There were many odd things about the coaching search that began once Mack Brown was fired last November. It was the culmination of some UNC family drama, as it were, that started last spring and continued on through the process of letting Brown go and finding his replacement.
Specifically, the leader of the Board of Trustees, John Preyer, has been a thorn in the side of Bubba Cunningham and new Chancellor Lee Roberts. The drama started back in May, when Preyer announced rather boldly that he was going to audit the Athletic Department and have Cunningham come in to discuss the revenues and expenditures.