FC/OT: Belechick to Carolina per reports. ,
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Won’t be long before that program has violations…again
The ‘NFL pipeline’ only goes so far with recruits today - just look at Penn State; we’re a top ten NFL producer and it’s not even talked about very much.
Well, he is younger than Mack Brown, so maybe he’ll be able to relate better with the team.
I think he is just going to find his next girlfriend.
I just don't see this working out. At his age I can't see him wanting to deal with the whole recruiting, NIL deal all the time. Plus you only get limited hours of practicing a week. Dealing with the AD and BOT .... I just don't see him having the energy to sustain this long term. It might fly early with some big recruits that want to play for him but eventually I see his shine wearing off. Plus he was a .500 head coach without Tom Brady.
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We’ve seen a version of this with Herm Edward’s - disaster.
Not too good until he started cheating.
This is one of the more confounding coaching moves I can recall. There has to be an NFL team willing to bring him back and I just can't see him dealing with NIL BS and recruiting.
I was driving home from work and the local (I live in Raleigh) sports radio guys were talking about this. They had a guy from The Athletic on. He was saying this is far from a done deal. An offer has been made but the two sides are far apart on a number of things.
Personally, I hope the details get hammered out. It will be interesting to see what happens.
Personally, I hope the details get hammered out. It will be interesting to see what happens.
Make no mistake Bill can recruit top notch young talent
That was Bruce Arians take too. Said he had little time for NFL rookies and can’t imagine how Belicheck would deal with college freshmen who already have been paid NIL money. Would be interesting to see if it happens.
I see it a little different. Yes, hiring Belichick could be a bust but If he’s able to tap into some of the SEC talent (particularly Florida) and UNC makes it to a few playoffs games the school and media will view it as a win win and we’ll worth the money.
See violations within 1 year. He better hire a really really good staff or he will barely last 3 yrs.
Not really meant to impress. Just interesting that he has a GM in staff. It's a new world.
So what you are about to see is a college program run like a pro team. He hired a GM to manage roster slots. NIL payments will essentially be 1-term deals with preset salary levels, e.g., $1M for a QB, $700k for edge rushers and OT, all the way down to $50-$100k for a kicker. Bill will run it like a pro franchise - that’s what he sold some of the UNC trustees on. The AD was overruled on the hire. They are anticipating a $22M annual budget for players with $5M-7$M coming from the Rams Club members and the rest from corporate sponsorships. My ticket price and donation level to get parking will no doubt go up to meet their goals under the plan. Yay. Not. Welcome to the future.
That is all great, but there will be friction with some influential boosters, etc. He may st not realize that no matter how good or bad football program unc has, it is just a time filler until basketball begins.
Plus, will he beat State. This last time around Mack lost I believe four straight to Pack. I hope Manny and his hair whip Bill’s ***.
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As a poster said earlier: Bill never had to deal with influential boosters and the one thing that is still a factor for many of these "old-fashioned" folks in the South is the "Yankee" factor. Here's a guy who coached an NFL team in Boston and is now coming South to tell them what's going to be the new norm in the sports department. That has to ruffle a few feathers having a perceived "Yankee' trying to dictate to older alumni who and how things are going to be done. I know it sounds racist and short-minded, but dealing with clients from the Deep South, that attitude still exists today in the modern world for some narrow-minded people.
Can belichick talk southern like brian kelly?
Chapel Hill isn’t as South as you think. The bigger issue is Bill’s personality…anywhere.
Sounds like a mess, @ApexLion
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Inside North Carolina's 'fractured' coaching search that ended with Bill Belichick
Sources describe a split between UNC AD Bubba Cunningham and the school's Board of Trustees
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It is. Of course Sally Jenkins begs to differ. Of course, slap your head.Sounds like a mess, @ApexLion
Inside North Carolina's 'fractured' coaching search that ended with Bill Belichick
Sources describe a split between UNC AD Bubba Cunningham and the school's Board of Trustees