UNC v. Williams

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

Originally posted by Peter Devana
Not very professional.

I had no problem with what Williams did. All week he's been doing his best to keep the focus on Kansas. The situation was the quiet-tone interview with the losing coach outside of the locker room. This was the time for Bernstein to lob softballs at him so he could be classy, and say the things about great kids like Collison and Heinrich who deserved to have those things said. In 15 minutes he'd be in the media room and they could've hit him with those questions then.

Did Bernstein really think he was going to say something like "since the season has been over for six minutes I can now announce that I'm going to UNC"? She asked, and he tactfully deflected it and tried to communicate that the question was inappropriate. She pressed it, so he fired back with something sure to communicate how he felt about that question being asked. By using that word, his feelings were unequivocal and if I played for the man, I'd appreciate it.

When you coach, you feel like your team is your family. Williams did what any protective parent would do in a similar situation. I admire him even more after that interview.