Future of program depends on getting better players

By Dave Reardon

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 07, 2012

~~<p>If you didn’t know it before you must by now. The University of Hawaii football program’s future will be based on the ability of coach Norm Chow and his staff to recruit. Consistent recruiting, year-after-year, local and mainland.</p>
<p>Sometimes people forget this isn’t the NFL, where if you have a bad season you get higher draft picks. Losing in college football generally makes recruiting harder. Judging talent is still a challenge, but securing it is the bigger one for most coaches at schools in the midst of or coming off poor seasons.</p>
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If you didn’t know it before you must by now. The University of Hawaii football program’s future will be based on the ability of coach Norm Chow and his staff to recruit. Consistent recruiting, year-after-year, local and mainland.

Sometimes people forget this isn’t the NFL, where if you have a bad season you get higher draft picks. Losing in college football generally makes recruiting harder. Judging talent is still a challenge, but securing it is the bigger one for most coaches at schools in the midst of or coming off poor seasons. Login for more...