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Class? You've got to be kidding. K once tricked the student writers from Duke's newspaper to a fake "press conference" so he could unleash a profanity-laced tirade for "negative coverage." Then he denied doing it--until one of the student reporters produced an audio tape of the whole sordid affair, "f-bombs" and all. That's not the kind of class to which I'd want my children exposed.

Class and intelligence.

Is it just me, or do Roy's sentences when complaining about the injuries issue barely make sense? And there are so many grammatical errors. Where did that guy go to school?

Oh, yeah, UNC. Perhaps that explains it.

rst let me say I am a Carolina fan.That being said it is my belief that coach K's style of coaching has led to the increased injuries that are being seen in the game of basketball. Other teams and coaches are using extreme force to try to take the ball away from players when the whistle should have already been blown to stop such actions. The injury that Larson suffered should never, ever be allowed in Basketball. Some may see the hands of approach of the officials as letting the teams play but somebody will eventually be hurt really bad and then the commissioner will step up and stop this type of basketball.. The roughhousing can be stopped simply by ejecting any player suspected of such actions, not for a single game but for the rest of the season. A few of these calls by the officials and all this rough playing where players are trying to hurt opposing players would stop very quickly. Let all coaching staff know that the officials would be putting this new policy in effect and the game would become a much safer sport overnight. At least in football the players are wearing safety equipment to protect them. These basketball players are very vulnerable. Rough fouling has been in coach K's arsenal for a long time.

To whom is it obvious, other than to you, that these tensions between the coaches arose in Winston-Salem over eight years ago? Whom do you think even remembers that "fateful nite," other than detail-obsessed fans who live on the message boards? Does Coach K not have a great marketing program for DOOK, through the various commercials he does on television and the constant butt-kissing of "DOOKIE V," when he announces the games? Doesn't such marketing often lead to success? You're giving your interpretation of what Roy is saying in his comments. Aren't you putting words in his mouth and who are you to do so? Coach K doesn't like to address injuries, just as he doesn't like to address the media. Get back on your message boards and quit assuming people are as concerned with these issues as you are!

The quote is still accurate. The parenthetical insert shows that either the writer or the editor altered the quote to clean it up -- which is allowed as long as the meaning isn't changed, according to The Associated Press Guide to Newswriting.
Newspapers do it all the time to quotes they think might be offensive. Most of us probably don't have a problem with the word "damn" versus "darn," but there probably are people who do.
If The N&O didn't use the parentheses, then that may be questionable. But, the way they did it here works fine here.
Really, though, the issue is how coach Williams and coach K work with the media. Williams is open with the media; K is less so.
Understandably, since his hiatus in '94-95, K has decided to spend more time doing things he enjoys and less time doing things he does not, which includes talking to the media.
That's fine. But when Carolina lost to Duke and had a couple tight wins, it was easy to pinpoint the main reason: injuries. And because Carolina makes their players' injuries more available to the media, they get more attention.
But as Duke was cruising along, injuries were less noteworthy and not made available, so there wasn't any reason to talk about them.
From K's perspective, it's easy to see that a lot has been made about UNC's injuries, while Duke surely has plenty similar injuries of its own. But until it lost, K had no reason to talk about them.
From Williams' perspective, his team's injuries have been news. And suddenly, there comes K's mention of "other teams."
In my mind, K's comment probably did have at least a little to do with UNC, probably a lot to do with other teams, too.
But from the sound of the audio, I didn't think either coach is going to lose much sleep over it. It's almost March, and both teams are fighting for the ACC and have national championship aspirations. I'm sure they're both wound a little tighter than they usually are.