UNC's Williams Plans to Enjoy It if Heels Win Title Again

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UNC's Williams Plans to Enjoy It if Heels Win Title Again

Apr 2, 2008

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Three years removed from his first national championship, Roy Williams says he learned from that experience

“I was dumbfounded. I didn’t know what to do,” Williams said Tuesday of his reaction after Carolina won the NCAA title in 2005. “I was so paranoid about trying to work and work and work and not let anybody outwork me.”

Now as he takes another Carolina team to a Final Four, Williams plans to enjoy the ride – especially if that ride leads to a title.

“If it were to ever happen again, I would make sure my staff and Ol’ Roy take more time to enjoy it than I did the last time,” Williams said.

The seeds for this Final Four team were sown shortly after the last championship. Early departures by four underclassmen decimated the Tar Heel roster, but they opened the door for a talented recruiting class.

Led by a driven young man from Poplar Bluff, Mo., those freshmen had a chance to play immediately

“I felt, like right away, that I was forced to come into the situation where I saw a lot of playing time,” junior Tyler Hansbrough said. “And a lot of my teammates – Bobby [Frasor], Marcus [Ginyard] and Danny [Green] – saw the same situation.”

Those players are juniors now – and they have Carolina back in the Final Four.

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GREAT ROY CARTOON:

http://videos.newsobserver.com/index.php?a=player&id=1804909

I work with young African American men, and they have told me this is a problem,

I wonder why that would be.

My guess is that it doesn't exist or they aren't gang signs. Rae Carruth killed his girlfriend because she was pregnant, and he didn't want to be a father. I don't think it was gang related. Some law enforcement officers think if you are a young, African American male you must be in a gang.
heelsfan19
April 2, 2008 6:43 p.m.
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Have you seen/read the news lately????
If the shoe fits...

Perhaps CO shuld worry more about the real gangsters that his office and the Probation Office are letting out on the streets, than what he perceives Quentin Thomas to be doing...will the bitterness ever end?

Imadookie: Once again, you make me laugh! OBD: Glad to see you can play nice, name change and all...(.759)

Roy is the man, but you have to admit this is pretty funny!

http://www.kansascity.com/images/media/MakeARoyGame_Flash/

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