The North Carolina plans to authorize the NFL reality series of HBO “Hard Knocks” in the inner sanctuary of all that is Bill Belichick.
History is not just North Carolina and HBO I could not reach an agreement.
Is that Belichicknew Heels The coach and the king to control the story, need “hard blows” more than it needs.
Provide players – be it recruitment of the lycée or the transfer portal – requires it. In this new world of university football where the money is the king and the recognition of the names is secondary, it is money on the flash of the rings of the past super bowl.
And when all things are equal and the money is similar, elite players flock to brand schools. Not the North Carolina.
The fact that someone from North Carolina sold Belichick on the idea of authorizing HBO inside his inner sanctuary underlines critical reality by looking at Belichick.
He fights a lost battle by recruiting elite players because he fights in solid and unwavering DNA years in the elite of sport. Blue blood programs are gaining big, others have trouble keeping the pace.
Consider this: the last national champion of the first time in university football was Florida in 1996. A new national champion for the first time covering nearly three decades and three iterations in the playoffs (Bowl Alliance, Bowl Championship Series, College Football Playoff).
It should not be surprising that Belichick’s first recruitment class, limited by a 10 -week hunting rifle, included a whole player With a national classification, according to the composite 247Sports.
Its transfer portal course was better and finished n ° 14 of the country, although the classification reflects the quantity (18 players) as much as quality.
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Do you want to know why Belichick needs “hard blows”? Because Belichick needs something, anything, to sell his program.
He needs a way to reach players in one way that no other program can. Take out your phone, open the application and watch North Caroline football – and how you can be part of something unique.
Belichick must reach players at their level, not try to sell them on his. Young people are visual and transactionary.
It is to see and believe, and buy and receive.
It is easy to see and believe what Georgia, Ohio State, Alabama and Michigan – and many other Blue Blood programs – sell. The results are tangible, no vision is necessary.
The sale of Belichick to the players now is to look at my rings, I will prepare you better for the NFL than any other coach.
Belichick and its staff recruit players who see the NFL like Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs of Kansas CityNot Belichick, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Elite players now see university football as a way to win dollars in Blue Blood programs on the NFL path.
Not a development route in a program with zero history, suddenly supported by one of the most prolific coaches in the history of the NFL.
Belichick – The most buttoned coach, the most or the road, the media and the media on the planet – never allowed the “hard blows” in the Bulle of Patriots in New England. He didn’t need it.
He does it now.
Open the doors and remove the curtain on practice and meetings and allow the cameras to see and film everything. The compromise is worth the risk: a reality show stifling each of your movements, because it directly influencing the actors of the school and the transfer portal.
Even if “Hard Knocks” wants more access than you are ready to give. Even if the “hard blows” will bring a circus to your meticulously controlled environment.
You win in university football with elite players. It is a simple formula of recruitment chain for the first five and to find the right quarter.
Belichcik neither has nor the other and currently has seven commitments for the 2026 class. None are classified nationally and the seven have a three -star note.
You do not gain big in university football with three -star players. The sooner Belichick kisses this, earlier he gets back to the “hard blows”.
He needs more than what they need.
Matt Hayes is the National Editor of National University Football for USA Today Sports Network. Follow him on x to @Matthayescfb.
This article originally appeared on USA Today: Bill Belichick, Caroline du Nord Snubbing Hard Knocks hurts recruitment
