Winning usually solves a lot and it should for UNC.
There's been so much drama surrounding the North Carolina football program that it's almost tough to keep up with it. It's very unfortunate that this continues to be the storyline for the program, but it isn't going to change anytime soon.
Right now, all North Carolina can do is hope things get better and the storm subsides a bit. As for head coach Bill Belichick, he's still to blame for a lot of this, even if he's saying a lot of the right things right now.
Over the past couple of weeks, Belichick has kept saying he wants the best for his players.
He's even gone so far as to say he made some mistakes with hires and other decisions that have impacted his guys.
I like that he's finally taking accountability, and I believe it's a step in the right direction.
Others believe that North Carolina hasn't fired him because he's won the first two games of the season and winning solves everything. I don't think that's unfair to say because of all the stuff we've seen happen in professional sports over the past couple of years, but it's an interesting talking point, to say the least.
“If UNC wanted Belichick out now, he’d be out now. The university’s statement after concluding its internal investigation into the football program's culture and climate reads like an employer with an open mind to giving Beli Ball one last shot…
“Bill Belichick had one chance to prove he could build an operation suited to college football. He failed. If he’s going to get a chance to rebuild his staff, it needs to be with strong oversight from UNC’s administration. If your friends and family embarrass North Carolina once, the university must step in and ensure they don’t get to embarrass it twice,” Blake Toppmeyer of USA TODAY wrote.
It's almost tough to get a feel for what North Carolina wants to do with Belichick. I don't necessarily disagree with Toppmeyer that if North Carolina had started this season 0-2, Belichick would have been gone.
But that isn't what happened, so we don't have a great understanding for how the program feels about him.
