Diving DEEP Into UNC’s Issues + Can They Be FIXED?! | THI Podcast
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We can comment now!!! Heel yeah. Love when you two get together. Always have great insight and info.
Glad to see a comment option on THI.
Love I can comment now. Love y'all's content Andrew and everybody that is a part of the tarheel illustrated team!!
A great and honest analysis. I almost always click whenever he has David Sisk on
I do not understand why majority of people cannot see that Hubert's offensive philosophy is the major reason this team cannot and will not succeed. 4 guards STANDING around the perimeter watching each other. It blows my mind and Hubert allows it. Completely on the coach in my opinion. Having Caleb Wilson at the 4 next year will not change a thing. They need a lot more movement on offense.
Also, Caleb Wilson is 6'9" which is big enough...but no other elite players coming in. The top players have all committed outside of Nate Ament and UNC isnt after him. UNC better hope that portal pays off or next season will be more of the same GM or not.
If they had used a traditional line up throughout the season, they would have won more games. Davis - 1, Jackson - 2, Powell - 3, Withers - 4, Washington (or Lubin) - 5. The smaller line ups are killing us. Yes, Cadeau and Trimble off the bench, but they will get their minutes subbing in at the 1 & 2.
Oh, and no green light for Withers from 3.
Hubert deserves all the criticism. He constructed this team. They are soft, undisciplined, lack fundamentals, and offensively and defensively lack effort or creativity. Carolina Basketball is worse than watching paint dry right now.
Aj (52min mark) you’re wrong. The ex players DONT feel that way because of a PERSONAL connection. They feel that way because the lack of effort and want to is BLATANT in the players.
Exactly. Money has changed the pride on the front of their jerseys. I think there are some chemistry issues as well.
Considering that I was born in 02 and grew up watching the Roy Williams era 3 things are certain with UNC as far as roster is concerned .
1. Point Guard play must be elite and must lead the team
2. Wing play must be elite . Elite shooters and defenders
3. Bigs must be elite . Dominate the boards and play like BIGS. In my opinion I’ve never seen a coach build a roster in college like Roy Williams. I mean hell even his last year they were young but boy that team was loaded !
Love this!
They have to get a GM, Hubert pushed back on hiring one for this season and now they are proceeding with it. Get a GM to help with the portal and deal with the NIL and agents. Hubert can focus more on coaching, if that doesn’t work then he has to be fired, that’s the only thing left to try to make this current situation work.
@davidlyons7714 just fire Hubert. If he needs help at every single turn and excuses season after season, then it's already clear he doesn't belong. Get a GM and let them work to find a coach with similar approach to roster building. No GM will be on the same page with Hubert and his old school ideas
@@LacRagemthe only thing i will say is that all the top programs like Duke and Kansas have a GM and a director of scouting for both high school and now the portal. This should’ve been done earlier though without the push back.
in 3 years-- one national championship game, one sweet 16 (1 seed) and you beat duke 2x last year. i am a duke fan but you guys aren't doing so bad
@@susanmoss7938 Clearly you haven't been watching...
You are incorporating only the absolute peaks of those three years. There have been a lot of valleys in between.
Yeah even former players are saying we are fine. UNC isn't a powerhouse year after year.
@@susanmoss7938 it’s the inconsistency, not even just year to year but game to game
You left out the year after being in the championship game. First preseason #1 that didn't make the NCAAs.
Elliot has a pull up jumper open to him every single time he comes off a ball screen
@@PressureP2323 if he could only make that shot with some level of consistency
Coach Davis lost me when we went from ranked 1 and miss the tournament I knew he would have trying pains but high school coaches I seen coach better than and have been watching tarheels for 50 years
I acknowledge AJ's point about Duke not being a peer team, but the point is that they should be a peer team. Perhaps from a talent and roster perspective, UNC is more comparable to PItt, State, Wake, etc., but the point is that we should compete with Duke and the best teams in the nation year in and year out. We don't, from a roster perspective, from a coaching perspective and an effort perspective. UNC needs major changes, starting with the head coach.
Didn't y'all beat Duke twice last year?
Exactly
@@springpro938 this year buddy
@@springpro938 yea and before that missed the tourney, this year is by far worse than anybody would have expected
We swept Dook last year.
Move Ian to the two guard spot and Powell to small forward and rotate Seth with him
I agree with what Theo Pinson said on the to the baha podcast. Next year won't be like this. With NIL we need someone else controlling the who gets what. 600,000 for a person to sit on the bench is crazy.
There is noone left that is 5 stars. They need to get lucky in the portal or itll be more of the same next season.
I will say our offense looked pretty much the same when we beat Dook twice last year.
Yall are funny
Man it’s tough to fix something you don’t have an answer to
COMMENTS ARE BACK YESSIRRR
I’m not one to put anyone down, but I’m excited to see what they do without RJ next year. He is not efficient at all and he has so many defensive lapses. I wonder if there is beef between RJ and Ian. I just sense it. Reminds me of RJ/Caleb.
UNC will be better without RJ
What do you think, starting five: Seth at point, Ian at the 2, Drake at 3, Withers or Lubin at 4, J Wash at 5
they say we're too small so I say go BIG! we got nothin to lose 6'3, 6'4, 6'6. 6'9/6'8(Lupin/Withers) and Jwash 6'10 thats a big athletic team let RJ and Elliot cook off the bench and finish games if they play well
That lineup is our best chance to be competitive with the also rans. Our roster is not competitive with the good teams in the top 25 or maybe 40.
RJ at point, Seth at the 2, Ian the 3, Drake at the 4 and maybe Withers at the 5.
The team stop featuring Ian in the offense smh
Hubert said he wanted to play positionless basketball ball
you need big guards to play that way
RJ Davis will set the record for the most hand injuries in UNC basketball history. When the season is over you will hear that RJ didn't shoot as well due to hand injury
I respect Hubert Davis for his accomplishments as both a player and as a coach. He has a spot in Tar Heel lore by coaching his team to the final four and retirement of coach K.
That being the case, I am not sure his coaching style and philosophies are what this new NIL era requires for consistent success. I feel like a college coach now needs to be a GM as much as a coach. The portal was good to him last year. But every other season the portal has hurt UNC.
Pretty sure Brady Manek was a good one.
Rj
Ian
Drake
J wash
Van Allen .
On the offensive end let van Allen play the 5 position and stretch jalen out to the 4 being that he can shoot the ball although he hasn’t shown it yet
No you can't fix being 3-4 shorter in every position every night. The only fix for the Heels is to sadly change with the times. College basketball has turn into a D league. Therefore UNC is going to open the wallet. Kentucky spent 12 million dollars an look at them. I would not be surprised if Duke isn't far behind. All the elite programs are paying big time money. This was seen by the old coaches that why they got out.
Got to spend it on the right guys as Saban says. 12 million on 12 small guards is no good
@johnmartin3200 Right. He is fixated on small guards.
I have put so many post in the past what this guy is saying on inside Carolina only to be attacked by other posters. Glad to see others are seeing it as well
This is Tar Heel Illustrated, not Inside Carolina.
@ I know. I was actually complimenting your take . I use both. I like having multiple perspectives . I posted one of your videos on IC last week
@@shaneshane9419 Gotcha, just wanted to clarify. A lot of people mix us up. Thank you.
@ I honestly did not know about you guys until here recently . I started watching Isaac’s Shade podcast on UA-cam and now my algorithm’s are bringing up all UNC podcast. Over the last 2 months or so I have been a HUGE fan of your site… Andrew Jones is spot on with his takes!!
@@shaneshane9419 , AJ is the best.
Earned the right is the issue at unc Hubert gets too attached to kids and doesn't want to recruit over them.
Slowly becoming Indiana
Y’all just went to the natty 3 years ago relaxxxx and I like duke
I watched the Tar Heels play for 56 years and go back and watch old Tar Heels team and how many times did you see the center come and screen for the guard at the top of the key. Come on coach HD look at the Dean Smith coach games
Bacot did that all the time last year. Washington isn’t a good screener.
They should go Elliott.Ian.Drake,Lubin and Washington
Can y’all post on Spotify too? Not a big deal if you can’t.
We can throw stats around all we want but if you go back and simply watch the scoring of the opposite teams in the highlight videos. You'll clearly see their lackadaisical defense. Either defense (offense as well) is not being taught in practice or it is being taught and the players simply are not executing and/or putting out the effort. It's easy to see their awful offensive play but to really capture how weak their defense is, watch the after game highlights and take the time to look back and analyze their breakdowns prior to scores..
Is it over for Coach Davis? I’ve been on his side since jump, but at some point things have to change.
Negativity all year smh
So no chance in Littlejohn? We’ll see. We did outrebound Dook. We went to overtime with Michigan State. They aren’t a great team but I think they are a little better than you claim. When we annihilated Memphis in the exhibition game, Andrew you said both were playing to win the game and afterwards you talked about what a great team you and say it could be. I think they have chemistry issues they have talent.
No doubt, they looked the part at Memphis. But they have regressed. Michigan State is very good, but that game was more than two months ago. Yes, they outrebounded Duke and have been better on the glass than most people realize. I've been pushing that for a while, too. - AJ
If Hubert started Washington, Brown, Powell, Jackson, and Cadeau and REQUIRED the ball to be worked inside out once in the half court we would be TREMENDOUSLY better.
As a whole though, we should be CONSTANTLY pushing on offense and CONSTANTLY pressing on defense, running a blue/white pod system with all of our athleticism. If we just ran a pod system furiously down other team’s throats NOT A SINGLE TEAM could match up with our depth.
This whole “freelance” iso offense where everyone stands around the 3 point line taking turns to drive or jack up a contested 3 is not cutting it. This offense has less organization than a 10 yr olds rec bball game.
Hubert makes ZERO adjustments and refuses to try new ideas when his personnel decisions are CLEARLY a joke. Also, Hubert continuing to act like RJ last year is RJ this year is insane. People acting like this kid is a 1st team All-American, when in respect RJ should be a 3rd or 4th option ON THIS TEAM and needs to be told his role as a spot shooter.
All this and the fact Hubert is too soft on these kids. Bubba Cunningham needs to take notice of hiring two inexperienced coaches in women’s soccer and field hockey and hire someone who gave 💯 every second, and hire someone like Hansbrough who has fire and grit, and takes offense to people not playing with the energy and effort the name across their chest represents! Hubert is a lost cause. Great guy, but single-handedly setting this program back 10 years, if not more :(
Drake Powell should have started and guard 1Cooper Flagg..Starting 6'3" Trimble was a losing decision from the tipp off of the game. Terrible coaching decision
Agree with the majority of our frustrated Heels fans. We need to "flagg" this season & focus on rebuilding (again)! I'm worried about potential transfers out of our team for next season, especially Ian Jackson. I have confidence in Coach Davis... recruiting strategies need to be reviewed though....
Ian is gone for sure. Probably to NBA. Hubert needs to retool like Scheyer did. Things can change quickly with NIL and portal!!!
Just make sure to get a big and not 12 guards
They were playing better when Seth was injured. The four guards doesn’t work.
you're forgetting Seth was the best player on the team before his injury...we'd have been in a very deep hole first 6-8 games without Seth. Not saying we should play 4 guards...just not on the "bench Seth" bus. He's our best rebounder too...by far.
Not forgetting how good Seth was early in the season. However it is an absolute fact that the team was better when he was out. Nothing to do with HIM, just when there is one less guard we’re better as a team.
Just saw the score between michigan at Indiana and Michigan is winning by 20 points ...just reminds me of unc....and they won't make a change .would rather lose than to fire the coach for some reason....we all know the reason they wont !!!!
The first 30 minutes of this video should be shown to Bubba to show why HD should be fired
Thanks for allowing comments. This team is lost.. Question. How many UNC players will enter the portal next year.
The question is, why doesn't HD run something different ? It must be something going on where this isn't happening
Biggest problem with this team also yeah I think RJ Davis is better than what he is he's not as good as everybody say he is you give him too many excuse he can't guard nobody on defense and can't shoot unless he's wide open only reason he got those many points last year because he had better players and was able to shoot all they wanted but that's how we lost to Alabama the guards killed him
Put a big on him and he folds. He will not play in the NBA
For clarity, the ones I have spoken with have expressed both, but each one I've talked with have a deep admiration for Hubert. And it's not hard to understand why. - AJ
If were that bad ,why didn't dook beat us by 30? The 1 team they want to beat the crap out of is UNC. The last 9 minutes we looked ok. Yea we barley beat Boston College, but we also barely lost to Auburn,Michigan state,Kansas. If dook is as good as they are ,then we should have lost by 30+
Get a new coach! We need another Dean Smith asap...
IMHO today’s college coaches have to be able to design an offensive scheme to fit the players on the team because of the roster turnover each year. Hubert seems to be hammering a square peg into a round hole and refuses to change it up. ISO or pick & roll offense just doesn’t work with these players
If next season backcourt is EC and Trimble UNC will have a repeat of this season. Name one sweet 16 UNC team that had a backcourt that shot as poorly as EC and Trimble. You can't because there isn't one
Trimble isn’t a poor shooter. Average maybe but not poor.
Time to move on to another coach next season.
They can’t play Davis and Elliot at the same time
Dook won't get pass the second weekend
I think the team is jealous of his abilities. Obvious the team is not playing with him.
Ian Jackson is a great player.
And if Bacot didn’t sprain his ankle the Heels would have another championship.
I’m a die hard Tar Heel fan but that simply isn’t true . Brady was the hottest heel in the tournament and Unc went away from him in that game for some reason .
@@shaneshane9419exactly
@@shaneshane9419No, if Armando hadn’t been playing on a very sprained ankle he would have been able to elevate just a tad and he would have gotten that rebound and we would have won. He had no lift. He has said this himself quite a few times.
McCormack was scoring at will the last 10 minutes. No way that would have happen with a healthy Bacot.
@ If it’s and buts were candies and nuts we would all have a merry Christmas. UNC… 8 time national champs of excuses 🤡🤣
cant win with 5 foot low bbiq guards
I have been a fan for over 50 yrs.this may be the worst coaching job ever.The players are good players but they have to be coached it's like they are lost and don't know what to do.
I don’t think they are bad kids. They are an odd collection of players. And missing a big man. I don’t think Hubert is the man for this group. Maybe next year
They look lost, defeated, intimidated, and clueless. I feel sorry for our players, especially Ian Jackson. Something is way off with the coaching staff. And something (such as not spending enough money when recruiting) is way off with recruiting.
@ Hubert needs to hire a GM so he can focus more on Coaching. He is spread too thin
Tarheel Illustrated seems to know more about offense than the coaching staff. HD seems completely in over his head
@ hate to see anyone canned that loves their job as much as he loves his school. HD better have as good an offseason as Scheyer did last year
Nope. Unless they hired a real coach. They might consider outside the family
Fair content but missing free throws and layups, not boxing out and lazy turnovers are not his fault. He took us to the finals in 2022 and was coach of the year last year. HD is still a fairly new coach, but players still have to make easy shots. It's our personnel. Duke is the worst possible matchup for us--exposed our weaknesses--of which there are many. We need better screens and entry passes to open up our perimeter--which is our only prayer of winning. And for God's sake play some defense! HD has some good recruits coming next year. Let's see how he does with the proper players. If he leaves, no guarantee his recruits are still coming. A GM is a good idea.
Facts
AJ, would you please start reporting for the Wilmington Star News again? I can literally fact check Rod Baxley weekly. Good kid, but sheesh!
Hahaha! Y’all gonna be INDIANA in a couple years.
What's going on? Are you watching the games? RJ sucks and should be benched. He should have went on instead of coming back for records. Too many past players think they are coaches and not enough real coaches. Kids coming in are too soft and not the same as kids in the past either. They want to play 1 season and go pro for the money.
Duke guy here- came for the tears 😂
@@georgewilliams3065 We're not y'all!
We'll be back, if dook doesn't win it all you'll be crying again.
Ok I got it and I'm going to say the same thing I came for the tear if ya'll don't win a ncaa championship.
Is that what you did last year when we swept you?
@@fleurybreedin3682 oof
Dook*
Tarheels suck
I meant to say what do you mean you don't know what kind of basketball player Jalen Withers is and then that's being racist just like David Chappelle Withers has the best 3-point percentage on the team he should be taken to three pointers go check the percentage and they could run post plays for him but your coach just don't know how to coach certain players very limited minded Hubert Davis never blames itself after a loss even
What do you mean by you know who Jayden whether this is are you being just as racist as Dave Chappelle the problem is you're not using Jaden Withers and is really bad he shouldn't be starting to guards that small especially when you don't have a big man y'all don't know nothing about basketball to be analyzing
You are making accusations but didn’t even spell his name correctly… he has had enough playing time and multiple years that UNC knows what he can and can’t do. I saw your previous post blaming RJ for losing to Alabama, but if that loss should be put on anyone it is Withers
Go back and read your comment brah…
No se puede reparar si ni hay trabajo de hubert