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The latest reports out of North Carolina have the University Board of Trustees meeting to confirm the hiring of Bill Belichick as their new Head Football Coach. While waiting for confirmation, Doug explains how this hire signifies the dramatic changes we have seen in college sports. Belichick is being considered because of his experience managing a paid roster, something that’s relatively new for a college coach.
Doug Gottlieb: “If North Carolina pulls this thing off, again it doesn’t guarantee success, but it does signify how dramatic the change is in college sports. What this hire signifies is not just the professionalization, but the reality that college football is; it’s not just about free agency, it’s about ...waiver wire pick-ups. It’s about evaluating in short order and understanding what you’re going to get for just a one-year plan. And there has never been, OK, never been a coaching staff or an NFL team that’s done a better job on the waiver wire than Bill Belichick’s New England Patriots.”