ESPN's Rece Davis (4-6-21)

All this is Josh what already been got second dose of the vaccine in Lexington this morning. So in 14 days I'll be a mean clean antibody producing machine. Robert Walsh is back in the mix, and Hubert Davis just finished his introductory press conference in Chapel Hill. My big take away Hubert is the perfect time to sell North Carolina strengths as a program and to make the school more attractive place for incoming recruits to play.

I was doing a radio interview this morning in Florida and one of the questions they asked me related to Hubert was, I was a guest I should say on the radio show in Florida and one of the questions they had was North Carolina has fallen off in terms of being an attractive place to play in the ACC Virginia has become a cooler spot. We see kids going there after they won the national title Florida State how many guys are playing in Tallahassee that probably should be playing for the Tar Heels.

I think of Patrick Williams. I think of Scotty Barnes, Leonard Hamilton is a better recruiting class than the one North Carolina spring again.

Duke has always been better on the recruiting trail sands, maybe a couple of years. Over the last decade. It's because coaches Jeske's greatest strength is that he's really good at adapting to the times I don't think there's any coach who's been better in any sport at adapting the Mike Ceausescu has been Hubert Davis is a great choice for Bubba Cunningham in North Carolina because he's going to make North Carolina a cool place to play again in the same way Mack Brown did for UNC football couple of years ago and Hubert's case, they can relate more to players. He's going to be coaching. Think about if you're going to North Carolina to play basketball. I'm pretty sure your goal is to get to the league and as great as Roy Williams was as a Hall of Fame coach.

He doesn't have that experience to know what exactly that's like as a JV player from North Carolina 50 years ago Hubert Davis played in the final four Hubert Davis played 14 years in the NBA. Hubert Davis played in the NBA finals, and he's coached alongside Roy and all the big games over the last decade and has a national championship ring so Hubert has experiences going into these kids homes that Roy doesn't possess and many other coaches do not possess others in the Carolina family who have decided to get into coaching do not possess. When he wears a pair of Jordans. He knows exactly what type of parent is because he's been wearing them to play basketball way back when Roy Williams was asked about the shoe where all throughout this past season and his response was the folksy I don't know I don't give a crap I don't know what I'm wearing on my feet. They just give it to me and I put it on. Then of course he knows what exactly it's like to be a black man playing at the University of North Carolina as the first revenue-generating sport African-American coach at the University of North Carolina that is not a small thing going back to Mack Brown anytime we call it Mac to come on the radio.

He always finds a way to work as soon and it's not a coincidence. Many of those great players they've landed have been from the triad everything Mac does is calculate when he got back at the coaching after five years at ESPN.

He said it's been such a great relief.

The way I deal with the media and marketing my program because it took me working in the media to understand. You guys aren't out to get me. I thought while I was in Texas all you guys are trying to do was snipe at me and get me.

Then I realize is not what you're trying to do it all. So Mac realized the media is your friend. Use the media use television as a vehicle to promote the program who's going to understand that better than Hubert Davis was on college game day for seven years.

I expect the access to be really good if you watch the interview we did on ESPN2 last night leading up to the game you so that personality. If you listen to his press conference that again just wrapped up use all is well in the emotion of talking about Roy Williams at talking about what it means to coach at the University of North Carolina is really good at this and he's gonna market the program even better than Coach Williams because he has that experience of being on television and understands exactly how to do so. Allah coach Brown last thing he's going to modernize the Carolina style of play.

Now the foundation is still going to be the secondary break point to the pass all those things that you know from North Carolina but even though Dean Paul Roy so many things and Roy was so apt to give them all the credit whenever things went well for the Tar Heels. Roy played a lot differently than Dean did he modernize Dean's principles Dean style of play, and I think Hubert's going to do the same thing. This is something that Brandon Robinson mentioned yesterday on the show was a part of the discussion point here where he said to. He had conversations with coach Davis telling him hey, there are areas for change. There are ways you can grow this and this is what Bea Rob said yesterday, Hubert might bring to the Tar Heel offense. Those words will vote going to abandon it for you." But I think you will produce all critical to safeguard but what about lab shooters rock.

Debbie of the things working well good luck you will see a lot of care Q should the ball back in three because the book shooting that's working that he will discuss the ball spread before starting Debbie working at BSU.

Interesting thing a lot more because you recently fours and five shooting some three I put that clip online on Twitter between us at sports have tried it yet. Thoughts on Hubert Davis's press conference.

You can give us a call at 336-777-1600 will get to the national title game in about 10 minutes.

Bea Rob said, did you watch the interview coach Davis did on ESPN and I did where this happened, which I think is directly related to what Bea Rob is talking about there.

The idea that Hubert's not to put players in the floor that do not know how to shoot you, but I heard that your need of a big I just will let you know that I'm available. Not sure how much eligibility I left at issue. Robert your reaction to Hubert's press conference is personality the way he carries himself. Your first impression as somebody who's just coming off of a long week of vacation. Getting back into the mix icing to go to. I was gonna start laughing.

There is like everybody was enjoying yourselves the clip start going in with them. It does you don't do that if it's not somebody you like.

It's not somebody who's likable and coach Davis is been around and every indication I get, you're not gonna find the nicer person, a more well-liked person than Hubert Davis in Chapel Hill I think is going to make North Carolina a more attractive place to play. Also yesterday during our show Sam Donald traded to the new visit to the Carolina Panthers from the Jets Carolina giving up this year.

Six next year. Second and 1/4 round draft pick for next year and with more time to think about it I'm not against this, it makes a lot of sense for the Jets. It makes a lot of sense for Carolina but I do think this is a reset to where Carolina was a year ago.

Just like last year. This is the quick reset button be impressed by general manager Scott Fitterer. They believed Arnold could be a franchise guy in the same way they believed a year ago Teddy Bridgewater could be a franchise guy they gave him the opportunity to prove it. Teddy did not, it became clear they wanted to move off of them and that's why you have yesterday's headline Donald is 23 years old and he was valuable to the Jets when he played Robert the record was actually a lot better than you would think.

And when he didn't play. They were historically bad since 2018.

The Jets were owing 10 and games Donald Bennett play 13 points per game, 150 passing yards per game that's worse than the statistically worse offense in NFL history for a 10 game stretch the 76 Buccaneers. He's a valuable guy. He has some opportunity. I wouldn't want to be written off at 23 after working at a dysfunctional place at my first job your first job will often times describe Sam Donald should not be defined by that this is his chance. It's going to be an upgrade in almost every single facet from Carolina's perspective. Kinda like with Teddy. It was the least expensive and the least committal option Carolina last year they were not to get canned to agree to a short-term extension offer.

I don't believe that. And if you did, it wasn't going to be cheap. So rather than deal with that they bring in Teddy. There wasn't the concern with health that there was with cam there's not that pressure. There's not this big question looming over the franchise. I still stand behind signing Teddy over cam Newton Teddy wasn't that expensive. I know some are having concerns about the contract he wasn't that expensive. It's essentially a two-year deal. No guaranteed money on the third with the Donald deal. The draft compensation. It's not small. A second round pick next year. That's a big deal. 1/4 round pick a six round trip. Three draft picks for Sam Donald including a second. That's not a small amount of compensation, but it is cheaper than Matt Stafford. It is cheaper than DeShawn who no longer is an option, considering everything that swirling around him. Currently and it's cheaper than trading up to the number four pick that the Falcons reportedly are now trying to shop getting the fourth best quarterback on the board. You have to give up more compensation than what you gave up to get Donald in order to take the fourth best guy on the board. Donald is a better option than that and it's not committal not a lot of money two years remaining. Since Carolina picked up the 50 year option and I think that rule might be the only second-year coach in NFL history who could make this move you can bail on an MVP quarterback in your one for of that and inure to bail on that vent in favor of a younger quarterback why he was given more security then any rookie NFL coaches ever been given by David A seven year $63 million contract when you're given that contract.

You know you have at least three or four years to try and get things done so.

This is something where that rule is just heat him and Scott, Fitterer.

Fitterer. Dabbing in his first year as even more security than than them. Rule does. I think they are just exercising the security that they have to do what they think is an upgraded quarterback later this hour we'll do our mock draft as will do every Tuesday leading up to the draft we have unusual question shoot those into us will get to that in honor of Hubert's press conference today in a little over 15 minutes and as I mentioned the national title game was last night looking at that game. I'll tell you what I believe the story is and what the story isn't today asked on the drive.

Yes, Josh Graham has opinions yes he's got attitude is correct and that's exactly why you said I love you. You're on the drive with Josh Graham back to last night's national justice is but a real special for now as were being sewing by the host of college game day on ES Yen Reese Davis to talk about the hiring of Hubert Davis. We played his press conference and hole earlier today from Chapel Hill Reese of course worked with Hubert for seven years before he returned to Chapel Hill on coach William staff so first off, I just wanted to know your reaction to Hubert getting the job in the first place because I have to imagine when Hubert left ESPN to go to Chapel Hill and become an assistant.

This had to be something he thought could be a possibility Hubert Reppert.

Not ever having covered. I become quite close over the years and because I hated conversation with with them about higher up you let me know that you are going to move and I sort of chuckle per day because I remember you ready to help me that he thought calling you. That only Dilaudid. And go reference the fact that he very much with the moment.Nada planner.that he doesn't have goals and aspirations which only God, but I think he had an Excel code because attention task at hand. Go. I think you did, quite probably a little at your idle I bring up about it sometime got out quickly. Your correct and he died joke about it.

We went to a restaurant like Chapel Hill pre-pandemic life that I called again like the so I don't think he's one of the guy who has always trying to plot a course to be able to be the head coach at North Carolina but that also talked to a guy University of very basketball. My goal it really make sense and I was real I've got. Good relate to the utmost respect for father Cunningham at 1212 got all try the problem expeditiously to make Hubert the head coach is well-deserved and very very smart North Carolina. I host of college game day restatements with the seer on sports hub triad. II always love sitting next to former players for games and when you go to Carolina you're doing a game to hook your sitting at a game at Duke. Often you have luminaries and former guy sitting around and I love picking their brain while we watch and they're just guys you see the game differently, especially if you've coached and it replayed it at a high level sitting next to Hubert for all these high level games that you watch the seven years working with him on college game day. Did you get the sense if this guy ever wanted to be a head coach somewhere someday he would be able to thrive in it. No, no quick about it overnight call. Together, editor, game day four year and we really, really like that. I got to know him from basketball one vote reported to have Allie really guy out quickly anticipate Karen you see that they call the circuit well there.

I continue to serve him well as a coat hook players on it. In the MBA and be around. The guy now cluster grew up with it and going really smart guy guy and so I picked up on unconscious quickly.

I referenced an interview this morning with Carolina. I think that I ever get talking about a lot, don't you think that with this group that they rent very much, if at all this year, put your years ago when they had gotten. Remember, you can go. They always wanted to learn about about file block be really good learning a lot about the way that they play Conant and back up to which cricket will switch all of the only thing he picked up on no almost immediately watching the game was really really insightful. It showed you chose to do so that the correct code to be successful and I I brought it.don't you think sort of underscoring company brought up in comp. Really talk about some college game last night that I thought up a couple times when I'd had it. People about gauging his interest in other head coaching job you wanted to coach at North Carolina.

I thought his testimony that he was also extraordinarily powerful light that part of your mission to have an impact on the players. Carolina underlies the weight well three children. Her only son Elijah cricket player as well.

Great biker and that the part of important family and got the that was only really insightful to me and really spoke to me feels about that you haven't thought about it until you just mentioned Darren. I remember the answer but the first time I met Hubert Davis.

I was a teenager a minute think myself a little bit in the early 2000's hand. Hubert came to my church in a small town in the city of North Carolina city of Youngsville, North Carolina and just meeting Hubert Davis like the skies in the MBA and he's there the testimony that he shared it something that's very genuine, very real to him and that brings me memories of that from decades ago, Reese Davis with the seer from ESPN in college.

Game day. All right, since you're very close with him. How do you think these press conferences are going to go because Roy press conferences or something we and joy for teen years these postgame press conferences, I doubt there's going to be.

Roy is him there might be some Hubert isms. Have you given him some pointers here for how to give us all good soundbites here in the Carolina television.

It was my family.

Hubert went with Hubert decided by wide laugh laugh. I think engaging guy you didn't pointers from the interview I gave Dave last night if I get over today.

Yeah, that part of the part of it down pat great. The one thing that I will is that no only one my favorite guy to be around you where it was little, I felt like 7 cups or years you like that and yoga hundred half a cut back in the faded. Now each and forcefully get you to Galilee and which is one of the probably felt you hi and compassion for people not faking it is his opponent that it's weakness. Not that you talk and he is competitive and you that that won't be an issue either going to hide his pentacles.

Or that is something they can take advantage of the Catholic priests. I hope one day down the line you to be able to return to Wake Forest and Winston-Salem for another game day since you guys came down for the first time this past year and there were allowed to be fans there when the Clemson Tigers of I know when we last chatted you enjoyed cranky's and since we were able to get together at the ACC tournament in Greensboro in full. I still owe you a plate of Stamey's as well.

So I'll make a make it happen on both accounts. Cranky's and Stamey's.

The next time you're around. I will do it man good. Thank you so much for doing this race that is its race to him is from college game day joining us to talk about his former colleague in Hubert Davis moving things along the national title game I'm looking at how this is being talked about the day and everybody's focus Duncan zag and I think that's a mistake. I don't think in Zagat should be the story today I get why they are because they were unbeaten and they got blasted, but last night was more about Baylor and it was the zags. If you didn't start following college basketball until the month of March. You might be surprised that Baylor beat. This can Zagat but anybody who's watched before the month of March.

They understand how good the Bears have been and that they deserve to be remembered as the best team in college basketball this year. Baylor was almost unbeaten to that should not be lost. Tobit played a role in one of their two losses. They had a two week pause in the month of February came back look shaky against Iowa State then lost to Kansas by double digits. This was not David and Goliath last night give Baylor the credit they deserve. The day the big 12 was the best conference at the college basketball this year.

I note the Big Ten got more teams and that they have more teams in their league, 70% of the Big Ten or the big 12.

Excuse me gone to the tournament 70%. They have the best player they had the best team in the Bears left no doubt game felt over in 1 to 2 minutes. No was nine did nothing to thousand Suggs team. It doesn't really get in foul trouble or fall behind template game at halftime and use all that great counterpunch that Baylor has put them away. You have that great Rhonda 90 to run the start things out and they went on a run when they cut the single digits with 14 left to go. Baylor was unrelenting because that's who they've been all year long. No excuses. I don't want to hear them from can Zagat Baylor was simply the better team and there the story from last night. Let's go to Ed and Winston-Salem who wants in on Hubert Davis what we've heard from Reese Davis just in the last few minutes and also from Hubert in his press conference, we aired on the station the day what you make of all the reaction we seen all man I was totally blown away. I'm an emotional type person who, like Hubert and no man that was something else and about as a recruit on be signed on the job and do what was the thing he said that primarily about the religion and everything about you know the Carolina family and all his experience, you know that you gain Roy Dean Smith and about some of the players and coaches he had, you know, in the right and you and you have a question Josh about the players and if I understood him talking and someone asked question. All I think most players at home on spring break and 500 yes, that's what he said it's important you should note that yet one more quick things you have you heard any speculation about the coaches. I'm sure Sean may may be taking one and then I heard rumors about you know couple of other players. I don't want to mission the name because it speculates that you can talk from out there okay Jeff Lebo and King Rice. The names I've heard as well.

Thank you for the call and I'll tell you what I think about. I here's the text I sent my good friend Jeff Lebo who was with us last week. Robert, I texted him blink. If you're Carol if you're an assistant coach at Carolina. That's what I texted him blink. If you're the head. If you're the assistant coach at North Carolina.

I didn't hear back from Jeff Debbie great and King Rice both. I think King Rice and Steve Robinson were asked if they would remain on staff's assistance if they didn't get the head coaching job. I don't know if they will see Robinson, 63, yes years left in coaching doesn't want to come somewhere else other than North Carolina. I don't know.

I think it would be great if Robinson decided to stay. So I made it seems like a lock Jeff Lebo that would be great connecting things back to coach Smith.

That's I think what Hubert is looking to do to bring in coaches that are pretty diverse and I think in his words connect generation and Sean may would connect generation of guys were there from the transition of Doherty to Roy and Jeff Lebo and King Rice would represent those who've coached or played. Excuse me under didn't drive with Josh Graham on sports hub triad the Carolina Panthers quarterback situation is absolutely fascinating to me will talk about that in just a few minutes because Hubert Davis had his introductory press conference earlier today and Robert.

I think this sound if we put it out of context is a pretty funny piece of sound, but I don't know what to have dubbed with it to make it peek funny out of context.

This is just a really funny thing to hear Hubert Davis say when talking about Roy Williams.

I know were coach Williams lives and I know he likes to play golf so I can find Reese Davis was just telling us about that infectious laugh sounded kind of evil there the you could put the wedding crasher clip out you could run but I will fly you. I love Fisher's the actress at such a good movie that only hold up when you say that you mean like doesn't hold up like people could possibly be offended by it or doesn't hold up like it's still good move. If that movie came out in 2021 with no changes made.

How does it go over because of her great Sprite. One of the better colonies a year. I don't know how the way that Todds presented.

I don't know if that's going to create some think pieces and his paintings, and the idea of crashing weddings that opening sequence lying to women to get them to sleep with them. I don't know if it ages well there over there like ruthenium or some know know you're a regular wedding, but that no that tenure gap or I guess that tenure. It was the return of the R-rated comedy in the 80s it was we were just inundated with those right talk about Caddy shack you talk about animal house VADs. It was the decade of the R-rated comedy airplane. I don't know if that's late 70s or early 80s, but I'm an accountant.

They had kind of a resurgence with wedding crasher's and the hangover and old-school and underrated. When I think is get into the Greek, which is a sequel to forgetting Sarah Marshall. What do you think is the best of that bunch when you're talking about that era of comedy.

Stepbrothers comes to mind anchorman I love anchorman just because I'm in the media, but what comes to mind. You first. The person comes to mind is probably what I think is going to be the one of the top three is super bad. I think it just knocks on the bar.

How I can watch it.

I've seen them 100 times. I can watch it 100 times more and it launched Emma Stone and Jonah Hill. It was with Seth Rogen's first project and it was the impetus for a lot of guys in this movie. Seth Rogen was in the movie he wrote it. Seth Rogen wrote super veteran with the guy was still a guys name on a one second I did not know Seth Rogen wrote super back. That's news to me. Was it Franco that he wrote it with I know is Dunn's about Evan Goldberg okay and Engelbert.

That's a really good one. How to get on the subject so you thought that would be good if we put it side-by-side with Ila Fisher said I will find you. I was thinking like Joel's down and I know he plays golf I'll find him. Let's get this more from Hubert Davis. He was asked about his staff and I think this quote here probably is what sticks out the most from this introductory press you can do this job unless your Carolina got its impossible you can coach your you can't hear you can't work here unless you have been here you've experienced it. You have lived so in terms of the staff.

It's all guys that have experienced this place and believing they have the passion and the desire that all of us have for this university in this program and these kids in this community. Okay I'm in a call BS on this a bit.

You do not have to be a North Carolina guy to coach at North Carolina like he's making it sound like if you're not a North Carolina guy you're going to melt Indiana Jones style Indiana Jones villains style.

If you show up and you sit in that office in your coach. Like if Mark fewer Jay Wright or Tony Bennett or Brad Stephen sat in that chair I think they would be able to address a basketball team take it out on the floor and win some games like you alluded earlier Carolina fans eat that story to that gatekeeper say they do now. Let me be clear, I'm fine if you're hiring in the family you want to keep your alumni happy you have a really cool thing going. That is truly unique, not rare, unique, and you want to keep that together thought it's a stretch to say nobody can do this job and less they went to that university that's being dramatic. 336-777-1600 is the phone number he was asked about the staff. Greg Barnes will give us some details on where he is leaning with some of the staff hires. Turns out it's not all roses and rainbows for former Carolina guys. Kendall Marshall is a former Tar Heel.

He was on Roy Williams staff not an assistant coach but a part of the staff. I think doing a lot of the video cuts and breaking down video for the team. He just put on Instagram in the last 24 hours whose hiring Hubert's can have an opportunity to pick a staff Roy surrounded himself with a ton of formal former Tar Heel doesn't mean that Hubert's gonna want to surround himself with the same Tar Heel. He wanted to be an eclectic group and as he said there connect people to history, maybe bring in somebody is been coached by got the rich bring in somebody was coached by Roy and bring in somebody who was coached by Dean get some head coaching experience in their like Jeff Lebo and King Rice are being rumored. Jeff still hasn't responded to my text by the I'm sure even blink in the bank.

I didn't blink if there to be an assistant Carolina and less even sleep in since you sent that text then I think you got something good there is been Lincoln. I think that's the case we had him on last week. What you're more from Hubert. This was an emotional part of the press conference and talking about Roy. We didn't expect to be at the presser today time that he was here was the best coach for this university is the best coach for this team is been the best coach for this university in the best coach for this community can absolutely love him to death and I'm so thankful for just giving me a chance and given me an opportunity I can't believe that he's here today I was doing some interviews and somebody told me that Coach Williams was in office and I wanted to get all those interviews done because I just needed to go see him is pretty emotional and talking about the opportunity that really gave him.

He says that he wants to keep them in an office make sure his office is still his office and he could come home to at any time, just so it feels like Roy still there for Hubert and it bothered him that Dean Smith was only given what seemed like a basement in the Smith Center after he laughed.

Wes even told us about that when he joined us a few weeks ago, but that was Hubert and a couple of notes from the press conference marking Greensboro here we go UNCG super fan Martin marking Greensboro what you got for Carolina fans. Mark what were like lay out that Hubert. Like the guy I'm so happy, like good job like no one else can coach the world. Yeah, that yellow light. You yeah I think I think Carolina fans got your microphone again. You know, you know, I think it was a B.B.he's he's mad at me right now he just tweeted it wasn't a stretch, nor was it dramatic for cotrustee to say you can't coach here without being a Carolina guy. It's a fact, would understand as a sports guy you have to be a fan to understand the loyalty of the dissident, you would see. Well, it's not a fat right you can literally be a coach unless you melt Indiana Jones style.

You can be a basketball coach at North Carolina with out going to North Carolina. I understand what what Hubert's trying to say there. I get it, but it is dramatic and everybody else is not a Carolina fan who hears that they roll their eyes at it as they should. I loved almost everything that Hubert had to say.

But that." I laughed out loud.

Nobody, nobody else can do that.

We got all this is not guy was just referring to on Twitter. This is Deeb who's joining us now. Deeb is apparently a Carolina fan Deeb on your thoughts. Mark will map out a part of the Carolina and in addition Carolina basketball right category of leg, but let me ask you this question. I agree with you Hubert was the right choice.

He was the right place for North Carolina. Brad Stevens was hired to be the coach. Your reaction would not be the North Carolina basketball teams not to be able to field the team this year right now I would not have no want with no thank you so much divine very Jones that's that's Deeb sounds a whole lot like I got beat on was the unofficial voice of the Tar Heels. The unofficial mascot of the Tar Heels are, let's get some more details. Did North Carolina ever reached out to Brad Stevens or Mark few who's good to be on the assistant coaching staff Greg Barnes, I bet he knows from inside Carolina you will join us next check in the driveway. Josh Graham learned his whereabouts and learn something. Somebody that is literally among the best covering our favorites steams here in the state of North Carolina. Greg Barnes now joins us from inside Carolina played a role in breaking the news yesterday that Hubert Davis is the new head coach, North Carolina broken a ton more stories over the years as well been at it for a while. This is something I've been wanting to get answered by either you or CL Brown or somebody who's been in the know and talking to a ton of Carolina alumni as it stands with West Miller versus Hubert Davis Hubert of course ended up getting the job. But I've seen from a ton of different reports that some of the Carolina family wanted Wes to be the guy instead of Hubert just how split was the Carolina family you think Greg and we appreciate you spending the time on what I'm sure is been a busy day. Well, certainly there were segments of the Carolina family that wanted both Skype and I really think you go back to something that Hubert said he talked about you got the things that family you got the Williams family is all one family, yet different segments with traffic. The older players really wanted Hubert because of their knowledge of having his understanding of what Dean Smith meant that and yapping with last time is coming. He's very young and this would mean that you have to wonder you know Hubert, at the request of 36 there's a better pretty easy transition there down the road go that way, but certainly the strong internal pool.

For whatever reason I don't have the answer for you. Was Hubert when he got the job or Wes. We heard your reporting and I think CL had it as well with the news and Observer that candidates were asked multiple candidates that if you didn't get the head coaching job. Would you be willing to be an assistant for the new staff and I don't think that's a question you ask Hubert Davis, which I think show that's kind of where they were leaning but we see the reports of King Rice maybe being a part of this staff, Steve Robinson, I think it's a question he 63 is he gonna retire or does he have years remaining. And if he does of years remaining as you want to be alongside somebody's been coaching with the last nine years. Where do you think that stands who do you feel pretty confident is going to be a part of Hubert staff. While I think you meant Robert, 63, he was a Rory Williams guy. I don't see him on the neck staff.

I've Artie named Jeff that it would Be You Mentioned King Dr., Piedmont yet another North Carolina product that I had coach for a long time 20 years just leave easy no longer at church exactly where that got you that there is a high school right now yeah East Carteret. I texted with Jeff. He's a friend of mine and I texted him the link if you're an assistant coach at North Carolina.

He has a text to be back at it because I let you know your 22 pretty clear option right there in terms of Godzilla either.

Right now I have been a lot of spirit in both of those guys played with Hubert which I think noteworthy. Also mentioning all somebody from the roaring Williams era. Not many had coaches in that group.

McGrath is one of course was down to Wilmington but you have to think some of those guys currently on staff released last year with Rory Williams. They may be options as well. You may be shown May something like that.

Greg Barnes with this year. Inside Carolina read his stuff.

It's about as good as you can find on all things, North Carolina. What was your biggest take away from Hubert's comments today. Walking with Hubert you never having been a head coach is going better for thinkers for nine years. I think he needed to calm the mat and he needed to say. I'm confident what I'm doing. I have a good background I played in the NBA. I learned from Rory over the party pointed questions about Clay in recruiting very general answers, which is body going out the job for about 24 hours. I think he did what he needed to do in terms of connecting with the fan base, settling them down and really letting people know who he's about what he's about. He talked a lot about his relationship with Dean and with Rory about his faith, all of which are very important in making job. Then we see you said he spoke about recruiting in vague terms wasn't very vague when he was asked about Walker Kessler and he said he's a Carolina guy now with inside Carolina.

It's a reason why wanted to have you on the day you guys cover recruiting about as well as anybody and that I think relates to the transfer portal as well. How surprised would you be, since he still sitting in the portal. If he decided to recommit to North Carolina now that Hubert is the code well clearly Hubert think they've got a chance, you don't make that kind of an impassioned plea for care to reconsider if you don't think all indications are based on conversations between the two parties. Hubert was on staff that Walker decided to leave and we know that a lot of that with not about playing time about how he was being utilized when Hubert talks about knowing that again. This change knowing that a better job in terms of versatility with their pics. That's kind of what Walker's talking about the he had not shut the door yet. I want to feel this communications go out to have a hard time seeing Jessica back but been wrong 20 times before Robert can we play this piece of sound from Hubert last night he was on Reese Davis on a little while ago but this piece of sound stood out to me and it's what stood out to Brandon Roberts until he sent me this on social media that make sure you listen to what he asked or how he responded to Alfonso Ellis this is from College Game Day last night without heard that you are need of a big I just will let you know that I'm available.

Not sure how much I was going to can use you if you're a big guy B.

Rob said I talked to them about this. I feel like this is something where you might see more fours and fives shooting threes. I think Hubert's a really smart guy. Do you think maybe some of this messaging is related to getting to this conversation with Walker and that's what Walker wants to leave their family.

We told him we got there late type of figure there's a lot of things we can discuss about that comparison to what he envisioned himself to be a great outside shooter who can step out. I have a new way of guys who just happened to be 7 foot tall, though there some placating that take place their son through recruiting. I have to take place also have to be some honesty and if they think he can do that.

Just a little bit and go for it. But as as Hubert is sad. You. You have to want to be at North Carolina. You have to understand that he's until you the truth, and if Kessler can accept that he had a hard time accepting that when Roy Thorton accept that from Hubert Hubert's willing to make changes. Maybe there's a chance a walker and got back in last thing for Greg Barnes of inside Carolina.

Did they contact Stevens you were J right yes yes and yes.

Now, to the extent of today bring him in for interviews.

I don't know that happened or the conversation. Yes, it is on Thursday he sees is one of the best job in America. You and I can agree that is one of the top five jobs in America, no doubt and say when you're not situation you have to reach out to some of the best minds in the game in the ED, date of that member coming of course not. But don't listen as I think baba had to make his case for some of those guys and if there wasn't ground there and then you go and so you know what we tried but wanted to see what the response was to make sure that we got got Hubert out of those three guys did you ever feel at any point that there was some ground there that maybe they were going to give more than the time a day. The Bubba Cunningham that I did not write Greg Barnes inside Carolina. Great work this past week is always Greg, thank you so much for squeezing us into serving fragrant you it's it's Greg Barnes inside Carolina