As someone who knows North Carolina coach Bill Belichick recently characterized it, Belichick has a habit of couching his circumstances in one of two ways: hero or victim.

In the aftermath of a recent feeding frenzy of reports pointing to the disintegration of Belichick’s first foray into college football, the victim card is being played.

This comment tucked inside a Saturday report from Dianna Russini of TheAthletic.com says it all: "[S]uspicions within UNC’s program that some of the negative headlines have origins in New England .”

Those stubborn things known as facts suggest otherwise.

The story that started it all came from Pat Welter of WRAL-TV. If the Patriots somehow infiltrated a local affiliate in Raleigh and planted the seeds for Welter’s exhaustive account of divisio

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