{"id":202835,"date":"2025-10-05T05:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T05:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/202835\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T05:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T05:26:08","slug":"bill-belichick-tar-heels-will-keep-doing-what-were-doing-but-do-them-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/202835\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Belichick: Tar Heels will &#8220;keep doing what we&#8217;re doing but do them better&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, it was another non-FCS opponent for Bill Belichick and North Carolina. And it ended in another blowout loss.<\/p>\n<p>Clemson won in Chapel Hill, 38-10.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, Belichick said there won\u2019t be wholesale changes to the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main thing we need to do is to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/46489144\/bill-belichick-stay-course-unc-flounders-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">keep doing what we\u2019re doing but do them better<\/a>,\u201d Belichick said, via David Hale of ESPN.com. \u201cFundamentally we\u2019re not doing the wrong things, we\u2019re just not doing them well enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He blamed the latest defeat on mistakes made at \u201ctwo or three critical times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lack of concentration, and part of that is coaching, too, so I\u2019ll take my share of the responsibility,\u201d Belichick said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to do that, when he has the job security that comes with the long-term deal North Carolina gave him earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, North Carolina G.M. Mike Lombardi sent an email to donors and boosters <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/mike-lombardi-tells-unc-donors-that-the-program-will-focus-on-freshmen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">outlining a plan<\/a> that hinges on the heavy recruitment of high-school players. Belichick was asked about his message to potential recruits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re honest with them, honest that we\u2019re building, and if you want to be a part of a program that\u2019s being built, then we\u2019re here for you,\u201d Belichick said.<\/p>\n<p>Current UNC receiver Jordan Shipp didn\u2019t seem to appreciate that message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not here to rebuild, I\u2019m here to win football games,\u201d Shipp said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m here. Whatever they\u2019re doing with the donors, that has nothing to do with me. I\u2019m here to win football games and that\u2019s what 100 percent of my focus is on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far, nothing is working. In three games against Power Four schools, Belichick\u2019s new team has been outscored 120-33. And even though Belichick\u2019s five-year contract is fully guaranteed through 2027, it\u2019s possible that UNC will decide that the program needs a new General Manager \u2014 sooner than later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Saturday, it was another non-FCS opponent for Bill Belichick and North Carolina. And it ended in another&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-202835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}