Carolina 78 - Cal 84

Things are not looking good for the Heels...nor for CHD.

Nobody really seems to know what's gone wrong. Of course one popular view is that Hubert just isn't a very good head coach. He was a good assistant...but that's a different thing.

Me, I don't know.

But I tend to think that things have been going downhill since Hubert stupidly fired coach Rob...and did so for bogus Carolina "family" reasons. Robinson wasn't a Carolina alum...but he was more a part of the "family" than the assistants CHD brought in. I mean, I love all those guys...but think about how much longer coach Rob had been here, and how much deeper his roots, than even, say, Marcus...

Now, instead of Robinson, Roy's trusted Lieutenant, with his own head coaching experience...we've got a bench full of greenhorns. (Except for Lebo.)

Another major theory: the era of the Carolina juggernaut is just over. It ended with the advent of NIL and the Portal. Hubert is still trying to sell the program on its traditional strengths--personal connections. Now it's all about $$$. Players come and go, often staying for just one year. School loyalty and personal connections are fading in importance.

Of course I don't know what's going on behind the scenes, but it's all depressing to see players we've come to be invested in go elsewhere...especially just as they're hitting their peak. Sorry to see Love go (and help turn AZ great, no less)...and Cadeau (off to UM...also great).

Oh and: we have no point guard. Our front court is great...but without a true PG...not good...