Walt Wells as a potential replacement for Mahoney?

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He certainly has plenty of experience in that role.

Offensive line coach Don Mahoney is in the final months of his contract, and should the Vols decide to make a change, they could promote quality control coach Walt Wells to the full-time position.

Also in the mix for the offensive line vacancy under Will Muschamp at South Carolina, Wells recently coached that position at New Mexico State, Western Kentucky and South Florida, and he's respected by Tennessee's current linemen, with whom he has forged a bond since arriving on campus nearly a year ago.
Vols still sorting through potential football staff additions | Times Free Press
 
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Mahoney needs to go regardless of who replaces him. Just get rid of him, please!
 
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I'm not entirely familiar with the role of a quality control coach and their influence on coaching up the players during camp/practice, but if our OL is developing so poorly what makes you think promoting Wells would lead to success? It seems to me that he should be able to have his influence and improve the OL as an assistant and we haven't seen that this year. Muschamp passed on him too.

Again, I'm not familiar with his current role, just my concern.
 
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Orange&White said:
I'm not entirely familiar with the role of a quality control coach and their influence on coaching up the players during camp/practice, but if our OL is developing so poorly what makes you think promoting Wells would lead to success? It seems to me that he should be able to have his influence and improve the OL as an assistant and we haven't seen that this year. Muschamp passed on him too.

Again, I'm not familiar with his current role, just my concern.
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Agree.

Why is he not making an impact now
 
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Orange&White said:
I'm not entirely familiar with the role of a quality control coach and their influence on coaching up the players during camp/practice, but if our OL is developing so poorly what makes you think promoting Wells would lead to success? It seems to me that he should be able to have his influence and improve the OL as an assistant and we haven't seen that this year. Muschamp passed on him too.

Again, I'm not familiar with his current role, just my concern.
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Say that again no one currently working with the OLine should be permitted to be the lead guy.
 
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Did anyone hear Greg Adkins' name is a possibility? Maybe I am making that up but I thought I saw that, but haven't seen t since.
 
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Our oline has been a failure since Mahoney got here. This is the one hire that should absolutely be coming from outside the UT coaching staff.
 
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kamoshika said:
He certainly has plenty of experience in that role.

Offensive line coach Don Mahoney is in the final months of his contract, and should the Vols decide to make a change, they could promote quality control coach Walt Wells to the full-time position.

Also in the mix for the offensive line vacancy under Will Muschamp at South Carolina, Wells recently coached that position at New Mexico State, Western Kentucky and South Florida, and he's respected by Tennessee's current linemen, with whom he has forged a bond since arriving on campus nearly a year ago.
Vols still sorting through potential football staff additions | Times Free Press
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Simply go back review the App State game tape from 2016. Then come back here with a straight face and convince me anyone having anything to do with that OL has what it takes to be promoted or kept on staff.
 
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Remy said:
Simply go back review the App State game tape from 2016. Then come back here with a straight face and convince me anyone having anything to do with that OL has what it takes to be promoted or kept on staff.
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Our OL got whipped in that game, but I wasn't pushing for Wells to be promoted in the first place. Just hadn't seen his name mentioned and noting that he has a lot of experience as OL coach.

I haven't been completely happy w/ our overall OL performance in a decade or more...it's been too long since it was a team strength.
 
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Gets hired by SC and does well, just wait for all the revisionist Chaney/Bajakian/Elder/Jancek threads..."Why'd we let ? go?" :)
 
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Orange&White said:
I'm not entirely familiar with the role of a quality control coach and their influence on coaching up the players during camp/practice, but if our OL is developing so poorly what makes you think promoting Wells would lead to success? It seems to me that he should be able to have his influence and improve the OL as an assistant and we haven't seen that this year. Muschamp passed on him too.

Again, I'm not familiar with his current role, just my concern.
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Not sure how good or bad Wells is but in a quality control role he is only permitted to have limited 'film room' interaction with players and is not allowed on the field actively.
With VOLS already having two Oline coaches Mahoney and Debord, not sure how much of what Wells said and/or wanted was implemented.
Again, no idea of Wells' body of work but would not blame him for our Oline failures from last year.
 
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volmandu said:
Not sure how good or bad Wells is but in a quality control role he is only permitted to have limited 'film room' interaction with players and is not allowed on the field actively.
With VOLS already having two Oline coaches Mahoney and Debord, not sure how much of what Wells said and/or wanted was implemented.
Again, no idea of Wells' body of work but would not blame him for our Oline failures from last year.
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This ^^^^

When Wells was at WKU, the OL performed well. Even though the team was transitioning to FBS so still had a number of FCS quality players, the running game worked very well, with the team having 3 or 4 consecutive years of 1500 yd RBs. He followed Taggart to USF and was thrown under the bus after USF's line, which was undersized and young. did not perform well.
He is a good coach, maybe a little too fiery, but that could be a good thing.
 
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Coach Wells has a very good reputation on working with OL. He was not permitted to do any coaching this year on the field. If you take many of you here who post for the gospel then Ohio St needs to fire their Oline coach maybe even Urban his team looked terrible. Alabama OL got wrecked most of the game against Washington if it wasnt for ability of breaking tackles by big Bo what does that game look like. Should they fire Mario.
 
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The basic skills required for a new OL coach are player development and RECRUITING. This next hire must be a good recruiter. An absolute must. Like Fulmer said "It's the Jimmys and Joes not Xs and Os." I like who we have recruited, but I think we can still do better.
 
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Coach Wells has a good reputation as OL Coach. He did not work with any kid on field so any inadequacies they had this year is not due to him. Lets be honest most on here just post and do not know a thing about OL play. It is the toughest position on the field to play beside QB. Look at Alabama vs Washington they got whipped up front and it took the breaking of tackles by big Bo or that game is much closer. Do we think Alabama OL coach should be fired.
 
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I grew up with Walt, known him since grade school. Great guy and knows his stuff. I would support it.
 
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This sounds about par for the course with Jones.

Interesting to see how USF improved considerably on offense after Wells and Sheridan were fired.
 
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We've had some very good quality control coaches here at Tennessee. We just lost a very good QB coach, who was a quality control coach, to another team. That position is kinda like the minor leagues. They develop skills and then move on to coaching positions somewhere. You can only be a quality control coach for two years then you either move on or become a coach somewhere. We did everything we could to keep Sheridan around for more than two years. Even gave him a different title to keep him around. I really thought he would be promoted to QB coach at UT. Now someone else has him. Hope we get to keep Wells. He's gonna be a good coach for someone.
 
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Does Wells agree with Mahoney's neutral blocking scheme? If so, I don't like it. I know that the purpose is to disguise the play, making run and pass look the same; but it also tends to turn 5 star linemen into lead footed statues.
 
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I'm just growing restless. I have no coaching experience nor do I know what's going on within the program so my opinion is worthless, but I just have to bite my tongue anymore. I'm becoming so frustrated with our coaching staff and the administration at Tennessee. It's ridiculous and quite frankly it pisses me off.

I understand taking the chance on Butch and I appreciate what he has done for us, however do we continuously have to hire assistants that are washed up or no other top programs want? Do we always have to take chances on unproven, first time guys? Do we have to continue to promote within or hire Butch's friends? We are Tennessee and we should be going after the best coaching minds in the country. Shoop was a great hire, but that's an outlier in Butch's coaching decisions. Butch Jones is not Tennessee football. Hire mediocre coaches and get mediocre results. But at least my University isn't going anywhere. I'll always be a Vol!
 
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