UNC Football Catch-all | Bill Belichick Era underway

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SnoopRob said:
God, we are a clown show.

Surprisingly, the Rubio/Tillis/Berger part doesn't really bother me. I mean, it's unusual, but Belichick is an unusual candidate. It doesn't sound like they had much to do with the hiring beyond passing along that Belichick was interested in the job.

Preyer is a fucking idiot, but we already knew that. We'll be better off when his (and Jennifer Lloyd's) term ends in a couple of years. He acted outside the bounds of his position, made an offer to Belichick we couldn't fulfill, drove off nearly every other realistic candidate we had, and gave Belichick all of the leverage in negotiating with us. If Roberts hadn't been able to pull this out, we would have looked like fools and nearly all of it would have been Preyer's fault.

And that's before we even get into the fact that Cunningham is a great AD and I'll be shocked if he doesn't get out of Chapel Hill within the next couple of years.
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Preyer acted out of line, but he also got us Bill. I am not sure we wouldn't have ended up with Tommy Rees under Bubba.

And I am still mad at Bubba over the whole Tez situation. Jen going around Bubba and getting independent counsel is actually what got the NCAA to reverse course. Bubba would have been fine sacrificing Tez (and who knows how the Miami game would have turned out that year without Tez) in order to protect the incompetence of UNC compliance.

And let's not even get into Bubba's ridiculous navy ban. I personally think Bubba is a very corporate, inside-the-box kind of thinker, and that is not going to do much to advance UNC to the places it needs to go. Farethewell to Notre Dame Mr. Cunningham.
 
Calheel said:
Preyer acted out of line, but he also got us Bill. I am not sure we wouldn't have ended up with Tommy Rees under Bubba.

And I am still mad at Bubba over the whole Tez situation. Jen going around Bubba and getting independent counsel is actually what got the NCAA to reverse course. Bubba would have been fine sacrificing Tez (and who knows how the Miami game would have turned out that year without Tez) in order to protect the incompetence of UNC compliance.

And let's not even get into Bubba's ridiculous navy ban. I personally think Bubba is a very corporate, inside-the-box kind of thinker, and that is not going to do much to advance UNC to the places it needs to go. Farethewell to Notre Dame Mr. Cunningham.
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We'd have only ended up with Tommy Rees after Preyer got involved and drove off every other good applicant. I would bet that without Preyer's involvement we would have ended up with a better coach than Tommy Rees (although not necessarily Bill Belichick).

I get the frustration over the Tez situation. The thing is that independent counsel was the right path after the NCAA turned down our appeals and that's not something that Bubba can necessarily arrange. Schools should play nice with the NCAA while encouraging the player to take the proper steps to engage the court system. I don't like the navy ban, but I don't think it's a major issue, either.

On the whole, Bubba is a great AD. We're not NC State, we don't need an AD that chases every trend and runs after every stupid idea someone proposes. We're a well-respected entity which will largely do well playing within the current system. While we need proactive vision, we'll do quite well without tilting at every windmill that comes along.
 
SnoopRob said:
God, we are a clown show.

Surprisingly, the Rubio/Tillis/Berger part doesn't really bother me. I mean, it's unusual, but Belichick is an unusual candidate. It doesn't sound like they had much to do with the hiring beyond passing along that Belichick was interested in the job.

Preyer is a fucking idiot, but we already knew that. We'll be better off when his (and Jennifer Lloyd's) term ends in a couple of years. He acted outside the bounds of his position, made an offer to Belichick we couldn't fulfill, drove off nearly every other realistic candidate we had, and gave Belichick all of the leverage in negotiating with us. If Roberts hadn't been able to pull this out, we would have looked like fools and nearly all of it would have been Preyer's fault.

And that's before we even get into the fact that Cunningham is a great AD and I'll be shocked if he doesn't get out of Chapel Hill within the next couple of years.
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Who says we’ll be better off when Preyer and Jennifer Lloyd’s terms expire?

That presumes the UNC Board of Governors and the General Assembly will select better people.
 
nycfan said:

The Bill Belichick College Football Coaching Experiment Begins​

The legendary NFL figure opens his first North Carolina spring practice this week with familiar NFL overtones.

Pat Forde​


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The Bill Belichick College Football Coaching Experiment Begins

The legendary NFL figure opens first North Carolina spring practice this week with familiar NFL overtones.
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“… Start with the numberless, nameless players. There were no identifying characteristics for any of the Tar Heels, other than defensive players in white jerseys, offensive players in light blue and quarterbacks in red. This is something Belichick did while he was winning Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, until the NFL made him at least apply numbers to all his players; here, nobody is going to tell Belichick how to do anything.

Belichick was asked how he’s “gone about explaining” the no-number approach to his players. His answer: “It hasn’t been a lot of explanation.”

Translation: We put those jerseys in their lockers and that’s what they’re wearing. We don’t need to explain it. We’re not playing FeelingsBall here.

“That’s just what we do,” Belichick continued. “We go out there and we earn it. So the numbers and the names and all, that’s not as important as doing your job and being responsible and accountable to your teammates and being a good teammate. And so it’s not all about individual notoriety right now. I don’t think that’s important at this time of year. I think it’s more important to just go out there and practice well and improve every day.” …”
 
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