It's the most spectacularly failed sports experiment since the Cleveland Browns let go of Baker Mayfield. Bill Belichick and North Carolina are discussing exit strategies, five games into a miserable 2-3 season in which they been clubbed by Central Florida and Clemson in their last two starts.
Amid reports of staff discord, player disillusionment, widespread disorganization, recruiting allegations and the charge that 24-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson is running things, it's the worst start against Power Four competition since the Tarheels started playing football in 1888.
A UNC assistant told Ollie Connelly of the Guardian, "What we've done to these kids is (expletive) up.