Carolina To Make Football Coaching Change For 2007 :: John Bunting will continue to coach the Tar Heels for the rest of this season.

Announced tonight by Baddour and Bunting.

I wanted a coaching change, but I can't say I feel great about it right now. John Bunting is a good guy who, like me, loves his alma mater. He just couldn't get it done on the field.

Coach, you gave us two of the greatest wins in Carolina football history. It wasn't always pretty, but it was clear you loved this University. Good luck.

Extra Points: A Long Night In Charlottesville :: Lee Pace on Thursday's loss at Virginia.

If you haven't read the above-linked article, do check it out. As you probably know, Lee Pace is the on-the-field analyst for the Tar Heel Sports Network. He's a writer for the school's official web site. He literally 'wrote the book' on John Bunting at Carolina. And now he's saying things like this:

The dislocations all around Bunting's program are staggering as the Tar Heels lurch into the second half of the season with a 1-6 record.

How does a coach with a reputation cast in granite over a playing and coaching career of discipline and focus continue to have issues like Garrett White making an inappropriate gesture to the Virginia fans, just one day after Bunting pointedly directed the Tar Heels to not be affected by the crowd? Bunting chewed out the sophomore linebacker after the pre-game incident and banished him to the sideline in street clothes, later saying the behavior was "unbecoming of any young person, certainly of this football program and this great university."

How does a coach who is forever talking about teamwork have a player like receiver Jesse Holley who stomps his feet and flails his arms after Dailey throws the ball elsewhere on one play in the third quarter and then drops a pass thrown to him on the very next snap?

Something's brewing folks, because Pace is usually right in line with Bunting and the University. Finally, it appears, he's had enough of having to pretend that there is a foundation being built. That foundation is crumbling.