In response to the Sports To Ponder article in The Garden Island dated Nov. 23, I have a few words to express in regards to Nick Abramo’s article “Up Next: St. Louis Goliath’s.” Do you not get complete facts before
In response to the Sports To Ponder article in The Garden Island dated Nov. 23,
I have a few words to express in regards to Nick Abramo’s article “Up
Next: St. Louis Goliath’s.”
Do you not get complete facts before printing
articles or even judging people? First of all, St. Louis Crusaders has four of
our island’s well-respected boys in their program that I think you may need to
apologize to.
Mr. Ikaika Curnan, Mr. Kawai Curnan, Mr. Enoch McKeague, and
Mr. Troy Isera are presently playing their hearts out for this program that
you make sound so bad and unsportsman like.
Some facts and things that I
think people should know is that when the Crusaders are winning the game by
over 80 points, the starting team from the sportsmanlike Crusaders are sitting
on the sidelines.
What are you gonna tell your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th team
players to do? Are you going to tell them not to play hard? Coaches don’t teach
players to not play hard or to be losers on or off the field.
Another
thing, Mr. Abramo, your part about players boozing it up and hanging with
strippers is one fact I’ll have to give to you. But like I’ve wrote in prior
articles to the forum, because there’s a bad apple in the box, it doesn’t mean
the whole box is no good!!!
You find me a high school football team in
this state that don’t have some kind of alcohol or drug problem that they had
to deal with one time or another.
Another thing, Mr. Abramo, do you know
that the boys that are playing there from Kaua’i were very happy and proud of
the Waimea Menehunes and their great performance against a great team like
Kailua. Let it also be known that the percentage of kids that go to St. Louis
attend well known colleges throughout the United States.
You act as though
the St. Louis players do not practice hard to get where they are today. Did you
see their 3rd class facilities that they are so proud to practice and train on?
It seems that you do not, by the way you make them seem to be.
And last of
all, I think your article has no relevance to what the outcome to Friday
night’s game will be. And you should question your own sportsmanship by the way
you are trying to degrade a well respected football team as the Crusaders are.
Robert Cremer, Jr.
Waimea High Football Fan
