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Alabama, Nick Saban hiring former Michigan assistant George Helow
Posted on 12/14/23 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 12/14/23 at 4:53 pm
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Posted on 12/14/23 at 4:56 pm to Panthers4life
Double checkmate. 8D chess.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 5:22 pm to Panthers4life
Wonder if he will be coaching inside linebackers at Alabama? If so, does that shift Robert Bala to coaching outside linebackers?
Posted on 12/14/23 at 5:23 pm to Panthers4life
Was an intern at Alabama in 2012.
Michigan fans are absolutely outraged over the hire. Just a weird bunch.
Michigan fans are absolutely outraged over the hire. Just a weird bunch.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 5:50 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Phenomenal hire. The guy has coached at some colleges with elite defenses. He knows the standard.
Anyone know if he’s an effective recruiter?
Anyone know if he’s an effective recruiter?
Posted on 12/14/23 at 6:01 pm to Panthers4life
Deleted. Uninformed comment, good get.
This post was edited on 12/14/23 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 12/14/23 at 6:16 pm to Panthers4life
Some other deets.
He left Michigan because they hired Chris Patridge.
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Michigan and Wolverines LB coach George Helow have mutually agreed to part ways to pursue other opportunities. Helow who arrived in 2021, helped UM rank in the Top 15 in yards per play both YRs and developed Junior Colson into Freshman All-American and an All-Big Ten LB.
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Helow has been Michigan’s linebackers coach the last two years. Before that, he served as the special teams coordinator and inside linebackers coach for Maryland. His previous experience also includes the safeties coach of Colorado State (2018-19), safeties coach of Georgia (2014-15), defensive graduate assistant for Florida State (2013) and a defensive intern at Alabama (2012).
He left Michigan because they hired Chris Patridge.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 6:28 pm to UASports23
That’s pretty funny. He must have known the guy was dirty. I believe he left in Feb, they hired Patridge in Feb, then fired Patridge in Nov - if my timeline isn’t mistaken
Posted on 12/14/23 at 6:38 pm to Panthers4life
Interesting. Great hire
This post was edited on 12/14/23 at 6:40 pm
Posted on 12/14/23 at 7:04 pm to Crimson_Chaos
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Anyone know if he’s an effective recruiter?
Michigan fans are saying he was a poor recruiter for them, but they’re big mad right now, so take that with the grains of salt they’re spewing.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 7:36 pm to FeralFeral
As if we care about recruiting prowess when kids basically are signing for the NIL check and the possibility at a playoff spot and a higher draft position.
The game has completely changed.
We need guys who can coach talent and can create gameplans, execute them well with playcalling and make adjustments in game to get us the edge for victory.
The game has completely changed.
We need guys who can coach talent and can create gameplans, execute them well with playcalling and make adjustments in game to get us the edge for victory.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 7:45 pm to YStar
I agree that things have changed with the NIL and the portal becoming a game of musical chairs… but I don’t think position coaches have much impact on play-calling. They are primarily responsible for player development and recruiting
Posted on 12/14/23 at 8:38 pm to Crimson_Chaos
From the Detroit Free Press in February...
They call out his recruiting, but give pretty weak evidence on why her supposedly isn't good.
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Michigan football, LBs coach George Helow parting ways
Kirkland Crawford
Rainer Sabin
Detroit Free Press
Michigan football and linebackers coach George Helow have mutually agreed to part ways, Helow confirmed on social media on Thursday.
Last week, U-M brought back former assistant coach Chris Partridge to the staff in an undisclosed role. Partridge coached linebackers in Ann Arbor from 2016-17.
Helow, 36, was hired by U-M before the 2021 season from Maryland. Helow helped preside over the transition from former coordinator Don Brown's system to the current scheme that has roots with the NFL's Baltimore Ravens. He was charged with reconfiguring a linebacker corps populated by hybrid players recruited to play Brown's Viper role. That position was eliminated, and Michigan started to deploy bigger inside linebackers.
With Helow working under coordinator Mike Macdonald and his successor, Jesse Minter, the Michigan defense was ranked in the top ten in points allowed in 2021 and last season. The Wolverines won the Big Ten and reached the College Football Playoff both years.
Where Helow fell short was on the recruiting trail. Five-star linebacker Raylen Wilson reneged on his commitment to Michigan last June and eventually signed with Georgia. Meanwhile, freshman Deuce Spurlock, a member of the 2022 class, lasted one year in Ann Arbor and transferred to Florida last month.
Helow is the second on-field assistant to leave the program this offseason.
Last month, Michigan fired co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Matt Weiss days after he was placed on administrative leave while being investigated for possible computer crimes that took place at Schembechler Hall. The new quarterbacks coach is Kirk Campbell, who served as an off-field analyst for U-M last season.
They call out his recruiting, but give pretty weak evidence on why her supposedly isn't good.
This post was edited on 12/14/23 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 12/17/23 at 5:22 pm to Crimson_Chaos
Him and Partridge run different schemes so it made sense for him to leave. I don't think it had anything to do with Partridge being dirty, from what I read they had to offload someone and Helow was the guy either mutually or not.
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