So now the standard is that he should’ve turned UNC around 1 year because you believe he had enough money to do so? And the failure to do so makes him a bad coach?
Mario Cristobal, at a much more well-resourced program, went 5-7 with a home loss to middle Tennessee in his 1st year. A few short years later, he was playing for a natty.
Like Cristobal, Belichick heal was hired in December, and didn’t have an opportunity to bring in his own guys. How much money he had to spend at that point was irrelevant- he missed the transfer window (for all intents and purposes).
Mack brown went 6-7 and that got him fired. Wikipedia says 52 players from that team then transferred or declared that offseason. Belichick went 4-8 the next season off the aforementioned short offseason. That is year 1 of a rebuild. Now they are over the win total and on the right trajectory.
Brady bs belichick? Brady. The proof is in the pudding. But to pretend belichick doesn’t belong in a league with Fran brown and tosh lapoi as HCs is laughable.
The narrative cherry picking without acknowledging that this is almost exactly the same trajectory that Mario was on at this point in his Miami career is baffling.
I grew up in New England as a Miami Dolphins fan. No one has rooted against Belichick as hard as I have. His genius is absolutely overrated because he had Tom Brady. His decision to hire his son and bring in Lombardi was awful. Truly awful.
But UNC is headed in the right direction in Year 2, nearly knocked off a much more talented No. 1 team in the country and suddenly our fanbase is taking victory laps because our offense dominated a defense where 14 of the 22 guys on the two-deep are underclassmen. We sure showed him!
Thank you for being the voice of reason.
