10/10/2025 2:31:19 PM

From David Hale on Twitter

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" It's been a min since we've done a good old-fashioned Twitter thread, so let's recap some UNC items... Biggest insight: Barring serious shifts in thinking on either side, don't expect Belichick to go anywhere any time soon. (Note: I don't actually have the energy to do a full thread and X downgrades replies in threads anyway, so this is just one long post. Sorry.) As multiple sources familiar with both sides' thinking have told me, the odds of Belichick coaching UNC in 2026 are "a good bit better" than not. My interpretation is something like 70/30 he's back. Why? On Bill's side, he wants to work and the alternatives are slim at this point. On UNC's side, a lot of powerful folks stuck their necks out to make this hire and aren't ready to call it a failure. But what about all the reports of mass chaos last week? Well, much of that is true on a larger scale, but Belichick & Lombardi tend to view all of this through a very narrow, transactional prism. Don't like what's happening at UNC? Fine. You'll be gone next year and they'll find someone else. The hubris of their approach has been, according to nearly everyone I've talked with, the biggest issue. Start with the on-field product: Belichick and Lombardi arrived assuming they knew it all because of their NFL experience. They cleaned house of almost anyone with any insight into how college works & many mistakes were made. As numerous folks have told me, Belichick knows his stuff when it comes to Xs and Os better than anyone, but translating that into something consumable by college players -- many of whom had zero serious experience previously -- has not worked. The reports that Bill has been inaccessible to players is partially true. He has "his guys" and he is invested in them. Others, including regular contributors, are completely ignored. wral.com/sports/belichi… But the notion that he's not invested is false. Bill's a film rat. He studies and he's eager to have players involved in that process. As we noted in a story before the season, he even moved his office to be more accessible to players. espn.com/college-footba… But when it comes to personal interaction -- again, life is far more transactional than what anyone used to Mack Brown would be comfortable with. That's rubbed a ton of folks the wrong way -- parents, staff, admin. That's why a lot of leaks have happened. Talent evaluation has been a mess, too. Here, most folks point the finger at Lombardi. But it also comes down to Bill & Lombardi simply jettisoning staff and trusting their own instincts over others' experience. As we reported in August, they fired tons of support staff then had to bring some back because they lacked anyone to do the job. "A couple times they brought in good players and ignored them on their visit," a source with direct knowledge of the situation said. "There were times that the kids would be waiting 30, 45 minutes or an hour and then all of a sudden, you're not meeting with Coach Belichick anymore, and we'll go back to the airport." What about the recruiting violations that resulted in an assistant being suspended? Sift through the thousands of pages of FOIA docs I've gotten and you'll see numerous reminders from compliance about the rules. But according to multiple people I've talked with, Lombardi & Co. just didn't much care. They operated with little regard for anything other than expediency and asset building. Lombardi's transactional tactics, as Bruce Feldman et al reported in their terrific story, has been an issue, too. You hear a lot of rumors you can't report but let's just say they all sound similar. nytimes.com/athletic/67040… What I do know is, on multiple occasions when they didn't find players they signed to be useful, they simply cut off NIL/rev share/aid, with parents having to drive to campus on short notice because players were being booted from housing. (One was an international student!) There's also a lot of frustration with all the off-field issues. Using the job as a way to spite the Patriots, the Jordon stuff, the canceled shows, etc. -- losing is one thing. Losing controversially is another. But at the end of the day, the biggest issue remains the losses. Not just that they've lost games but HOW they're losing them. They look awful, the worst team in P4. There was significant frustration over Lombardi's "rebuilding" letter -- both inside the locker room and out. UNC folks were promised, at the very least, an end to the dumb mistakes that cost the Heels games under Brown. Instead, those same dumb mistakes are happening MORE often, along with countless more issues. Everyone knew this wasn't a 1-year project, but no one believed for a second it would look like this. Still, the options now aren't good. Cutting bait isn't in the cards -- for now. Fixing the issues involves admitting mistakes were made and... Bill hasn't done that so far. What's next? Belichick meets with the media tomorrow. I'm sure there will be some interesting questions. Whether he offers any actual answers is far less likely. And that might be the most frustrating part."

10/12/2025 1:52:07 PM

They lost to UAB in soccer today, 2-1. It was tied 1-1 and UAB had a corner kick and a UNC player kicked it in his own goal

10/15/2025 11:00:07 PM

https://www.wral.com/sports/north-carolina-gm-michael-lombardi-saudi-arabia-fundraising-october-2025/

10/17/2025 9:15:22 AM

10/18/2025 2:16:45 AM

Oh, we back! And you hate to see it. . .

10/18/2025 2:18:28 AM

pad

10/18/2025 6:56:07 AM

10/18/2025 10:17:08 AM

LMAO at putting that up immediately after the fumble through the endzone

10/18/2025 10:51:58 AM

LOLLLLL

10/18/2025 11:11:10 AM

^^^glorious

10/18/2025 12:10:13 PM

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" catch and a fumble at the two yard end zone recovered by thedefense"

10/18/2025 5:20:17 PM

https://www.wral.com/sports/three-more-players-leave-unc-football-october-2025/

10/22/2025 1:30:25 PM

^

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"Offensive lineman William Boone, pass rusher Pryce Yates and tight end Yasir Smith are no longer with the team, a UNC official confirmed to WRAL."

Can't believe they lost Pryce Yates. He has the most UNC name of anyone ever.

10/22/2025 4:32:57 PM

CHAPEL HILL LOSES. . . PLAYERS!!!

10/22/2025 4:48:24 PM

BTTT

10/25/2025 3:29:51 PM

Gotem

10/25/2025 3:30:58 PM

^

10/25/2025 3:31:25 PM

That was a HOF call there by Belichick

10/25/2025 3:34:03 PM

10/25/2025 3:50:35 PM

Lol

10/31/2025 10:47:22 PM

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"JUST HOW WAKE DREW IT UP 50 YARD TD AFTER RECOVERING THEIR OWN FUMBLE"

https://bsky.app/profile/sickoscommittee.org/post/3m5p6meddg22l

11/15/2025 11:11:08 PM

lol

11/15/2025 11:46:20 PM

https://www.wral.com/news/investigates/unc-football-players-speeding-driving-charges-november-2025/

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"Our detailed analysis of court records shows that nearly 20 percent of UNC's 101-player roster has been cited for speeding since last October. This translates to 31 speeding charges and 10 reckless driving counts, with a significant portion attributed to athletes recruited under coach Bill Belichick. WRAL will be asking Belichick about this investigation on Wednesday at his weekly football media conference. In stark contrast, NC State's larger roster of 124 players recorded only 10 speeding citations and two reckless driving charges, while Duke saw minimal infractions with only two players charged with speeding ... Particularly concerning is the case of Khmori House, a recent transfer from the University of Washington, who has accumulated five speeding and four reckless driving charges within a short span. On two of the citations, the law enforcement officers noted House's Dodge Charger "must be too much car for him," and that his repeated infractions are no longer a mistake, but a behavioral problem. Two other players recruited by the Belichick regime have also had multiple run-ins with the law. Thaddeus Dixon, another University of Washington transfer, received four tickets for speeding and one for reckless driving. On Feb. 22, Dixon was cited for reckless driving, going 93 in a 50-mph zone. In the citation, the officer noted that Dixon told him he was trying to pass another car. In one of those tickets, Dixon was charged with going 93 in a 70 mile per hour zone and his car was not insured at the time. As recently as Nov. 13, Dixon was pulled over for speeding and was cited for driving with a revoked license. Gavin Gibson also has one reckless driving charge and four speeding tickets, including one in a school zone that he pleaded down. During another traffic stop where Gibson was cited for going 90 in 70 zone, the officer wrote Gibson asked if the ticket was going to be for reckless driving. When the officer said "No," Gibson was thankful.."

11/19/2025 1:45:09 PM

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"Top-seeded UNC field hockey falls short against Northwestern in overtime, 4-3, to end season"

you hate to see it

11/22/2025 12:17:54 AM

4 home games, 8 away...is that normal?

11/22/2025 12:39:17 AM

Ya hate to see it

11/22/2025 6:49:12 PM

#First #NoWhammies #TooSoon

11/29/2025 10:52:37 PM

^nice jinx x100

11/29/2025 10:56:45 PM

#Sorry

[Edited on November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM. Reason : #NotSorry]

11/29/2025 10:59:03 PM

I'm starting to worry Belichick won't win the Super Bowl this year

11/29/2025 11:04:23 PM

5 loses in a row to not a rival

11/29/2025 11:04:39 PM

Children born Christmas 2020 have never seen unc beat nc state in football!!

11/29/2025 11:06:13 PM

Ya hate to see it

11/29/2025 11:13:59 PM

11/29/2025 11:17:05 PM

Ross martin yesterday

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"Great note by @GSBarnes23: Last time UNC football lost to Wake Forest, Duke, and NC State? 1989. The mighty Wolfpack are 7 point favorites tonight. "

11/30/2025 10:05:54 AM

5 in a row. 8 of 10. 9-4 for the DD era. 14 of 19. 17 of 26 since 2000.

It sure is fun to consistently beat them!

11/30/2025 10:42:16 AM

^I guess they are right; we aren't rivals. They aren't competition anymore.

12/1/2025 6:40:52 PM

https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/elsbeths-shady-jordon-hudson-bill-belichick-age-gap-romance-references/

12/4/2025 10:11:44 PM

Interesting video on the hiring of Belichick and their disaster of a season

https://www.wral.com/news/investigates/northcarolina-inside-the-bill-belichick-hiring-process-coaching-carolina-december-2025/

12/26/2025 12:46:56 AM

Gonna lose to SMU.

1/3/2026 4:10:35 PM

Gio back in the portal???

1/5/2026 4:03:40 PM

Bttt

1/14/2026 11:22:24 PM

[Edited on January 14, 2026 at 11:24 PM. Reason : ^ cheater]

1/14/2026 11:23:52 PM

yay I guess

1/17/2026 6:43:57 PM

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"Bill Belichick will join the ACC Network’s on-site coverage of the College Football Playoff national championship game Monday, ESPN announced Friday."

Completely trivial and meaningless, but wHy IsN't He On ThE rEcRuItInG tRaIl

1/19/2026 12:28:21 AM

No first ballot HOF for Coach Bill!

You hate to see it. . .

1/27/2026 7:14:04 PM

that's kind of wild actually. if he didn't coach anywhere this past season he would've been in imo.

1/27/2026 9:02:42 PM

LOL

^nah it’s the voters “punishing” him for spygate and deflategate. Which is bullshit imo, the voters lost a lot of credibility and look childish

1/27/2026 9:30:26 PM

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/if-bill-belichick-isnt-a-first-ballot-hall-of-famer-no-one--not-even-tom-brady--should-ever-be-again-001619891.html?

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"Here’s the basic truth. Multiple Hall of Fame voters tried to get too cute, or they tried to settle personal vendettas with Belichick at the expense of a fair recounting of the game’s history. There are ways to convey the stains on a Hall of Fame inductee’s record to future generations — including it as part of his official profile, for instance. But to exclude Belichick, even for a year, comes across as petty and unbecoming. Look, there are so many reasons for the rest of the NFL to loathe Belichick and the Patriots — six shiny Lombardi-shaped ones, to start — but you have to recognize his absolute mastery of the NFL for two decades. Love him or hate him, the one thing you couldn’t ever do is disregard him. One measure of a candidate’s worthiness for the Hall of Fame is whether you can tell the full story of the game’s history without including him. It’s literally impossible to tell the story of the NFL in the 21st century without Bill Belichick, just like it was literally impossible to imagine navigating a season from 2001 to 2019 without accounting for the Patriots. Now, unfortunately, some Hall of Fame voters have made themselves part of the story as well. That’s not honoring the game, that’s grandstanding. They did not — as Belichick himself would say — do their job. "

[Edited on January 27, 2026 at 9:45 PM. Reason : Z]

1/27/2026 9:44:16 PM