It’s fair to say Mack Brown returning to North Carolina has been met with a healthy amount of skepticism. You have to go no further than Stewart Mandel of The Athletic ($$) who on Friday graded the move as a C. His sentiments matched a lot of the initial feelings of the fan base, wishing that Bubba Cunningham had decided to make a splashier hire than a coach who had been out of the game for several years.
I was one of them, howling at the idea of bringing back a coach who has long qualified for AARP benefits.