In honor of tonight's Duke-Carolina game in Chapel Hill, Sports Illustrated's Stewart Mandel wrote a column, touching on -- among other things -- the significance of the rivalry game in a trying season for UNC, Duke's recent travails in the series, Harrison Barnes, etc., etc., etc. Boilerplate stuff.
But lodged right in the middle is this gem of a quote from Roy Williams:
"Our massage therapist told me, 'You know, coach, what happened in Haiti is a catastrophe. What you're having is a disappointment," said Williams. "I told her that depends on what chair you're sitting in. It does feel like a catastrophe to me, because it is my life."
To clarify: Roy Williams is comparing losing a bunch of basketball games (after winning the national championship all of nine long months ago) to the earthquake in Haiti while he talks to his team's massage therapist.
The irony scale is officially broken.
(This isn't irony, just total detachment from reality. I feel like Alanis Morissette.)
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