If anyone spent time on Inside Carolina last night, they might have noticed that the message boards were glowing hot. It was pretty hard to miss. The reason?
With apologies, this isn’t a big deal. I really don’t think anyone expected Roy Williams to be pulling for Memphis last night. I sure wasn’t.
O’l Roy spent the better part of his coaching career at Kansas. In the end, he came home and won us a title in 2005, so by any measure, Carolina got the better end of the deal. In a decade or so, he will retire here, and in the mean time, he’s going to keep on signing great kids, keep on winning lots of games, and keep on having us compete for more national championships. In other words, the 2008 Final Four aside, we continue getting the better end of the deal.
I wasn’t happy about the Jayhawk sticker. After Saturday night, it felt like a punch in the stomach. But there is absolutely no reason to question our coach’s ultimate loyalty.
If anything, this lets us end the rift with Kansas. After last night, we’re back to being sister programs. There’s way too much cross pollination between the two schools (Dean Smith, Larry Brown, Roy Williams) for us to fight forever. Now surely, KU fans will let their bitterness go.
Update: More from THF
