Sporting News recently did an interview with Roy Williams. You can read the full interview here. If you can't tell Roy Williams is a student of Dean Smith, then you need to be pegged on the head with a tac hammer because Dean was humble and Roy also exuberates humbleness in deferring several times about where he ranks among the greatest coaches, his place on the all time wins list, and being the #2 coach behind not only Dean Smith, but also Phog Allen at Kansas. Williams also mentions that his toughest loss is 97 loss to Arizona (I know for me, it's the UNC/Kansas Final Four game), so hopefully that loss remains his toughest loss.
Roy also mentions about how thick-skinned he is, which you probably need in order to coach at any level. I have defended, and will continue to defend Roy Williams unless he does something complete out of character, which is hard to envision that happening. But it's nice to know that he doesn't get swayed by public opinion and he probably does not read as much as the fans do about his coaching and decisions. As Williams has said before, he does not care too much for technology, so he probably does not read most of the articles out there on the internet about him.
Williams goes on to talk about how big an impact that Tyler Hansbrough has left on the program and coaches alike. I believe that very much so and know that there will not be another player like Tyler Hansbrough in the UNC program. He is amazing and so is Roy Williams.
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