Yowzers!!! UNC head coach target

18IsTheMan

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And I thought UCF reaching for Lincoln Riley was something.

Bill Belichick has interviewed with UNC. Not sure what the strategy is here for him. He can't seriously be considering a middling ACC job.
 

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His girlfriend is an undergrad there, so it tracks.
 

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Well he is much younger than Mack Brown's 73. Bill is 72. While Bill does not have college coaching experience he can argue the players are really pro since they are getting paid.
 

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Well he is much younger than Mack Brown's 73. Bill is 72. While Bill does not have college coaching experience he can argue the players are really pro since they are getting paid.
Depends on who you read whether this thing has legs or not. Some say he could do for UNC what Deion did for Colorado. Others say he's got no shot due to his age and zero collegiate experience.

Some say he has genuine interest since he wants total control over a team, and that's what you get in college. Others say he just knocking the rust off to get ready to interview for pro jobs.

I just can't see him hitting the recruiting trail. I dunno, though. What's a high school kid gonna do when Bill Belichick walks into his living room wearing 8 Super Bowl rings?
 
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A good retirement bound coaching destination for him. Further south, I get it. I don't see the UNC program looking a whole lot different under him than it has been the last 15 years.
 
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They should hire Chadwell.
In my estimation this would be the best option.
I don't understand pursuing an individual with no college coaching experience,
NFL vs CFB are two completely different animals, and I haven't even touched on the recruiting trail aspect.
 

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In my estimation this would be the best option.
I don't understand pursuing an individual with no college coaching experience,
NFL vs CFB are two completely different animals, and I haven't even touched on the recruiting trail aspect.

Deion had no serious college experience or even serious coaching experience. Colorado was relying on his NFL gravitas. So far it's worked out for them, largely because he happened to have a Heisman-caliber QB for a son.

I'm not really sure I see this move working out, if it actually happened...don't see UNC hiring a 73 year old coach...but an 8-time Super Bowl champion sitting in your living room to recruit your kid? That said, I can't really see him being up for heading out on the recruiting trail.
 

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Deion had no serious college experience or even serious coaching experience. Colorado was relying on his NFL gravitas. So far it's worked out for them, largely because he happened to have a Heisman-caliber QB for a son.

I'm not really sure I see this move working out, if it actually happened...don't see UNC hiring a 73 year old coach...but an 8-time Super Bowl champion sitting in your living room to recruit your kid? That said, I can't really see him being up for heading out on the recruiting trail.
He did have 3 years at Jackson St. Yes, it is FCS level, but it was college HC experience.
 

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He did have 3 years at Jackson St. Yes, it is FCS level, but it was college HC experience.
yeah, that's why i qualified it with "serious". and, of course, they didn't hire him because of anything at jackson state. if his name were bud hairston, he'd still be coaching at jackson state.
 

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Deion had no serious college experience or even serious coaching experience. Colorado was relying on his NFL gravitas. So far it's worked out for them, largely because he happened to have a Heisman-caliber QB for a son.

I'm not really sure I see this move working out, if it actually happened...don't see UNC hiring a 73 year old coach...but an 8-time Super Bowl champion sitting in your living room to recruit your kid? That said, I can't really see him being up for heading out on the recruiting trail.
Look .... he is participating in a co-ed conf. over there. Every HC relies on Coordinators and assistants heavily....but Deion has zero X/O coaching chops ... and that would rear it's ugly head even in the ACC...much less one of the big boy conferences.
I don't think a lot of people are really paying attention to what his true plans are and have been. I fully don't expect him to be coaching in the college ranks for more than 2 years from now. He will go back to being an "analyst" and pushing hard on every telecast for "Team Sanders" kids in the NFL. The NFL is a league where offensive systems can't last for too long .... so the QB will have to rely on real life QB talent and skills. I truly do not believe that we have seen if he can do some of that yet (vs. legitimate defenses, week in and out). Physical or mental side of that I question big time for the young QB. How does a multi-millionaire's kid who has never been wrong and had everything for him lined up in life handle failure? How does he shoulder that as the "face" of a NFL team and get the posse to follow him into battle? A lot of intangibles I would on the look out for if I was an NFL GM and HC.
 

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Look .... he is participating in a co-ed conf. over there. Every HC relies on Coordinators and assistants heavily....but Deion has zero X/O coaching chops ... and that would rear it's ugly head even in the ACC...much less one of the big boy conferences.
I don't think a lot of people are really paying attention to what his true plans are and have been. I fully don't expect him to be coaching in the college ranks for more than 2 years from now. He will go back to being an "analyst" and pushing hard on every telecast for "Team Sanders" kids in the NFL. The NFL is a league where offensive systems can't last for too long .... so the QB will have to rely on real life QB talent and skills. I truly do not believe that we have seen if he can do some of that yet (vs. legitimate defenses, week in and out). Physical or mental side of that I question big time for the young QB. How does a multi-millionaire's kid who has never been wrong and had everything for him lined up in life handle failure? How does he shoulder that as the "face" of a NFL team and get the posse to follow him into battle? A lot of intangibles I would on the look out for if I was an NFL GM and HC.
We'll see. He proved me wrong this year, as I, along with most others, saw another 4-win type season for them.

I am holding out final judgment, though, to see how he does once he loses his QB. Can he recruit a great QB who isn't his son?
 

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His girlfriend is an undergrad there, so it tracks.

I do wonder if this factors at all in their decision.

College football is much more about hobnobbing than the NFL is. MOST CFB coaches try to present a wholesome image. Stable marriages, good families and so on. Yes, there are exceptions, but that's something of the standard.

How will a 73 year old coach with a 23 year old girlfriend be received?
 

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Deion had no serious college experience or even serious coaching experience. Colorado was relying on his NFL gravitas. So far it's worked out for them, largely because he happened to have a Heisman-caliber QB for a son.

I'm not really sure I see this move working out, if it actually happened...don't see UNC hiring a 73 year old coach...but an 8-time Super Bowl champion sitting in your living room to recruit your kid? That said, I can't really see him being up for heading out on the recruiting trail.
Deion is a glorified rec league coach who is coaching Colorado so his sons can start and be showcased. He also brought Hunter, a great player, with him to a conference full of weaker than the ACC teams. Deion left the NFL in 2005, the year before this year's college freshmen were born. I don't think his NFL gravitas is pulling many kids to Colorado.

I won't be surprised at all if he steps away as soon as none of his sons are on the team.
 

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I always wondered about the equation of how much money is required per a woman’s youth and beauty. Ha
I don't know the exact ratio but I do know the Money:Hot Young Girl ratio is proportional.
 

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yeah, that's why i qualified it with "serious". and, of course, they didn't hire him because of anything at jackson state. if his name were bud hairston, he'd still be coaching at jackson state.
Whoa fellow. Putting down the HBCU's? Not serious? He had more than his QB son. He got Travis Hunter to go there and a couple other of his starters from Jackson State are now at Colorado too. One of the reasons he got hired on a higher level was that he was convincing players that they didn't have to go to the Blue-Bloods all the time. Shook Nick Saban enough to mention Jackson State in a press conference over not getting Travis Hunter
 

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Deion is a glorified rec league coach who is coaching Colorado so his sons can start and be showcased. He also brought Hunter, a great player, with him to a conference full of weaker than the ACC teams. Deion left the NFL in 2005, the year before this year's college freshmen were born. I don't think his NFL gravitas is pulling many kids to Colorado.

I won't be surprised at all if he steps away as soon as none of his sons are on the team.
I don't think he is leaving. Got a highly rated QB in the 25 class to replace Shedeur. The line play for his team really picked up this year especially the defensive line. Damien Lewis and Warren Sapp may not have a lot of experience, but they have done a good job shoring up the defensive front. Playing a lot more sound than even in the beginning of the year. I think Prime and many of his coaches are motivated by the doubts that came after last year.
 

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Okay, it figures why I have never liked you and you put out there what you are all about.

Of all the reasons to not like me, I can think of a lot of other things you should worry about besides the fact that I don’t like inferior football.
 

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I don't think he is leaving. Got a highly rated QB in the 25 class to replace Shedeur. The line play for his team really picked up this year especially the defensive line. Damien Lewis and Warren Sapp may not have a lot of experience, but they have done a good job shoring up the defensive front. Playing a lot more sound than even in the beginning of the year. I think Prime and many of his coaches are motivated by the doubts that came after last year.
If Deion wasn't "taking receipts" no one would care. He's a great athlete and a better mouth. All of this is about personal ego and not about making better men. It used to be about the latter. Now few people care about character. It's about the wins.
 

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Of all the reasons to not like me, I can think of a lot of other things you should worry about besides the fact that I don’t like inferior football.
Jamey Chadwell started at Charleston Southern. Is he not serious? Many of our fans wanted him to have our job instead of Beamer. is Citadel football not serious? They lost to an HBCU at home this year. So, I guess it was not serious this year, but serious in the years that they beat us. Just because someone starts out at a smaller school with less resources has nothing to do with whether they are serious or not. If it was only about smaller schools, I would still raise an eyebrow. However, the specific stray thrown at HBCUs when you probably have no idea what is going on there was an act ignorance and disrespect.
 
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Oh, very interesting. Apparently there is genuine, strong, mutual interest between UNC and Belichick. However, he has one major stipulation: his son, Stephen Belichick, the current defensive coordinator for the Washington Huskies, must be named head coach waiting. Apparently UNC is receptive to the idea.

I guess if you’re willing to hire a 73 year old head coach with zero college coaching experience, you might as well also be willing to try a situation that has never worked anywhere.
 
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