I think the truth will come out years from now…after Roy has retired….he’ll tell the story about why he had to leave…and KU fans will feel sorry for him and appreciate his motivations…and wonder why he didn’t just come out and say that in the first place….the reason, of course, is because he wanted UNC faithful to think he was coming there because of the almighty draw that is UNC…uh, no..that’s why he turned it down the first time….there were reasons he HAD to take it the second time it was offered….family illness and Dean putting pressure on him to save UNC basketball being the two biggest reasons….so he did it out of obligation to his own personal family and to the guy who was like a father to him (and Dean was wrong in putting Roy in the situation, by the way)….
But Roy will NEVER get over the fact that he lied to his players and let them down…and that their senior year ended in a first round loss to Bucknell. Part of that loss is on Roy..and he will never forgive himself for that.
I want Roy to win a championship…after Self does….and not this year while the seniors he betrayed are sitting at home watching THEIR championship go to a bunch of malcontents at UNC. Roy left them behind…and took TWO championship runs away from them.
He will FOREVER feel guilt…regardless if players “forgive” him for what he did….
He may be Carolina born and Carolina bread….but he is a Jayhawk in his heart….and he will never come to terms with the fact that he let so many people down by going against what his heart and mind told him to do…and that was to stay at Kansas.
He wasn't true to himself...and he wasn't true to Jayhawk nation...and that is why he is constantly trying to "make amends" with Jayhawk fans and players because the scarlet letter he bears on his chest says UNC...and he is ashamed for what he did to his Jayhawk family.
Saturday, April 02, 2005
Mic's Truth About Roy
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I could not have put it any better Mic. Roy's decision was not about money. Roy never probably never thought that Matt Dougherty would have gotten run out of Chapel Hill So quickly. He probably never thought that he would be put in the situation to have to choose between KU and UNC again so quickly. We know "The Godfather" Dean Smith (Ex-communicated KU ALUM) put a lot of pressure on Roy after he turned UNC down the first time which is hypocritical after Dean turned down KU everytime we offered him the job.
ReplyDeleteRoy definitely did not follow his heart and I am sick and tired of him referring to Kansas in every single interview he gives. It has been 2 years Roy, half of us hate you (in a basketball sense) and the other half say they still love you but deep down they resent you as well. I fall in the half that hates your basketball guts (not the man but the coach). Roy must be the most miserable coach to win a national championship. Look at him--he looks horrible. He looks like someone shot his dog. In his heart of hearts he knows he destroyed his legacy by not staying at the same school. He was on his way to having something on KU's campus named for him. Now, I say we should name all the bathrooms on KU's campus to Roy's Rest Stops.
Rock Chalk.
Nice post, Jason.
ReplyDeleteMy thought is that his basketball legacy will be fine. He cemented that with his first (and very likely not his last) National Championship. Some KU fans may view him negatively, but by the time he retires, he will be talked about like Dean Smith was...and most KU fans will be proud that KU was a part of his legacy. It will take time, but that's where we'll be years from now...and even moreso if Self gets a title or two along the way in Lawrence.