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The above picture paints a thousand words about what Roy Williams did after a 33 point loss to an 11-5 Florida State team. Lets start from the beginning.

Under 2 minutes to go in the game, North Carolina had all of its reserves in the game and the starters were on the bench. Picture proof of Tyler Zeller consoling his nose under a towel here:


After some sloppy play and a few late deadballs, Roy looked at the crowd and noticed they were getting "rowdy". With about 25 seconds remaining, Roy talks to a referee and tells him the plan to pull the guys off the bench and take them to the lockerroom if there is another deadball. True to form with 14 seconds left, there was another out of bounds situation. Roy then half hesitantly walked towards Leonard Hamilton who was standing straight as an arrow just waiting for the game to be over. Roy basically asked for approval to leave early to which Hamilton obliged.

Then it got interesting. Roy then looks at his bench, makes a wave gesture as to say "come on" and walks straight to the locker room. Hamilton then stopped him to tell him his players didn't know to follow. Roy almost walked off to the locker room by himself alah Daniel Orton.

At that same moment, a UNC player on the court approaches Roy to ask what is going on, Roy completely ignores him and walks back to the Tar Heel bench to wave yet once again for his "star" players to "come on". Then Roy shook hands with the FSU coaches and bench and proceeded to the locker room. This time his team followed behind.

The player who Roy ignored then ran to join his team as they were leaving thinking he was supposed to leave as well. The assistants then informed him he was staying with the other 4 players on the court. As he was turned away he asked "what do we do?". The assistant probably said get off the court as soon as the game's over, then he said ok.

This is a fairly wuss thing to do even for Roy. I have never, EVER seen a coach tell his team to go to the locker room prior to the game being over. This tells me a couple of things about Roy.

1. He didn't care about safety as much as he wanted to get out of there. He wanted to leave so badly he didn't even care if his team was behind him. Its a bad loss, soak it in. Have your players try to learn how this feels, so they never want to feel it again.

2. let's say he DID care about the safety of his players. Why leave with the stars and leave the walk-ons with some assistants? Its the head coach's job to ensure the safety of ALL the players. I was in charge of a youth group on a ski trip once. One kid didn't make it back with the rest of his friends and no one knew where he was. i freaked out, dropped everything and frantically searched for him. Nothing at that moment was more important than the safety of that kid. I couldn't imagine telling a parent their kid was hurt on my watch, especially if i wasn't even in the vicinity.

3. This wasn't Leonard Hamilton's decision or suggestion. Roy proposed and Leonard accepted. Straight from Roy Williams' mouth: "I went and talked to Leonard and I had already talked to one of the referees that was over there and it was almost Leonard’s suggestion. He’s a quality person." Full quotes here

The captain goes down with the ship unless you're on Ol' Roy Cruise Lines then its every man for himself.

Here's the link to the entire game. Fast forward to the the 2:01:00 mark for all the fun.
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A very original song about John Wall! Very nice Job!!! "More highlights than a strippers hair", "not even Ronald Reagan could tear down this Wall". That's got to be good....right?



Here are the lyrics.......

Here he goes in transition, switch your defenders position
Another stat for addition whether hes dunkin or dishin
Opponents ankles are breakin meanwhile his jump shots are swishin
Think you can stop him, youre wishing, once John Wall hits the ignition

Ladies and Gentlemen John Wall has arrived
Watch closely, you still will not believe your eyes
Expect greatness and youll still be surprised
He doesnt shoot, he scores. He doesnt jump, he flies.
With more beast in him than a grizzly bear
And more highlights than a strippers hair.
No one wants to guard him, his defenders scared
And when hes in the lane all they do is stare
Prepare to bear witness to a shooting star
How often does a center alley-oop to the point guard?
Everybody wants a piece of John.
His A-game is on, soon as the game comes on
When he touches the ball, all youre left with is awe
Watch a dunk by John Wall then try to pick up your jaw
Take it to the hole or let the jump shot fall
Not even Ronald Reagan could tear down this Wall

Player of the year, other players struck with fear
Now the number 2000 makes a Tar Heel shed a tear
Roy Williams, what ya say? How come you wouldnt let him play?
Would he not fit in at Carolina today?
Hey, the great Wall of Kentucky might not be here to stay
But one year is all you need for a banner anyway.
John Wall dominates like the greats before
On the road, at home, or on a neutral floor
Dont even worry bout the end as long as Wall is in
And its an automatic win when hes with patterson
Kentucky Wildcats, there aint no stopping them,
They might as well rename ESPNs top 10
To the UK highlights, led by Wall
Runs like Bolt with a basketball
He could drop another dime or jam it down your throats
Its John Wall time, relax and take notes

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