Ah, another day, more hate toward Bill Belichick from Paul Finebaum.
"I want to be a fan of Bill Belichick but he makes it impossible."@finebaum shares his thoughts on Bill Belichick's first two games as head coach of North Carolina 👀
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Appearing on The Rich Eisen Show, the SEC-loving Finebaum was asked to provide his thought's on the first two games of the Bill Belichick era at North Carolina. Here's what he had to say:
"Fairly laughable. I just want to be a fan of Bill Belichick, but he makes it impossible. The first game was just an absolute and total disaster, on the biggest stage that he probably not probably will ever have at North Carolina.
The second game meant nothing. They're playing at Charlotte. Not exactly the bastion of college football. I think he'll struggle. I think his comments this week make it even more difficult. Why do you why do you have to continue to be Bill Belichick? I guess maybe because you're 73 years old, but to say what he did about locking the Patriots out, it is just downright stupid.
And by the way I we both saw the first game against TCU. Did you see a single prospect on his team that anybody would want to come visit? I didn't. But in, in deference to your players you can't say that you want to open the doors, but Bill Belichick's always been a petty, small-minded man.
But when you win six Super Bowls and you're an assistant on two other ones you can get away with it."
Finebaum didn't hold back!
As much as he tries to claim that he "really wants to like Belichick," Finebaum clearly has a distinct hate for him. Of course, Belichick's early tenure at North Carolina has had its fair share of ups and downs, but you can clearly tell that there's something deeper to this than what the surface tells.
Let's face it: you don't call someone you aspire to like a "petty, small-minded man." Pretty contradictory comments from the SEC's biggest fan.