Wanted: One Coach. Must Have Own Whistle.

by T.H. on Oct 23, 2006 5:27 AM EDT in Football Comment 1 comment

Go away for one weekend and your alma mater's football coach denies resignation rumors, ignores buyout rumors, and is finally fired.

I'm not happy; I'm never happy when UNC fires someone, and John Bunting loves North Carolina and ran a clean football program. But it didn't win on Saturday, and this year has been one long demonstration of the need for a new coach. I wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours.

And no, inevitable Google searchers, the Tar Heels will not be able to get Butch Davis. Fanblogs had some comments on the N&O's premature speculation, if you want a starting point.

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Re: Bunting Firing Press Conference

I don't know how much of this can be blamed on Baddour - you don't want to turn a firing into an all-out bashing of the man, who did do a lot of good things at the university. Winning games just wasn't among them. And reporters are going to track down players for comments anyway, so you might as well make them available to clearly delineate when they can be talked to, and let them get back to classes and their lives afterward.

Nor do I necessarily think that a coaching change will lead to a drop in integrity among the athletes. That will depend on who's hired, a decision that I hope errs on the side of academic standards and character. Not that the bringing in of consulting firms is a good start.

by T.H. on Oct 23, 2006 5:30 PM EDT reply actions