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Perhaps UNC oughta consider replacing Baddour with Paulus since apparently he consults with Paulus prior to making any decisions.

It's all about the stars, Doug. It's all bass-ackwards, which is the exact same reason why you see an old-school man with integrity-like John Bunting, walking off into the sunset.

I'd suggest Bunting would make a great high school principal, but then you've got to get those scores up.

Doug,

After the Matt Doherty disaster, did you really expect any better here out of Baddour? Why would any credible football coach be willing to accept a job of working for this man? I predict that Baddour will have a difficult time recruiting a top-notch coach, expecially when they see for whom they will be working. They will never have a football team that can compete in the ACC while he is AD. And, when you think about it, with all of the assets that UNC enjoys (quality school, ACC affiliation, monied alumni, etc.), it is a sad statement on the AD that this has and is happening. Why does this man have this job, and how does he keep it?

Just a few years ago, the AD was criticized for the appearance that disgruntled basketball players prodded him to fire then-coach Matt Doherty.* Doug

And all they got was another National Championship after that. Right Doug?

Maybe bringing back Bill Cobey as AD might change the football program into a total family values losing republican season as it will be in another 12 days.

* Note for those who don't know who Bill is. He is a former GOP chairman who ran for Goven in the Republican primary in 2004 and lost. He was elected as a Republican Congressman in the late 80's and lasted one 2 year term.

Yes, replacing Matt Doherty with Roy Williams has worked out very well.

Bill Cobey was an excellent AD.

Yes, replacing Matt Doherty with Roy Williams has worked out very well.*Doug

Doug! I was confuse about the QB kid name Paulus wanting to run the NC football program. I thought Duke had pull off the biggest con job in the sports world by having their point guard switch schools and totaly control UNC-CH into more losing seasons.

Bill Cobey was an excellent AD.* Doug

Doug! Do we really want to have politics in Sports if we bring back Bill? After all, you are the point guard in keeping political parties out of judical races.

There you go again, Doug, relating everything back to schools.

Thanks, Connie. I doubt Cobey is interested in returning to Carolina as AD, but maybe we should see what Mike Paulus thinks.

Yeah, replacing Dohery with Old Roy worked out well, but it took Dean Smith leaning on him to make it happen. Baddour would never have made it happen. Actually, it wasn't the end result that was in question, it was the sloppy process that was the problem. I suspect that there isn't a Football Dean Smith there who will ride in and save Baddour from himself with this one.

Now, I happen to believe that Bunting's departure was preordained. You just can't produce losing season after losing season at an ACC school, unless you are a small private school like Duke or Wake Forest. Those schools have a huge disadvantage being competitive in football, wheras they can be very competitive in basketball. Basketball doesn't require the massive resource investment that football does. A wealthy state school like UNC has too many resources at hand to allow becoming an annual loser.

But, in the end, Baddour has proven twice now that he does not have the ability to handle the AD job effectively. He should step aside and let someone who is qualified assume the position. Again, I predict that their football search will come up short once again. You can rake it to the bank that no Tier One football coach will come to UNC because they would have to work for a fool and wonder when the AD was going to pull the rug out from under him.

Maybe the football team should follow basketball's lead and hire an alum - I suggest Lawrence Taylor.

I think Jim Grobe has something to say about Wake Forest producing "losing season after losing season." That didn't bode too well for Jim Caldwell staying employed...

Wake Forest is going down Saturday.

Kenny,

Jim Grobe has done a fine job at Wake Forest. He's raised the program to a high level this year, but Wake doesn't exactly have a long, storied football history, as I recall. Playing in the new Football ACC won't make it any easier to sustain their success. But, I wish him well, he seems to be a genuinely good person and coach who deserves success.

Doug,

I saw Butch Davis' name mentioned today in the N-R as a posssibility for UNC. Surely, they aren't serious. It just doesn't seem like a good fit for UNC to be courting an ex-Miami coach, and all that suggests.

but Wake doesn't exactly have a long, storied football history, as I recall. * Stormy

Sure they did! You have forgot about Norman Snead and that crew. The Baptists took it to the air with the lonely end to whole new level in College Football at that time. And it appears that you never heard of Pee Head Walker as the Demons Head Coach for years as a winner.

Thanks, Connie. I doubt Cobey is interested in returning to Carolina as AD, but maybe we should see what Mike Paulus thinks.* Doug

Don't worry about Bill returning Doug. He has finally found the perfect job. He is now a lobbyist for the Town of Morrisville. Now that I think about it. It appears that he pick the worst time to become a lobbyist in this era of republican and democrat corruption. But heck! How many linebackers can Morrisville buy with their budget.Maybe the Paulus Kid could work as a Union rep for the City of Morrisville garage department for his new career move in trash College sports.

Doug! Looks like your former AD at UNC has jump into the judical race and label the Democrat Judges candiates as California Liberals. I guess the job at Morrisville must be more political intense than we thought?

Take a look at what is happening. The Democratic Party and the Democratic Judges who have funded their campaigns with tax-payer funds, and who have taken on the cloak of "fairness" and "non-partisanship" now take money from the North Carolina Trial Lawyers Association and the large law-firms represented by Burley Mitchell.

Please forward this to everyone on your e-mail list and let them know what the liberal Democrats are doing.*Bill Cobey