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Data collected by BetOnline.ag based on the X data (tweets) from the start of the college football season to now tracks the sentiment around Belichick's UNC coaching job via the top keywords and keyword phrases.
For example, "Bill Belichick is running his legacy." "The Bill Belichick experiment has been a disaster," "Bill Belichick needs to retire." "Bill Belichick is too old," "Bill Belichick will take a buyout," "Bill Belichick should take a broadcasting job." "This is embarrassing for Bill Belichick," "Belichick needs Tom Brady," etc. Over 80,000 tweets were tracked.
As you can see from the graphic, things have not gone well for the legendary coach. In fact, the entire North Carolina ordeal has been strange, especially when you factor in Belichick's age gap relationship with Jordon Hudson, and the media firestorm that initially surrounded that.
Belichick came into UNC with a huge amount of hype, but that was immediately turned on its head when the Tarheels got stomped by TCU, and have since gone 2-3.
The whole debacle has people talking about a potential "buyout" scenario, in which UNC will pay Belichick to simply walk away.
Here is the breakdown of how people are talking about Belichick right now:
Ruining His Legacy — 14,834 tweets
Disaster — 9,089 tweets
Embarrassing — 2,441 tweets
College Isn't The NFL — 7,417 tweets
Hard to Watch — 1,177 tweets
Too Old — 4,944 tweets
Should Retire — 3,241 tweets
Buyout Options — 4,134 tweets
Girlfriend Distraction — 1,751 tweets
Mistake — 3,648 tweets
Age Gap — 1,603 tweets
Needs Tom Brady — 1,267 tweets
Giving Up — 2,325 tweets
Return to NFL — 1,318 tweets
Dumpster Fire — 1,975 tweets
Broadcasting Job — 1,051 tweets
Failed Experiment — 1,573 tweets
Weird Relationship — 1,146 tweets
Rumors — 965 tweets
Karma — 912 tweets
- BetOnline Press
