Ridiculous Timing
I understand certain moves need to be made...But when is the right time?
Well, when it comes to timing and handling, the UNC athletic department didn't do so well with the timing of firing of John Bunting on Sunday night.
Undoubtedly, John Bunting had to go...We all knew that it was coming after the Clemson and Miami games, right?
However, the question that I have to ask is what can you can get done by making a firing at this point of the season?
No school is going to let UNC talk to a coach until a season is over anyway. No coach will make an announcement until after their season is done anyway. And to say this move is to prevent the awkward and 'unethical' move of talking 'behind-the-scenes' doesn't hold much water either. Whatever "board/committee/administration" that is handling this move is going to talk to agents anyway.
This is a such a joke in terms of the public eye...What's the advantage of starting a search a month and a half before the season ends? Buy a ESPN GamePlan and start watching games?
Perhaps, the time will allow us to freely pursue candidates who are currently not coaching a la Butch Davis. (Yet, from the looks of this article by Robbi Pickeral in today's News & Observer, I don't know if the athletic department is ready to step up to the high dollar stakes game to get Butch Davis....Also, 'Special Thanks' to Stewart Mandel from SI.com to put this bug in national media...This has to be a top option.) On the other hand, maybe the move was made because it'll take us a month and a half to convince Jim Donnan to come out of retirement...;)
With that little diatribe, I guess you could say that this time frame is an advantage. However, is it worth the embarassment of leaving a head coach, the team, and your recruits out to dry?
If you're a UNC supporter, you should be feeling timid about what's coming down your way in terms of a football hire. The dramatic episodes that followed the departures of Mack Brown, Carl Torbush, the basketball program succession, and the last but not the least debacle, the national embarrassment of pursuing Roy Williams during his NCAA tournament run should be easily remembered.
At North Carolina, our public moves have been embarrassing of late. This one is no different. By announcing the decision at this point of the season is ridiculous.
(I can't wait for NBC to pick apart this issue for five minutes when we're down by fifty with each telecasts. Great national exposure.)
Make the move on the Monday after Thanksgiving. If you don't have your coaching targets during the month of December and the pre-bowl weeks, you're in major trouble anyway. If you haven't talked to agents by that time, you're in even bigger trouble.
A shift had to happen for us to move back into the Top Ten like we should be. However, a mid-season pull on a coach is embarrassing. A mid-season pull on a coach, who is an alum, is not only embarrassing but plain wrong.
Maybe I'm off-base, but I believe that North Carolina stands for class. I don't think we've showed it through this move.
IronDog
Well, when it comes to timing and handling, the UNC athletic department didn't do so well with the timing of firing of John Bunting on Sunday night.
Undoubtedly, John Bunting had to go...We all knew that it was coming after the Clemson and Miami games, right?
However, the question that I have to ask is what can you can get done by making a firing at this point of the season?
No school is going to let UNC talk to a coach until a season is over anyway. No coach will make an announcement until after their season is done anyway. And to say this move is to prevent the awkward and 'unethical' move of talking 'behind-the-scenes' doesn't hold much water either. Whatever "board/committee/administration" that is handling this move is going to talk to agents anyway.
This is a such a joke in terms of the public eye...What's the advantage of starting a search a month and a half before the season ends? Buy a ESPN GamePlan and start watching games?
Perhaps, the time will allow us to freely pursue candidates who are currently not coaching a la Butch Davis. (Yet, from the looks of this article by Robbi Pickeral in today's News & Observer, I don't know if the athletic department is ready to step up to the high dollar stakes game to get Butch Davis....Also, 'Special Thanks' to Stewart Mandel from SI.com to put this bug in national media...This has to be a top option.) On the other hand, maybe the move was made because it'll take us a month and a half to convince Jim Donnan to come out of retirement...;)
With that little diatribe, I guess you could say that this time frame is an advantage. However, is it worth the embarassment of leaving a head coach, the team, and your recruits out to dry?
If you're a UNC supporter, you should be feeling timid about what's coming down your way in terms of a football hire. The dramatic episodes that followed the departures of Mack Brown, Carl Torbush, the basketball program succession, and the last but not the least debacle, the national embarrassment of pursuing Roy Williams during his NCAA tournament run should be easily remembered.
At North Carolina, our public moves have been embarrassing of late. This one is no different. By announcing the decision at this point of the season is ridiculous.
(I can't wait for NBC to pick apart this issue for five minutes when we're down by fifty with each telecasts. Great national exposure.)
Make the move on the Monday after Thanksgiving. If you don't have your coaching targets during the month of December and the pre-bowl weeks, you're in major trouble anyway. If you haven't talked to agents by that time, you're in even bigger trouble.
A shift had to happen for us to move back into the Top Ten like we should be. However, a mid-season pull on a coach is embarrassing. A mid-season pull on a coach, who is an alum, is not only embarrassing but plain wrong.
Maybe I'm off-base, but I believe that North Carolina stands for class. I don't think we've showed it through this move.
IronDog
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