Yes, Roy is a good man (albeit with terrible political beliefs). Of course we want our head coach to be a good dude who recruits good dudes, cetebus parabus. Grooming players to be good members of society is certainly important since this is collegiate sports, not professional. But it won't save your job if you aren't winning. Winning is the paramount aspect of a CBB coach's job.
Bingo. Bobby Bowden anyone?? Jimmy Johnson anyone?? Nick Saban anyone??
I feel like it's coincidence rather than mandatory that Carolina Basketball be run "with class." It just so happens Dean and Roy were super classy dudes. I really don't think folks would mind if a, say Calipari-type personality came in and manned the ship, if we won a lot.
Make that 3.... Bill Guthridge qualifies. Not so sure about Matt though.
Matt was fine. Let's not get into the Doherty thing. It still disgusts me how our fanbase treated Matt, a STARTER ON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, mind you.
I respectfully disagree. If a slime-ball like Cal was our coach, I'd step away from caring about UNC basketball until he was gone.
Ah I see you're employing the gunslingerdickian argument where you take your personal reaction to something and extrapolate it to the entire populace. Well played, sir.
I love Doherty. Would love to see him brought back and honored somehow. The way our fans treated him is the reason I'm so hostile toward some Radar types and scoff when I hear things like "Carolina Basketball is family."
McCants had a lot to do with it, but players can't run off a coach by themselves. Powers that be turned on Doherty pretty quickly.
With the baggage he had (although he has that teflon ability where everything slides off), I wouldn't be able to support him regardless of his accomplishments.
I don't speak for the fanbase, but I would mind. I'm not gonna sit here and claim I'd stop watching or wouldn't continue to be a fan, but the way the program represents the university is equally important to winning, to me. I'd still enjoy winning a lot, but not nearly as much as I'd enjoy winning a lot with a coach and program I can be proud of, independently of the winning.
No, neither side is blameless. But you give a national champion the benefit of the doubt. It is a warning to future ADs (regardless of school) to be careful when hiring former players. For instance, if UT hires Tee Martin. That could turn sour quick and would force a fanbase to turn on a beloved figure.
Did Bunting play on a Carolina national championship team as a player? Did he recruit a class as HC that eventually won... anything? Bunting was given a substantial amount of time (read: too many seasons) to prove himself.
You make up weird definitions with which to live your life by.
He definitely fills the "Ginyard" role, where you don't know if he's gonna do something great or something dumb.
You can't stop him; you can only hope to contain him.
Theo's "great" can be phenomenal, but unfortunately his "dumb" can be equally phenomenal.
