Mack said he had passed

Does anyone have an official date/time for when tickets go on sale for the UNC home games? Thanks!

You'd think the players would know not to hurt RJ Davis. Yet here we are.

Jackets already across the 50.

With scrimmages and exhibitions on the horizon, and ACC media hype outta the way, just offering a quick addendum vis-a-vis practice take-aways. First, everything I posted previously still holds... so, a few quick add-ons:

- As some others have observed and players have commented on, this is indeed a collectively more "athletic team" than last year, and the staff has wisely sought to take full advantage with more aggressive tempo --- and yes (thankfully), even on made shots (!!).
Caveat #1: Will that translate into real games?... i.e., will Hubert back off his habit of defaulting to set plays so much? Practices sure seem to make it seem that way --- we shall see...
Caveat #2: Will he resist the temptation to take the foot off the gas too soon? Again, only games will tell..,.

- As to said athleticism and tempo, expect to see way more free-wheeling transition and finishes, including a lot more lobs (in the half-court as well). All this depends on EC with the keys, and then expect to see guys like JWash, Withers, Seth, Jackson and Powell doing some flushing off the dime.

- Literally every source I know has pointed to JWash as a force on both ends so far --- shooting, finishing, rebounding and rim-protecting. If we can spell him with wider bodies and he resists the ticky-tack fouls, he can break out.

- It's likely the "regular" starting lineup could be fluid early, but i suspect the only position ultimately up in the air is the "4". We have myriad options for both "big" and "small" configurations. Drake is probably the most likely frosh to crack it, and that depends on his rebounding willingness, as he may well be asked to play some 4.

- Once again, it's a truly deep team and I expect that to be used in a legit manner, and scoff if you will, but the best statistical precursor of success will be if EC leads in minutes and nobody is having to log 35-per.

- Finally, the team has indeed practiced traps and Zone --- but will we utilize them much? We should -- this bunch could rain hell in Scrambles --- but that I dunno.....

WE know that Dick Baddour was at best limp wrist totally controlled by basketball interests and most specifically Dean Smith. The real and smart football boosters faced Baddour to announce that Trirbush was going because of that AWFUL 2nd season (as he should have been), and then basketball boosters aligned with certain people in University Admin to persuade Baddour not to do that because it would make it look like UNC had its priorities wrong. So football got messed up again.

Then we had the Bunting fiasco. Just the hiring marked that those in charge were either stupid as the mint possibly stupid stones or else wanted to keep slapping UNC football down. Then when Bunting delivered, in his 2nd and 3rd seasons, the two worst back to back teams since Mack's 1-10 and 1-10 (WORST in UNC history (and the Admin and basketball boosters have never stopped loving Mack since then, booster boosters almost had him fired, but the old alum card was played - if we fire an alum for doing nothing wrong but losing then we send the wrong message - Bunting got a 4the season. Anybody with basic football sense knew that with Bunting UNC was dead on arrival. He might get more 6-5 and double minor bows but he would never produce a season with having - Not One!

And then in year 4 UNC got the high upset over Top 5 Miami, and Bunting suddenly was promoted by Admin and the AD's office as the greatest possible choice for UNC football - and that one game was all the proof needed.

Was that just retarded level stupidity, or was that intentional castration of UNC football? Hard to tell, even with all this hindsight. But it most assuredly was one of them.

So how stupid or pro-medicore UNC football are today's powers that will decide what to do? And if those two camps together provide a majority of the power brokers over athletics, UNC beating GT by 1 or by 2 in 3OT will mean they will not only keep Mack but maybe give him a raise.

What could be worse than Bunting for more than 3 years? Mack assured the job at least past 75.

I voted Wednesday afternoon and picked UNC to finish first. But these is some interesting info that you guys will surely like.


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