Comments on: Expectations vs. Reality

By: Heel To The End

Heel To The End — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:55 +0000

on the radio show Monday, Roy was asked if he was looking at Knight.

“No.”

By: william

william — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:10:15 +0000

“I do believe it has been a different fuel, but a more powerful fuel, because as much as I enjoyed winning a national championship in ’05, and how satisfying and what a relief winning a national championship [was] in ’09 – I dislike this far, far more than I enjoyed those.”

So to be fair, THF, many of us feel exactly the same way Roy does. Like him, we haven’t forgotten winning last year….

By: ap1

ap1 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:55:34 +0000

Teague says UNC has contacted him recently. He is one class behind Marshall. Roy is not going to get stuck again with having only one point guard. I agree it is unlikely we would get Knight, and the rumor that we have contacted him is just that, a rumor. It would be nice to have him, though. Like I said, we need better players, and the three for next year is a great start, but we need more.

By: scl11

scl11 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:15:20 +0000

^Unless there is a transfer(s) coming that would open additional scholarships……….

By: C. Michael

C. Michael — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:10:56 +0000

^^That is what makes the one-and-done rule so terrible. If Davis left early and Roy were able to get Knight (which is so unlikely it’s hard for me to even type), he would then be in a position of hoping that Henson, Barnes or Knight left early next year, so that he was not over-committed in 2012. However, in the same scenario, he would also have to deal with the very real probability that ALL 3 players left after next year (Barnes and Knight are predicted to go 1-2 in the 2011 draft), leaving UNC very depleted in 2012, but unable to legitimately recruit anyone because of potential over-saturation.

Hopefully the new NBA CBA will expand to a 2-year rule, like both the owners and the union appear to be in favor of.

By: scl11

scl11 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:57 +0000

“We need better players (duh)”

I thought Marshall, Barnes, and Bullock were those better players. If Roy is pursuing other 5 star point guards in the current class and next year’s class then that would be just as much of a condemnation on Marshall’s talent as it is on Drew or Strickland’s talent, considering Marshall hasn’t even arrived on campus yet and his coach is already trying to recruit over him.

By: LarryS

LarryS — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:16 +0000

If Roy is seriously recruiting Brandon Knight, that means he must think a scholarship is available for next year. If that scholarship is filled, and if all underclassmen stay next year, we will be over-committed for 2012. A true juggling act.

By: ap1

ap1 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:47:10 +0000

Brandon Knight, ’10, rumored to have been contacted by us; Marquis Teague, ’11, contacted but not yet offered. I say Drew, Strickland, the Wears, and posibly McDonald are not front line players. The Wears can possibly contribute to an otherwise talented team. Strickland is a huge project. I hope he will be successful, but he looks to me like a guy who should be in a mid-major league, not here. Same is true of Drew. Jury is out on McDonald. We need better players (duh) and Roy clearly knows it.

By: LarryS

LarryS — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:56:07 +0000

Started a post, then realized it made no sense. (That really never stopped me before, lol.)

Sometimes I wish we could immediately delete the entire post.

By: LarryS

LarryS — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:41:15 +0000

^”The ugly fact is that this team, and most of these players, will never be successful. Roy knows it.”

Wow. Pretty strong statement.

Seems like you’re resigned to them being stuck just as they are and never improving. I really can’t think of anyone on this team that is so obviously incapable of being successful at the position they were recruited for, and considering the expectations of their initial HS rankings. Sure, most of them will not be stars, but I’d at least give them a little more time before making these kinds of declarations.

If recruiting mistakes were made, they were more of the nature of an imbalance of types of players, or a mixture of skill sets, as opposed to the individuals in particular. And, has been said, there are not unlimited choices of being able to get whomever we want.

What HS guards are you talking about being recruited , and for when?