As for Roy, he's a great coach. I don't think most UNC fans are asking for his head. Just the stupid one's. We had a similar bump in the road from 2007-2009 where we didn't get out of a single Sweet 16 either. What happened in 2010 made most of us forget about it....just like getting to a Final Four this year would take a lot of sting out of losses to Lehigh and Mercer.
More than anything else, Cal has hurt Roy. It's not the coaching....it's the recruiting. Roy was kicking *** and taking names before Cal came along at UK. For whatever reason, much like that aforementioned stretch for Duke and K, landing the top kids isn't happening right now. But still, and again like with us in 2010, UNC will return its entire core in 2015-16....a year that looks, on paper, to be somewhat down by traditional college basketball standards.
I'd say UNC is one of the five or six favorites heading into next season. If I'm a fan I can live with that.