Bill Belichick's Impact at North Carolina: Will He Stay?

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00:00A team that's playing much better as of late happens to be Bill Belichick and the North Carolina Tar Heels.

00:06They were seven and a half point home favorites over Stanford.

00:09They got the win, but no cover 20 to 15 over the Cardinal.

00:14But this is a team that has shown more consistency.

00:17Bill Belichick came out today and said that he's focused on ACC opponents.

00:22He's not focused now on the current opening in the NFL with the New York Giants.

00:27He's been mentioned as being a potential candidate.

00:31What do you feel about North Carolina and big picture about Bill Belichick?

00:35Will he, in fact, be in college football next season?

00:38You know, I think he is.

00:40I think he will.

00:41I think he sees now that he's got it's almost like he's got something to prove.

00:45Because when the first game or two came about, I said, where's his heart?

00:49What's he doing at North Carolina?

00:51Doesn't seem to have his total commitment to that program or the motivations not there.

00:57And yet I've watched the way he's played.

01:00And I've always had a saying, when you turn around a bad program, it starts out, you lose

01:05big, then you lose close, then you win close, and then you win big.

01:10Well, he's gone through all those phases until now.

01:13He's winning close.

01:14And he's really got a chance to shock everybody and get to a bowl game.

01:18So I think he sees light at the end of the tunnel.

01:22Such a bad start.

01:23But I think he also sees light at the end of the tunnel.

01:25And I got a feeling, just as a matter of pride and a matter of to prove it to others, that

01:31they're going to go out there and get this program turned around.

01:34They have won two straight.

01:36They do have the ability.

01:37They play Wake Forest this weekend and have the ability to win maybe five straight down

01:42the stretch.

01:43There are four and five overall right now.

01:45Two more wins and they become bowl eligible.

01:47And you would think that at least in year number one, getting to a bowl, reading out the

01:52players that fit the scheme and don't fit the scheme, potentially the biggest progression

01:57we talk about a first-year head coach happens to be from year one to year number two.

02:02So that program then is set up for success in 2026.

02:07And coach, they're doing it in the interior, right?

02:10They're running the football better, playing better sound defense.

02:13And that's all you can ask for in respect to the second half of the regular season.

02:18And they're trending.

02:20You know, if you go five and five or you're sitting at four and five and you've lost three

02:25out of your last four, then you're heading in the wrong direction.

02:27But they're winning now.

02:29They're moving in that right direction.

02:30Like I mentioned, lose big, lose close, win close.

02:34And they have gone through those phases, lost a couple of games, really, on the goal line

02:39that they should have won.

02:40And it would have even been bigger now.

02:42So really, I think they're trending in that direction.

02:45And he knows how to win football games.

02:46He knows how to build a football program.

02:48He's now, I think, got his program committed.

02:52He's committed, got his staff.

02:54And I'll be anxious to see how it finishes out.

02:56Because whether they get to a bowl game or not, they're trending.

03:00They're trending in the right direction.

03:02They're moving that program where they want it to go.

03:05And we'll see how it plays out.

03:06Winners of two of the last three.

03:08And North Carolina will be, in fact, bowl eligible for 2025, a program that's looking

03:14to become bowl eligible.

03:16Went on the road last weekend into Death Valley with Florida State.

03:19Coach, they were catching basically two points in that matchup.

03:23They went into Death Valley.

03:24The defense fell apart in the second half.

03:27They only put up 10 points.

03:28Couldn't run the football effectively.

03:30They lose it by 14 points.

03:32And now, Mike Norvell is facing the hot seat rumors yet again.

03:37Give me your thoughts about that performance last Saturday night.

03:40And where does Florida State go from here?

03:42You know, they're so inconsistent.

03:45One week, they can't play defense.

03:47The next week, they can't play offense.

03:49Even though they lead the nation or top three in total offense, they go up against a Duke

03:54team that gave up.

03:55How many points did Duke give up last week to Clemson?

03:58And although they still won, and they come out and get 10 points.

04:02That's all they can get is 10 points, 110 yards rushing, 250 passing.

04:07And that's what they hang their hat on.

04:09And so, one week, it's bad defense.

04:11One week, it's bad offense.

04:13I think I saw in the press conference where Mike Norvell is saying, we're going to win

04:17a championship.

04:18I really think he's pleading his case.

04:20He's pleading his case.

04:21Hang on.

04:22Next year, we got it.

04:24But I think they're still concerned with the program, not wanting to fire their head coach.

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