Call me a homer.
If presenting real-world issues faced by coaches with losing records at the University of Hawaii at Hilo equates that way, to some, so be it.
It doesn’t feel like being a homer when you scratch a line in the sand for these Vulcans’ coaches, because the term is meant to represent the act of inappropriate praise for those who have all they need to compete — facilities, budgets, athletes — and still come up short.
But this is the Big Island. In Hilo, a losing record cannot be fairly judged the same way as everywhere else in college athletics.