Paul Finebaum says Bill Belichick ‘would be wise to walk out now’
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The Bill Belichick Collegiate Experienceâ„¢ has not lived up to the hype. North Carolina is 2-3 this season, but the Tar Heels are 0-3 versus Power 4 competition. Their average margin of defeat in those contests? A whopping 29 points.
Some would say the Belichick-UNC experiment could not have gone worse to this point. However, numerous off-field developments — the cancelation of the Tar Heels’ docuseries, an illegal benefits investigation, etc. — may actually be able to turn things from terrible to disastrous. As a result, Belichick is reportedly looking for a way out of Chapel Hill. And Paul Finebaum doesn’t blame him.
Finebaum joined Get Up to discuss Belichick on Thursday morning. The SEC Network host openly supported Belichick’s rumored plan of exit, believing there actually may be another level for UNC’s program to fall down to if he sticks around.
“It feels to me like it is over, and I think his behavior is indicative of that,” Finebaum stated. “He basically took a week off during the bye… I’ve never heard of a coach, in big time college football, to do something like that… so, to me, he has checked out. The play on the field has checked out. His coaching has been abysmal. I think Bill Belichick would be wise to walk out now before the humiliation gets any worse.”
Belichick and athletic director Bubba Cunningham released statements reaffirming Belichick’s devotion to the Tar Heels on Wednesday night. Finebaum doesn’t think there’s any merit to those words, considering them to be “completely and totally bogus.” North Carolina is off this week before traveling west to face Cal on Friday, Oct. 17 (10:30 p.m. E.T., ESPN).
