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He did leave under his own volition. He was not pressured to leave in any way and was welcome to stay for the remaining two years of his contract and beyond if desired. In fact, Guthridge insisted through out the 1999-2000 season and up until a few weeks ago that he intended to take advantage of that opportunity. He said he still loved the job, and felt he could continue for years to come. Was he lying through his teeth or ulti mately did he recognize the slim window of opportunity from which to escape that his team had provided him with? The latter is most likely. Until the Tar Heels’ Final Four appearance in March, Guthridge had been walking a plank. But the trip to Indianapolis rolled out the red carpet for his graceful, early exit. Guthridge chose to stride down that carpet instead. During the royal treatment of the last week, many following UNC bas ketball were likely convinced of WILLIAMS From Page 1 “I’m going to go with a gut feeling. It will have to be a gut decision - what’s best for me, and what’s best for my family.” Time is of the essence in this situation as the period for recruiting rising high school seniors opens Saturday. Williams’ credentials speak for them selves: a 329-82 career record with the Jayhawks and 11 NCAA tournament HE’S NOT HERE on the Village FRI. July 7th... The Trout Band SAT. July Bth... Flip Side Phonics TUESDAYS: BLUE CUP SPECIAL 53.00 SUNDAYS: KARAOKE NIGHT What LSAT course did students at the top 25 law schools take? All Others - Class Starts July 27th EkaplaiQ 1-800-KAP-TEST www.kaplan.com ■ AOL keyword: kaplan 'LSAT is a registered trademark of the Law School Admission Council. jJ >' MIKE OGLE SPORTS EDITOR Guthridge’s seeming sainthood. How soon they forget. Only four wins ago, fans were far from praising him. They were commit ting blasphemy and praying for a one way Roy Williams trip from Lawrence, Kan., to Chapel Hill. Guthridge could be remembered in a number of ways. He compiled one the greatest three year head-coaching careers ever, statisti cally speaking. Only he and N.C. State’s Everett Case enjoyed 80 wins in their three years. He led his team to the Final Four in all but one of those seasons. He rather smoothly followed the legend of legends, Dean Smith. Truthfully, years from now he prob ably won’t be remembered much at all. He’ll likely be that guy sandwiched by two greater, longer Tar Heel coaching careers. But if fans reflect back on the past three seasons with honesty, Guth- appearances in 12 years. He can recrui with anyone in the nation, and tha power would only be enhanced if he had the North Carolina name as a draw ing card. But what ultimately makes Williams the top candidate for the job are his con nections to the University. Williams was bom and raised in North Carolina and graduated from UNC in 1972. He served as an assistan to Smith from 1978-88. His son, Scott graduated from UNC in 1998 anc Isat; ridge’s career would be characterized by disappointment. It began with the \97-’9B team that will go down as one of the biggest dis appointments in UNC history. Led by the National Player of the Year in Antawn Jamison, the next season’s NBA Rookie of the Year in Vince Carter, another future NBA starter in Shammond Williams and UNC’s all time assists leader in Ed Cota, Guthridge’s team was supposed to run away with the NCAA title. But it returned from San Antonio with anoth er semifinal defeat. That was OK, though. Guthridge was correctly forgiven. The best team regularly does not win the NCAA tour nament, and the fans had forgiven Smith so many times before for the same fate. They were ready to witness the potential of Guthridge’s next team. That young group had an under standably shaky regular season but seemed to get it together by March. Then the bomb dropped: North Carolina exited the big dance in the first round. Unthinkable in Tar Heel country. But even after that, fans understood the program was in a rebuilding year. They looked forward to seeing what it could do in the future and to giving coach another chance. They didn’t get to see what the team could do until the 2000 Final Four ran. played on the Tar Heel basketball team from 1997-98, and his daughter, Kim, is a rising junior at UNC and a member of the High Kicking Heels dance team. Should Williams decline the invita tion to guide the Tar Heels, several members of the North Car olina basket ball “family” - former players and assis tant coaches - would be next in line. South Carolina coach Eddie Fogler probably ranks second in line, followed by several others. Notre Dame’s Matt Doherty, Middle Tennessee State’s Randy Weil, Tulsa’s Buzz Peterson and current UNC assis tant Phil Ford are among the college names. NBA coaches Larry Brown (76ers) and George Karl (Bucks) have also been mentioned. The futures of the three current Tar Heel assistants - Ford, Dave Hanners and Pat Sullivan - will be decided upon by the new head man. He can choose to retain them or bring in his own staff. The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. Qiqd m With this coupon or UNC Student ID, get... SI OFF Dinner Buffet 968-3488 ... ... Dine-in only University Square otter expires 7/13/00 Buenos Aires Lima Tokyo Santiago London Dublin Paris Nice Copenhagen Stockholm Oslo Amsterdam Berlin Munich Zurich Istanbul LOW Student Airfares Europe • Africa • Asia • South America More Than 100 Departure Cities! Eurailpasses • Bus Passes • Study Abroad student •C3* universe •com IT S YOUR WORLD. EXPLORE IT. www.StudentUniverse.com 800-272-9676 Shr oaily (Ear Hrri Guthridge overscheduled his talent ed ’99-2000 squad. It lost several games it should have lost to foes such as Cincinnati and national champion Michigan State. But it also lost a lot it shouldn’t have (read Florida State and Virginia in Chapel Hill). It seemed the Tar Heels couldn’t 1 bounce back like a well-coached team should, and forgetful fans began look ing up how many more years remained on coach’s contract after a,. first-round departure from the ACC .. Tournament. Then somehow the Tar Heels put if all together and saved Guthridge’s image with four wins. Guthridge was paroled once again. Guthridge realized something at that point: Maybe this head coaching thing wasn’t his bag after all. He had his moment in the sun and saw a way out. An exit that preserved the maximum amount of dignity and the most positive legacy that he likely could have gained. And so, too tired to go on or not, he resigned, and his career was righdy cel ebrated. Perhaps Guthridge will spend his retirement years in Las Vegas. He cer tainly knows how to quit while he’s ahead. Mike Ogle can be reached at mogle@email.unc.edu. GUTHRIDGE From Page 1 It was a kind gesture on the players’ behalf. But it was the least they could do after all that Guthridge had done for them. “He followed a legend, and he did" it with grace and dignity and athletic and academic success,” UNC athletics direc tor Dick Baddour said. “The University will forever be grateful to Coach Bill Guthridge.” Guthridge, never one that craved the spotlight, gave his own thanks to the players. “I’ll really miss this next year’s team and what those guys have done for me. And the new recruits - I’m going to miss those,” he said. “But I think ifs time to turn it over to somebody else.” And now Guthridge and Smith can finally ride off into the sunset together. The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. Rome Venice Florence Vienna Budapest Prague Bangkok Moscow Lisbon Madrid Barcelona Tel Aviv Johannesburg Delhi Hong Kong
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