Attitude and effort aren't Carolina's problems

North Carolina head coach looks down after the Tar Heels turn the ball over against N.C. State on February 13, 2010.

By Tim Hall
Mar 9, 2010

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Roy Williams said on Monday that it was going to be difficult....trying to change his team's behavior in just three days before the ACC Tournament tips off in Greensboro.

"Part of education is teaching, and part of it is learning. And you can teach something but at some time, whenever... first grade, tenth grade, 12th grade. The behavior's gotta change and you got to do what you were taught," Williams said.

Even after 31 games and the conclusion of the regular season Williams was still frustrated from having to tell his players the same things over and over and over again. He had plenty examples from the most recent Duke game.

But for those that have said that Carolina has quit on the season, the guy watching the closest doesn't think that. Roy says that attitude and effort is not his team's problem. It's their commitment and concentration.

"If you play golf, you hit a bad shot and say 'gosh, I've got to remember not to forward press as much on the swing.' Well it's gotta be a commitment. It's gotta be a concentration. If you don't do it It doesn't mean you're a bad guy. It's not even necessarily that you don't have good effort."

The golf analogies seem to sooth Roy the most. Fitting there's a good chance he may be on the golf course on Friday morning.

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RE: Attitude and effort aren't Carolina's problems

We LACKA DISCIPLINE,SHOOTING and on court leadership.

RE: Attitude and effort aren't Carolina's problems

For those who rather not copy and paste...
http://www.tarheelhoopla.com/?p=214

RE: Attitude and effort aren't Carolina's problems

Here is what I heard him say to the team while I was sitting behind the bench in early January:
http://www.tarheelhoopla.com/?p=214

RE: Attitude and effort aren't Carolina's problems

Uhhh....I always thought commitment was realized through attitude and effort. As for concentration, some have more of an ability to do that than others, but that can be improved with training. Maybe the problem is their attitude and effort are not as wholly focused on basketball as needed. Lots of distractions for a college student...but then that comes back to commitment to get better...and that takes hard work.

RE: Attitude and effort aren't Carolina's problems

He can't expect his teams' attitude to change and be positive for the ACC tourney when he has downplayed it SO MUCH in the past.

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