Training Camp Day 5 Reports

Stephen Tsai has some notes from Friday's practice. Here's an excerpt:

Well, it was indeed hot out there as this morning practice expanded to three hours.
And things heated up with the 1-on-1 drills between the linemen. The best battle was between left tackle Laupepa Letuli and right end Elliott Purcell. Let’s just say it went into overtime.
• Adam Leonard, Clarence “Lafu” Tuioti-Mariner and John Fonoti did not practice because of what are termed as non-serious injuries.

On SportsHawaii.com, hilofan65 and parkpill have some observations.

-Inoke had the nicest pass on 11 on 11 drills with a deep post to Greg Salas that looked to go for a TD.
- Looks like LWJ has improved his blocking. He made some really nice ones today picking up blitzers.
-The Defense has a swagger. They know they're good and they don't let the offense have anything.

The highlight for me was watching the 1 on 1 battles when the OLine went up against the DLine.
-Our D Tackles are nasty! Fale, Rocky, Keala, and Joshua Leonard all did very well. J. Leonard seemed unblockable. Purcell impressed with his moves on the edge.
- Letuli and Purcell mixed it up a bit after the whistle and Mac had to talk to the both of them.
- No surprise, the best OLineman was Estes. Once he locks you up, he pretty much has you beat. Letuli looked pretty good at times as well as the Aussie (Thomas).

And on WSN, bowstock and cocopop have some notes from the field. An excerpt from cocopop's observations:

• Alexander threw a pass out to the sideline that covered about 35 yards in the air--on an absolute rope and dead on the money...NICE.
• Blaze Soares is quick to the ball and seems to be unconcerned with any interference. At one point, I think it was Washington (or Bain, I can't remember) who was supposed to impede him from getting outside. Blaze kinda brushed by as if he wasn't even there.
• Watching Libre during drills says a lot about his character IMO. He always finishes the drill, running past the last defender or coach at full speed. (I've noticed that very few of the guys do this--letting up once past the initial touch or after the first 5 yards or so.) Maybe this is because he's in better condition than the others, but I like the effort and focus. To my uneducated eye, he looks surprisingly quick and strong (for his body type).

Thanks to all the professional and amateur reporters!