John Bunting is gone. Or will be. Dick Baddour's letting him play out the string, giving him time to clean out his desk, steal some towels from the locker room, and swipe all the "U," "N," and "C" keys off the Athletic Department computer keyboards.
In the Charlotte Observer Scott Fowler wrote that Bunting was good guy who was more or less in over his head. I've said before that the best thing Bunting had going was Chuck Amato in the same media market; with Chuck the Chest over in Raleigh, Bunting could never be the biggest buffoon in the neighborhood.
Personally, I'll kind of miss the guy. I'll miss the lackadaisacal effort from UNC players. I'll miss seeing a running back like Willie Parker kept deep on the bench. I'll miss the deer-in-the-headlights look of Bunting's postgame interviews.
But Deacon fans need to be worried about the effect this announcement will have on the Tarheels going into Saturday's game against the Deacs at Kenan Stadium. I've seen other teams in similar situations get ridiculously fired up, rallying around the coach they've more or less ignored the rest of the season, which is how the coach got let go in the first place. Even if it's only for one game. The next game.
Feel free to use this space to post your fondest memories of the Bunting Era of UNC football.
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