I have an idea for what Belichick is going to do at UNC....for his son and the program.
This is likely a 1 year thing...or short term. He's 72. He's coming in to install a system at UNC. He's going to show them what it will take to build a structure. He's going to be the man running the program and showing what it takes to win. College is becoming pro sports....he's going to get them a structure in place. Once he gets that structure in place....he passes it to his son.
I've brought up a lot how Stoops becoming more of a CEO of a team like a GM/Director of football ops. In this era....a program like ours....you just can't expect 1 guy to do everything from grade checks, workouts, game-plan, recruit, fundraise, etc. without burnout. Bigger programs have the resources where these tasks are delegated easily. Now whether Stoops does it or we get an actual GM....there needs to be a move towards this and UNC/Bill will be the test case.
Belichick was the GM in New England. He was constantly working on scouting players in college....undrafted free agents were his specialty too. He looked for things that would fit in his system. He also had an idea about the type of attitude a player had that would fit in the NFL. He's talking about making UNC the stop to go for NFL development....he's going to have a scouting operation targeting the portal and all over the country. He's going to build a front office staff and coaching staff that runs like a NFL franchise.
It's like what Pat Riley did for the Miami Heat. Pat had been in LA under Jerry West for years...he saw what their organization did....he also was with the Knicks during their great years too. When he came to the Heat....he started out coaching but built the structure from what he learned from the successful organizations he was in at the time. He installed it and moved into the management role....and passed it on to Spolestra and their whole operation and he turned them into a top brand.
I don't know if it's Stoops that does it....but UNC is showing the blueprint. We need to re-think the operation side. We need to bring in some lower level pro scouts that have worked in NFL front-offices....similar to how we brought in a low level assistant of Sean McVay. We need those guys to install a structure and become MONEYBALL. We need to be scouting players all year and have a data base. We need to have guys that build an operation on how to fundraise and know the funds needed to allocate. Right now...the coaching staff is essentially the front-office....which if you have a big staff budget like Bama/Tennessee/Texas then you don't have to have it. But we have to innovate and be smarter now.
Hire some numbers guys....NFL front office guys....NFL scouts....it's pro football now. We need to build the infrastructure now. The bigger programs will always have talent/money....but you've seen organizations that move first have stayed ahead for decades. It's time to move in this direction.
This is likely a 1 year thing...or short term. He's 72. He's coming in to install a system at UNC. He's going to show them what it will take to build a structure. He's going to be the man running the program and showing what it takes to win. College is becoming pro sports....he's going to get them a structure in place. Once he gets that structure in place....he passes it to his son.
I've brought up a lot how Stoops becoming more of a CEO of a team like a GM/Director of football ops. In this era....a program like ours....you just can't expect 1 guy to do everything from grade checks, workouts, game-plan, recruit, fundraise, etc. without burnout. Bigger programs have the resources where these tasks are delegated easily. Now whether Stoops does it or we get an actual GM....there needs to be a move towards this and UNC/Bill will be the test case.
Belichick was the GM in New England. He was constantly working on scouting players in college....undrafted free agents were his specialty too. He looked for things that would fit in his system. He also had an idea about the type of attitude a player had that would fit in the NFL. He's talking about making UNC the stop to go for NFL development....he's going to have a scouting operation targeting the portal and all over the country. He's going to build a front office staff and coaching staff that runs like a NFL franchise.
It's like what Pat Riley did for the Miami Heat. Pat had been in LA under Jerry West for years...he saw what their organization did....he also was with the Knicks during their great years too. When he came to the Heat....he started out coaching but built the structure from what he learned from the successful organizations he was in at the time. He installed it and moved into the management role....and passed it on to Spolestra and their whole operation and he turned them into a top brand.
I don't know if it's Stoops that does it....but UNC is showing the blueprint. We need to re-think the operation side. We need to bring in some lower level pro scouts that have worked in NFL front-offices....similar to how we brought in a low level assistant of Sean McVay. We need those guys to install a structure and become MONEYBALL. We need to be scouting players all year and have a data base. We need to have guys that build an operation on how to fundraise and know the funds needed to allocate. Right now...the coaching staff is essentially the front-office....which if you have a big staff budget like Bama/Tennessee/Texas then you don't have to have it. But we have to innovate and be smarter now.
Hire some numbers guys....NFL front office guys....NFL scouts....it's pro football now. We need to build the infrastructure now. The bigger programs will always have talent/money....but you've seen organizations that move first have stayed ahead for decades. It's time to move in this direction.
