Massive overhaul on offense puts North Carolina in unique position

The sky is falling in Chapel Hill.

That’s an easy way to look at the situation anyway. In the past two months, the Tar Heels lost another bowl game, waved goodbye to three important underclassmen (along with a host of talented seniors), endured ample rumors that head coach Larry Fedora wanted out -- even if it meant going to Baylor! -- and, most recently, had defensive coordinator Gene Chizik step down.

It’s not an ideal situation by any measure.

On defense, saying goodbye to Chizik is a concern, but he leaves the unit far better than he found it, and John Papuchis is the perfect coach to replace him. That side of the ball figures to continue to improve.

On offense, however, there are so many…