UNC Basketball Possible coaches - UNC hires ex-Nuggets HC Michael Malone

BillOfRights said:
20,000 people showed up. Were there 200 for Malone's PC?
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That’s funny.

Massive attendance at a UK press conference - press conference. Not even PRACTICE. A PRESS CONFERENCE!

UK fans might be even loonier than ncsulol fans.
 
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LeoBloom said:
A big thing I took from the press conference was when Malone said that former players said things around the program were not like they used to be. That certainly gave me pause.
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Personal opinion - and I hate to admit it - but a small part of the "specialness" of UNC was having all-star caliber NBA pros coming back to impart wisdom to the college team. I think alums the last 10-15 years who have gone to the league have struggled to break through to the upper echelons and I think its taken some polish off the vibe from the old heads returning to campus. Am I off base here? Does anyone else feel that?
 
Zoo_View said:
Dixon is that oddity.

A 2-guard who is an OK PG.

He’s that mythical “combo” guard who is a decent PG and SG.

Generally, a “combo guard” is a shortish guard who isn’t a PG and who doesn’t shoot well.

That’s not Dixon.
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The combo guards we usually get are the Dex Stricklands and Seventh Woodses of the world.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
I noticed that too, and it could be read in a variety of ways and could mean several things. Maybe the family feel of the program isn't there as much, maybe Hubert's staff didn't try to keep in touch with players as much, or it may have had nothing to do with Hubert or his staff and referred to other things - the inconsistency from season to season, the changes that came with the new NIL and easy transfer system, or something else. At any rate it was concerning to hear.
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Yeah, it could have been a number of things, like you pointed out.
 
LeoBloom said:
A big thing I took from the press conference was when Malone said that former players said things around the program were not like they used to be. That certainly gave me pause.
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That sort of thing can happen gradually and the people that follow the team closely probably don’t even notice all the small changes adding up over time.

The sad part is that I’m sure most of the people in charge of the program want to keep the tradition strong more than anything, but probably also don’t realize that things are slowly changing while they’re understandably focused on just doing their jobs and being successful.
 
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