Roy Williams Has Hilarious Comment to Michael Malone After UNC Debut

It's an absolute honor to coach at a school like North Carolina, specifically the basketball program. All North Carolina has done over a lot of its existence is win at a very high level, with some of the coaches even being regarded as some of the greatest of all time. 

Whether that be Dean Smith, Roy Williams, or anybody before, a lot of these coaches have done many great things. Some haven't done as well as guys like Williams and Smith, but doing so isn't an easy task. 

Head coach Michael Malone will certainly be up for that challenge, and he's willing to do whatever it takes to at least try to live up to that hype. Nobody is likely ever going to reach the heights that Williams and Smith once did, but it's worth trying.

As for Williams, he continues to show a lot of love to the basketball program. 

While he has definitely made his feelings clear about other things regarding North Carolina basketball, it does feel like he has the utmost respect and support for what Malone is looking to do. 

As an NBA champion head coach, it doesn't come as much of a surprise that Williams feels the way he does about North Carolina's new head coach.

Malone recently shared a story between the two, and it's the most Williams story that you'll ever hear. He isn't a guy who cares much about games that don't count, and I think most North Carolina fans don't disagree.

“Coach Williams is the best,” Malone said, per On3. “How he and his wife, Wanda, have welcomed me into this family means the world to myself and my wife Jocelyn. And it just kind of reminded me that I’m sharing the seat that Dean Smith sat in, and how fortunate you are to be doing that…

“And for him to take the time to be here for the game. He told me, he goes, ‘Coach, you will not see me at any exhibition games. I’ll only come to the games that count.’ But I shook his hand before the game, I gave him a hug after the game. And he’s obviously somebody that I look up to and respect, and I’m thankful for his relationship.”

It's really cool to hear that the relationship between these two is as strong as it is. It's also great that the players have somebody they can lean on when needed, like Williams when he's around. 

If Malone is going to learn one thing, it's the fact that North Carolina is not an easy place to live up to standards. It's an easy place to win because of what the program has done in the past, but there are very high expectations up in Chapel Hill.