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Carolina's Ugly Crunch Time Numbers Reveal Staggering Truth

Late game execution and situational basketball. Both have been the downfall of this season.

All season long, I think the lack of having a big you can trigger your offense through has had a big impact. For as gifted a passer as Cadeau may be, his talent becomes neutralized without being able to play through a big.

But I will say… this late game execution (which is generally half court execution) has been that much more disappointing considering the expectations that were in place for Elliot Cadeau.

Forget fans calling him generational. Hubert said he’s be “unrecognizable” this season. Yet the late game execution has become the most predictable thing about this team. Obviously unfair to put all the blame on Cadeau but it’s disappointing considering his expectations.
Bang on EC all you want but tell me what they’re trying to execute that he’s failing at? The combination of not having a clear plan, treating an undersized and not Uber athletic SG as a go-to hero, not having a consistent big who can go get a basket, and the tightening of sphincters, defense and whistles are all contributing factors. While EC definitely needs to be more consistent with emotions and shooting with confidence when he shoots, he is forced to take chances and is responsible for a huge percentage of easy shots this team gets, especially in the half court.

Carolina's Ugly Crunch Time Numbers Reveal Staggering Truth

Thanks for making available to us peons. Sad that Coach Smith's "Tradition of Excellence" has become a tradition of mediocrity. February bubble-talk is now the norm.
Bubs, indeed. So far, he's been on the bubble 75% of his tenure. Looking more like 80% soon. I certainly would love to see these guys turn it around, we are all pulling for them. I really feel bad for HD, honestly, he was put into a position without the professional experience and knowledge, everyone knew it. This concept is nothing new, stuff happens all the time in business. It's not necessarily his fault, people he trusted to huge risks and to date, it hasn't worked so he will be the one left "holding the bag". It may be time to review this decision based on the full body of work over the last four years and make an honest determination for if a major change is necessary.

Roy Williams

I blame Roy for putting his personal objectives ahead of the program and pushing for Hubert to be hired. There is no way he thought that this was the best hire for UNC, but it was the best hire for the good ol boy system.
I have no doubt Roy thought Hubert was the best fit for UNC at the time. I think Roy felt the hc needed to be younger to better communicate with today's players. Remember at the time that NIL and the portal had not yet blown up the college landscape. I do think Hubert should have kept Robinson or brought in a similar experienced assistant, and also added an NBA assistant to the bench if he wanted to play that style.
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The more I think about it the more I think the next HC needs to a young, hungry guy coming from mid-major who has a chip on his shoulder. Steve Forbes has done a good job bringing Wake back to relevancy mainly because he can identify talent to bring on board. Much of that was his background at ETSU, he was used to his best players transferring to bigger schools and he wasn't recruiting 5*'s to come there.

I am not advocating for him although I have heard him speak many times and he is hilarious. I just believe in today's environment that evaluating talent is even more critical, and ideally you would have stud freshman or two, a few impact transfers and depth you created by identifying lower ranked hs players you could develop.

One question about Sean May if anyone knows. He has been on staff a while but never heard his name rumored to be taking another job. I was curious if that is because he just isn't that highly thought of in the coaching ranks or it's known he isn't leaving Chapel Hill. I am not criticizing him just find it odd I've never heard his name connected anywhere considering he does a solid resume as an assistant.
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