Koenning: Trying to light a fire under Tar Heels or fueling a dumpster fire?

Posted Oct 4, 2013
As publicly supportive as Larry Fedora still is with “his guys,” the bottom line is that they’re not playing very well right now. And unlike the head coach, the man in charge of his defense — Vic Koenning — isn’t shy about saying so. Koenning teed off on the Tar Heels’ defense in an amazingly candid interview after practice on Wednesday, calling his players out. (Wilmington Star News)

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