Something most people would not imagine happening is under way in the women’s volleyball program at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
You could say The Man is in town, but you could also refer to Carl McGown as the Guru, the Smartest Guy in the Room or maybe the Volleyball Whisperer.
Vulcans coach Tino Reyes puts the presence of the new “assistant coach” in simple terms.
“He is, in my estimation,” Reyes said last week between practices, “the foremost teacher of the sport of volleyball in the world.”
Reyes is far from alone in that belief, for obvious reasons.