Game
New Mexico vs. Colorado State at Las Vegas, Nev., 8 a.m.
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