This seems like a different team ! Apples and oranges or what you think ? Right after it happened we lost a close one at Clemson but have reeled off 6 wins in a row , 3 wins in 5 days with a big win against dook and back to back road wins against good basketball programs . Things are going right at the right time of the year ! Go Heels !
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Not so sure it has anything to do with Felton. Guess we will see down the road. Everybody being really quite on this one.
And everyone ought to be quiet. I hope Jalek can come back to join the team, get back to class.
I may just be putting two things together that have nothing at all in common ! Maybe he just got suspended when the team was about to turn the corner ! Off topic but Platek sure looked good on that 3pter he took last nite.
Now would be a good time for Platek to prove all doubters why Roy recruited him.
I think the improvement has more to do with things like Cam settling in and some game experience beginning to take hold with guys like Manley, Brooks, PLatek.
I would caution maybe not word it in the way you did because it implies that Jalek was a bad locker room guy and I don't think that has ever been a question.
that is why I said maybe I was comparing apples to oranges it just seems one happened then the other one took off. I like a many of Tar Heels fans waited so long for Felton to get here then he is gone . I hope the best for him.
Absolutely nothing to do with Felton, with the only possible exception being a "circle-the-wagons" mentality. These spurious reports some like to post are just that. Bottom line is this team was just starting to "get it" and play with the Bomb Squad rotation, coincidentally right before the the suspension happened. Honestly, it's a shame Jalek hasn't been there to get it as well.
I also don't think it has anything to do with JF! I think it is a coincidence. I think it can't be better for the team for JB to have so little behind him! I love me some Platek, but he still has miles to go before he is ready for increased minutes. His O is definitely coming around, but he still flounders at times on D. 7th is looking better, but still needs to get back up to speed. Imagine if the light came on for JF like it apparently did for CJ!
Yeah, he's on pace to miss a bunch of academic credits by not being in school rn. I can't see him coming back.
As far as the team's success, I doubt it's much about removing him from the equation. At most, I could see the chemistry improving. It's been speculated for a while he's had an attitude problem, and he's butted heads with Joel once or twice this year too. Not sure if that's actually the case though.
As far as the team's success, I doubt it's much about removing him from the equation. At most, I could see the chemistry improving. It's been speculated for a while he's had an attitude problem, and he's butted heads with Joel once or twice this year too. Not sure if that's actually the case though.
I wish him the best . If he can return great. If not Roy is putting together a good team next anyway.
At this point I just hope JF gets his business in order...If coming back to UNC is the best thing so be it...If not so be it...I really think he could have been a real factor coming off the bench for us in March...
This is a great example of what I teach leaders in my consulting business: Know the difference between correlation and causation. Yes, us getting better correlated with Jalek leaving just as our losing streak correlated with Cam starting. I am not sure there was causation in either event.
If it means anything, Jalek got back on social media sounding pretty positive! Said he doesn’t get why everyone thinks he’s gonna transfer. Even went the extra mile to diss Dook 
Didn’t give a timeline on when he’ll be back (if he’ll be back) this season. Glad to see he’s still rocking w us tho! Go Heels!
Didn’t give a timeline on when he’ll be back (if he’ll be back) this season. Glad to see he’s still rocking w us tho! Go Heels!
If it means anything, Jalek got back on social media sounding pretty positive! Said he doesn’t get why everyone thinks he’s gonna transfer. Even went the extra mile to diss Dook
Yep, I was just on his Instagram Live as well just now. He sounded like he misses the hell out of playing, misses the fans a ton (said they are the reason they play), has been working out everyday, encouraging people to attend Senior Night, and can’t wait to come back but has no idea about time frames.
I would suspect a freshman JB would have butted heads with a senior JB also. It is part of being a freshman and maturing understanding the transition from highschool to acc level team basketball.
Yep. If you listened to the PC with Joel and Theo, you will see that. Joel said once he stopped pointing his finger at the coaches for not playing him more as a freshman, and began to examine himself to see why they didn't trust playing him more, everything clicked for him and it turned his whole game around. Theo agreed.
It's a maturation, growing up thing. If Jalek returns, and I really hope he does, I think we'll see a different person, and therefore a different player. I think he realizes now just how much he has to lose. I know I went through that same process myself, as I'm willing to bet many of us have.
I had partied so much that I almost flunked out of UNC my freshman year and my parents couldn't afford to send me back, so I enlisted for four years. My epiphany came while serving in the Navy on an aircraft carrier. I'm so thankful it did. When I returned to college, not at UNC, I appreciated being able to go back and excelled in my studies thereafter.
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Archer,
I served on 4 aircraft carriers, the America, Saratoga, Independence, and Carl Vinson
I served on the Nina and the Pinta, but never could get assigned to the Santa Maria!
I am thrilled to hear this. I have held out hope that he would return sooner rather than later. I hope he figures out what derailed him on and off the court and fixes it completely! It is expected for Family to weather bumps in the road!
I am thrilled to hear this. I have held out hope that he would return sooner rather than later. I hope he figures out what derailed him on and off the court and fixes it completely! It is expected for Family to weather bumps in the road!
In harmony with what Joel said, freshman had the red carpet laid out them for a while. For some, it takes time to mature and realize the hard work that's needed to be put in.
I hope Felton use this adversity to put things back in perspective. To realize you have been blessed and don't take it lightly. I hope he figure it out, even if he doesn't play another minute for UNC.
There is no way he can return this season. So does he have to do both sessions of summer school to be ready to join the team in the fall? If his situation is not cleared up by then would he have to do the fall semester completely and then join the team after the fall semester is complete ?
I clipped my toenails at halftime of the loss at Clemson. Carolina has played much better since I clipped my toenails.
IMO an equally valid theory as that posed by the OP.
IMO an equally valid theory as that posed by the OP.
You know what they say about opinions ! Why didn't you clip them before the clemson game ?
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