Williams' postgame remarks memorable
Feb 19, 2009
Tags: ACC
Give Roy Williams an "F" for his post-game press conference.
Williams, often known for joking around during interviews, let an expletive slip – the one commonly referred to as the “F” word -- during his remarks following Carolina’s 89-80 win over NC State.
When asked about his team’s poor play in full-court press defense, Williams said: “If I knew the answer to that, do you think we’d still be (expletive) stinking?”
Williams immediately acknowledged the mistake, and apologized for the remark.
“Strike that F-word,” Williams said. “I can’t believe I said that, I don’t even say that on the golf course,” he said as laughter filled the room.
WRAL chose to run an edited version of Williams’ comments in the 11pm sportscast, with the expletive removed.
From time to time, we’re faced with tough decisions. The consensus in our sports department Wednesday night was that Williams’ expletive was newsworthy, especially since it aired live on radio stations across the state.
That includes our sister station, WRAL-FM, the flagship station of the Wolfpack Radio Network.
Personally, I think Roy Williams was trying to make a joke and made a mistake instead. The trouble is, when the genie left the bottle it hit the airwaves. And when you’re the coach of one of the most high-profile sports teams in the country, a remark like that makes people take notice.
