Roy Williams sat down with The Sporting News for a fairly wide ranging interview that covered very little in the way of basketball on the court. You can read the whole thing here.
Some of the questions revolve around where Roy perceives his place is among the great coaches and whether he can catch Bob Knight or not. Of course he demurs on these topics, says he does not pay attention to such things which is exactly what Dean Smith often said. Roy also readily takes a back seat to Dean and Kansas’ Phog Allen when talking about where he ranks in the history of either school.
Roy also is asked about Stickergate again calling the criticism he received “silly.” He also thinks Tyler Hansbrough leaves a pretty big hole having just exited stage right and he is not talking about points and rebounds.
One more tidbit, Roy says the 1997 Kansas loss to Arizona was his toughest ever. I would much prefer that his remaining UNC teams not do anything to top that one.
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His comments on Bob Frederick, former AD at Kansas, are pretty telling. Frederick took a real flyer hiring Williams, but it worked out darn good.
Had no idea that Stallings had been on his staff there.
This answer by Roy sums up why I think Hansbrough is the greatest player we’ve ever had:
“We lost the heart and soul of North Carolina basketball for the last four years. But we’ve been pretty doggone good before, and we’re going to be pretty doggone good after. … I will never forget what Tyler Hansbrough did and the impact he had on the rest of our players. In each and every year, I will try to find someone who can do similar things, maybe never to the level Tyler did. He has left a legacy of respect for his teammates, for the coaching staff, that I will try to find for the rest of my life. I believe it will provide great benefits for me for the rest of my coaching career.”
only 8 to 10 years left?? what are we going to do??
^^^ Enjoy every single one of them and count our blessings.
I don’t know if you guys heard about John Kuester, but that is pretty exciting. He was always a favorite of mine.
me too william–happy for him, and happy for Rasheed & the Celtics too. with all the chat about Shaq joining LJ and the media prematurely proclaiming a Lakers/Cavs final, the Celts will be a deadly team with a healthy KG & Sheed.
See guys, no matter how bad life gets, you can still keep going. John Kuester went 1-27 one year here at GW and now he is a head coach in the NBA.
Kudos to the star of the 1977 ACC Tourney.
I read an article that said the one win that season was against John Calipari’s UMass squad in which Calipari was T’d up and nearly ejected for going after the refs too much.