Worst-case scenario of playing = an injury that slows your combine performance or worse, your handler or agent and family call you a dumb-ass and make less $ professionally. Best-case, you share a nice victory with teammates and coaches.
If we were 7-5 in a game vs another 7-5 team this yr on the Wed after Xmas or something else random, would you still watch it?
Yes, I would watch an undeserving UNC team play another undeserving team. Me watching has nothing to do with the teams deserving to play.
True. but ->
-> they probably understand the financial decision and would do the same in a heartbeat.
So far GMs don't seem to have any problem with players sitting out for business reasons, I don't know of anyone who dropped in the draft because of opting-out from bowls, even big ones.
No, zero. Zero guys have been faulted by GMs. And the number who have been hurt in games is non-zero.
Most of america grows up paycheck-2-paycheck with zero social safety net... the smell of green is a really strong draw.
no, of course not....yet the teams deserving to play has much to do with me watching. Wait, what?
You think college is bad? The NC high school playoffs had like 60+ teams, many with losing records. Some of the smaller (1A) schools had 0 or 1 win for the season!
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Yeah, it's definitely a participation trophy type of playoffs. Never understood why it was like that.You think college is bad? The NC high school playoffs had like 60+ teams, many with losing records. Some of the smaller (1A) schools had 0 or 1 win for the season!
North Carolina High School Football Playoffs
Playoff brackets for North Carolina high school boys football playoffs for each state.
At UNC? Deunta Williams is the main one I recall, a decade ago. Small %, but not non-zero.
yep and that’s what the interview is for…it’s almost an interrogation according to some.
Yes, we can talk about this!!! Goalie interference was committed and should have been called right then and there. Plowing into the goalie in that area of the box is goalie interference. UCLA set up their player perfectly, but would not have
like 15 fouls “counted” on ucla…it was blatantly disgusting watching that s go down.
I know nothing about soccer, but I agree with you guys 100%.
I don't think it is a lack of interest in playing and think this is the wrong focus. Also, I completely understand your disgust with players who do this, but it's a simple matter of the calendar. Everyone who opts out of a bowl game immediately goes into draft mode that is specifically timed and tuned for them.
He entered the portal.
I had a sneaking suspicion in the pre-3 losses time frame that he might leave, or get offered to leave. Then, those games occurred and they could barely score in the RZ and I thought "now, we're stuck with this shit."
My guess would be money. I don't think him and Mack really got along either. Other than his play calling, small playbook, inability to adjust, inability to be creative and helping Sam drop in the draft, he was great.
As long as he didn't have to score a lot from the 10 yard line to the EZ, he was okay.
Our OC job is certainly attractive for next year. Beyond that, not so much. The biggest problem when it comes to getting coaches at UNC has always been money. They don't want to spend it to get a top level staff.
