Things at UNC are now way funnier than the girlfriend thing. Their admin and donors have figured out that michael lombardi, who they gave a 3 year contract, is an imbecile on top of being a complete asshole.
Lombardi recently sent a condescending email to everyone in the athletic department and to their biggest donors. Apparently, the letter was so condescending in tone, self important, and poorly written that multiple donors immediately leaked it to the media to fuck him over and let everyone else get to laugh at him. The gist of the letter, aside from misspellings, was that everything that is going wrong right now is basically all their fault and that they need to be patient.
So way to talk down to and alienate your most immediate financial sources. He basically just wrote a letter to hordes of very successful and accomplished alums and informed them of how smart he is and how little they know about about what it takes to position for achievement. He let them all know he's the smartest guy in every room. In this letter he used quotes from historical figures and even Bill Walsh to emphasize his vast and wordly knowledge. He did this to people who have built business empires and generational wealth without having to lodge their nose up the assholes of football coaches.
The instant they announced Lombardi would be in charge of personnel evaluation and distribution of money I knew this wasn't a serious endeavor. Bill likes this dude specifically because he sparred with Boston radio hosts in his defense. That's it. And now this dude is in charge of everything there. Even before it went bad people were already murmuring about what a rude and arrogant prick Lombardi could be. And now he's talking down to legacy donors immediately after getting trounced in an empty stadium. They are so fucked.