Growth in athletic programs can occur in different ways at different places. They still haven’t come up with a handy step-by-step guidebook for coaches who take over troubled teams and need to chart a new, successful course. Everybody gets to figure it out on their own.
For Kallen Miyataki, uncertainty has become a step in the right direction.
In his first two seasons after replacing Big Island baseball legend Joey Estrella, lineup decisions weren’t a major challenge for the UH-Hilo baseball coach. But after a fall practice session that ended in November and a week of practice to set the 2016 season in motion, you could probably pick names out of a hat and comes as close as Miyataki to predicting the starting lineup next month when the Vulcans open the schedule at UH-Manoa on Feb.