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For a minute, it seemed like a mafia movie.
Bill Belichick, the godfather of football over the last two decades, entered the room on time, his second punctual appearance of the regular season at the lectern.
Just before that, outgoing athletic director Bubba Cunningham walked into his first Monday presser and watched from behind the media. Then three UNC heavyweights came in the same door as Belichick and stood shoulder to shoulder off to the left.
Chancellor Lee Roberts, football general manager/consigliere Mike Lombardi and incoming athletic director Steve Newmark were apparently showing support for Belichick, who “categorically” denied multiple reports he was working out an exit plan with them.
Two media members snickered that he would pull out a paper napkin with the scribbled message “I quit” as he did to resign as head coach of the NFL Jets 25 years ago right after accepting the job.
Belichick is not leaving with $30-plus million guarantees for him and his staff. Rather, it’s whether UNC is willing to admit it made a mistake and start over with a new coach who will not be in the news cycle every single day.
It’s far more about the long-lasting damage to UNC’s brand, image and reputation.
No question, Belichick knows what to do with a football team, departing the NFL with six Super Bowl rings and the second most coaching wins in history. But the Carolina program is now on life support because, as he admits, he expected to find better players when he arrived and can’t do much about it right now.
Yet, he is still talking about next year’s freshman recruiting class, which few other Power 4 programs are doing because they know the new key to the college game is the transfer portal and revenue share.
Going to Cal for a Friday night, 10:30 p.m. game, most objective observers know what the future holds for Belichick’s first college team, now 2-3 but unlikely to win more than one of its remaining seven games. The Bears from Berkeley, 4-2, are already two touchdown favorites despite getting hammered by Duke, which was much better and will come to Kenan Stadium in November and beat the Tar Heels again.
And no matter how bad N.C. State is playing, the Wolfpack is more talented than the Tar Heels and will own them a fifth straight time in Raleigh. That’s why UNC needs another coach with a vision and not a veteran who has too much to learn.
After his opening remarks, Belichick answered the same questions and repeated it’s “a process” that they are all working hard at. Will he replace some of his inexperienced staff who have to bust their butts learning how to recruit the right players and land enough of them to calm the natives next season?
Maybe, but the roster won’t improve much with the steep learning curve he acknowledges.
As for the mafia movie, we are at intermission but have a good idea how it will end.
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Art Chansky is a veteran journalist who has written ten books, including best-sellers “Game Changers,” “Blue Bloods,” and “The Dean’s List.” He has contributed to WCHL for decades, having made his first appearance as a student in 1971. His “Sports Notebook” commentary airs daily on the 97.9 The Hill WCHL and his “Art’s Angle” opinion column runs weekly on Chapelboro.Chapelboro.com does not charge subscription fees, and you can directly support our efforts in local journalism here. Want more of what you see on Chapelboro? Let us bring free local news and community information to you by signing up for our newsletter.
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