Overview

• In a Boston Globe interview, Bill Belichick said coaching at UNC means "no owner, no owner's son," a comment widely interpreted as a jab at Robert and Jonathan Kraft.
• Boston radio hosts Mike Felger and Tony Massarotti blasted Belichick on 98.5 The Sports Hub with personal insults and doubts about his judgment.
• The hosts argued he will still answer to decision-makers in Chapel Hill and cited ongoing chatter about Jordon Hudson’s presence around the program.
• The flare-up revisits a strained dynamic that deepened late in Belichick’s 24-season Patriots tenure, which included six Super Bowl titles.
• Belichick is preparing for his first college season at North Carolina, with the Tar Heels scheduled to open on Sept. 1 against TCU.