Via ACC Now:
“I’ve definitely heard it more than you guys,” Hansbrough said. “It’s usually once every other ballgame, he drops it in the huddle, and we know he means business then. But I think he may beat himself up over that because he usually counts how many cuss words he says in the huddle and in practice.
“When he gets really mad in practice he says, ‘Now, that’s four cuss words, and I didn’t plan on saying any today.’”
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Told of his coach’s word choice, senior forward Danny Green seemed as stunned as Hansbrough.
“I don’t really want to comment on coach’s comments,” Green said. “But if he gets mad, if you get him mad enough, and he keeps trying to tell you something over and over, he’ll say some funny words — but it’s usually not the F-bomb as much … but flippin’, frickin’.”
Asked if he thought Williams should run after practice as punishment, Green said no: “I don’t think that will happen. Next to his name it says ‘head coach,’ so he gets to do whatever he wants to do. So I don’t think we’ll be making him run; he’s the guy that makes us run.”
Danny Green is a riot. The basic translation of what he said here is this:
You want me to comment something Coach Williams said? No way man. I mean seriously, are you nuts?
Green knows which side the bread is buttered on.
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“You want me to comment something Coach Williams said? No way man. I mean seriously, are you nuts?”
And then he added, “…we already know there won’t be any rims on the baskets tomorrow, but we would at least like to be in the gym, as opposed to meeting on the track for 2 hours.”
Sorry to change the subject, but I was really interested in last night’s game to see what would happen with Zeller. What I had been hoping is that we would have another player that could contribute 10-15 minutes a game so that we have a 9 player team, which is probably the maximum that a team could use in the tournament. Zeller getting 8 minutes in the first game back is huge. To me, this means Roy really loves Zeller and we will have that 9th man.
At least it shows Roy’s not afraid to use the real word instead of fake ones. Lenny Bruce would be proud.
I was pleasantly surprised by Zeller last night. He was definitely a step or more behind on defense, but I completely expected that, and that is something that should come back with a few more games. What surprised me was the touch he showed on his shot. To show so little rust, offensively, after 12 weeks was really impressive. I don’t have much doubt that he will be able to give UNC 10-15 minutes by March 19th or 20th. Assuming UNC wins out and secures a #1, I expect to see a lot of him in Atlanta, as getting him worked into the flow may be more important than actually winning the tourney.
Again, no biggie. He’s only human and he’s allowed to slip up once in a while. I mean I hear the word from my 15 year old sister more than I do from him. And that’s saying something.
UNCgirl, you had posted on another thread that at least Roy apologized but K did not. Amen. I was listening to the Tar Heel Radio Network’s live postgame show and they kind of let Roy’s apology stand for itself. During a commercial break I switched over to a station carrying the Wolfpack network and they were playing Roy’s taped comments. Immediately afterward, Gary Hahn or whoever their announcer is said, “Okay, that’s enough of that” and apologized for the profanity. Didn’t whoever was taping it for the Wolfpack network not alert them to the profanity? It was taped – not live – so what’t their excuse?
Good point PRGuy. In this instance, his use of the word did not bother me, as it is rare I hear that language out of him. However, I certainly hope that parents of High School kids looking to join our program don’t have a problem with it either. Will this have any effect?
“I certainly hope that parents of High School kids looking to join our program don’t have a problem with it either.”
I’d have a hard time imagining that. Not to sound cold, but if a coach dropping an F-bomb is a major concern of a recruit or his parents, then he should give up competitive sports, because he is going to hear that, and worse, A LOT, no matter where he goes.
I agree CM, this is just talk I heard going around on ESPN radio. Like I said in my post, it is not an issue to me, as I rarely hear him, if ever, utter that language.
I hear ya. If it was on ESPN, it was probably Dukies trying to stir stuff up, which is a tad ironic…
Tell me about it!
The dookies need to focus on their coach’s language not ours.
Speaking of coach’s language and player’s response to it provides a bit of a segway for some observations I had from last night. Throughout the season, Roy alternately critiques mistakes and applauds good efforts in his post game comments, but he usually is more of a taskmaster, probably to keep all the guys focused and aware of how they can improve. Last night was the first time this season I can remember really hearing him say things like, “Darn right, I’m happy with this team” and “I’m as proud as can be with everything but the press”, comments that seem to be moving closer to showing greater appreciation for their efforts, and away from what they should be doing better. That’s not to say he will not return to that when warranted, but every good coach, at some point and often late in the season when the stretch run is being made, realizes that it is as much about the feedback of trust and respect, as anything, to keep his teams’ confidence and spirits high. I was glad to see that and I think it was a good example of how Ole Roy knows what he’s doing. It also shows that we have the good fortune to be to be talking in “happy” terms rather than having to “rediscover” ourselves like our friends at the school in Durham.
Hear, hear, Larry!