LinvilleGorge

Billy Donovan is 60 years old, the same age as Bill Guthridge was when he got the job. Everyone acknowledges in hindsight that Gut was too old. Don't repeat the same mistake, especially given that the football program is currently dealing with an even worse version of the same problem.

Truth. Like when UNC hired Butch Davis and then we get hit for recruiting violations. Like yeah, no poo. Dude coached Miami when they we paying like the 33rd NFL team. What did you expect?

Yep, officially heading to LSU. NCSU is a stepping stone program. It's a job you take to try to set yourself up to get the job you actually want. It is what it is.

Hubert had plenty of bench Hubert just refused to play his bench while he ran his starters into the ground. We had a top 50 4* recruit with offers from Kansas, Tennessee, Ohio State, etc. who barely saw the court this year.

A lot of the older coaches are retiring a bit more prematurely than in years past and I get it. This new era with the whole NIL and transfer portal deals has completely changed the nature of the job. They have plenty if money so if they don't want to evolve to fit the new model, fug it just retire. I get it.

That would be an absolute shock. I can't see it from either angle. Stste already has a massive little brother complex with UNC, hiring UNC's cast-off would just be bizarre.

Feels like the Ron Rivera siriation all over again. Nothing against the man, lived him as a player and seems like a good dude and we did have some good experiences under him. It was just abundantly clear that a change needed to be made. Joel Berry summed it up perfectly - "the standard has not been met". That's just all there is to say.

In the NBA? No.

I mean, I want our players to do well in the NBA because I wish them well but would I start watching the NBA? No. Hell, I don't even watch non-UNC college games at this point. I'm literally a UNC only basketball fan. I couldn't even tell you who's left in the tourney. Don't care. Hope duke doesn't win but other than that, couldn't give a fug less.

There's that plus the whole dual citizen Israel flag waver deal. That would be a problem at UNC. That's the off the court stuff, then there's just the pure business of it all. He has a good thing going at Florida. He won a natty last year and had them in a #1 seed this year. You'd probably have to make him the highest paid coach in college basketball for him to even consider it. On top of that contract, you'd also have his $18M buyout. When you out it all together, I honestly think Golden is a very long shot to be the next Tar Heels basketball coach. There's the Tribeca of issues to overcome - off the court, the pure business of the $$$, and luring him away from an already good situation where he's proven he can compete for championships in his current environment.

I honestly don't care about NBA talent. Our last championship team was light on it. The team that went to the title game was light on it. I wanna win college games. I haven't watched a full NBA game in probably 15 years. I barely remember one and doners, whether their ours or elsewhere. It's one of the reasons why my hatred of duke has cooled. Their players don't hang around long enough for me to even know their names.

Not completely accurate. I'm sure Roy is lobbying for him and Larry Brown has spoke put in support too. But Hansbrough has made comments pretty critical and hinting at a need for change. Joel Berry has gone a step further and said the standard has not been met. Scott Williams who was a teammate of Hubert's at Carolina has gone all the way and said it's time for a change at head coach.

It's so obvious that the split is imminent. At this point it's gonna be a shock to everyone if he's back next year.

Same.

Deebo is still living off the reputation of that one stellar season he had, but that was five years ago and it's a huge outlier of an anomaly in his career.