genuinely asking here because i just don't see them at this point - what are the positives? we suck in all phases on the field and we're a total mess off the field.
One positive is that we have Bill Belichick! The greatest NFL coach of all time! He has six Super Bowl rings as a head coach and two as an assistant!
I'm not an expert in the field so I can't tell you the specific job duties. But now that a team has to manage roster building and construction with financial contracts and the portal, I think this has become a necessary position that wasn't needed in the past. I think all the top teams have GMs now so it's not like UNC is just making up an unnecessary job.
Also, no more booger eaters leading the school! We finally have a leader in Chancellor Roberts who understands what’s most important about a university: the revenue sports. Time to stop wasting money on nerdy professors and woke classes, and bring in the big guns to run our revenue sports programs! No more wasting time worrying about stupid things like academic reputation! Let’s make the alumni want to open up their wallets and support big time college sports! MUNCGA!
I do think people see the GM title applied to college programs and sometimes get the wrong idea about how it works.
I realize most have one, but contracts are handled by legal department. Roster building and portal, well, I don't know how schools survived beforehand.
Recruiting is good. And we have money for the NIL. Both are very important. Also have some young talented QBs.
we're basically recruiting at historical levels and both that and the NIL $ will start to dry-up if we continue to epically suck on the field.
This class was in danger of being a dud. Not sure we have ever had. 11 4 stars. And of course
He’s basically recruiting exactly where UNC recruits when they hire a new coach.
We've also never had a class with 37 commits.
Oh, I completely agree with you. For me, I feel like they're in the position you and I (and others) were last year about half-way through the basketball season. It became clear to us that HD was not right for the position. We pointed that out, we posted articles and podcasts that pointed that out, and so on. However, we also cheered when HD/staff had successes - we didn't only focus on the negatives, because above all we wanted UNC to improve and win and were delighted when they showed signs of that.
You might be surprised by transfer class size of top football schools. Alabama, Texas, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn St and Notre Dame had 12 or fewer 2025 incoming transfers. They are still centered on building their team through high school recruiting.
I think the team has shown improvement, from where they started until now. I think the staff is putting together a good (for UNC) recruiting class. I think I want to see a lot more improvement as the season goes on, otherwise I'll be in the "fire him" camp.
