Easy to understand but hard to do

Posted Apr 23, 2008

Want to know why Carolina football hit the skids once all of Mack Brown's recruits finally moved onto the NFL? There's the clue: None of the eight Tar Heels drafted 2003-2006 went higher than the fourth round, and no more than three Carolina players have gone in any one draft since that gifted 2002 class. That's a severe drop in the talent pool, according to the NFL's wise men. (Chapel Hill News)

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