It hasn’t been Carolina’s strong suit under Larry Fedora, but there’s reason to expect good things for the 2017 UNC defense. Although Gene Chizik has left the building, John Papuchis should maintain the status quo. Perhaps Papuchis will even bring a little more edge to a very vanilla 4-3.
Chizik engineered an immediate turnaround from an atrocious defense that allowed 39 points per game 2014 to back-to-back seasons under 25. His fix was not a quick one, as he essentially retaught fundamentals and took a grossly underdeveloped unit back to a nice baseline.
Pap should benefit from the work done the past two years.