Butch did a lot to keep Sheridan around and then let him walk

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I find it odd that Butch kept Nick Sheridan around for two years as a GA for our QB's and then gave him another title to keep him around even longer to help our QB's.

In the end, when we really needed a full time QB coach, he let him walk. Do any of you insiders have any information regarding Nick? Did he get a chance to interview for the QB position here? I know he took a job with someone in Florida as a QB coach.
 
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I believe he ended up at Central Michigan. Maybe Sheridan knew Butch was gonna look elsewhere for QB help. Who knows? There may be a chance Walt Wells, another grad assistant, gets Mahoney's job if he leaves so maybe it would've worked out for Sheridan if he stuck around.
 
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I'm not sure what happened, but clearly our QB coaching could use an upgrade. DeBord was officially the QB coach, but never felt like that was his area of focus. Moreover, he never really coached QBs much before he came to UT, so Sheridan was also kind of the QB coach.

Dobbs' passing never really progressed the way it should have. It always felt like Dobbs could use more coaching. None of this is a knock on Sheridan who is a very young coach and doesn't have as much experience as many others, but definitely feels like we need a more proven QB coach here.

Think about our closest competitors and their recent QB coaches:

Alabama. Lane Kiffin. We can knock Kiffin for a lot of things, but he's a proven and experienced QB coach and OC.

Florida. Doug Nussmeier. He's been a QB coach for 16 years and an OC for 9 years, including several successful stints.

Ole Miss. Dan Werner. Recently fired, but had he been coaching for 3 decades and had been highly successful as a QB coach at Miami before going to Ole Miss.

Georgia. Jim Chaney. 32 years' coaching experience. He has been an OC for over 15 of those years and has coached nearly every position group, with at least 8 years experience as a QB coach. Before Chaney, Georgia had Mike Bobo for 14 years.

We've had a very unusual situation on our offense with no real experienced and dedicated QB coach. I feel like it has shown in the results. Josh Dobbs was a very good QB, but his weaknesses were always in the intermediate and deep passing game. Seems like he could've used more coaching in that realm. When you consider what Dobbs was successful at, it was mostly improvising. So I don't think letting Sheridan go was really about Sheridan so much as it was about needing a more proven QB coach.
 
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Batman1948 said:
I find it odd that Butch kept Nick Sheridan around for two years as a GA for our QB's and then gave him another title to keep him around even longer to help our QB's.

In the end, when we really needed a full time QB coach, he let him walk. Do any of you insiders have any information regarding Nick? Did he get a chance to interview for the QB position here? I know he took a job with someone in Florida as a QB coach.
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Situations change direction. If TN just won SEC East or Sugar Bowl then maybe Sheridan is promoted to QB coach and Debord sticks around. Instead Butch on hot seat and has to make some hires that create some excitement or a bit of unknown. He can't just promote especially when getting worked in recruiting
 
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Butch had a nice thing going with Bajakian and Sheridan both working QBs.

Sheridan is an up-and-comer, his father has NFL ties, he is very young and has some notable experience under Taggart (QB coaching / Passing game coordinator). Theres a lot to like about Sheridan as a young coach. That said, he's still under-experienced as a QB coach - at least for high level football.
 
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GAVol said:
Judging from what I've seen at QB from Florida, he should set his resumé on fire.
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Honestly I think we need to look at the development of the two young kids they have now in the program instead of hanging Del Rio and Appleby on Nussmeier. Just my $0.02
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
Honestly I think we need to look at the development of the two young kids they have now in the program instead of hanging Del Rio and Appleby on Nussmeier. Just my $0.02
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Hasn't he been there 2-3 years?
 
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GAVol said:
Hasn't he been there 2-3 years?
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I thought he had been there two. I was just thinking he has more to work with in the young uns than the current two is all. I really don't think Kiffen could have gotten much more out of Del Rio or Appleby is all. I could be way off base too but that was my reasoning.

Edit: just googled it UF OC/QB 2015-present so two seasons.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
Honestly I think we need to look at the development of the two young kids they have now in the program instead of hanging Del Rio and Appleby on Nussmeier. Just my $0.02
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Nuss is terrible. Sabam kicked him to curb for a reason and Mac about to do same probably
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
I thought he had been there two. I was just thinking he has more to work with in the young uns than the current two is all. I really don't think Kiffen could have gotten much more out of Del Rio or Appleby is all. I could be way off base too but that was my reasoning.

Edit: just googled it UF OC/QB 2015-present so two seasons.
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Some of it may be the talent he's had to work with, but it blows my mind that a place like Florida can't seem to find a QB that can push it downfield. They've been garbage at QB and lived and died on defense for literally 5 or 6 years now.
 
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GAVol said:
Some of it may be the talent he's had to work with, but it blows my mind that a place like Florida can't seem to find a QB that can push it downfield. They've been garbage at QB and lived and died on defense for literally 5 or 6 years now.
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Grier was a kick in the nuts. Del Rio has decent talent but can't stay on the field. The back up is a retread that wouldnt be on the roster or the field if the other 2 were there and or healthy.
They are pretty average at the skill spots past a couple players as well.

Still finding a way tho. It helps that the east really hasn't taken advantage of it. It won't be that way forever.
 
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