Welcome to The Dean’s List! The weekly segment that brings readers hot takes, freezing cold takes, and everything in between from the world of Carolina athletics.
If we are looking at things through the lens of 2011, being the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels is a tremendously difficult job. Expectations are sky-high, boosters are looking at you through a microscope, national media is talking about the team any chance they get, and this is all without getting into the actual basketball elements. It may seem easy looking at things from the outside, but getting a bunch of former elite high school players to play team basketball and realize they’re not “the guy” anymore doesn’t always go smoothly (see Duke’s Jalen Johnson from last season).