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Tuesday, March 6, 2001
Pads added to The first day in pads wasn't much different than the three previous spring workouts without them.
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WARRIOR FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK
Paul Arnett
Star-BulletinTackling at Cooke Field yesterday morning was frowned upon, nobody can touch the quarterbacks -- except to pat them on the helmet -- and full-on blocking by the O-line will be reserved for the next two Saturday scrimmages.
"We're not really going to be in full pads, except for the scrimmages and the spring game," UH associate head coach George Lumpkin said after yesterday's workout. "We work every bit as hard in shells (shoulder pads and helmets) as we do in full pads.
"It also makes them more conscious to stand up because we don't want anybody falling on anybody's legs. It creates better tackling techniques."
Lumpkin isn't sure what form Saturday's first scrimmage will take. He said he will meet with the coaches this week to decide how many plays the offense will run and who will be involved on both sides of the football.
Setting a depth chart in the spring is a little like discussing recruiting in the summer -- it's very fluid and can change at a moment's notice.
"We have a pretty good idea what the two-deep is going to look like," Lumpkin said. "But we want to see what the other guys look like on film this spring, which will give us a good idea what we have going into fall camp."
Tomey at practice
Former Arizona head coach Dick Tomey attended yesterday's practice, spending most of his time visiting with old friends and meeting members of the current coaching staff.Tomey will return to Arizona to play in a baseball league he has been a part of for numerous years. But he expects to be back in Hawaii over the summer.
The former UH head coach would also like to be a broadcaster for college football. He has dropped off tapes with the major networks in hopes of landing a gig.
He has worked with the Fox Sports Network in the past as a member of a half-hour show on the Pac-10. Tomey's name also has surfaced as a possible athletic director candidate once Hugh Yoshida retires, but he has said he's not interested in an administrative position at this time.
Injury update
Sophomore linebacker Keani Alapa has decided to ignore the UH trainer's warnings about coming back too quickly.Wearing a brace to protect the knee he had operated on last year, Alapa has been on the field fairly regularly this spring.
Because contact is limited, the former Kamehameha Schools player should be OK. But if he did take a direct hit, he could be lost for the season.
Everyone else taking part in spring is fairly healthy.
Wideout Tafiti Uso is down with a shoulder sprain, but could return for the spring game if the injury heals quickly enough.
Jones update
Lumpkin said he visits UH head coach June Jones every day in the hospital to let him know what's going on in spring ball."We talk about things in general," Lumpkin said. "Nothing about plays or that kind of stuff. He's doing real good, but he's still in a little pain. He's a little restless, but that's June.
"He wishes he could be out here and we wish he could be here also."
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