All we are saying is give patience a chance

There are many excuses for why the University of Hawaii Warriors are flopping as a football team right now. Here are a few of them:

New head coach Norm Chow is misusing the talents of the players he inherited; Chow made all the players cut their hair and removed their names from their jerseys; Chow lacks passion while directing things from the sideline; Chow hasn’t given any quarterbacks except Sean Schroeder a chance to perform; there have been too many injuries; the opposing teams have all been too tough (except for Lamar); and so on.

Naturally, defenders would say that Warriors fans need to be patient while Chow, whose background merits a bit of respect, works his magic. And, indeed, patience is a virtue — although, unfortunately, it likely won’t help most of the players who are on the team right now.

The worst scenario would be a repeat of the three-year Coach Fred von Appen era, when the team went from bad to worse while everyone was giving patience a chance. Still, it doesn’t hurt to stay positive.

Haleiwa won’t be the same without Aoki’s

Haleiwa is a historic district — so the signs say, anyway, to drivers choosing between the old town and the bypass highway. But there’s such a thing as not historic enough, it seems.

The landlord, Kamehameha Schools, has decided to tear down the old building, site of the 31-year-old business Aoki’s Shave Ice, as part of its North Shore redevelopment plan. The shop owner was offered a spot in a new building, but she didn’t feel it would have the same kamaaina vibe that drew in the customers on a hot day. Meanwhile, nearby Matsumoto’s shave-ice business gets to keep its old-time digs.

Something about that seems unfair. Or maybe "that’s cold" would be a better way to characterize the situation.