There are some bottom lines to all of this:

Something is seriously wrong (again) at and within UH athletics.

It is a source of negativity and controversy in this community, and it is not supposed to be.

It is a negative reflection upon the University of Hawaii, which raises questions about the effectiveness of its administration and operation - two things that should not happen.

Despite all this, we will never have a full and clear understanding of whatever is wrong, and WHY it has become a negative force (a critical understanding needed for changes or fixes to be made in ANY public institution), because for some reason, there is permissiveness in non-disclosure and non-revealing spin, and the media accepts, participates in, and enables the non-disclosure and non-revealing spin approach.  THAT compounds the negatives as everyone's imagination is allowed to run wild (see above and below), and potentially dubious agendas may be promoted in the informational vaccum.

Shine light.