It is pitiful that people cannot vent their frustrations with our program without being labeled. Anyone who cannot see that UNC has some glaring issues as well as the hall of fame coach being on the downside simply has their head in the sand. I pulled for the heels during the 8-20 season and expected a win every game. I understood the circumstances of that year and looked forward to righting the ship the following year. I even gave my best to support that coach who was clearly over his head.
But we are in a much different situation now. We have players that obviously settle for loses. Our coach God bless his soul, cannot manage a way to beat our greatest rival with an obvious advantage at home with a rockin crowd and the whole world watching.
So much is to blame for this situation we are in. AFAM, recruiting, roy past his prime, roys health, caliber of players we are landing, MOO stirring the pot, and so on and so forth.
Do I think they can win it all, yes. But there has to be some drastic changes in our line up and in our coaches approach to the game. But we have not saw much change in his philosophy outside of the occasional zone defenses he employs once a month now. I give him credit for this much, last night, I did not see the help defense allow Dook 30 open looks. How many years did it take to get to that point?
I dont think the majority of fans who are thread bare with the product of the past 3 years are wrong for feeling this way. We get enough preaching about potential of players, this one is the second coming of lawson, its just a slump, we will right the ship, roy will quit tinkering with the lineups, and all the other spin we see here.
I think its time we shake the program up a bit. One example I can see would be benching Meeks. HE checked out before the season began. If an NBA team picks him, they deserve bankruptcy for such a sorry pick. HE has proven nothing. I made a comment earlier in the season when he was injured about his body language. It seemed he was fine sitting on the bench and cheering the team on. Paige proved a player can play thru injury if they have heart. Meeks appears to be healthy, but no motor. Roy needs to be the man and put his behind on the bench. Yes, it would definitely crush his dreams of an nba team, but without effort, he wont be in the league anyway. Also, roy should look at retirement. His health is not the greatest at the moment. I wanted him to be up the officials behind for much of this season and when he did, he passed out. I think the game has passed him. I want a clean program, and he will keep it that way as long as he is here. But I really think his efforts should be finding someone to take his place. If it happens over the next year or so, then fine. I hear all this talk of carolina style basketball will be gone. How do we really know that if some option isnt explored. I am afraid that whatever success Roy has this year will be his last chance at a chip. With the horses we have coming in, i am not sure we can maintain his style of play for the coming years. Plus with how the NCAA is hosing us right now.
