By Pat James, GoHeels.com
As coaches and lettermen and high school recruits exited North Carolina's new Indoor Practice Facility, the massive structure no longer teeming with the excitement that was palpable throughout UNC's first spring football practice on Sunday, a few players lingered behind.
They stood against a padded blue wall and spoke with the media, each focused solely on the future and not the past. They spoke of changes and clean slates and proving themselves again. And they spoke of the head coach who's instilling confidence in them to do so.
"I told 'em (Saturday) we'd never mention four years ago, three years ago, two years ago or last year again," said Mack Brown after leading his first practice in more than five years.