The multi-day melodrama that played out between Bill Belichick and North Carolina blunted a bit of the shock of the Tar Heels hiring the 72-year-old, six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach, but industry consensus was nonetheless stunned/shocked/surprised as the two sides barreled closer to the goal-line.
The news finally saw daylight Wednesday. North Carolina officially announced Belichick as coach Dec. 11, with him saying in a statement he looked forward to building the football program in Chapel Hill.
CBS Sports surveyed a smattering of athletic directors, coaches and agents about the Belichick-North Carolina marriage, offering anonymity in exchange for candor.
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