North Carolina GM says 'noise' surrounding Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson has 'no relevancy'
University of North Carolina football general manager Michael Lombardi is adamant about making sure reports about Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudsons relationship dont become a distraction.Hudson shut down a question about how the couple met from Tony Dokoupil during Belichicks interview with"CBS News Sunday Morning" in April, and the interview generated widespread criticism."I mean, a lot of it is just noise," Lombardi said during an appearance on ESPN Radios "Marty & McGee."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"And for us to be distracted by something that has no bearing, that has no relevance whatsoever, that is a complete falsehood, in terms of what people are saying or what theyre writing. Its comical. And, for me, to really even attack anybody whos saying it, gives them credibility. Which I dont, because its a completely false narrative."Lombardi pointed to the success the program has had this offseason avoiding the "noise.""And the noise out there comes from a direction of people trying to be disruptive within our program. Were not going to allow it. Were not going to acknowledge it. Were gonna move on," Lombardi said.BILL BELICHICK INSISTS GIRLFRIEND HAS NO UNC FOOTBALL ROLE, WON'T BE ON SIDELINES"And, look, lets face it, the proofs in the pudding. Were having a tremendous recruiting class. We had a tremendous portal, and were going to continue to get better every day."Lombardi said when the interview first aired, there was no reason for concern. He said his concern stems from North Carolinas football schedule, not the Belichick-Hudson drama."Everybody looked at each other and was like in complete amazement. I mean, so, we didnt have any reason to circle the wagons. The reason we had was to focus on what were going to do, as Bill said in a lot of the interviews and I dont want to speak for Coach Belichick but he said, Look, Jordon does stuff in his business outside of North Carolina football, not here. I mean, its just completely a story that was generated from basically, made up," Lombardi said."I mean, its a tremendous, you know, you could be a great novelist, some of the people that report this stuff. So, we had no, theres no reason to circle any wagons. Look, when we play Clemson, were gonna have to circle the wagons. But we play TCU on the opening game, were going to have to circle the wagons. Those are competition. This is just noise."Belichicks coaching debut with North Carolina will come against TCU Sept. 1 at 8 p.m. ET.Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.