Patience is the name of the game in UNC Basketball’s coaching search

CHAPEL HILL, NC - JANUARY 07: The ball sits on the court during the college basketball game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Southern Methodist Mustangs on January 7, 2025 at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, NC. (Photo by Nicholas Faulkner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Being in an unprecedented situation means that it’s tough to know how to handle every twist and turn. Friday’s news about Tommy Lloyd staying at Arizona is admittedly a 90 degree curve.

So, let’s all take a breath and state some actual truths about the current situation for Carolina so we can reset where things are. Moving on from Hubert Davis was not a mistake Unfortunately, this has nothing to do with how you or I think about how he was as a coach, nor about whether this is solely about Caleb Wilson’s injury. Ask anyone in the Tar Heel Blog Slack and they will spend a long time telling you about how I was the most annoying about sticking up for Davis—to the point where I had room to crow during the highest moments of the season post-Wilson injury.

Even after the VCU loss, I really didn’t think he was going to be let go and I was perfectly fine accepting that just a really weird series of events was just too much to overcome for any coach. The problem is, I don’t contribute hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars to UNC. I wish I did.

The loss to VCU crystallized a lot of issues to the people that do, because it wasn’t just the loss. I outlined how that loss brought how a lot of his tenure was marked with “if only. ” The people who are responsible for funding Carolina’s NIL and revenue share brought back all of these, and made it very clear that if Davis stayed he was going to get less money than he got for a roster this year.