Analysts Sound Off on Tar Heels, Belichick

"I think for North Carolina, it was probably pretty strange," Mac Lain said.

"Literally, this is the best NFL head coach ever, and now he's your coach. That's gotta be interesting, they probably grew up hating him or loving him, anything in between, everyone has their pro team. That was probably bizzare for the guys who were in that team meeting room.

Now, he is your coach, and he's probably gonna be not so nice to you at times but he will be on other times, and thinking about that mindset ... He is a master at what he does. You heard him say that the team is going to be disciplined, the team is going to be foundationally sound in the fundamentals."

After Mac Lain's thoughts, Royal shared the following:

"The intimidation factor of him walking into that locker room, it's enormous," Royal said. I also think that's great because when you're a little bit intimidated or you're looking up to somebody you've seen do these amazing things, you don't want to let him down, right?

That's what these kids are going to feel like in that locker room if you drop a pass or you throw an interception, you feel like, not only that you led down your teammates, but also let down this guy, this coach that I look up to and I'm dying for his respect."

Beyond Coach Belichick's expecations of changing the program around, or at least far better than what Tar Heel fans have seen in the past out of UNC football, the players are also very much involved with the pressure this offseason is building upon.

Fortunately, for all of them, they have an experienced coaching staff surrounding them during each practice and game to keep them afloat regardless of the results.