It is hard to personate and act a part long; for where truth is not at the bottom nature will always be endeavoring to return, and will peep out and betray herself one time or another. - Tillotson
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. - Herbert Hoover
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Reply to comments ...
Thanks for the comments.
Mary, sorry it's not refreshingly different. If you take the time to read all of my posts, I have made several creative suggestions to change the dynamics of this conversation.
Why am I the only advocate for your local players, getting more time on the field.
If you really care about building character, integrity and not just winning, then champion my suggested voluntary limit of one import player from NZ on the field at a time for 2009.
Why not put one of the Kiwi boys on six different teams next season. That would be amazing! Think of what that would do for rugby in Utah.
You change the dynamics by making an intelligent choice for fairness and the response will be so refreshing it will make you smile.
You may lose a few more games but your team will be much the better for it in the long run. HR will still have an amazing program that positively impacts the lives of many.
In response to your comment about BYU and other teams doing the Haka. None of these teams have a 20 year history of under the radar and cloaked recruiting of foreign import players.
The Haka is about respect, honor and integrity.
HR's claim of, "we know nothing" turns out to be a gross misrepresentation! Notice how the HR rhetoric has now changed from we know nothing to justification and pointing fingers at others. A HR parent's honest admission about providing room and board for a young man from NZ, as part of a cultural exchange speaks for itself.
Thanks for the mention of the United Rugby program.
They are an example of:
Mary, sorry it's not refreshingly different. If you take the time to read all of my posts, I have made several creative suggestions to change the dynamics of this conversation.
Why am I the only advocate for your local players, getting more time on the field.
If you really care about building character, integrity and not just winning, then champion my suggested voluntary limit of one import player from NZ on the field at a time for 2009.
Why not put one of the Kiwi boys on six different teams next season. That would be amazing! Think of what that would do for rugby in Utah.
You change the dynamics by making an intelligent choice for fairness and the response will be so refreshing it will make you smile.
You may lose a few more games but your team will be much the better for it in the long run. HR will still have an amazing program that positively impacts the lives of many.
In response to your comment about BYU and other teams doing the Haka. None of these teams have a 20 year history of under the radar and cloaked recruiting of foreign import players.
The Haka is about respect, honor and integrity.
HR's claim of, "we know nothing" turns out to be a gross misrepresentation! Notice how the HR rhetoric has now changed from we know nothing to justification and pointing fingers at others. A HR parent's honest admission about providing room and board for a young man from NZ, as part of a cultural exchange speaks for itself.
Thanks for the mention of the United Rugby program.
They are an example of:
- what can be accomplished in 5 years with no import players from New Zealand.
- how local talent and parents when given the chance can collaborate, blossom and rise to any challenge.
- losing on the field and yet winning off the field.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
HR - who gave you the approval to use the Haka?
A question from "kiwi" in New Zealand
Ra, that coach made a statement that kaumatua went over from NZ to Utah.
So can you tell me who were those so called kaumatua ?
Were they Mormon ?
Were they Ngati Toa ?
This is a fair question.
What is the name of the person who gave you the approval to use the Haka & Kia Kaha in your movie?
Please stop using the Haka and Kia Kaha in your schemes.
HR has little respect for the Maori culture or the young men from New Zealand, other than as means to a very selfish end.
Ra, that coach made a statement that kaumatua went over from NZ to Utah.
So can you tell me who were those so called kaumatua ?
Were they Mormon ?
Were they Ngati Toa ?
This is a fair question.
What is the name of the person who gave you the approval to use the Haka & Kia Kaha in your movie?
Please stop using the Haka and Kia Kaha in your schemes.
HR has little respect for the Maori culture or the young men from New Zealand, other than as means to a very selfish end.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Collateral Damage - Gut Check
We all share a portion of responsibility for what has happened at the Woodland Hills Schools.
Do you have to see bleeding bodies lying on the side of the road before something clicks in your heart and in your head that something is terribly wrong, and that you should stop to help? When is enough, enough? Open your eyes people and connect the dots?
Like the story of the Good Samaritan, we all to some degree have been like the Levite and the Priest, just walking by, turning our heads, closing our eyes and our mouths and not lifting a finger to help.
Unlike the story of the Good Samaritan some stood and watched as the traveler was beaten and robbed and did nothing. Some have known for a long time that this stretch of road was not safe yet they have pointed travelers in this direction without a second thought.
Now the lone traveler laying on the side of the road is not alone. The road is now littered with young people with Asperger Syndrome and their families. They have been kicked in the head and beaten down by people in pursuit of the almighty WIN!!! It appears that some of their tuition money was used to fuel this train wreck, and now their school has been closed.
Another unseen casualty is Don, a senior, who's father played for the Samoan national team. An exceptionally gifted rugby player who played for West Valley last year an then was recruited to play for Highland in 2008. He was as talented as some of the boys from New Zealand, yet he never stepped on to the field at the National Championship game. Why?
HR didn't want him playing against them, yes he is that good, so they recruited him to play for them. With the six kiwi boys making up most of the back line and the coaches relative playing half back, Don's position, he gets the shaft and sits on the bench the entire game.
To add insult to injury, the coaches relative playing halfback was selected by HR to receive the MVP.
Don and the kiwi boys disappear into the mist of anonymity. Thrown under the bus in the name of integrity, honesty, honor, sportsmanship, saving face and their perverted and twisted interpretation of Kia Kaha.
Such are the tragic results of HR's blind and ego driven attempts at sports engineering.
Past being nice and polite:
Do you have to see bleeding bodies lying on the side of the road before something clicks in your heart and in your head that something is terribly wrong, and that you should stop to help? When is enough, enough? Open your eyes people and connect the dots?
Like the story of the Good Samaritan, we all to some degree have been like the Levite and the Priest, just walking by, turning our heads, closing our eyes and our mouths and not lifting a finger to help.
Unlike the story of the Good Samaritan some stood and watched as the traveler was beaten and robbed and did nothing. Some have known for a long time that this stretch of road was not safe yet they have pointed travelers in this direction without a second thought.
Now the lone traveler laying on the side of the road is not alone. The road is now littered with young people with Asperger Syndrome and their families. They have been kicked in the head and beaten down by people in pursuit of the almighty WIN!!! It appears that some of their tuition money was used to fuel this train wreck, and now their school has been closed.
Another unseen casualty is Don, a senior, who's father played for the Samoan national team. An exceptionally gifted rugby player who played for West Valley last year an then was recruited to play for Highland in 2008. He was as talented as some of the boys from New Zealand, yet he never stepped on to the field at the National Championship game. Why?
HR didn't want him playing against them, yes he is that good, so they recruited him to play for them. With the six kiwi boys making up most of the back line and the coaches relative playing half back, Don's position, he gets the shaft and sits on the bench the entire game.
To add insult to injury, the coaches relative playing halfback was selected by HR to receive the MVP.
Don and the kiwi boys disappear into the mist of anonymity. Thrown under the bus in the name of integrity, honesty, honor, sportsmanship, saving face and their perverted and twisted interpretation of Kia Kaha.
Such are the tragic results of HR's blind and ego driven attempts at sports engineering.
Past being nice and polite:
- Does it make your stomach turn HR?
- Look in the mirror, it's Gut Check time
- Does your conscience ping, pang, clang just a little?
- Blood on your hands is a good metaphor for what has happened
- Open your eyes, look at your hands and take some responsibility
- There is only one way to wash it off, and that is to do the right thing
- Wall Streets unchecked attempt at financial engineering and vodoo economics has pushed our country into a long and deep recession, and hurt millions.
- HR's unchecked attempt at sports engineering using cloaked recruiting has failed miserably and continues to hurt many, such as our friends who were attending the Woodland Hills School and Don.
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