Belichick to UNC

[co_springs_billsfan]

23 minutes ago, Since1981 said:

Bill’s girlfriend wanted to get accepted at UNC. 
is he doing this to fit in with his girlfriend group?

I half joke. I don’t see it in his personality to teach like this

The ultimate power move "babe, you cross me and I've got your replacement at my fingertips"

[Mikie2times]

2 hours ago, boyst said:

If he brings a pro style office to the NCAA with that guy who helped him in New England then it will be interesting. To get a staff that will scout recruit and do all of that so he doesn't have to necessarily would be huge. I wonder why more colleges don't do this, and now that everybody is just about the money that's about all that matters

More are going the route that is very similar to pro sports. With a GM and more separation from the HC at the recruiting level. Focusing him more on X’s and O’s. This really is close to becoming what the pro game is than what the college game used to be. BB should help facilitate that further. I think it was rather smart to go after him.

[Solomon Grundy]

I'm ready to write a Schoolhouse Rock song for his appointment. I'm just a Bill...and I'm going to coach at Chapel Hill😎

[eball]

Mike Lombardi is his GM.  Carolina is on the verge of really changing things.

 

[Whkfc]

Random mom: "Hey Billy coach Belichick is on the phone.

Coach: "Hey Billy we would love to have you play here a NC. If not we're on to the next kid."

[BobbyC81]

9 hours ago, Mikie2times said:

More are going the route that is very similar to pro sports. With a GM and more separation from the HC at the recruiting level. Focusing him more on X’s and O’s. This really is close to becoming what the pro game is than what the college game used to be. BB should help facilitate that further. I think it was rather smart to go after him.

He still will have to put up with players threatening to go into the transfer portal if they don’t get the NIL money they want and/or playing time. 
 

Isnt he friends with Saban, who retired because of that BS?

[DrDawkinstein]

1 hour ago, BobbyC81 said:

He still will have to put up with players threatening to go into the transfer portal if they don’t get the NIL money they want and/or playing time. 
 

Isnt he friends with Saban, who retired because of that BS?

 

Might be easier for him with already being used to Free Agency 🤷‍♂️

 

Also why he has made it clear to UNC that they will need to spend, spend, spend. The school AND the boosters alike.

[Dan in Owego]

Wonder if LT had anything to do with this???

[Warriorspikes51]

I wanted him as a consultant / gameday manager

[WotAGuy]

 

[Strethor]

I saw a picture of him at Kenan Stadium with his dad as a kid while his dad coached for UNC. Really cool full circle moment for him plus he is more in touch with that age group because of his girlfriend 🤣

[dave mcbride]

19 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

Yes, but again, that's not why he was a zero star QB.   We're not talking about him being 5'7" 160.   There was a 5 star QB last year who was 6'1".   I think people just get too caught up in the idea that he was not considered even physically capable of becoming a good college QB.   Every year when the story gets told his HS self gets a little smaller though.  Here is the story from 2019:

 

"At the time, Josh was about 6-foot-3 and 180 pounds. He hadn't attended the elite quarterback camps and wasn't a widely known prospect. His high school team didn't participate in many 7-on-7 camps because Josh and many of his teammates were busy playing baseball and other sports. He was the leading scorer on his basketball team and also pitched on the baseball team, reaching 90 mph with his fastball."

 

Like I said,  Allen simply didn't follow the same path as most QB recruits do.   He didn't transfer to a school where competition was better, he didn't go to all the camps and play 7 on 7 football year round etc..  

 

 

Yeah, I'm noticing that his high school-era size is now a bit of a moving target. I've definitely seen clips/read stuff that say he was 6'1". For instance, www.buffalobills.com: "Allen was a 6-1 guard in high school." https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-today-where-would-josh-allen-s-basketball-skills-rank-among-nfl-qbs

 

Check this out:

 

'Before Josh committed to Wyoming, however, he made one last plea to Fresno State's coaches. The Bulldogs had just received a commitment from quarterback Chason Virgil, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound high school prospect from Mesquite, Texas. Virgil was shorter and lighter than Josh was during his senior year at Firebaugh High, when he said the Bulldogs told him he didn't fit the prototype of what they wanted in a quarterback.

After Virgil committed to Fresno State, Josh sent a terse email to an assistant coach: "6-1, 170?"

 

"Yeah, we got our guy," the assistant responded. "Good luck."'

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20117075/wyoming-cowboys-josh-allen-goes-unknown-no-1-pick-nfl-draft-buzz

Edited December 12 by dave mcbride

[BADOLBILZ]

10 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

Yeah, I'm noticing that his high school-era size is now a bit of a moving target. I've definitely seen clips/read stuff that say he was 6'1". For instance, www.buffalobills.com: "Allen was a 6-1 guard in high school." https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-today-where-would-josh-allen-s-basketball-skills-rank-among-nfl-qbs

 

Check this out:

 

'Before Josh committed to Wyoming, however, he made one last plea to Fresno State's coaches. The Bulldogs had just received a commitment from quarterback Chason Virgil, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound high school prospect from Mesquite, Texas. Virgil was shorter and lighter than Josh was during his senior year at Firebaugh High, when he said the Bulldogs told him he didn't fit the prototype of what they wanted in a quarterback.

After Virgil committed to Fresno State, Josh sent a terse email to an assistant coach: "6-1, 170?"

 

"Yeah, we got our guy," the assistant responded. "Good luck."'

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20117075/wyoming-cowboys-josh-allen-goes-unknown-no-1-pick-nfl-draft-buzz

 

Yeah teams just weren't sold on him 10 years ago.   I'm sure the average college recruiting process has changed a bit now but it was a time when coaches saw you had the opportunity to do all this football all year round...........so if you weren't doing it it likely served as a simple way to grade out certain players.  

[boyst]

He took Lombardi, a super bowl winning GM. the guy is going to change the way college football is run.

 

i said in the other thread it will be awesome when he gets his buddies to do:

Nick Saban - OC

Pete Carrol - Assistant DC

Brian Daboll - QB Coach

[BucketList]

Not interested 

[chongli]

Did not see this posted. Looks like we dodged a bullet:

 

 

 

From the ESPN article:

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/42968588/source-bill-belichick-inquired-jets-coaching-vacancy

 

"Belichick, who quit the Jets in 2000, tormented them for two decades as the New England Patriots' coach and recently made critical comments about owner Woody Johnson, personally reached out to inquire about the opening, a source confirmed to ESPN on Saturday

 

he Athletic first reported that Belichick's camp had contacted the Jets, with the New York Post reporting that Belichick himself made the inquiry. There were no formal discussions with the Jets, who fired Robert Saleh on Oct. 7."

 

[...]
 

"Belichick, in his various media roles, was critical of Johnson for his decision to fire Saleh only five games into the season. The acrimony goes back a quarter-century.

 

After serving on Bill Parcells' staff from 1997 to 1999, Belichick walked away from the Jets on the day he was supposed to succeed Parcells, famously resigning as the "HC of the NY Jets." Belichick quit, in part, because he didn't want to work for Johnson, who had just purchased the team.

 

Belichick sued to get out of his Jets contract, leading to a trade to New England, where he won six Super Bowls.

 

In 2007, the Jets blew the whistle on Belichick for illegally videotaping their coaches during a game, sparking the Spygate scandal."

Edited December 14 by chongli

[reddogblitz]

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[Billsatlastin2018]

Heard about the ESPN take by Seth Wickersham story today on Sirius ‘Mad Dog Sports’ Channel, which I listen to daily. Today, the discussion was a 1/2 hour with the well spoken author, followed by 1.5 hours of discussion on the content and Billy’s decision.

 

 

"This is a big f--- you to the NFL," another Belichick confidant says.

 

Maybe.

 

WE all know what Billy Boy’s epitaph will be.

 

“We’re on to Cincinnati.”

 

In short, that was a polite “***** YOU” to Sports reporters.

But really, for his entire career with the Patsies, it was a giant ‘***** you’ to everyone! 

 

That is, it was him telling everyone:

 

“I’m in total control here and you… all of you… from sports reporter to players to GM to owner… are most assuredly ***** not! I will do whatever I want, whenever I want. I don’t have to answer to anybody about any decision I make about football and I am NOT!

 

Not today, not tomorrow, not ever!

 

So, Belichick may think Kraft sandbagged him with the Falcon’s owner and he most assuredly did.

 

But, he doesn’t get that there were 8 HCing jobs available last year in the NFL and the phone only rang twice at Billy’s for an interview!

 

THAT was most assuredly a giant FU from the NFL to Billy!

 

His style, way of doing things, wanting total absolute control of every single thing, is in the NFL’s rear view mirror now. They don’t want that or him.

 

The first host was a bit incredulous at this and the non interviews given Billy’s GOAT status. The second and more said things change and not because Billy is a phenomenal prick, albeit a great phenomenal prick. NFL teams simply don’t want curmudgeon him being the face of their franchises anymore.

 

So, off he goes to this silly job with Lombardi to a team another sports goat- Mike played for… but on the hardwood! The football side has never won anything. There was also discussion that Bubba the NC Athletics Ops head, was not in favour of Bill.

 

At least his 24 year old girl friend will feel more comfortable with people her own age! 😜

[TheFunPolice]

Right now if you say Andy Reid is the true GOAT most of the "real football guys" don't take you seriously.

 

Yeah, and I remember the good old days of Brady being a "system QB" too. Who says that now? 

 

15 years from now there will be the Belichick guys but it'll be said often that Reid is the GOAT HC.

 

He was in the top 10 all time in HC wins before Mahomes took a single snap. Now he has his QB and look what happens. Belichick got his at the start of his career, so he's known as a winner because he did it right away. 

 

Health is the only thing that will stop Reid from breaking Shula's record. Not sure he'll get the 6 rings as HC, so the Belichick guys will always have that. 

 

But even now there's a lot of "it was mostly Brady" talk. Give it a decade or so when Reid is #1 all time in wins as HC, likely has 4 or 5 rings, and had a longer track record of success playing his game and took 2 different teams to the Super Bowl. 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 15 by TheFunPolice

[SectionC3]

I am HIGHLY confident Belichick was 

talking to Jax early in the season.  I see UNC as a placeholder job.  No good NFL job available this year, he doesn’t have time or desire for a rebuild, and he’s better off waiting for a job with an established QB (Eagles, Miami, Bills) to maybe open in early 2026.