On the ESPN Power Index , UNC football is 120 out of 136 and you have a PR nightmare. Good job. Give him a bonus. There are stories about the hiring of BB, and they may have not gone through the vetting process in the right way. Even if BB is canned, the next guy is walking into the same mess. People understand that the first year is not easy. I'm not sure what that has to do with most of the headlines.
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This is looking a lot like the “Phil Jackson as GM of the Knicks” fiasco, where Phil took $60 Million of Jimmy Dolan’s money and did absolutely nothing but cash the checks.
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I can’t think of a tougher gig right now than being a UNC sport’s fan. Well, they can always turn to women’s soccer for a mental boost. Right? They are usually loaded with talent. Yesterday, I watched the Duke-UNC match, which was pleasant, but the post-analysis
was even more interesting. They have some self-inflicted wounds.https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/sports-womens-soccer-duke-side-oct-2025-20251014
The announcers discussed the current situation with UNC and their chances of even making the ACC championships. The ACC has five teams in the top ten, and only six teams “earn” the right to compete. Can UNC Women’s Soccer Hang with the Big Girls?
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mayesrandall wrote:
I can’t think of a tougher gig right now than being a UNC sport’s fan.
Ever heard of Club Rugby?
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The students/townspeople in Chapel Hill started counting the days until the first basketball game on the first day of classes. There is more concern about UNC only being #25 in the preseason poll than there is about football
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mayesrandall wrote:
I can’t think of a tougher gig right now than being a UNC sport’s fan.
You know that you are on a running message board, right? How will Duke fair vs UNC at ACC XC?
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UNC's remaining football odds according to ESPN.
CAL 24%
UVA 13%
CUSE 22%
STAN 54%
Wake 22%
Duke 11%
NC State 15%
BB says he's not going anywhere.
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used to live there wrote:
The students/townspeople in Chapel Hill started counting the days until the first basketball game on the first day of classes. There is more concern about UNC only being #25 in the preseason poll than there is about football
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Your cousin from Boston wrote:
That’s what it’s looking more and more like after this scathing report from WRAL.
Both sides looking for a buyout.
By most indications the story that both sides are seeking an out is bogus. Now they maybe should be, but they are not.
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used to live there wrote:
The students/townspeople in Chapel Hill started counting the days until the first basketball game on the first day of classes. There is more concern about UNC only being #25 in the preseason poll than there is about football
UNC squeaked in the top 25 by 3 points over NC State. Unless they are a legitimate team, they will be on the outside looking in really quick. NC State has Lubin, a UNC transfer, and a transfer named Williams who along with Cameron Boozer (Duke) were voted the pre-season top players in the ACC.
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soooo snored wrote:
mayesrandall wrote:
I can’t think of a tougher gig right now than being a UNC sport’s fan.
You know that you are on a running message board, right? How will Duke fair vs UNC at ACC XC?
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!
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Why would the folks at UNC expect instant success?
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Give it a year or two wrote:
Why would the folks at UNC expect instant success?
It's more than instant success. UNC is stuck with Shimp from the 3 Stooges and that is why journalists aren't taking UNC sports seriously. It's entertainment.
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Ok but who is the white knight they’re going to replace him with to save UNC football? the real options are
1. Fire BB and return to football irrelevancy
2. Play out the string on BBs tenure and hope he can turn it around.
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deflategate
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don't see it happening wrote:
If he is fired his buyout is $30 million + the need to buyout all of his assistant coaches. He won't resign unless he has something else lined up and I doubt he will get another coaching job so it would have to be as a broadcaster. I don't see that happening either; he is not nearly "likeable" enough.
That is 200 x $100,000 and 10 x $1,000,000 salaries salaries for runners.
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schools need to stop hiring someone based on their name/rep who cannot relate to young athletes...not everyone is brady
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deflategate wrote:
deflategate
That was total BS and real scientists proved it.
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