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College football: MPC assistant coach Hautau dies at 30
Monterey Herald ^ | February 16th, 2023 | John Devine

Posted on 02/17/2023 6:44:13 AM PST by shadowlands1960

MONTEREY — The sudden death of Monterey Peninsula College defensive line coach Ofa Hautau has left a void and a deep wound in the football family and coaching fraternity in the county.

The one-time Pacific Grove High and MPC football standout died in his sleep at his home on his 30th birthday Friday, leaving the Lobos athletic department in complete shock.

“This one hit us pretty hard,” MPC track and field coach Nick Cunningham said. “It still doesn’t seem real. It’s like no way. I just saw him Thursday. He was very a motivating and supportive individual. He made you want to be better.”

MPC athletic director Wendy Bates and members of the student health service met with the football team on Tuesday, offering counseling and support for students-athletics and coaches on the staff and in the athletic department. “We just reminded them to take care of each other, that we have services and counseling available to them if needed,” Bates said. “We want to make sure the student-athletes feel supported. We reminded them we’re a Lobo family.”

Hautau was one of head coach Ronnie Palmer’s first hires when he took over the program in 2020. The two had already built a relationship when Hautau played for the Lobos when Palmer began his coaching career as an assistant in 2012.

“He was a young big-eyed kid that was so loving, peaceful and animated,” Palmer said. “It was always a joy to get him going. It was an easy choice to hire him when he came back after his playing career to take this job.”

(Excerpt) Read more at montereyherald.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: hautau; ofa; ofahautau


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1 posted on 02/17/2023 6:44:13 AM PST by shadowlands1960
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To: shadowlands1960

I wonder, as athletic director if Wendy Bates pushed the vaccine


2 posted on 02/17/2023 6:48:45 AM PST by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: shadowlands1960

Out of the blue! A fluke! 1 in a million! Bad genes! Born with a heart murmur! The ball hit him square in the chest!


3 posted on 02/17/2023 6:49:47 AM PST by albie
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To: shadowlands1960

Been seeing “in his/her sleep” a lot lately, too.


4 posted on 02/17/2023 6:49:58 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: shadowlands1960
Died in his sleep at 30, another young athlete, huh?

The Babylon Bee nailed it (1/9/23):
"Experts say they don't know what thing is causing everyone to suddenly collapse, but it's definitely not that one thing."

5 posted on 02/17/2023 6:50:59 AM PST by glennaro (Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
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To: shadowlands1960

This is terrible! So young, working hard, then, gone.


6 posted on 02/17/2023 6:51:28 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: Track9

If so, she has no right to console anyone. Or take part in others camaraderie.


7 posted on 02/17/2023 6:51:47 AM PST by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: All; DoodleBob; Delta 21; VanShuyten
The Free Republic Assumed COVID-19 Vaccine Death Obituary Ping




You are being pinged because this death notice was important enough to have its own thread, so you have to admit, it’s important!




Grim Reaper Approved!


8 posted on 02/17/2023 6:53:19 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: shadowlands1960
Dead on his 30th birthday? At least these people lived in paradise until their time was up at 30.


9 posted on 02/17/2023 6:54:50 AM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: shadowlands1960

10 posted on 02/17/2023 6:56:51 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Track9

Per the college’s website, their CoupFlu vaxx mandate has been suspended.

But the website doesn’t state when the suspension took place.


11 posted on 02/17/2023 7:01:14 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: shadowlands1960

The experimental mRNA gene therapy claims another lab rat.


12 posted on 02/17/2023 7:01:28 AM PST by bray (Order at TheRepublicofTexas.store)
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To: Sicon

One of my sources listed five athletes that ‘died in their sleep’ just last week. I haven’t posted that because I wanted to check the facts behind the stories.


13 posted on 02/17/2023 7:12:08 AM PST by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: Sicon

I read here that when the body wakes up there is a rush of chemicals released to get the heart pumping and it starts off quite hard. Ive been noticing it when I wake up now the increased heart rate.... Unvaxed thanks.


14 posted on 02/17/2023 7:22:33 AM PST by Pocketdoor
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To: ConservativeMind

Doctors are baffled...


15 posted on 02/17/2023 7:24:52 AM PST by Herodes
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To: shadowlands1960
“It still doesn’t seem real. It’s like no way. I just saw him Thursday," and he was so happy getting his third booster..
16 posted on 02/17/2023 7:31:14 AM PST by Thommas (The snout of the camel is already under the tent.)
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To: shadowlands1960

Condolences to family and friends of Ofa Hautau.


17 posted on 02/17/2023 7:57:24 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: shadowlands1960
UConn fans, pray that Coach Jim Mora didn't get Vader. We need him for a few Mora years.

Prayers to his team, his family and his friends..

18 posted on 02/17/2023 8:48:13 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi.. Hello 2023, can we get over 2020 yet? )
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To: shadowlands1960

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla’s bioweapon takes another? Suddenly?

Listen to Bourla’s answers to pointed questions by the press:
https://rumble.com/v265v7y—rebel-news-confronts-albert-bourla-in-davos-over-the-safety-and-efficacy-o.html


19 posted on 02/17/2023 9:07:59 AM PST by upchuck (When you never took the vaccine or boosters: Still alive and healthy with no chance of side effects.)
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To: shadowlands1960

How awful!
Beautiful young man-just gone.
My sincere condolences to his family, friends, and team mates.


20 posted on 02/17/2023 12:16:58 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history.)
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