Outside of Jones he should have been first. I think he is the worst position coach on this staff with Mahoney being right behind him.
Gee, if only someone would have seen these assistants as being unsuitable for a position at Tennessee earlier.
Botch and Mahoney are close. Only reason he still has a job. Botch will have to be pushed hard before he gets rid of that shit for brains coach.
In his entire tenure at Georgia, Mark Richt fired two assistants. The first three years of the Best Staff in America employed both of them.
After promising an extensive search for the best in the country Butch will announce his High School Band Teacher as UTs next OC.
God knows that there are more than enough reasons to rant and rave against Butch Jones, and most of which are completely fair and reasonable. But hiring Helfrich is an immeasurable improvement over DeBoard, and follows on the heels of a similarly impressive hire, when he brought in Shoop to replace Jancek. If you wanted to know if Butch was listening, and would heed the advice to upgrade his staff, he seems to have done just that. Now, will he stay out of their way, how effective will it all prove to ultimately be, etc. are all fair questions to ask, and with yet unknown answers. And, if you wanted Tennessee to get appreciably better, the chances of that happening are immeasurably better now, with Helfrich aboard, than before. Credit where it's due, however belatedly it's earned.
There will be no more of a QB competition for next season than there was for RDE, this year, if rumors are to be believed. Helfrich's hire seems to have Guarantano's name written all over it.