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What Belichick’s ex-players are saying about coach’s shocking UNC move originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
In a stunning development, legendary New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick will head to Chapel Hill to lead the North Carolina Tar Heels football program.
Belichick finalized a five-year deal to become UNC’s next head coach, the school announced Wednesday. The six-time Super Bowl champion has never previously coached a college team in his illustrious career.
Belichick joining the collegiate ranks drew plenty of stunned reactions across the football world, including from some of his former players. Patriots greats Tom Brady, Julian Edelman, and Rob Gronkowski said they couldn’t imagine the 72-year-old coaching college kids. Brady even imitated his longtime coach while he scoffed at the concept.
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Nonetheless, Belichick will don Carolina blue the next time he paces the sideline. Another one of his former QBs, Brian Hoyer, shared his reaction to the news on Wednesday’s edition of The Gameplan.
“I think everybody who’s played for Bill, we all have the same reaction,” Hoyer said. “We’ve seen Tom (Brady) talk about it. We’ve seen (Jonathan) Jones has talked about it like, ‘Oh, you want more NIL money? Well, why don’t you worry about your history class?’ Because that’s the way he talked to us. I think he’s gonna have to have some adaptation here.
“Now, I do say, being in this NIL era, he will be able to run it like a pro team because you don’t really don’t have to recruit. You just go in and say, ‘Hey, I’m Bill Belichick. You can come play for me. We’re gonna give you X amount of money. Here’s the deal.’
“If this is pre-NIL era, I think this would be a little different. Him having to walk into someone’s home and recruit Johnny and say, ‘Hey, we really want you’ and all of those things. But this was not on my bingo…
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Author : NBC Sports Boston
Publish date : 2024-12-12 01:38:00
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