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STEVE DeSHAZO: Williams should know better than to compare his Tar Heels to Haitian tragedy Date published: 2/13/2010 By Steve DeShazo TO HIS CREDIT, Roy With North Carolina muddling through a shockingly poor season, Williams quipped on Tuesday: "Our massage therapist told me, 'You know, coach, what happened in Haiti is a catastrophe. What you're having is a disappointment.' "I told her that depends on what chair you're sitting in. It does feel like a catastrophe to me, because it's my life." Williams deserves a break, because he did apologize two days later. He's also one of the most candid coaches in college basketball, one who wears his emotions (good and bad) on his sleeve. And, frankly, he's never been through anything like this. Wednesday's loss to Duke dropped the defending national champion Tar Heels to 13-11 and 2-7 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Williams has never lost more than 12 games in a season in his 22-year Hall of Fame career. To make things worse, his best player, Ed Davis, broke a bone in his left wrist Wednesday night and may be out for the season. Still, to compare a few defeats on the court to the loss of an estimated 230,000 Haitian lives due He knows that he'll get no sympathy outside Tobacco Road. The Tar Heels have been so good for so long that opponents delight when they do hit a rare pothole. Their roster is annually chock-full of high school All-Americans, and they have more size than most NBA teams. Plus, this year's top recruit, Harrison Barnes, is due to arrive in Chapel Hill in the fall. But that's months away, and this is now. Most experts expected a drop-off after Tyler Hansbrough and three other starters left for the NBA, but no one--least of all Williams--saw this coming. The Tar Heels have lost seven of their last eight games--five by double digits. Virginia, which had lost 25 of its previous 27 visits to the Smith Center, blew out UNC by 15 on the road.
Well, first, I am a huge Duke fan and I thought Roy Williams'
comments were outrageous/hilariously inappropriate. Just
goes to show what his character is.
But I'm just wondering how exactly you got that Duke's
season is "the best season since winning the 2001 national
title." Slightly confused, since our record was about the
same last year (and we were ranked first for awhile there)
and actually better (at least at this point in the year) in 07-
08. Just saying - don't make comparisons for comparison's
sake
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