OT - Roy Williams Retiring
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Rumor mill is saying Fran is the leading candidate to replace Roy.
Really not all that surprising, and frankly as a UNC fan, it was time.
I know there's a lot of hate for the guy on here, but IMHO he's a good guy.
I know there's a lot of hate for the guy on here, but IMHO he's a good guy.
It’s official: https://goheels.com/news/2021/4/1/mens-basketball-test-release.aspx
I heard Coach speak at a clinic several years ago when he was at Kansas. Had one of the best designed secondary breaks in the game.
I heard Coach speak at a clinic several years ago when he was at Kansas. Had one of the best designed secondary breaks in the game.
I suppose you can be good guy while still being crooked has hell.
Look for some kind of violations coming down any day now
Legit? Or you just saying that to get Iowa fans excited?
I know it's not bloody likely, but my hunch is that Fran could reach a Sweet 16 or three with a roster full of 4 and 5 star recruits. Carolina can give him that.
I don't think reaching a Sweet 16 or two is really what UNC is looking for.
Lol. Not attending class is okay but the kids being free to do what's best for them and earn a little scratch on the side is just too much.
What a phony.
Car Joy Roy and/or Opie was his nicknames back in the day. Overall, I think he is a good person/coach, but he may have fudged a bit on recruiting trail. I think most Iowan's dislike for Williams was from the loss of Collison, Heinrich, and Lafrentz to KU. JMO
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Good for him if true. I could appreciate if some coaches get frustrated with the transfer portal. It would be an adjustment from the standpoint of your roster could have a lot of turnover year to year and you have to restock it by bringing in kids from the portal ... Mix and match ... Gone are the days of having a guy for four years.
Oh I know Carolina's goal is a Final Four each and every year. S16 appearances are basically a bare minimum.
Or, he's 70, has a history of health issues, doesn't like some of the new aspects of the game like the portal (which many on here have commented on not liking), and is stepping away.
Yeah, how he and UNC got out of that academic fraud scandal was something else
And good ol' Roy had no idea it was going on
Bull sheet
Maybe they can give him some honorary doctorates via the fake classes they set up.
he might be nice but he is also dirty as F.
he might be nice but he is also dirty as F.
"He’s 70 years old, and has been frustrated with the direction that college basketball is headed, per sources."
direction of college ball = NCAA enforcing rules?
direction of college ball = NCAA enforcing rules?
Not a Williams fan but did like that comment. Wisconsin basketball is worse to watch than middle school girls basketball. Nobody outside of Badgers fans enjoying watching people dribble out the shot clock then chuck up a 30 footer.
Williams was entitled to his view. Wisconsin and its fans took umbrage at the caddy way he expressed and announced it. He could have contacted Bennett and or brought it up at a meeting of the rules committee of which I recall he was a member of at that time. To do it the next season at a press conference (after a game that neither NC or WI played in) was low. Bennett deserved better.
It was time, maybe a couple of years late. I once liked Uncle Roy, but I have little respect for coaches who cheat, even when they already have blue blood advantages.
He was born in NC and it was his alma mater so that played a part.
This 1 minute video sums up ol Roy
Dadgummit
As The New York Times put it: “The N.C.A.A. did not dispute that the University of North Carolina was guilty of running one of the worst academic fraud schemes in college sports history, involving fake classes that enabled dozens of athletes to gain and maintain their eligibility.” But it concluded there’d be no penalties since no rules were broken, that it couldn’t punish the university because the totally phony classes (they didn’t really exist) were not just available to athletes but to other students, as well (more than 3,100 students took at least one of the phony classes, with jocks comprising half the beneficiaries). So, technically, no NCAA rules were broken (this really is also the triumph of lawyering over justice).
An article by Yahoo! Sports says North Carolina’s Roy Williams has suddenly developed “amnesia” when the topic of cheating comes up. In 2000, Myron Piggie pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge of mail and wire fraud after running an AAU team full of star high school players. Nike, a Kansas booster and multiple sports agents funded the operation. The FBI said Piggie funneled $35,500 to his players. Williams, at that time, was coaching at Kansas.
Associated Press
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Roy Williams violated NCAA rules as basketball coach at Kansas by approving gifts to graduating players and others who had used up their eligibility, the school said Friday.
The result is that Roy Williams’ men’s basketball program won’t face NCAA sanctioning. The NCAA banned the football team from a bowl appearance in 2012. That’s as far as it will go, it appears, which makes today a great day for the Tar Heels. It came at a steep financial cost over all these years, but UNC likely doesn’t mind that today. UNC paid more than $18 million in legal fees in their academic scandal case. It was worth it.
Dadgummit
As The New York Times put it: “The N.C.A.A. did not dispute that the University of North Carolina was guilty of running one of the worst academic fraud schemes in college sports history, involving fake classes that enabled dozens of athletes to gain and maintain their eligibility.” But it concluded there’d be no penalties since no rules were broken, that it couldn’t punish the university because the totally phony classes (they didn’t really exist) were not just available to athletes but to other students, as well (more than 3,100 students took at least one of the phony classes, with jocks comprising half the beneficiaries). So, technically, no NCAA rules were broken (this really is also the triumph of lawyering over justice).
An article by Yahoo! Sports says North Carolina’s Roy Williams has suddenly developed “amnesia” when the topic of cheating comes up. In 2000, Myron Piggie pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge of mail and wire fraud after running an AAU team full of star high school players. Nike, a Kansas booster and multiple sports agents funded the operation. The FBI said Piggie funneled $35,500 to his players. Williams, at that time, was coaching at Kansas.
Associated Press
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Roy Williams violated NCAA rules as basketball coach at Kansas by approving gifts to graduating players and others who had used up their eligibility, the school said Friday.
The result is that Roy Williams’ men’s basketball program won’t face NCAA sanctioning. The NCAA banned the football team from a bowl appearance in 2012. That’s as far as it will go, it appears, which makes today a great day for the Tar Heels. It came at a steep financial cost over all these years, but UNC likely doesn’t mind that today. UNC paid more than $18 million in legal fees in their academic scandal case. It was worth it.
Williams is one of the best ever. He is two shots away from having 5 national titles. There are going to be some great coaches retiring over the next couple of years. I think K and Boeheim aren't far behind.
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Or being under the tutelage of Dean Smith who embraced the 4-corners offense. In doing so, he discovered a cure for insomnia.
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