CHAPEL HILL — UNC football general manager Michael Lombardi says “nobody’s trying to make excuses” and the Tar Heels are "eventually going to win" after a tough start to the Bill Belichick era.

On Oct. 13 during “Carolina Football Live," the Tar Heels ’ weekly radio show hosted by play-by-play announcer Jones Angell at Top of the Hill Restaurant and Brewery in Chapel Hill, Lombardi was asked about the letter he wrote to some of UNC’s biggest donors, one that preached patience as Belichick tries to build a consistent program.

“I write a letter every month. This is the first letter that got out. I write to the boosters a lot and just try to keep them informed on what’s going on. I mean, when I wrote that letter, I knew it was going to get out. I mean, I’m not an idiot. I knew it w

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