UNC Is Already Reportedly Discussing 'Potential Exit Strategies' for Bill Belichick and Some Think He Might Not Make It to Next Week

Pro Football Talk — Bill Belichick coached the Patriots for 24 seasons. He may not finish one at the college level.

It sounds as if there’s a non-zero chance he doesn’t finish the current week.

Andrew Jones of 247Sports.com, an outlet owned by CBS, reports that “potential exit strategy discussions” occurred this morning at North Carolina. And while it doesn’t mean Belichick will be fired, “preliminary conversations” about the possibility have occurred.

The goal reportedly would be to eliminate or minimize Belichick’s buyout. 

The fast-rolling snowball seems to be related to accounts of potential rules violations. This week, reports emerged that an assistant coach was suspended for providing extra benefits to player families and that players were selling free tickets they had received for games.

It's over, folks. When the power brokers are trying to find ways to fire a coach for cause, it's just a matter of when rather than if. Maybe they find a way out of the contract with minimal financial damage or maybe they don't, but if there are already rumors that Bill Belichick may not coach against Cal next weekend, it doesn't seem like this experiment will last past this season at the latest.

Here's my solution to everyone's problems: if we can just get every college football fan to donate $1 to the University of North Carolina athletic department, they'd have enough money to get rid of Belichick today but the caveat is they have to get the Hulu cameras back in there immediately and then release the documentary we were promised. They actually ended up making content that would produce one of the most fascinating sports documentaries we've ever seen — if we got the real stuff — and now it's just never going to see the light of day.

If this really is the end for Bill, though, what an unceremonious exit it will be. The Patriots declined in his last few years after Tom Brady left, but nobody would have ever remembered that if he decided to retire then. However, it seems our last memories of him on a sideline may be getting boatraced by every power conference opponent he faced in half a season at North Carolina.

Time comes for us all, I suppose.