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The problem is that this in an op-ed article in the Asheville paper, not in Sports Illustrated or on “Outside the Lines”. The heavy hitters continue to remain blissfully ignorant of the whole thing. The only time it gets mention on ESPN is when one of the talking heads blabbers on about how the big, bad NCAA is the group in the wrong. They are at least partially right, the NCAA is in the wrong, but not because of how they treat “student” athletes, but because of how they have time and time again looked the other way when the big time programs break the rules. They have effectively neutered themselves, and the impending demise is at least partly their own fault. But none of that should detract from the fact that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a festering cesspool of illegalities, hypocrisies, and corruption.
It makes you wonder what exactly would have to come out in order for them to be hit with LOIC. I mean, really. No other athletic department in history has had so many transgressions PROVEN and gotten off with so little punishment. Losing him isn’t even a drop in the bucket of what should happen. There are banners in that place that are tainted, even more than their fictional Helms Foundation one, that should be ripped to shreds. That whole place should be burning for what they’ve done. Yet it is barely a blip on the national radar. I’m grateful for the torch that has been carried by our brethren to even bring this stuff to light, but I will not be satisfied until they are justly punished. And I feel that I just will never be satisfied, because it just won’t happen.
I have been angered by WRAL for years. Then the UNC scandal came out, and I was incensed at their lack of coverage. Then the Leak “story” came out, and that was the last straw. I have been boycotting them since. They no longer get my viewership, or my clicks online.
^Thanks for the clarification about the lyrics. I had thought it may be song lyrics, but I’m not really up on most popular music. Another reason why we adults need to be careful trying to interpret tweets.
I agree that Lewis needs to work on shooting. But that is contrary to what he has been in his career to this point, which is a distributor first, distributor second, and scorer third. I will disagree that Barber is clearly better, because they are two different types of players. We certainly have more scoring threats when Barber is in the game, and we run better without a doubt, but the actual halfcourt offense that we run looks smoother when Lewis is there. To my eye anyway, and I believe the assist/TO stats would back that up. Barber has not quite yet mastered the intricacies of the offense, sometimes blowing down the lane before the pick gets set. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
I do think that for this season to have any measure of success, BOTH of these young guys will need to log important minutes. This is the first time in my lifetime that I can remember that I don’t cringe whenever the backup PG comes in, no matter which of them is the backup. And we all need to remember, that some of the playing time discussion comes down to the teams that we are playing, and which of our personnel match up with their guys. I have liked the flexibility that I have seen this year from Gott in that regard.
DRW- You are right, these “dumb ass ” kids do need to understand that twitter is public. But we dumb ass adults need to also understand that these kids are kids. Not everything these kids say on twitter has some hidden meaning, or needs to be dissected to try and determine the mental state of the player. I see TL as a team player, and a very valuable member of our team, as I’m sure the coaching staff does.
I’ll repost my observations here, since I didn’t get in until the end of the game thread:
Some points from me:
1. I watched the whole game on mute. It was quite pleasant. Some of you have said that Dickitch correctly called out our team last year, and maybe he did. But why? He is a color commentator. It’s not his job to bust the balls of the kids on the team. He’s supposed add comments about the action on the floor, not make personal attacks. Right now he is calling Pack fans, including Julius Hodge, out on twitter. He’s supposed to be a professional journalist, not a twitter antagonist. Google his name and read about some of the fights he has had with people on twitter, even going as far as telling a journalism student that he would black ball him in the industry. The guy is a joke.
2. Really proud of the performance by the team tonight. The young guys showed great heart. With a young team, at some point you just have to let them go and sink or swim. They swam tonight. We will have some head scratching loses this year, but that is what I expected. I really enjoy watching this team grow.
3. The heels have attempted more FTs in their last two games than we have all year. For the last three decades, we’ve been fed the idea that the blue teams get to the line more because they aggressively attack the basket. Our team this year scores fewer of their points from outside the arc than all but one team in the whole country. Yet we aren’t getting the calls. Yes, it’s nothing new, just very frustrating.
Some points from me:
1. I watched the whole game on mute. It was quite pleasant. Some of you have said that Dickitch correctly called out our team last year, and maybe he did. But why? He is a color commentator. It’s not his job to bust the balls of the kids on the team. He’s supposed add comments about the action on the floor, not make personal attacks. Right now he is calling Pack fans, including Julius Hodge, out on twitter. He’s supposed to be a professional journalist, not a twitter antagonist. Google his name and read about some of the fights he has had with people on twitter, even going as far as telling a journalism student that he would black ball him in the industry. The guy is a joke.
2. Really proud of the performance by the team tonight. The young guys showed great heart. With a young team, at some point you just have to let them go and sink or swim. They swam tonight. We will have some head scratching loses this year, but that is what I expected. I really enjoy watching this team grow.
3. The heels have attempted more FTs in their last two games than we have all year. For the last three decades, we’ve been fed the idea that the blue teams get to the line more because they aggressively attack the basket. Our team this year scores fewer of their points from outside the arc than all but one team in the whole country. Yet we aren’t getting the calls. Yes, it’s nothing new, just very frustrating.
Disappointing for Pete. I am appreciative of the effort he put in, even if it did not work out on the field. I hope that if he wants to transfer out or do the grad student thing, that he finds success wherever he goes.
Same goes for Brandon. It didn’t work out on the field, but I am appreciative of the time he spent in the Red and White. Good luck to him as well.
Looking forward to a new start, and putting this year way behind us.
There are many different things that we could have done differently in the game that would have made the officiating moot. That being said, a call, or a no call in this case, should never determine the outcome of the game. Marshall made contact with Johnson, everyone in the arena saw that. It was either a charge or a block, period. There is NO way that the refs can swallow the whistle at that point in the game. VERY similar plays earlier in the game resulted in charges against NC State players.
