Helton Exposed

[Volfan76]

Hilltoppers lost to a fcs team in Tyson Helton's season opener. Never understood the hire here.
fcsfirstvictim

 

[Woke]

Hilltoppers lost to a fcs team in Tyson Helton's season opener. Never understood the hire here.
fcsfirstvictim

Never saw the fit here either.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Hilltoppers lost to a fcs team in Tyson Helton's season opener. Never understood the hire here.
fcsfirstvictim

WKU really stepped in it hiring him as head football coach

 

[lexkyvol]

But at USC, it was Helton and not Tee Martin doing good remember?

"1st they love you, then they hate you, then they love you again"

 

[Jauan't Some?]

I feel like this gives us a better understanding of what went wrong with our offense last year, but I’m not sure how.

 

[VolsnRavens]

We'll definitely find out this season.

 

[SDV]

WKU is pretty much FCS too

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Eh they were only 10 point favorites. Not a huge upset.

 

[bpalmer28]

Why do we love it when former coaches fail?

 

[GTBATV]

WKU is pretty much FCS too

True. They only won 3 games last season. So Helton has his work cut out for him.

 

[BleedinOrange98]

Why do we love it when former coaches fail?

No one is "loving it".. they simply made an observation.

 

[WoodsmanVol]

I feel like this gives us a better understanding of what went wrong with our offense last year, but I’m not sure how.

No, it doesn't. Of equal or more importance was the attitude of toxic players. No matter how good or bad you are, if you players that don't want to play, you lose.

 

[Roustabout]

Never saw the fit here either.

Ditto. If all the Pruitt hires this one was a conundrum. I said it in this forum that he needed a season, mature play caller:
Well, thank you WKU for taking that **** show off our hands.

 

[66volfan]

First year head coach takes over a 3 win team and loses season opener, yeah he’s garbage.

I’m glad he’s gone but geez, give the guy a break.

 

[Behr]

No one is "loving it".. they simply made an observation.

We either Love or Hate. Zero in between.

 

[GAVol]

First year head coach takes over a 3 win team and loses season opener, yeah he’s garbage.

I’m glad he’s gone but geez, give the guy a break.

I agree. It probably doesn't mean a whole lot.

 

[DiderotsGhost]

Hilltoppers lost to a fcs team in Tyson Helton's season opener. Never understood the hire here.
fcsfirstvictim

It's one freakin' game. Chip Kelly lost his first at Oregon. He then proceeded to go 46-6 the next 52 games.

Btw, Western Kentucky was 3-9 last year. It's not like Helton inherited Alabama's roster.

 

[1vol8]

Didn’t Pruitt take over a struggling program that went 4-8 the year before and lose his season opener not long ago as well?

 

[Behr]

Hilltoppers lost to a fcs team in Tyson Helton's season opener. Never understood the hire here.
fcsfirstvictim

I'm not the expert some are, but I never understood it or liked it. It was a mistake and I think Pruitt realized pretty quick. He made made a few his first year. Let's hope he learned from them and moves on.

 

[BGKYVol]

Helton did not play DB last night. The DBs (missing their best CB due to injury) got burnt on trick plays and were too aggressive looking to stop the run (as evidenced by giving up only 20 yards on the ground) and got burned on deep passes. Almost 500 yards of total offense for WKU. That is not too bad.

 

[GlockVol]

Didn’t Pruitt take over a struggling program that went 4-8 the year before and lose his season opener not long ago as well?

VN is like the MSM. Facts mean nothing.

 

[1vol8]

Helton may not have been the right guy for the job at UT but Pruitt knew he was a spread/air raid coach and tried to force the prostyle offense before he has the horses to do so. I’m “pro Pruitt” but its Like blaming the tail of a snake, when the head is what bit you.

 

[southpaw75]

We either Love or Hate. Zero in between.

I feel lukewarm about this response.

 

[USMC-TNVOL]

Didn’t Pruitt take over a struggling program that went 4-8 the year before and lose his season opener not long ago as well?

It’s not like Helton took over a great team but it was a lower tier school they lost to. You realize WV had a pretty good QB and receiver?

 

[Gandalf]

Didn’t Pruitt take over a struggling program that went 4-8 the year before and lose his season opener not long ago as well?

You shush now