The News, It Never Stops

Junes Jones has a new Ask Coach column up at Warriors' Haka. Here's an excerpt:

Q.) Coach, you've always been a die-hard believer in the run & shoot. It's taken many decades, but its philosophies are finally making an impact on the sport. Unfortunately, few coaches practice the run & shoot in its truest form as you do. Have you given any thought to grooming others in your offense so that it might live on at Hawaii and elsewhere when you're no longer coaching?

A.) Every one in America runs some of what we do, including most NFL teams. What is different is that most coaches will not live and die with it. That is their choice and every coach has there own thing. Hal Mumme runs a lot of what we do. He has his own touch on it but it is very close. In fact his punt team stuff with all the fakes is what Mouse originated in high school and at Portland State years ago.

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Ashley Lelie is featured on the 49ers website. Here's a quote from him:

"My leg is not bothering me. That was my main concern coming into camp after missing out on the OTAs. That’s good now, so I can focus on everything else. I just want to establish myself on the team during this camp. The first part is getting a spot, and then you go from there."

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Ikaika Alama-Francis did well in practice.

Marinelli liked how rookie defensive lineman Ikaika Alama-Francis looked this morning. “He’s really starting to see it a little bit right now,” Marinelli said. “He looked faster and more explosive today. That was fun to see.”

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The Juggernaut, aka "Reagan Mauia" got some carries at tailback, and impressed coaches and teammates.

"He's like a Mini-Me Bus," said nose tackle Paul Soliai, referring to the Austin Powers movie character Mini-Me and former Steelers great Jerome Bettis. "The juggernaut can handle it."

"You have to get him early," linebacker Derrick Pope said. "He is a load — a big load."

Coach Cam Cameron said Mauia is "not only a tailback, but a fullback. I thought that was a huge plus to find out that we've got a big man who can play at tailback."

Hell yeah! The article also has a quote from Samson Satele, who talks about how The Rock gave him some tips on football and life. For real.