Roy Williams uses expletive, apologizes during postgame press conference

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Roy Williams uses expletive, apologizes during postgame press conference

By Sam Rosenthal

Feb 19, 2009

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During Roy Williams’ press conference following his Tar Heels’ 89-80 victory against N.C. State Wednesday night, the coach used a profane word.

On the air, in front of a room full of reporters, cameras, microphones and recorders, some of which carried live signals to various media outlets, Williams uttered the F-word.

It’s important to understand the context: A reporter asked Williams about the team’s full-court pressure, which has struggled, and it obviously struck a nerve with the coach.

“We stink at [full-court pressing],” Williams said. “I’m not the brightest guy in the world, but I’m not going to continue playing full-court press, and every dad-gum time we do it, they lay it up and get a wide open shot.”

The reporter followed up by asking: “Why do you think they stink at it, as you say, especially considering the fact that there are a lot of veteran guys out there?”

Williams' response was as follows: “If I knew the answer to that,” Williams said, “do you still think we’d be (expletive) stinking?”

Everyone in the room broke out in laughter, and Williams followed up his verbal lapse by saying, “Everybody strike that f-word, I meant to say ‘frickin.’ Seriously, if you think I could figure it out, don’t you think I would do it?”

It was Williams at his rawest, as candid as you’ll probably ever see him. “We double-team friendly,” he said, emphasizing friendly and gesturing wildly with his hands and grinning. He mocked what his players did, in his opinion, when they full-court pressed against the Pack Wednesday night: “I’m double-teaming you! I know you’re 17 feet away from me, but I’m double-teaming you over here. Jiminy Christmas.”

Williams said he wanted to get off the subject, chuckled, and added, “I am not happy about our double team. I am not happy about our frickin’ press.”

And that’s the message that he probably wanted to disseminate, through the media, to his players: They need to press better.

“I can’t believe I said that,” Williams said. “I don’t say that anywhere except on the golf course, and not very often then. Jiminy Christmas.”

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RE: Roy Williams uses expletive, apologizes during postgame press conference

Because so many sports journalist and TV staions are in the "TANK" for UNC, I think we shall give "Ol Roy" a pass this time and every time. After all everyone knows that Coach K is the only one that has a flity mouth in the ACC. Now what do you day that we go get some more wine and cheese. How does that sound boys.

RE: Roy Williams uses expletive, apologizes during postgame press conference

Hey folks lets get a life this man loves the game of basketball and if you have ever played any sport and you had a decent coach that was competitve he has used profanity and not to hurt his/her players but to get his point across. Roy Williams has class and if he didn't he wouldn't of apologized shortly after he made the comment but he is human and he is just seroius about his team demonstrating in a game what they work on in practice. Let it go and yes he is the GOLDEN BOY!! For coach K he defintely isn't the golden boy and he is a great coach but a sore loser. He wears it all over his face when the dookies take a L.

jgriffith3792.................

No the difference is that K has NEVER used such language in a setting such as live tv and radio. You cannot compare what a coach or an athlete says or does during competition to what Golden Roy has done, twice now. And he's no saint on the sideline either. Anyone that thinks he's dadgummit all the time is kidding themselves. He's not the angel you think. He's a dik during nearly every presser, and he admittedly hates the media. Always has some smartazz answer for something. I just find it really funny that the same ones that always want to talk about K's language had their guy let the f-bomb fly. Hilarious

RE: Roy Williams uses expletive, apologizes during postgame press conference

lol...
Rock on, Roy.

RE: Roy Williams uses expletive, apologizes during postgame press conference

Roy also dropped the F-bomb DURING the game. There was a timeout, Carolina was about to shoot a free-throw I believe, and the teams were huddling for a quick chat. A State player walked a little too close to the Carolina huddle (maybe even THROUGH it), and Roy was none too pleased. I heard the F-bomb live when he was ranting about it. Not sure how much time was left, but I think it was early in the second half.

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