Roy Williams: Rare coaching missteps fueled retirement

[@droidgu0522]

As much as I already miss him, I'm glad he went out on his own terms! Coach has left such a mark on the program that'll never be overlooked and I'm just glad I got to watch him coach us to 3 National Championships. Thank you for everything Coach Williams! ❤

[@utubeisCensorred]

Glad you went out on your own terms. UNC basketball will always be the best in the world and you were a huge part of it. Love you Roy.

[@Iconhulk]

😆 Delusionalville ......

[@TeeCamp10]

He is still Coach to me. No changing that.

[@kobedre4963]

MY YOU’RE MY BOY ROY!!💙💙 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE MEMORIES, TITLES. & WINS HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT

[@piyber4]

The Luke Maye shot against Kentucky that put UNC in the desert in 2017 my favorite all time moment.

[@drealboy_]

Marcus Paige, the year before , double clutch 3 to tie..followed by a buzzer beater defeat. Most heartbreaking moment

[@joeshields2005]

Very self aware, most people aren’t, good run coach

[@timjohnson2186]

I love Coach, Thank you for being at KU.

[@CraigSmithII]

I like Roy. I say his best UNC team was the 2008-09 team. That team was loaded & they were blowing people away especially in the tournament in 2009, the year they won it all

[@johnnycage6681]

05

[@tylerkay825]

I liked the Era right before that one.

[@CraigSmithII]

@@johnnycage6681 05 is 2nd IMO. Most of that starting lineup didn't pan out in the NBA

[@thomastripp9002]

Absolutely!!! IMO, that 08-09 team was the last truly great College Basketball team!!!

[@znscr3]

Yes but

[@tylerdurden7387]

Roy Williams is a true coach. Nevermind he won 3 titles, he connected with players and grew them like he was taught by Dean smith. The game has changed, one and done mentality of today’s players and business drive him out. Highest winning % ever, amazing career, sad to see money win and a good Coach has to step away rather then change his coaching style of connecting and growing players for the program not giving in to selfish kids. Times change.

[@billgatesleavingyamomshous8177]

Love you Coach!!!! UNC #1 🐐

[@strongblackwoman2685]

We miss you Roy youll always be coach after coach Smith of the Heels

[@glancegha1733]

Seems like a real nice guy. #Legend

[@jellyjamforever]

Die hard Duke fan but Roy is a good dude!!!!

[@richardsmith7131]

So glad coach was able to retire like he did!!!!

[@curiouslymavismade]

All good things must come to an end .

[@teaghanfinks5083]

Coach puts on the cleanest outfits

[@michaelangelo9024]

2009 team was the best I have seen in the last 20 years.

[@Birdfan465]

2009 was a dam good team but Roy's beat team was 1997 KU .just didn't finish the deal

[@michaelangelo9024]

@@Birdfan465 No dice. U gotta finish the deal.

[@TheWakeup011]

04 UConn

[@drealboy_]

Best team ever. At least 3 pros? Tyler, Lawson, Green ...I'm sure more. Can't think of the others lol

[@MarkAJohnsonEDLDFall]

I get the impression that Roy was pushed out by changing times in College Basketball. Sometimes you can tell how good a program is when the next coach is able to take what you built and make it better. His best team was 2008-2009, but I think his best coaching year was 2004-2005 because he worked through remaining players from previous coaches while he won his first time. The year after the retirement of Dean Smith in 1997 were challenging years until Roy brought the stability that UNC needed.

[@roster092]

Man I’m gonna miss Roy but it was definitely time. He wasn’t adjusting to the new style of college basketball and his older methods didn’t suit this era of college basketball. Regardless his contributions to Carolina and College basketball will never be forgotten. We love you Roy 🐏🤍. As for his Son’s joke at 3:44 y’all need to relax 🤣. That was definitely a lighthearted joke with a little taste of sincerity.

[@afinecupofcoffee8476]

I agree. I don't like how much he beats himself up though. He explains all the issues of last season due to COVID and then's like "I made two bad calls that's how I knew". Who knows how good last year's team would have been with a proper off-season, with pick-up games and being able to properly gel off the court.

[@utubeisCensorred]

He won championships with his old style. So it must still work.

[@tomc4271]

I never fell for all of his "dadgum, aw-shucks" BS. The Andy Griffith of coaching... PUKE!

[@randyreed1971]

Well, Roy is right.

[@tristyevely3798]

Lifelong Duke fan. Always enjoy anything related to the best rivalry in sports.

[@ninthplanet3040]

Loved coach Roy when he was at Kansas. When he bolted for North Carolina it made me a Duke fan. But he's one of the few genuine good guys in college sports.

[@tywinters9462]

Gotta respect Roy. Even down the road here in Durham. Go DUKE🤘🏻. 919 Bull City

[@bareavis]

As a UNC fan, it won't be the same without Roy and Coach K

[@PANCHOSWAY]

3:44 weird thing to say when your dad that gave you your whole wealth is going into retirement 💀

[@brandonportillo1631]

Facts

[@doctorx1924]

A lot of kids who grew up rich or upper middle class think like Roy's son. I have seen it straight up. I'm 38 and I know some kids I grew up with who came from good backgrounds that have told me how excited they are to inherit their parents wealth when they pass away. I'm not saying it's right but a lot of wealthy kids think like Roy's son. They just won't openly admit it in public like Roy's son did but behind close doors they will.

[@Dat621]

Right? Lol it was sorta awkward..

[@TempeSoldier123]

Yeah, his son seems like an entitled a-hole.

[@hiddenjames-k8n]

See above. It was a joke.

[@edwardclement102]

The pay the players are getting is to play college basketball and get a degree.

[@MRVISTA-wz7vj]

I'm jealous of anyone that knows what they want in life. I'm 59 and I'm absolutely clueless. Always have been n probably always will be. It's an empty life.

[@daddydoza5164]

@Ed Carman shut up Ed it’s never too late to find joy and passion in life. Try everything and don’t look back

[@daddydoza5164]

@Ed Carman why r u like this. This is what ur doing with ur life

[@neetrab]

DRMWVR - sorry to read/hear that. 😢

[@countd5955]

@Ed Carman Hope DRMWVR reads what you put here and realizes how wonderful his life really is. .and how sad yours must be.

[@countd5955]

You know how sometimes the best way to remember a name is to Not think about it for a minute then it pops into your mind? Give yourself a break. You can create your own life and just writing what you did shows you are not as beaten as you think.

[@blnix8828]

He is missed

[@rams8008]

Anyone know what game mistakes he's talking about

[@kakluver]

I think he's talking about the 2020 home games against Clemson and dook.

[@bareavis]

@@kakluver Yes. Clemson had never won in Chapel Hill and UNC had a decent lead with a couple minutes to go and let it slip. In the Duke game, UNC had the lead(and a big one at one point) and Duke didn't lead until overtime.

[@StevenG122175]

Roy flopped to 2017 title shame.

[@kirbyfrazier2040]

You mad ? 🥲

[@althepenguin]

Umm what??

[@josephherlihy9149]

wtf Scott that was bizarre

[@PlasticBag4Status]

Is his son doing some kind of a very dry deadpan comedy bit? He can't be serious, right?

[@tlr8879]

He talking about his Dad, not Coach Williams. There is a huge difference

[@hiddenjames-k8n]

yes.

[@neetrab]

Yeeeeeaaahhh he shoulda just left that part out.

[@samitis2437]

Roy williams son sounds like a fool Glad they ain’t my son talking like that after a great career at UNC 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@tlr8879]

He is talking as a son, not as his player. That is his Dad, not Coach Williams. There is a difference

[@RonBand01]

@@tlr8879 I agree and I also thought, after listening to it twice, that Scott was picking at his father. Scott doesn't have to worry about money either. He is an investment banker (I think in Charlotte) and his wife has her dr.'s degree in physical therapy. I'm pretty sure that Roy could call MJ and get shoes for life for his grand kids for free. If I know that, Scott knows that so I gotta figure he was either joking with his dad or picking at his dad and maybe both.

[@BC_Study]

@@RonBand01 Regardless, not a good time for that type of joke. Maybe at his retirement party...but not here.

[@johndoe-gh2or]

roy represent the old way of thinking. the man made millions on the back of free labor its always a good day when these old heads retire with they way of thinking

[@JohnDoe-sx2zk]

Dominican Republic (11% Black) Per capita GDP = $7,052 Haiti (86% Black)Per capita GDP $765

[@PastorChrisCornette]

Money, fame and fortune, Satan’s ploy since the beginning of time.

[@PastorChrisCornette]

I’m telling you the blasphemy against God isn’t going to do what you think it’s going to do.

[@mookie449]

All the N.C. players are bio engineering majors. Fantastic students.

[@mookie449]

@Ed Carman it's call sarcasm...everyone knows it's a sham program despite what Ol' Roy says.

[@Blackman19498]

He was great for unc but horrible for Kansas!!🤦🏾

[@berinmind]

He retired because of BLM....let's not pretend

[@cwheremonster8870]

Today I learned that Roy Williams’ son is a complete tool.

[@hiddenjames-k8n]

I guess you don't understand cheesy southern humor. He was being funny, and letting his dad know that he supported his decision. Not, "Oh, my God, you can't do this, coaching is your life, and your whole identity and worth as a person'" but "NBD, but do I still get free PowerAde?" Quality dad-troll.

[@cwheremonster8870]

Lindsay Bowen, You’re probably right. At the end of the day, it doesn’t mean a whole helluva a lot. But there’s something to be said about what we joke about. It’s like a stereotype.. they exist for a reason. Williams’ son took the odd opportunity to joke about his daddy passing up millions in endorsements. There’s a reason he thought we’d think that was funny. It fell flat. Mostly because I’m his moment of being funny, all we could think of was how he (the heirs) could no longer count his cash. Seriously though; I have no doubt that you are correct… just a kid trying to be funny. Did you not think it was odd?!

[@BC_Study]

@@hiddenjames-k8n Regardless, not a good time to tell a joke. At least the daughter came through and was respectful.

[@piyber4]

I think he was on the high priced weed only sold to wealthy can afford.

[@pavelpolska]

First

[@yohannes7548]

Made multi millions annually coaching student athletes, amateurs. Yet-he is indifferent about their prospects to profit from name, image and likeness. Lost all respect for him. Hypocritical.

[@papercraneca]

He literally says "it's not right that students can't profit off their own name". He just adds some context which is completely fine. His point about how student-athletes now have to deal with the fact that the first-string stars are going to be making bank, while the second-stringers are going to be pulling in a grand total of $0 outside of their meal-and-housing subsidy. At least in the pros, the worst players have a base salary that's in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, so there's some level of equity in pay; the poorest players are still making decent cash. In the NCAA, you'll have guys that are struggling to pay their phone bills, while the starters are driving around in Maseratis that their agent bought for them.