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- Опубликовано: 31 мар 2021
- Roy Williams full retirement press conference.
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University of North Carolina is one of the luckiest Universities to have two of the best Hall of Fame coaches ever in the history of basketball!! We will miss you Roy, like we miss Dean Smith! Thank you for so many good years!! 🏀🏀🏀🏀💜❤️😍😍
Never been a tar heels fan but no matter who you cheer for you respect the hell out of Roy Williams. Class act all the way.
Same for coach k, may be a unc fan but hella respect for k
U r so spot on! And for Roy to mention Duke during his retirement speech shows the level of respect between the two programs! I may despise Carolina fans because not all, but some, have holier than thou attitudes, but I've never not had the utmost respect for Carolina's players (most) and their coaches! Kudos to Roy for a fantastic career! Die-hard Duke fan (but don't ever rub it in or tell people who they can or can't root for if it's not who I root for JS), but am blessed to be a fan of the greatest rivalry in amateur sports PERIOD! Enjoy retirement Roy, u've more than earned it
@@treylamm Glad your a respectful fan Trey and of the rivalry! Like I stated, they're are those who feel if u don't root for Carolina u get bashed and trashed
As a zags fan definitely jealous of the rivalry. Glad you guys appreciate it!
@@YoungusSC no need to be my man with the level your boys are playing at or the program Mark Few has steadily kept consistent! I have the utmost admiration for what u guys have done breaking down the mid-major mold! Hope you do well this coming weekend! Baylor honestly is the only team that can truly stop your mojo
There's never been a guy that was more "the right man" for a program Coach! Miss you already
God Bless you Roy. You are a class act and should be proud of everything you’ve accomplished. We true North Carolina fans will miss you.
It breaks my heart that Roy is blaming himself. We love you Roy! Always a Tar Heel!
Pat I'm a die-hard Duke fan and that had to absolutely be the hardest thing he's ever had to do or would admit having to do! The fact he took that much responsibility shows his character and how much respect he has for not only Carolina but for the game in general! Not many would admit their not a fit anymore! I have always had nothing but the grandest admiration for Roy
He’s a true coach and a classy man! He took responsibility and made sure his players didn’t feel the lack of success last two seasons or his decision to retire was on them!
The pandemic changed how he coached. Changed how he could see his grandkids. At 70 what is important? He chose family. Good for him.
As a 30 year Duke fan, I'm saddened to see Roy hang it up. He had a knack for taking a team that looked awful early in the season and turning them into title contenders come tournament time. It really feels like the glory days of college BB are long gone with all the transfer portals, one-and-done, and entitled players.
u r so right J Hutch! There aren't anymore Roy's, Coach K's or Boeheim's out there either to be able to fill Mt Everest-type shoes! I've been a loyal Duke backer since I was in fourth grade back in '81-'82 when Duke was as bad as bad can get! Then of course came our iconically important '82 recruiting class! I've only ever had an issue with the UNC fan base but never their program except for a few players!
Fact!
Class act, a model to coaches everywhere. Enjoy your retirement coach, you deserve it. Coming from a Michigan fan.
Roy...You're a winner in every single aspect of life. The men you lifted up....God bless you!
An incredibly humble man. I will miss him!! He and I came to UNC the same year. We are the same age. I have a heart for how he feels. So very proud of him.
Coach,I am from Kansas, you and I talked several times ,as I had the priviledge of going to Allen every game. You amazed me and I as a youth coach, followed your lead .I respect you as one of the greats. I used to sit in front of Dick Harp, and he loved you too. I was able to observe your practices back when Ostertag was there because you allowed me to. My son later went on spring break with his buddy Brian Hill, who was a friend of your daughters and he told of your KU/NC trophy room. Wanda treated my son as a king. Long and short, You are a great man and I want to give you my best wishes and your well deserved retirement. Thank you sir.
I grew up in the DMV with a Dad who went to Duke. He would always push back against Maryland being their rival, but that is how it felt growing up. Roy changed that. He brought UNC back to what it should be. Carolina, Kentucky, and UCLA are the truly iconic programs in college basketball, and the others will forever chase. Didn't root for him, but nothing but respect for what Roy did and the man he was throughout.
Will miss you Roy. Class act. Been a Tar Heels fan for forever!!!!! Don't blame yourself Coach. We all think you are still the right man for the job. Tar heel fans are all thankful you came back to Chapel Hill. THANKS ROY WE LOVE YOU!!!!!
As a Duke fan a can’t say I didn’t hate him but he was a really good coach
Coach Roy Williams I have always loved your coaching UNC. Your respect and admiration for Coach Smith and continued his legacy for putting player's first has always touched me. Thank you for your being the best dangummit coach since Coach Smith!!!!
So much HUMILITY COACH ROY!!!!!!!!#24.2
Best coach, best human being
Bottom line: Lifetime UNC fan and I was heartbroken when I heard this. I am so disappointed that nobody
Could not have changed his mind. To see him sit there and talk about the mistakes he made and not have someone
Stand up and say “ are you kidding me Roy”!
3 national championships and countless other honors. More importantly the way he treats players and changes
Lives. You are both the right man.? You are the only man!!
The NCAA has made a total disaster of college basketball. UNC needs someone to navigate this disaster that
Is the portal .
It is so sad to see him leave with all these doubts. Thank you Roy
Long time Carolina Blue hater (UVa fan) but much respect to Coach Williams. Really hope he wasn’t pressured out.
I would like wish Roy Williams all the best in his future endeavors. Love, peace, health and strength.
You’re too hard on yourself Roy - you’ve been a amazing coach and a great role model
You’ll be so missed....class act with great plaid suits and the best kicks this season 💕
Always had mad respect for Roy Williams. Nothing but success from day one as a head coach. My favorite memory of his was after the 2003 championship game, when he was asked about the Carolina job. He said “I don’t give a shit about Carolina right now. I got 12 guys I need to take care of.” Always about his players first.
A class act. A great coach and great man. Mr. Roy Williams. It was a pleasure to have you coach my UNC Tar heels over the last 18 years. You will be missed. May God bless you and you have nothing to be ashamed of. You coached with class and with dignity. Go rest. You have done well.
Tar Heel fan since 80' - Thank you for all the memories coach... enjoy your family and your retirement. You will be missed!
😭 this is so hard, bc my whole life he’s been the head coach of those Tar Heels. I’ll miss you and this whole fan base will as well, go be a grandfather and enjoy that retirement GOAT!
🥺🥺 frl . some people aren’t even real fans , saying he should’ve been fired & blah blah blah . this hurt
As a die hard duke fan i hate to see him go! Roy had such a passion and love for the game and his players coaches like him are becoming more and more rare! Will go down as one of the greats.
Your teams played hard for you, played smart for your coaching and played together for each other and the fans and the university.. great job !
RUclips just started playing this for me. Not sure why because I don’t know squat about basketball let alone college basketball. This is the first time hearing about this man but I’m happy I got to listen. I’m so happy for him that he accomplished his high school freshman dreams and did a kick ass job doing it. He should be so proud of himself. I pray he enjoys his retirement and lives out his years with joy and making new memories in life. Roy seems like a very good man. 🙏 He sounds like he really loved his career and the people he touched. Wish more people be like this, I wish I could be like this! God bless you!
I couldn't watch much last year. I was too down because of Covid and it soured the college ball experience for me. I'm kind of shocked Roy is gone. The game won't be the same, nor my enjoyment of it. He was a direct link to Coach Dean Smith for me.. and I feel like this is the end of an era. All things must pass I guess. We love you Roy. You were an important part of the North Carolina community. The old community and the new. You showed us all how to be men. Love you coach.
This is such a sad day. It’s been a pleasure to watch Roy coach and enjoy his success as a fan.
Roy, thank you for your dedication, class, and sportsmanship. - A Duke Fan
As a life-long Virginia fan, I have nothing but respect and admiration for Coach Williams. As always, a true class act. Even in adversary, he taught all of us who love and play college basketball a great deal. The game will be a bit less bright without him. You will be dearly missed. A big Wahoowa cheer to you, Coach Roy Williams.
You never failed us Coach...: you are the best :..: and I do not want you to go.... thank you ... GO HEELS !!!...... and I keep hoping this is April Fools..... love you tons 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I'm so sad the Roy Williams era is over. Godspeed Roy. God Bless.
God Bless Roy Wiliams ... UNC Fan 4 Life ❤😗🌞😘
the man is a all time college coach no question
One of the greatest!!!
Dadgum coach not now you are the best fit . Congratulations on all the years & we will miss you court side.
I heard the news on my way to work this morning and, honestly, I thought it was an April Fool’s gag. As sorry as I am to see Coach Williams go, I applaud him for all that he has done for the game, and wish him happiness in a well-earned retirement.
Love his honesty thanks coach for all the memories
I remember UNC wanted him at first and he loved Kansas and turned it down. UNC was having a rough patch and then he decided to go back after that. Did great job at both schools.
Bob Frederick was the long time athletic director at Kansas (he was who Dean requested take the shot hiring Roy during the 1988 off-season)! Frederick and Roy grew to be extremely tight friends and not just co-workers! It was during the period after the 2002 season and preceding 2002-03 that Bob Frederick announced he was stepping down as KU's athletic director! It's known that once Frederick made his decision that Roy began to re-evaluate! Also known is that as the 2002-03 season progressed, the relationship between Williams and Frederick's replacement was frosty at best and grew contentious from there! Plus the recruiting class he committed to originally staying with was exiting (Henrich and Collision were graduating and Gooden had left after the previous season)! Those became two main factors in Roy's decision! So it wasn't just Dean wanting him back, although that was extremely important! But he absolutely did not get along with the newly hired Kansas AD at the time of his leaving Lawrence
And btw he did an otherworldly job at both schools considering both instances he stepped into! Kansas and Carolina's state of programs we're both at a tipping point! What he got both schools out of, to me, we're his greatest achievements, not the wins
Coach Roy you still on top of your game...Love always my Brother!!!
Thanks Coach Williams for all the years at Kansas, you'll always be an inspiration... RCJHKU
THANK YOU COACH
Will miss ya coach, been watching you for 33 years, much respect from The Cuse.
Love you Coach. Thank you.
Not a UNC guy but respect the hell out of Roy. Great man, and great way to step aside. Salute, Mr. Williams. You're a better man than me.
Gonna miss him, Coach Williams was a class act and did a lot for the program.
One of the greatest to ever do it!🥲
The man will be missed. Hits me as hard as watching Dean walk away. Thank you for all the years, and the national titles.
What a man
Respect. God bless your retirement.
Thanks Roy! 😍
What a classy person
My heart is so broken today as a Tar Heel fan. And Roy blaming himself...... I can’t take that..... he’s the only reason we had so much success since 2005. He was able to get our recruits. He was able to bring those teams together. He was able bring a team who was always NIT bound under Dohorty to a champion in 2005. This is a sad day for me.
5 star class Roy
5 star. It's time to step up Hubert
As a big carolina fan since 1976. Roy I will miss you . Thank you so much for bringing back carolina basketball. Love u.
Yul it's refreshing to finally see a rare Carolina fan acknowledge what Roy meant to your program! His importance to igniting life back into Chapel Hill after the Matt Doherty fiasco can't be understated! Glad u haven't take him for granted
Because I think alot of your arrogant and spoiled fans have been so busy bashing whoever roots or associates with any other team that they have transparently forgotten what Roy had to repair! U Yul are a breath of fresh air! Carolina's overall fanbase could use a lot more of you!
Great coach and human being, glad he knows when to get out. Obviously Father Time catches up to everyone, now he can focus on his family. We will miss him as fans.
You will be missed Coach Williams happy retirement.
Roy is a Class act all the way and no basketball fan can say different.
Thank you Coach Roy Williams! TARRRRRRRR...!
We love you Roy. 3 time National Champ.
I'm surprised that they didn't do these via zoom. But was anyone there?
As a Duke fan, I will miss seeing him on the opposite side of the scoring table. This is a sad day for college basketball, seeing one of the legendary coaches hanging it up.
Indiana fan, and sports-wise i hated Coach Williams, snd thats is a compliment. Today i feel a great respect, love, and want to wish him and his wife the very best in life. God bless you coach, many of kids are so much better off having learned basketball and life from you. You were one of the best to do it, thank you for your class and integrity.
For the last couple of years. The players showed no emotion on court. No one would get up in another players face and say come on man. No emotion on court. I agree with Roy the game has changed.
I know how he feels...I coached a high school sport for 22 years. Loved it...missed every family function for it...practiced on every holiday for it. I still love the sport, but my last year coaching I loathed every minute of every practice. I don't want to blame it on the kids, but kids are not the same they were 15-20 years ago. They would measure their efforts instead of giving their all. Kids started playing seasonal sports all year round. I tried to talk to the AD about getting back to "School Sports", where your great athletes played 3 sports for their high school. Footballers would wrestle and play basketball, then track or baseball in the spring. Girls would go from soccer/volleyball/XC to basketball/swimming then softball/track. Those kids are gone.
So true So true!!!
Hate to see you go Roy,Best wishes to you and your family in retirement.
I wish he didn't blame himself so much. Makes me sad. He has so much to be proud of. Still feel burned by Luke Maye from the 2017 Elite 8 game, but Roy is a great coach and the game is worse with his absence.
North Carolina ❤️ Go heels.
I went to games in Blue Heaven and the Dean Dome as a student. It was so hard to lose Dean, and now this just seems too much to take!!
i got to see him before covid hit at cole anthonys first game i cant even think of unc with roy williams
Well we have 3 championship under roy but I am happy for that but anyway he's retiring happy retirement mr. Williams
If it wasn’t for covid he wouldn’t of retired I guarantee it. Nobody wants to keep coaching with a damn mask on, never knowing if your going to have a full roster to play, and having no fans have took the life out of basketball. What a time to be alive.
Man it's tough. But to go out sweeping Duke.....bang!
Beating duke thsi year isnt impressive-coach k should have retired lat year as well.
@@johnwhite2576 it's always great!
Great record except in Final Fours, 33% on winning titles. All other measurables are elite. 15 years at Kansas and 18 at North Carolina, two basketball blue bloods. Nice run coach.
Sad. Thanks for the memories, Coach! Best wishes going forward! My initial reaction = I hope this is an April Fool's joke. Was hoping Coach Williams would stick around and chase records. I disagree with Coach that he is no longer the right man for the job, but, at the age of 70, I don't blame him at all for retiring. I remember his first team as Head Coach at Kansas, surprisingly coming out like gangbusters in their season opener. Glad for him that he is able to leave on his own terms. Go Tar Heels!
I hate Carolina, not the schools but their obnoxious fans, but I love Roy Williams and one of the reasons he has morals
and called out Trump for what he is!
Roy isn’t claiming that his abilities are no longer “right” for the job. He’s saying that he’s no longer the right man for the job because he can’t go through to the new generation of college athletes. Hence the “opting out” comment in the opening minutes. College athletes are different now. Better or worse, that depends on who you are. But for a man with a team-first and a do-what-it-takes-to-win mindset, I’m sure Roy would privately say these times are not better.
I think UConn won three titles while you were at UNC Roy!
Absolutely nothn makes any sense in Carolina right now....😔
The next head coach will be from HSBC.
Ed Cota hire him as coach.
Kobe should've been a TAR HEEL Can u imagine!!!!!!!!#24.2
We'll miss you, Ol' Dadgum Roy. And the players will miss your Easy A academic fraud class!
Good time to exit. One and done accepted practice and now college players demand $$$.... I don't blame any coach for leaving.
Have to go outside the "Carolina Family" for a new head coach...
IDK who you think is out there?
@@mauricelovell7173 It's Carolina... It's the best college basketball job in the country. It's one of the best coaching jobs in ALL of American sport. ANY coach in the country would pick up the phone if UNC called. And only a handful of guys would even consider turning the job down if it was offered to them...
Maybe a Hubert Davis or a Wes Miller are a revelation, and they coach UNC for 30 years and win a ton of games... Or maybe they turn out to be Matt Doherty (he's what happened the last time Carolina decided they had to "keep it in the family"...).
If you're the AD, you have to at least pick up the phone and call a Jay Wright or a Brad Stevens.
We came for the memes.
Perfect,they have a Bubba taking care of their sports programs,that explains everything 😂
Craig Taylor- "It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool than to talk and remove all doubt of it."
Coach Williams old school coach and he doesn't like the 1 and done he loves having realtion ships with his players.NC fan since 72 ☹️☹️🤔👎
Don't you love to see a multi-million aire cry.
He's made so much money from coaching. He recently gave UNC 2 million dollars.
You've really got to be rich to be able to give that much away.
I think I'd cry too.
Players never went to class Roy. Is that why you're crying?
yeah but hey won championships
Absolutely classless comment.
That is the only rub against UNC, which I always called Fraudulina, for never being penalized for those gross infractions. However, I never thought it was anything orchestrated by Roy. He was always a class guy, and gracious in losing. He did the same after they lost to WI badly in the first round this tear - took time to personally congratulate each Badger! Like Coach K, he understood the essence of coaching - it is about molding men, not just about winning games & titles.
Roy caught a lot of slack this year because of him enforcing all these crazy mask requirements.
Whilst most of the students knew it was bull shit science. Roy didn't question it. As long as a Democrat says it's so. He's gonna belive it, cuz he's gullable.
Roy did what he did to ensure that we still had a season to play. While I agree the virus is political bs, Politics have nothing to do with it. They could have canceled games like so.many other programs did yet he followed the protocols to give the fans and his players a season. Regardless to how you feel about the Politics, This isn't the place for it.