You think he won't be able to recruit?
As part of his deal to become North Carolina's new football coach, Belichick is already giving himself a pass from recruiting; he doesn't want to deal with it.
He plans to run the program as an NFL developmental program, similar to what Arizona State declared when hiring Herm Edwards. The difference being Belichick has the organization and attention to detail to see his vision through, unlike Herm Edwards and AD Ray Anderson whose bungled management put ASU under NCAA sanctions.
Belichick would require "historical levels of investment" on the part of UNC, encompassing:
"salary minimums position by position and a willingness to hire two staffs: a coaching staff run by Belichick; a recruitment staff run by a sitting college GM." His deal will pay $10M/yr.
Belichick is also requesting a hiring condition that appoints his son, Steve Belichick, as UNC head coach-in-waiting. Another condition of hiring:
"Any potential staff would include Matt Patricia, Ben McDaniels (Texans passing game coordinator and brother of Josh McDaniels) as well as a sitting college GM who would handle general operations." Sounds like Belichick is taking a job he doesn't need but serves the purpose of setting his buddies up with jobs and his son with a future head coaching gig all while alleviating himself of certain of the more grinding coaching tasks like recruiting.
Most everybody is surprised, thinking Belichick was only asserting his name into UNC's coaching search to send a message that he's serious about getting back into coaching. Most surprised are the arrogant NFL media experts like Florio and Schlereth - the same crowd who back in 2015 expended hours of airtime baffled over why Jim Harbaugh would ever choose to coach college over their beloved NFL. This morning all the NFL shows are leading with Belichick to UNC coverage.
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