Art Chansky's Notebook

A 'Classic' Beginning

Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 13, 2011 | Uncategorized

When the ACC expanded to 11 and then 12 schools a few years ago, the new members were worried about UNC and Duke running away from the pack in basketball. So they asked to be treated equally in every tangible way, and from that...

Hurry, Bubba, Hurry

Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 4, 2011 | Uncategorized

Bubba Cunningham can’t come too soon. And he might bring along a pith hat, small wooden chair and bull whip. Frankly, he’s walking into a bit of a zoo. We’ve already fired a football coach and faced the judge and jury on nine...

Eras of Imperfection

Posted by Art Chansky | Oct 28, 2011 | Uncategorized

As Bubba Cunningham takes over and goes about the process of producing a winning football program we can all be proud of, it brings to mind past UNC coaching regimes and blips along the way that occurred in all of them. The...

Courage Defended

Posted by Art Chansky | Oct 22, 2011 | Uncategorized

I have received a few comments and emails regarding my praise of Chancellor Holden Thorp for going against the “Carolina Way” in hiring Bubba Cunningham as the new athletic director. “It was courageous to hire an Athletic...

Thorp and Bubba

Posted by Art Chansky | Oct 15, 2011 | Uncategorized

On a long weekend that brought together the past, present and future of Carolina Athletics, one could surmise that it was the shining moment for UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp. Under incredible scrutiny and pressure since he was...

Just Win, Baby!

Posted by Art Chansky | Oct 6, 2011 | Uncategorized

If Everett Withers keeps it up, he’s going to make it easy on Carolina’s new athletic director. Withers began his season as UNC’s interim football coach with a slight blip that had some people chortling in their corn flakes...

Silence Is Golden?

Posted by Art Chansky | Sep 28, 2011 | Uncategorized

The sudden silence surrounding UNC’s search for a new athletic director is anything but deadly. In fact, it’s a sign that the process has taken a step in the right direction. As a large list of qualified and sitting AD’s from...

The Thigpen Connection

Posted by Art Chansky | Sep 20, 2011 | Uncategorized

By far, the most damaging allegation from the NCAA into the UNC football scandal is on pages 62-63 of the 111-page response by the school, released Monday. It speaks to what, so far, the university has escaped – the dreaded lack...

Unfulfilled Potential

Posted by Art Chansky | Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized

Saturday’s less-than-satisfying victory over Rutgers could be considered a microcosm of Carolina’s entire football situation. Let’s call it unfulfilled potential. First, the stadium. You would think, after the...

The Butch Davis Experiment

Posted by Art Chansky | Sep 5, 2011 | Uncategorized

For the accomplished chemist, Holden Thorp, the first phase of the “Butch Davis Experiment” went off like another everyday application of E = mc2. With mass, energy and velocity, Carolina sent James Madison hurtling...

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