So, typical that Reff would buy into the Mack Brown UNC revival BS.
There may not be a school that is easier to recruit to than University of Texas; yet that program floundered over his last 4 years there; despite superior resources and a natural recruiting edge, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Baylor (!) had surpassed Texas in the Big 12 football hierarchy, when Texas dumped Mack. Texas is just recovering now from the disaster that Mack left behind.
Brown WAS a successful coach at UNC in the 1990s. At that time, WF had no commitment to football and our coach was Jim Caldwell. Mike O'Cain coached State and Fred Goldsmith floundered at Duke. So, it was a different world for UNC in football in those days. UNC had a massive advantage over every school in the conference, but FSU who had just arrived. Tommy West, who I always thought was a special needs case, coached Clemson. Think about that (picture below). The ACC sucked in football as only FSU had a legit program and any desire/ability to compete on a high level.
So, now as Mack is closing in on 70, he is going to build UNC back into a power? Don't see it. Brown will leave UNC in a few years in the same or worse state that the Hat had it.