Bill Belichick wasn’t entirely across the news that the Republic of Ireland football team are playing their biggest match in over eight years this week.
The NFL’s most decorated coach was informed of as much during a press conference with the Irish media to promote this year’s Aer Lingus Football Classic at the Aviva Stadium where his University of North Carolina Tar Heels will face the TCU Horned Frogs (Texas Christian University) at the end of August.
After being brought up to speed, he was loath to offer the Irish team too much specific advice nor encroach too heavily onto Heimir Hallgrimsson’s turf.
“Right, well I don’t know too much about soccer,” Belichick told reporters. “My advice would be to…