These are certainly some interesting times in the Land of Troy.
Monday, USC announced that assistant Neil Callaway had been relieved of his duties after two-plus seasons as the Trojans’ offensive line coach. Additionally, Clay Helton confirmed that he will be taking over as play-caller after stripping those duties from offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach Tee Martin.
A day later, the head coach claimed all was fine with his demoted play-caller.
Clay Helton on Tee Martin’s reaction: "He was great. He totally understood it was something I wanted to do, as he told me, ‘Coach, I’m here to help you. I love ‘SC. I want to be at ‘SC. It’ll give me an even better opportunity to be an even better receiver coach and recruiter.’"
— Joey Kaufman (@joeyrkaufman) October 30, 2018
There is at least one indication, however, that Martin isn’t exactly OK with the move as he has scrubbed his Twitter account profile of any mention of the Trojans.
Uh...huh...Clay Helton says Tee Martin was supportive of Helton's decision to take over play-calling duties...
— Shotgun Spratling (@ShotgunSpr) October 30, 2018
That's why, as @keelyismyname noticed, Tee Martin stripped his Twitter bio of USC references. (before & after pics) pic.twitter.com/ZgUutLH0uF
Regardless of Helton’s public sentiments, it appears the relationship between the two has been damaged. Whether it’s irreparable or not will be played out in the future -- provided hot-seat Helton gets a fourth full season as the Trojans’ head coach, that is.
