"Fan" is short for "Fanatic". That's emotion based. Emotions make people feel and react in different ways. The problem with emotion is you can't tell someone how they feel is wrong. Their facts or depth of information may be off, but how they feel is how they feel. We are all wired differently and react to situations differently. I love this program, not just because I went to school there...but because I grew up being taught to love this program. I remember meeting Dean Smith multiple times and our family even has a custom leather chair that there are 2 of in the world....one made for Dean Smith and an identical one made for my Dad. It now sits in my basement on display. I have framed recruiting letters that I received from Coach Smith....and he even sent me a Coaches Clipboard, signed by him, Coach Gut, Dave Hanners, Phil Ford and Pat Sullivan when I had a major knee injury and surgery. To say the least, we bleed UNC blue and I've passed along this passion to my kids as well.
I have great memories with my family...taking my Dad to my first game owning season tickets...taking my daughter to a Duke/UNC game....all things that are real. I am proud of the program we have and expect excellence with it....right or wrong. I realize we will lose 25% of the time and still be historically excellent...but that doesn't mean I like to lose.
No person (player or coach) is above the Program. That's what Dean Smith wanted and that's what it's become. As a fan, we have the ability of having hindsight. We that know the game (and even those that don't) can have opinions that differ from Roy and that doesn't mean we don't have the right to voice those or that we don't love and appreciate him as what he's done for the program.
Right now, we are not the "UNC" that we should be. Some of that is tied to the scandal (not getting recruits that are UNC level), part injuries (not Roy's fault), part COVID/not having an offseason program and part of it is philosophy. We should ALL want to improve in our craft. When we stop doing that, we become stale. Roy is great and has a great resume....but no one is perfect. Roy loves UNC and no one should question that. He's not happy with the state of our program....and we aren't either. That doesn't mean the sky is falling, but something we are passionate about isn't performing how we know it can and historically has.