Report: UNC scraps plans for Hulu documentary

Amid a 2-3 commencement to Bill Belichick's tenure astatine North Carolina, the squad has scrapped plans for a documentary bid chronicling the play with Hulu, according to a report from Inside Carolina.

The series, which was acceptable to travel UNC passim the entirety of the season, was really UNC's second ace astatine a documentary of Belichick's inaugural assemblage campaign, but an earlier task with HBO's "Hard Knocks" was besides scrapped implicit the summer.

Reports successful the aftermath of the "Hard Knocks" determination cited discomfort with the relation Belichick's girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, would play successful the project. However, UNC powerfully denied that and said the determination was yet Belichick's.

Sources astatine the clip told ESPN that Belichick soured connected the HBO task due to the fact that it lone planned to travel North Carolina done autumn camp, and helium wanted an accidental to showcase the afloat breadth of the Tar Heels' season, which the Hulu amusement would do.

Documents obtained by ESPN successful a nationalist records petition showed that Hudson would person apt had a sizable relation successful immoderate documentary, with a "talking points" memo from the school's PR section noting, "Jordon is playing an progressive relation successful the filming and accumulation of a documentary astir Coach Belichick's archetypal play of assemblage football, truthful successful that capacity, she whitethorn beryllium seen connected the sidelines of Carolina Football practices oregon games."

Nixing the Hulu task apt has acold much to bash with the on-field issues Belichick is facing astatine Carolina.

The Heels person mislaid their archetypal 3 games vs. Power Four opponents by a combined people of 120-33, including a blowout decision to Clemson Tigers past Saturday successful which the Heels trailed 28-3 aft the archetypal quarter.

Belichick has offered small successful the mode of nationalist disapproval of his team, noting aft the Clemson crippled that helium didn't spot a need for important changes successful unit oregon the coaching staff.

"The main happening we request to bash is to support doing what we're doing but bash them better," Belichick said. "Fundamentally we're not doing the incorrect things, we're conscionable not doing them good enough."

UNC wide manager Michael Lombardi raised eyebrows, however, with a missive to donors past week asking for patience with the programme during a "rebuilding" period, noting the fig of players from past recruiting classes who had near the program. UNC took 70 transfers aft Belichick's arrival, including 30 successful the outpouring portal window.

The characterization that this was a rebuilding project, however, was not portion of Belichick's vernacular during the offseason, and it's 1 receiver Jordan Shipp pushed backmost against pursuing the Clemson loss.

"I'm not present to rebuild, I'm present to triumph shot games," Shipp said. "That's wherefore I'm here. Whatever they're doing with the donors, that has thing to bash with me. I'm present to triumph shot games and that's what 100% of my absorption is on."