Why? Memphis has a large NIL deal with FedEx valued at $5 million per year. We're in DFW. How we haven't cultivated a similar deal with any of the 24 Fortune 500 companies located in the metroplex is an indictment on our leadership but it doesn't mean shutdown the program. Number 3 in the nation in volume of Fortune 500s and can't get a dang NIL deal...
If SMU can step in, day 1, and win your conference... your conference is in disarray & is ripe for the taking. Now's the time to gamble like this for UNC.
Kids today though are 'built different', and I really don't know how they're going to respond to a no-nonsense, hard-ass coach like Belichick. If he gets talented guys who are willing to work without coddling, the sky's the limit for UNC. If he's too hard on these kids, they'll bomb hard.
Even in an era where almost anything goes, I predict SMU is going to find a way to break a serious rule that actually gets enforced. Then it's another three decades in the wilderness and the grandchildren of today's SMU fans are posting on message boards in the 2050s vowing revenge.
Also, FSU will still be suing the ACC to get out of the conference.
To be clear, i don't think he's going to run the program into the ground... i just think it will be more of what UNC has been... a lot of 7-5, 8-4 type seasons.
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