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CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough wasn't surprised to hear that coach Roy Williams dropped the F-bomb on Wednesday night — just that it happened during his post-game press conference.

"Oh, man,'' the senior said, growing wide-eyed and a bit red-faced when told his coach had used the expletive he usually replaces with frickin,' friggin' or 'flippin.'

"I've definitely heard it more than you guys,'' Hansbrough said. "It's usually once every other ballgame, he drops it in the huddle, and we know he means business then. But I think he may beat himself up over that because he usually counts how many cuss words he says in the huddle and in practice.

"When he gets really mad in practice he says, 'Now, that's four cuss words, and I didn't plan on saying any today.'"

Williams was talking about his team's failure to execute the full-court press after it beat N.C. State when he said: "We stink."

Asked why they stink, Williams responded: "If I knew the answer to that do you think we'd still be [expletive] stinkin'?"

After nervous laughter in the room, Williams apologized for using the curse word.

"I can't believe I said that," Williams said. "I only say that on the golf course."

The press conference was being broadcast live on both the Tar Heel Radio Network and Wolfpack-Capitol Sports Network.

Told of his coach's word choice, senior forward Danny Green seemed as stunned as Hansbrough.

"I don't really want to comment on coach's comments,'' Green said. "But if he gets mad, if you get him mad enough, and he keeps trying to tell you something over and over, he'll say some funny words — but it's usually not the F-bomb as much ... but flippin', frickin'."

Asked if he thought Williams should run after practice as punishment, Green said no: "I don't think that will happen. Next to his name it says 'head coach,' so he gets to do whatever he wants to do. So I don't think we'll be making him run; he's the guy that makes us run."

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Time for Baddour and the Chancellor to take Roy to the woodshed

Seems that the Chancellor and the AD should take a few minutes to counsel with ol' Roy. If they don't, we KNOW who is really running the athletic program - and it ain't the boys who should be!
Maybe they oughta send ol' Roy to the woodshed for a session or two. Momma would wash out his mouth with soap until his teeth squeaked.

You think Baddur is running the program?

MMM MMM GOOD, do you think Ad's actually run sports programs?  Wow, let me enlighten you on who some of the best Ad's are.  Dean Smith, Coach K, Skip Holtz, Les Miles, Beloved Jim Valvano, Butch Davis, Roy Williams, Steve Spurrier, Jim Tressel, Rich Rodriguez (not to be confused with A_Rod), Pat Summit, Beloved Kay Yow, the list goes on and on.  And the Chancellor that poor guy does even want to show his head after the shoes he has to fill from Moeser.  Maybe you should go behind the woodshed and hang out with the WVU fans.

Full court press?

I used more than the F word when watching us run a full court press. A high school team could break it too. But I remember Carolina teams of old who could execute it so that it would strike fear in the hearts of our opponents! At this point of the season, it's time to take the rims off the backboards during practice. It's D that wins championships and 'we ain't got no D' especially on the perimeter. We have a 'run 'n gun' mentality, so I don't have my hopes on much defensive improvement. So as long as we focus on shot selection and getting down court after hits and misses in 3.5 seconds, we should score enough points to continue winning. But I'm not sure we can get out of a regional with our current defensive focus. Hopefully our boys in blue will get the message.

Demanding Fans?

Hey echllc , Half the folks ringing the lower level of the Dean Dome can hardly see or hear and the other ones are too high up to matter. As for Roy and his big shoes. It comes with the territory. He leads by example and he knows better. 

One other thing echlic, were you the guy dropping the F-Bombs at the WVU game this year?  I could have sworn I heard one right after Pat White threw the game winning TD.

I was dropping the F-Bombs

Everytime Pat white lit us you or Hakeem Nicks made a Probowl reception I was saying french fires but everybody looked at me stupid.  I thought it was just because they were from West Virgina, and I know I spelled the state wrong.  Besides that I saw the WVU fans throwing hotdogs at UNC fans before the game and their hot classless women dropping trowel between cars.  But they were Hot, not the trowel part but after they stood up.  Cussing not in sports is like a restaurant without salt and pepper on the table.  Everybody needs to get over it and season their food.

Sorry Lil you ask

Causing this institution enough enbarrassment.  Sorry if I got that wrong.  If you think one little French Fire is going to cause more embarrassment then three football players getting bit$h slapped and robbed by a girl, then you must be from WVA.  If you are, how's the coal mining going with Obama's new clean coal plan.....That was a joke do not take it serious.  Hey do you know what Halloween and West Virgina's (I know I spelled it wrong)have in common?  I like to make bevmacco p.o.ed with my spelling.  Oh yeah they both like pumpkin.

Unacceptable!

Coach Williams,

You are representing UNC and you are not above causing embarrassment to this institution. Use a little judgement next time. There is a difference between courtside decorum it the heat of battle and how you address the media as a spokesperson for your program and the Univesity as a whole.

I subscribe to the thought...

that those who throw stones aim to draw the attention away from themselves. Not to indict anyone, but it was one word in an answer to a stupid question. Should the reporter have to answer for asking a stupid question? Why not judge all?

You should try coaching

Hey Lil576-

 Nice name, you should try walking in Roy's shoes.  Besides the fact you probably wouldnt fit it would be impossible.  DO you have any idea what its like to play in front of the most demanding crowd in America, oh yeah and figure on whomever your'e playing to have the game of their lives.  Example, Teague (WF) 38 pts at the dean dome, hasnt scored close to that since, Rice (BC) 34 pts, same story.  So he slipped up, big deal, at least he has emotion, and drive and without doubt represents our school better than most (99.9%) to be exact.  So while you're bumbling around because the shoes are too big, put that in your pipe and smoke it.

this guy makes some interesting comments

http://www.cb3media.com/heelprints.html

Huh

"Bad language should not part of any sport."

You're obviously not an athlete.

Duh Huh

If you dont cuss out of frustration in sports obviously you've never played sports.  Tiger Woods he's a athlete, Lebron James, he's athlete, P Rivers, He's a athlete, Nolan Ryan, He's a athlete, the list is endless.  I mean Eli Manning even said when he won the Superbowl "I'm going to the F'n Disneyworld as he drove off in his new Escalade for being the MVP.  Hey Liz that means MOST VALUABLE PLAYER.  Get a life drop some F-Bombs it'll make you feel better.

As Starbuck would say....

Frack you!

If you don't know what I'm talking about, then you must have a life.

On the other hand, if you are posting here, you can't have a life!

Just another of life's dilemmas.

Well F me!

Well F me!

Freak, frolic, funny,

Freak, frolic, funny, frizzy, frog, fanny, freddie, fun, forgetful what F word are you talking about?

Enough, enough,

Enough, enough, f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f
f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f
f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f,f

Wow that was fun maybe more people should say it. What did McCain say when he lost the election?

Setting an Example

Bad language should not part of any sport. Coaches need to be held to a higher standard because they are setting an example for their team, fans, and the general public. No coach should the "f" word around his team, staff, or during interviews. The reason this is a nonissue is because Coach Williams is the UNC coach and UNC graduates work for the media. Another example of society's acceptance of immoral behavior.

 If evolution involves accepting bad behavior, we have come a long way in that regard.

guess everyone

can lay off coach K about his language.....

wow.....2009 and the front page of the paper is about a WORD a college basketball coach SAID...

i guess we're not quite as evolved as we think we are...

The Duke coaching staff

The Duke coaching staff holds the NCAA record for F-Bombs when the camera is on them.
Coach K got it from Psycho Bobby Knight, and Wojo and Collins picked up the habit from Coach K. It happens every game when there is a call they don't agree with....which is EVERY game. It's not cool no matter whose mouth it's coming out of, but let's not be a hypocrite about it.
Dean Smith is the only one of them (according to his players) who never cursed. Give him credit for that.

what did the players say

what did the players say about kicking the packs butt for the umptenth time

the same thing they twice a

the same thing they twice a year, sometime three. 

Who gives a f**k!

I don't give a f**K!

hey!! he's a left winger

hey!! he's a left winger what did you expect? and he is now being criticized by the left handed news media. What gives??

that's the ticket

The usual thin-skinned loyalty to your sports teams is blinding you to what's really happening here. This newspaper is making a top-of-home-page story out of "hey -- a well-known person said f***!!!" This is where things have come to in the newspaper world.

Just goes to show...

...that Roy & Coach K really aren't that different - they both have pottymouths and they've both lost to Wake Forest this year.

He apologized

At least Roy apologized. And peterlyon, all of your constant left-wing blasts are getting really old. If you don't like the N&O or the Web site, then don't read it.

AND ...

they whine more than coach, they speak to the refs more than their huddle, and they are pompus pinheads who, without their schools' great name for recruiting, couldn't win a game in the MAAC

re: AND....

This is a joke right?!?!  Obviously, you don't remember the coaching job Ole Roy did after the 2005 National Championship when he lost all his starters and still made the sweet 16. 

Yeah they are different...

As far as I know, Roy doesn't fire F-bombs during games like Coach K famously does. The fact that one slipped through during a press conference only means (get ready for a news flash) that he is human.

when is tyler hansbrough

when is tyler hansbrough ever NOT wide-eyed?

When is Tyler Hansbrough ever

NOT kicking your team's A**?

 

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Robbi Pickeral has covered ACC sports for The News & Observer since 2003. She can be reached at robbi.pickeral@newsobserver.com.
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