what are you asking? How you can say "obviously this job isn't that great when you were rejected by your 1st 2 options, and wound up with a meh candidate." Was UNC 2000 obviously not a great job? Was UK 2007 obviously not a great job? I don't remember who UNC went after in 2000 besides Roy. I do vaguely recall NBA coaches like George Karl lobbying for the gig, though. UNC's big problem is that it limits its pool by refusing to go outside the Carolina family. They'd probably get any coach they'd want if they didn't limit themselves. ETA: Unless they did go outside the UNC family, and I just forgot. In the case, just ignore this entire post. ETA: I just checked, and it looks like they pursued George Karl, Larry Brown, Roy Williams, and Eddie Fogler (lol). Swinging and missing on those guys (with the exception of Fogler) is significantly different than swinging and missing on Smart and Stevens. I also don't remember the circumstances around UK. Who did they pursue?