Roy's Cheating Past Continues to Haunt A June 5th Oregonian article about the scandal going o­n at Memphis contains a little tidbit about Roy Williams' cheating past at Kansas.   Reporter John Canzano writes: "I was a columnist covering basketball in California when Kansas-bound DeShawn Stevenson went from a 450 o­n the SAT to an 1150. The Educational Testing Service noted, among other irregularities, that Stevenson, a Californian, took the test in North Carolina. "I passed it o­nce," Stevenson insisted. "I can pass it again." Roy Williams, who was then the Jayhawks coach, insisted Stevenson got a raw deal. He made a case that we were talking about a kid who worked hard and dramatically improved himself academically. And I wished it were so because, if true, we'd have a documented case of a sensational athlete getting serious about bettering himself in other aspects of his life. But when Stevenson was asked to duplicate the results o­n a second test, he couldn't even get a 650." It would be interesting to know where Stevenson took the test in North Carolina, why he took it here, and if this testing center still accomodates retarded athletes.  Published Jun 17, 2009 - 12:06 PM

Tate Tests Positive for Weed Brandon Tate tested positive for marijuana at February's NFL combine. LINK Published Apr 22, 2009 - 06:55 PM

Hansbrough Disses Fans, Walks off Court From the Caldwell Co. News-Topic: By most accounts, North carolina's star basketball player Tyler Hansbrough acted like a jerk last week at an exhibition game between the Atlantic Coast Conference's senior all-stars and a group of Hickory High School basketball players. Hansbrough reportedly said some fairly unkind things o­n the court and didn't have much (if anything) to say to fans during the autograph session. The Tar Heels played for the national championship late into Monday night halfway across the country, arrived back in Chapel Hill early o­n Tuesday to celebrations galore. While we don't condone Hansbrough's alleged actions, it's easy to see why he might not feel good about being in Hickory last week after winning the NCAA tournament. Sleep — not to mention patience — were likely in short supply after Hansbrough finished a grueling two-week tournament and the biggest night of his basketball life all while wrapping up a stellar four-year career. It's easy to imagine wanting a little down time and R&R after a tough season with the weight of the college-basketball world's expectations o­n his shoulders. Still, those are not excuses to act like a jerk toward fans and high schoolers who essentially signed up to be the Washington Generals to the ACC stars' Harlem Globetrotters. Learning a lesson in humility and hubris will serve Hansbrough well as he transitions from college to the professional ranks. Editors Note:  Hansbrough's team LOST the game. Published Apr 22, 2009 - 06:41 PM

Hakeem Nicks Scores an ELEVEN on Wonderlic Test According to the Chicago Tribune  Hakeem Nicks from UNC, also known as "Public Ivy",  had the lowest score of any top recruit and the lowest score that has been released so far.   A score of 10 suggests a person is literate, so Hakeem probably stumbled over some big words and didn't have time to complete the test.  According to various articles about Nicks, he is o­n track to graduate.  Which makes us wonder.....HOW?????  Just how stupid do you have to be to score an 11?   Here, you try:  1.  The ninth month of the year is a) January b) October c) September d) November 2.  When rope is selling at $.10 a foot, how many feet can you buy for sixty cents? 3.  Paper sells for 21 cents per pad. What will four pads cost? These are actual Wonderlic sample questions.  Nicks could o­nly answer 11 of 50 similar questions. UPDATE:  Nicks did not break the record for lowest score ever by a Tarheel.  Oscar Davenport scored a 6! Published Mar 23, 2009 - 01:37 PM

Karl Hess Delivers UNC win vs. Virginia tech In the waning seconds of the ACC Tournament quarterfinal matchup between UNC and Virginia Tech, referee Karl Hess failed to call a blatant foul against Tyler Hansbrough, instead calling a held ball which awarded the ball to the Tarheels with 5 seconds to go essentially clinching the game.  If you watch the replay (ESPN360.com has it o­n file), you can see two Tarheel players Ed Davis and Hansbrough mugging JT Thompson.   In the above photo, you can clearly see Hansbrough committing a foul.  What's ironic is that the referee that failed to whistle Hansbrough for the foul is Karl Hess.  For years Tarheel fans have hated Hess because they feel like he is an anti-Heel.  They should love him now.  He handed the Heels the game today. Click here to see more still photos from the game. Click here to see more o­n this mugging. Published Mar 13, 2009 - 08:43 PM

The Daily Tar Hell Many thanks to the good folks at NCSU for the link in the Technician's edition of the "Daily Tar Hell".   Hopefully you'll beat the snot out of the Holes.   For any of you new students who haven't visited this site, we still have a Message Board that's been going strong  for 9 years.   And this is still the o­nly place (as far as we know) to get a "GO TO HELL CAROLINA" tee shirt. Published Jan 30, 2009 - 04:30 PM

Yates, Draughn, UNC Choke Down the Stretch TJ Yates turned into his usual sack of potatoes, INT throwing self  and Shawn Drone developed his usual case of fumblitis as UNC suffered a dagger-to-the-heart defeat.   Pat White had a career day against an awful Tarheel defense, throwing for 332 yards...his most ever.  In fact, White has never thrown for 300 yards in his four year career as a starter.  He has thrown for 200+ just four times previously.  The second most overrated DB in NCAA history (behind Dexter Reid), Tremaine Goddard, was burned frequently by mediocre wide receivers.   Hakeem Nicks was a beast, helping TJ pad his passing numbers with at least three outstanding catches and securing a high NFL draft position.  He'll look good in the Detroit Lions silver and blue.  More to come.  Published Dec 27, 2008 - 05:53 PM

WHERE'S THE DIVERSITY??? With all the crap that Auburn has taken over the snubbing of Turner Gill in favor of a lily white, unqualified coach, we wonder why UNC hasn't been taken to task over their hiring practices.  Carolina has NEVER (as far as we know) had a black coach in any sport.  Sure, Butch is 1/64th Cherokee and Roy has a great tan, but seriously....WHY HASN'T THE UNIVERSITY OF DIVERSITY HIRED A BLACK COACH IN ANY SPORT????   You would think that a university built with slave labor and still insists o­n having a "Silent Sam" statue would reward some qualified African Americans with head coaching positions like EVERY OTHER ACC SCHOOL HAS DONE.   This is typical UNC AD behavior and comes as no surprise.   Published Dec 18, 2008 - 05:45 PM

Mrs. Hansbrough Rewarded for Tyler's Stay at UNC Tami Wheat or Hansbrough (whatever her current name is) has been rewarded for Tyler's accomplishments at UNC.   As per NCAA rules, Tami Hansbrough said she did not receive any help getting the job from the athletics department. “I would never do anything to jeopardize the program; I haven’t even talked to Coach [Roy] Williams about where I’m working,” she said.  Does ANYONE believe this?   Sure, she has done charity fundraising work years ago in Missouri.  Her last job was working as a medical sales rep in Mississippi.   Does anyone besides us believe this is Wanda Hightower (Joe Forte's mom) deja vu?   Our guess is that this was negotiated back around 2005. If this had happened to Mrs. Laettner or Mrs. Hodge, the Nando would be ALL OVER IT.  UPDATE:  The N&O agrees with us. Published Dec 18, 2008 - 05:01 PM

Butch knows how to win on the road Or does he?  In a recent News & Observer article, Robbi Pickeral tries to make two points.  1) UNC has had trouble winning out-of-conference away games and 2) Butch Davis knows how to win o­n the road, citing Butch's 23-11 road record during his six years at Miami.  Butch even offered his formula for winning away games..."talent and experience."   Evidently Pickeral is counting Butch's 4-0 record in bowl games towards his "away" record. In fact, three of the bowls were played in Florida...two of them IN MIAMI, o­ne in Jacksonville and the fourth in New Orleans. The o­ne in N.O. was against Florida, so neither team can claim it was an away game. So...subtracting the bowl games, three of which were actually "home" games, his real road record is 19-11. Looks pretty good, doesn't it?  But let's examine Butch's road record.  Of those 19 road wins, 6 were against teams with winning records and ZERO against top 20 teams. o­nly Syracuse in 1996 ended up ranked at #21. That's right, even with the talent he had at Miami, Butch Davis never beat a top 20 team o­n the road and o­nly beat o­ne ranked opponent. The overall record of their opponents in those other 13 games was 40-104 (an ave. record of 3-8) which included powerhouses like Temple (3 of the 13 wins), Rutgers (3 wins), and Memphis. Even in 2000, the season he was christened a great coach, Miami's road wins were against WVU (7-5), Rutgers (3-8), Temple (4-7) and Syracuse (6-5). The o­nly good team they played o­n the road was Washington...and they lost. How about the 11 road losses? Five of them were to mediocre teams: 1995 -UCLA (7-5), 1997 - Pitt (6-6) & VaTech (7-5), and an unranked Syracuse team (8-4) in 1998 and an unranked ECU team (9-3) in 1999. When Butch goes o­n the road to play good teams, he loses.  We mentioned Washington in 2000. Florida State whipped Miami 41-7 in 1995, 47-0 in 1997 and 31-21 in 1999. Miami lost to two good VaTech teams o­n the road 13-7 in 1995 and 43-10 in 1999.  We think Butch should add to his "keys to winning o­n the road". You need talent, experience AND play a lot of lousy teams.  Note:  Counting last season at UNC, Butch is now 19-17 in away games.  Published Sep 09, 2008 - 04:55 PM

The Dewey Burke Basketball Experience We can't really answer this question.  But who in the world would send their kid to a camp run by a guy that played a grand total of 30 minutes and shot 28% his senior year?   We can o­nly guess what kind of drills and guests they'll have at this camp, but here are some guesses: How to jump up and down and wave a towel o­n the end of the bench (guest instructor - Pearce Landry) How to enjoy college life in your mid-twenties (guest speakers - Wes Miller, Tyler Hansbrough & Mike Copeland) How to protect Tyler Hansbrough from getting his butt whupped further (link) How to get your lunch packed with seconds to go in a game (he actually has a pic o­n his site) He REALLY does have a basketball school and a website....check it out. Published Jul 21, 2008 - 09:09 PM

David Noel Selling his NCAA Championship Ring on eBay Normally we couldn't care less about what Mr. Noel wants to do with his piece of basketball history.   But this story took an interesting turn.  When the news broke that his ring was up for sale o­n eBay, the Admin at Inside Carolina offered this: "We have come to learn that the ring was stolen and [Noel's] family has just become aware of that (because of it being sold via Ebay) and is filing a stolen goods report with the Durham Police Department." Interestingly enough, the ring is still for sale as of this posting, days after the IC post.  SO WAS IT STOLEN OR NOT????  Maybe David's family is full of it?  Why lie?  Published Jul 21, 2008 - 08:46 PM

Please, Mr. Bush, I don't like prison! WASHINGTON (July 21) - Disgraced Olympic track star Marion Jones has asked President Bush to commute her six-month prison sentence for lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and a check-fraud scam. Such applications are reviewed by the Justice Department, which makes a recommendation to the president. After frequently denying that she ever used performance-enhancing drugs, Jones admitted last October she had lied to federal investigators in November 2003. Jones also admitted lying about her knowledge of the involvement of Tim Montgomery, the father of her older son and a former 100-meter world-record holder, in a scheme to cash millions of dollars worth of stolen or forged checks. Jones was sentenced in January to six months in prison and 400 hours of community service in each of the two years following her release. She was sentenced to six months o­n the steroids case and two months o­n the check-fraud case, but was permitted to serve those sentences concurrently. The judge in Jones' case said the check-fraud scheme was a major crime, and the wide use of steroids "affects the integrity of athletic competition.'' From AOL.com Published Jul 21, 2008 - 08:23 PM

Another Tarheel Above the Law It appears that Marcus Ginyard couldn't find time to make a 2/10 mile walk from the Dean Dome to District Court.  This is yet another example, albeit small, of a UNC athlete that considers himself above the law.  You would think that having a teammate busted for a similar noise ordinance just days prior would get Marcus to turn down the car stereo. From the News&Observer: CHAPEL HILL — Marcus Ginyard, a senior o­n UNC's basketball team, is free o­n $150 bond after turning himself in to police Wednesday after he missed a scheduled court date for two misdemeanor charges. In October, Chapel Hill police charged him with a noise ordinance violation and driving with an expired inspection sticker. He is next scheduled to appear in Orange County District Court o­n July 22. Published Jul 12, 2008 - 01:10 PM

Carolina football recruit arrested on drug charges Caught selling drugs o­n the UNC-CH campus.... From WRAL.com:  Jared McAdoo,17, a North Carolina football commit for the class of 2009, and the nation's 31st-ranked defensive tackle according to Scout.com, was arrested Monday morning o­n a felony charge of possessing a narcotic with intent to sell. McAdoo was approached by a Chapel Hill police officer during the Project Graduation program at the UNC Student Union. He was allegedly trying to sell a prescription pain killer. The graduation party was supposed to be drug and alcohol free. Read the original story from WRAL.com Published Jun 27, 2008 - 10:48 PM

Former Heel, Jimmy Hitchcock Arrested A former UNC football player was charged with assault and robbery after a Sunday shooting at a home under construction in a Waxhaw neighborhood. Jimmy Davis Hitchcock, 37, posted $60,000 bond and was released from Union County Jail o­n Monday. Police are still searching for Hitchcock's brother, Angelo, and a third suspect, who has not been identified. Police said the shooting happened after the Hitchcocks got into an argument with 33-year-old Bryan Kross , who was working o­n a house o­n Connells Point Avenue in the Cureton subdivision off N.C. 16. Kross was shot four times in the chest and back, but still managed to pursue his assailants. Hitchcock attended North Carolina and was selected in the third round of 1995's NFL draft. In 1998, the defensive back led the NFL in interception yards with 242 yards and defensive touchdowns with three. Link to Tarheel Times & Charlotte Observer Published Jun 27, 2008 - 06:28 PM

Ty Lawson BUSTED From WRAL: Chapel Hill, N.C. — Chapel Hill police arrested UNC basketball player Ty Lawson early Friday after stopping a car he was driving and determining he had been drinking, they said. Police also charged the 20-year-old sophomore with violating a city noise ordinance and driving with a suspended or revoked license. It was unclear why his license had been revoked. Lawson was arrested at 2:33 a.m. A police officer stopped him o­n North Columbia Street after hearing loud music coming from the car, authorities said. What we want to know is why did he lose his license previously?  Link to story Published Jun 06, 2008 - 11:03 AM

SPECIAL REPORT from DEVIL DJ "You'd have to talk to him" And with those words, UNC's Danny Green confirmed what everybody else NOT intimately involved with the preservation of the idyllic notion of the Carolina "family" already knew....that Roy Williams had, o­nce again, lied about his involvement (or the lack thereof) with o­ne of his players and his program.  o­n April 25th, the day that Tywon Lawson and Wayne Ellington announced that they would declare for the NBA draft, Coach Bristle-shucks spoke that "It was a very exhausting time of research spent talking to the NBA people" and that he had "contacted more than half the teams in the NBA, speaking to various player personnel representatives including a number of general managers."  He then added that he would "continue to help Ty and Wayne with the draft process and give them all the support they need in making any future decisions related to staying in the draft or returning to Carolina."  Link Missing from those statements was the name "Danny Green."  His exclusion was a given....a "given" to all except for Danny Green. "Gosh darned it, how would I have ever known that the kid and his daddy would make a decision like that without consultin' good ol' Roy" sounds like just the sort of thing Williams would've uttered....minus the generous heapin' helpin's of expletives that normally accompany his "shoot first,ask questions later" responses. In hindsight, such an outburst would've been preferable to the outrageous lie that he felt compelled to utter just two days later..."North Carolina coach Roy Williams said Sunday he was not surprised by junior Danny Green’s decision to enter his name into the NBA Draft. Green will not hire an agent. “We’d been talking about it for three weeks, so I’d say no," Williams said during UNC’s baseball game against Florida State at the USA Baseball Training Complex." C'mon Coach.....just two days ago you mentioned all the effort that you were putting forth to aid the other kids. Since when has Roy Williams been reluctant to trumpet his own accomplishments? Adding another player (Danny) to that process (and talking about it,publicly,of course) would o­nly make Roy's fact-finding mission o­n behalf of the other players appear that much more difficult thus perpetuating the myth that behind the "good ol' boy" demeanor is o­ne more "hard-workin' sonofagun" and Williams never misses an opportunity to do that.  Except THIS time. Why? Because he was never part of the process to begin with. The Green camp had the audacity to move forward with their own agenda  and Roy didn't get the memo. Left out of the loop entirely, Roy saw but o­ne option....lie. Rather than simply acknowledge what was painfully obvious to everybody else, Coach Williams closed ranks. God forbid, college basketball fans get the idea that Williams isn't right o­n top of every little detail in his program. "Ya don't sideswipe or sucker-punch this country boy,by golly!" Williams said Wednesday that Green, UNC’s sixth man last season, had not been part of his process of contacting NBA teams to see where his underclassmen might be drafted if they put their names in. Asked Sunday why Green hadn’t gone through that process, Williams said: “Just because it sounds like something doesn’t mean it’s true;  Danny and I have been talking about it for three weeks; everything doesn’t need to shared. He and I have been talking about it for three weeks, his dad and I have been been talking, and I had been talking to the other teams about it.”  Link Which is it,Roy?  Any announcements concerning the other kids (and your "exhausting" efforts too,natch) are needed to be "shared" yet Green's situation doesn't?  Horse pucky and cow pies,Opie.  Ain't nobody buyin' it. Finally, Danny himself has had to be the o­ne to set the record straight... "Why weren’t you involved in the initial NBA discussion with Tyler [Hansbrough], Wayne and Ty? “Coach… I guess he didn’t think I had it in my mind then, so he didn’t think that I was going to even think about going or trying to ‘test the waters,’ so he didn’t include me in that, I guess. I don’t know.” Had you talked with him about it? “You’d have to talk to him. I mean, I called him and talked to him about it, but when it came down to it, it was the ‘Big Three.’ So they had their own meeting, and he thought I wasn’t thinking about doing it. But I called him and told him about doing it, but he didn’t think it was for my best interests… He gave me his advice, but I wanted to do it anyway. I wanted to see how good I could do. My family’s not the richest in the world – not the poorest – but whatever I can do to help my family and whatever’s best for my situation, I’m going to do. I thought it was best to try and see what I could do this year.”   Link Po' Roy. So insecure about his carefully cultivated image of some good-natured good-humoured hick from Asheville, NC that he deems it neccessary to foist an outrageous lie in a situation where none was called for. "Paying players, buying suits and checking with Compliance Departments," yeah, those are lie-worthy.   Commenting o­n a kids' plans to test the NBA waters, not so much. DevilDJ is a long time contributor to CarolinaSucks.com and can be reached at DevilDJ@carolinasucks.com Published May 29, 2008 - 10:31 PM

Heels fans turning on Lawson, Ellington and Green Classy UNC fans showing their true colors.    From CBS Sports:  UNC fans went from cheering him and his teammates to ridiculing them, based o­n nothing more than them deciding to explore and see if they are ready to be professionals. It's a shock that's created a sore subject. All along, Lawson thought fans were sincere when they said they wanted what's best for him and his family. But now he's starting to realize that most fans -- and yes, he did say "most" fans -- o­nly want what's best for him if it's also best for them, and what's best for them is for him to run the point in the ACC next season. That's why his potential jump to the NBA hasn't been well-received back in Carolina. "I've seen them (comparing all of us) to Joe Forte," Lawson said. "I'm like, 'Everybody can't be a Joe Forte.'" Anything else? "Some fans are like 'Wayne better get his passport now,'" Lawson said. "It's o­n message boards. Things like that. From Carolina fans." Do you have that passport yet, Wayne? Carolina fans need to know. "There's a lot of pressure because everybody wants us to come back," Ellington said. "But you go to college to get a job; that's what everyone does." Indeed, that is what everyone does. Which is why it's puzzling how so many forget this when it comes to basketball players. Read the original article Published May 28, 2008 - 06:41 PM

Will UNC fire their assistant track coach? Yet another UNC coach caught breaking the rules, and in this case he's in federal court.  Should this surprise us?  Antonio Pettigrew was hired in July of 2006 to coach sprinters o­n the Tarheel track team while he was under investigation for using performance enhancing drugs.  Three months later he ADMITTED to cheating...after lying to federal investigators weeks prior.  But that's okay according to head coach Dennis Craddock: "Antonio has been a coach six or seven years and has lived the good life as a coach and person," said Craddock. "If somebody did something wrong in previous life, do you still hold that against them now that they're doing something completely different?" Well, coach...YES.   He was a top sprinter because he was a doper.  Who in their right mind would defend this cheater?  The head coach, that's who.  Pettigrew initially lied to federal investigators and denied doping when they first talked to him in February 2005. But he finally confessed to cheating when confronted with documents in October 2006 strongly suggesting drug buys from Heredia. He retired from track in 2002 and is now an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina.  Link Published May 22, 2008 - 06:20 PM

It's settled....Anson Dorrance admits he's a pervert  UNC soccer coach Anson Dorrance has finally admitted that his actions involving his players was inappropriate and sexual harassment.  From the News and Observer: The sexual harassment lawsuit against UNC women's soccer coach Anson Dorrance never made it to a jury, but it gained national attention and helped draw boundaries between coaches and players. After nearly a decade, the case was settled Monday, with the university agreeing to pay former player Melissa Jennings $385,000 and Dorrance issuing an apology to all his players. The deal also requires the university to conduct a comprehensive review of its sexual harassment policies and procedures. The case centered around what were called inappropriate discussions about sex between Dorrance and his players. In the agreement, Jennings, who was recruited to the university to play goalie, stipulates that neither Dorrance nor his staff made a pass at her or pursued a sexual relationship with her. But they made overt sexual comments that were uninvited and offensive, she wrote. "As a result, I personally felt extremely uncomfortable," she said in a letter included in the settlement. Dorrance's apology letter, contained in the settlement, said that between August 1996 and June 1998, he participated with his players in group discussions of players' sexual activities and relationships with men. "I understand that my participation in those discussions was inappropriate and unacceptable," his letter said. "I apologize to Ms. Jennings and her family, as well as all other members of the soccer team." It is amazing that this pervert is allowed to remain in coaching and is praised by UNC...simply because he wins.  Any parent that would allow his daughter to come within 100 feet of this pervert should lose custody of his kids.  More about Dr. Love. Published May 22, 2008 - 06:01 PM

THE STREAK - Tar Heel Futility From Rivals.com: "North Carolina has never had a 3,000-yard passer nor 1,000-yard receiver. North Carolina had a 1,000-yard rusher every season from 1973 to 1984, but a Tar Heel has not hit that mark since Jonathan Linton did it in 1997." UNC, formerly known as "Tailback U" has not had a 1000 yard rusher in 11 years.   If it wasn't for Linton's 199 yards against Duke, the streak would go back 15 years.  More amazing is that UNC is the o­nLY SCHOOL NEVER to have a 3000 yd passer or 1000 yd receiver.  They've fielded a football team since 1888.  You'd think that high school players at the skill positions would have second thoughts about attending the "QB/Receiver Graveyard".   Link to Rivals Published May 13, 2008 - 08:31 PM

Roy is above the rules From the N&O: North Carolina's men's basketball team o­n Tuesday had what a team official called an extraordinary chance to play basketball with presidential candidate Barack Obama.So extraordinary that an NCAA rule appears to have been broken -- and the NCAA is apparently going to ignore it. NCAA bylaw 17.5.2.2  prohibits "observing student-athletes in any basketball activities even if such activities are not arranged by the institution’s coach."  17.5.2.2(f) also states "prior to the start of o­n-court preseason basketball practice members of the institution’s coaching staff may not be involved with o­ne or more team members at any location." It certainly appears that Roy is observing "basketball activities" by "one or more team members".  But, NCAA media relations director Erik Christianson believes "this was a unique situation and not an NCAA issue."   NOT AN NCAA ISSUE?  A rule is flagrantly violated and it's not an issue?    This is yet another example of Roy thumbing his nose at the rules and, in this case, getting away with it.  Published Apr 30, 2008 - 01:56 PM

Butch Davis Hires 4 Star Recruit's High School Coach Illegal?  No.  Sleazy?  Yes.   Butch Davis and John "Black Santa" Blake have shown they'll go to any means to land a highly regarded recruit. Paul Gonnella was hired last week at the University of North Carolina to be the football program’s Director of Player Personnel and Assistant Recruiting Coordinator.  Who is Paul Gonnella?  He is a high school coach from Boston that has a 14-12 record with no playoff appearances.  Six years ago he was a high school assistant coach.  He also served for two years as a graduate assistant for John Blake at Mississippi State.  Oh yeah...did we tell you he was also Joshua Adams' coach last year?  Adams happens to be a 4 star wide receiver that committed to UNC.  There have been other "package deals" in the past.  There was Herb Sendek's hire of Kenny Inge's high school coach.  But that guy (Phelps) had a 148-53 record and several championships. There was Larry Brown's hire of Danny Manning's dad at Kansas.  Mr. Manning played in the ABA and NBA.   If you're going to offer these package deals at least hire someone with some qualifications for the position.  Another interesting tidbit is that Gonnella left his team o­n a leave of absence for three weeks in the middle of the football season last year (the team went 2-0, by the way).   Many parents and players were irate.   Here's what a former player had to say: "Popular" and "caring" are two words that would never describe Coach G. He was always in it for himself, and would often leave us to practice for hours a night while he went home. He was an asshole, and will always be remembered as such" Read more comments from Cambridge here Published Apr 15, 2008 - 05:48 PM

Roy Shows His True Colors The latest "LOOK AT ME!" episode of Roy Williams' coaching life took a few folks by surprise during the NCAA title game.  There he was sitting with his Kansas cronies, cheering for the Jayhawks, wearing a big Jayhawk sticker o­n his sweater.   It was an obvious plea to the Kansas fanbase to forgive him for leaving their program high and dry and o­n o­n probation a few years ago.  Judging by reaction from the Kansas Scout forums, it didn't work.  Most posts from KU fans fell into two categories.  1. "Please leave us alone, you jerk"  or 2. "I forgive him.  At least we have a championship caliber coach now".   Poor Roy pissed off quite a few UNC fans, too.  Here's a sample from IC: "Roy...why you gotta flaunt it? Just sit in the arena...sit in the KU section for all I care...but there is no need for that stupid bird sticker!!" Most coaches would have come home with their team or stayed with their team at the game.  Instead, the Tar Heel players were met by about 50 fans at the airport without their leader. Here's a SI reporter and UNC grad that not's happy about it. Published Apr 15, 2008 - 05:18 PM

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THANK YOU JAYHAWKS! We are your #1 fans.  THANK YOU FOR BITCHSLAPPING ROY BACK TO CHAPEL HILL Graphic courtesy of  rsantiago Published Apr 05, 2008 - 11:04 PM

Roy Opens Mouth - Roy Lies Again In an amazing story of bravery similar to Hillary Clinton's recollection of sniper attacks o­n a Bosnian airstrip, Roy has reached way back in the memory bank and told a tall tale of being pelted with rotten fruit at a Duke game.    From the Orlando Sentinel: It's hard to relax when you're worried about wearing rotten vegetables. The thought crossed Williams' mind Friday as he prepared to walk from the tunnel o­nto the Alamodome court.   "If I go out there and 37 people throw tomatoes at me, that'll bother me a little bit," he said. "But I've been hit by a rotten grapefruit at Duke." We are supposed to believe that for nearly thirty years this story has been kept secret.  Since 1979 there have been hundreds of "Duke vs Carolina Rivalry" columns written, but NOBODY...not o­ne reporter, columnist, fan, coach or player....has ever mentioned witnessing or hearing about this grapefruit incident.   If this had happened (which it didn't) it would have been o­n the front page of the Raleigh Times the following day.   Daggummit Roy, if you're going to lie at least make it  halfway believable. Published Apr 05, 2008 - 04:51 PM

The Tears of Ol' Roy A great post from the Kansas Scout site message boards.... I'm just going to post this as a basic response to most of the articles -- specifically the Jason King piece -- about Roy and Kansas fans and the Armeggedon matchup o­n Saturday. I have the feeling that most media members and "reasonable people" are, again, painting this picture of Roy as some poor, tortured soul who has been terrorized by the irrational behavior of a lunatic fan base. Like most things, this is partly true. Yes, the whole thing is ridiculous, yes, some fans go overboard, yes people need to let go, blah blah and blah. But fuggit, this is a message board, and I can say whatever I want to say about Ol' Roy and how much of a self-involved freakin'drama queen he is and always has been. So here I go... what the hell, it's sports right? And it's not truly fun if we don't have a villain to kick around... so buckle up. There's a quote from a guy named Scott Buxton about this whole saga being like a ugly break up or a divorce. When I first read the article, the whole breakup of a marriage angle seemed melodramatic and convenient, until King painted this picture of seemingly constantly sobbing (surprise!) Roy torn apart at the seams by the two passions, the two great loves of his life, Kansas and Carolina. The image of Roy leaning in for a sip of his Coca-Cola as he reflects and laments, talks about the angst ridden secret meeting with Dana Andersen in Los Angeles -- well, the cynic in me has come out, daggers up, to issue a rebuttal of sorts. I can't resist. As ridiculous as this may sound to some, a relationship with a coach to a university, especially with o­ne as passionate and as committed as KU's fanbase -- IS like a marriage, especially when you have to deal with each other over the course of fifteen years. There's the courtship, first date, moving into together... but when o­ne of you commits, and then doesn't commit, and then vows to be together forever, thick or thin, and then races off with another woman o­n a private jet in the middle of the night... then, sorry, but **** 'em. Seriously. They aren't OWED anything -- not the pictures of the wedding, the family dog, the blissful feelings of first love, or the terrific friends we made over the years. Roy is so tortured about being hated by KU fans, but, like most egomaniacs, Roy wants it both ways, to be loved by o­ne divorced fan base while being married to another, no matter what happened in between, and hence all his moaning about those dadgum great things he done for the good people of Kansas.    To read more, click o­n the headline "The Tears of Ol' Roy".... Published Apr 04, 2008 - 06:14 PM

APRIL FOOLS! With the recent news of Duke's Taylor King transferring, we asked ourselves "What if we played a little joke o­n Carolina fans and made them think he was considering transferring to UNC?"  So we created a little web page that had some bogus comments from a fictional high school coach that appeared to be from King's hometown newspaper.  Then we sat back......and the Tarheel minions bit...hook, line and sinker.   UNC fans rushed to DBR to rub it in.  They posted o­n InsideCarolina (see some of the posts) and o­n other message boards across the nation.  Admittedly, this joke wasn't quite as good as this o­ne a few years ago:  Roy Lands a Big o­ne or this o­ne: Felton, Quentin Out, but we enjoyed reading about the Tarheel fans drooling o­n themselves. We know quite a few Heels fans that bit including BATarHeel05, HeelInTheOzarks, CarolinaBlueAvenger, skyblueheel, Dick Jones,  Mendel, cp1017, harkthasound, heelinhell, HPBoss, Sonny Boy Breeze, CarMichael, and from our own message board, PhilFordsVehicle and SchoolZone. Published Apr 01, 2008 - 06:57 PM