Roy Williams wants more emotion from Tar Heels

Posted Nov 30, 2010
For the past month, North Carolina coach Roy Williams has been pressing every button he can, ordering his players to show more emotion, to play with enthusiasm and to lose themselves within each game. Yet at halftime Sunday, with his Tar Heels clinging to a 28-27 lead over College of Charleston and still making too many silly mistakes, Williams' attempts to crank up the urgency was still not working. (Fayetteville Observer)

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