USC’s new Athletic Director Mike Bohn made a simple announcement on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon, saying head football coach Clay Helton will be returning for the 2020 season.
And then Bohn immediately got destroyed by just about the entire USC fanbase, which was hoping for a change in the offseason.
Helton hasn’t had a terrible career at USC – he did lead them to Rose Bowl win in 2016 and had an 11-3 record in 2017. He then went 5-7 in 2018 and and 8-4 last year.
But that isn’t close to being good enough for the fans of the storied program who have been frustrated in recent years and really wanted a big name to come in and turn them back into national title contenders.
And boy did they let Bohn have it after he made this announcement:
Heading into 2020, Coach Helton and I will work together to take a hard look at all aspects of the football enterprise and will make the tough decisions necessary to compete at a championship level.
— Mike Bohn (@USC_mikebohn) December 4, 2019
That didn’t go over well:
Never a good sign when you’re getting ratio’d for announcing the coach is coming back. https://t.co/EVYdN8MUS1
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) December 4, 2019
Fans went off:
Let's see, you tweeted this 4 minutes ago and the ratio of responses to your decision is 9 to 1, and it's not good.
Congratulations on guaranteeing the Coli half empty during the 2020 season.
— Andy Miranda ✌ (@amirandacpa) December 4, 2019
You’ve lost your alumni support in record time @USC_mikebohn — a single month.
What a nightmare.
— Billy Buffington (@BillyBuffington) December 4, 2019
Way to support the student athletes. At least you saved me thousands of dollars on supporting USC football. YOU LIED.
— Mike Guglielmo (@GuglielmoMike) December 4, 2019
What a waste of $$ you’ve already turned out to be. Fight on to victory. 👎🏻 #firebohn
— Silvia Berlin (@SilviaSellsSC) December 4, 2019
Do you know the definition of insanity?
— Ryan Cenicola (@ryancenicola) December 4, 2019
I AM DONE WITH USC FOOTBALL!!! This is not why (USC) brought you here.
— refugio roman (@RomanRefugio) December 4, 2019
Lol these replies will be golden. Just put our program back another decade
— SC (@LAsportsdude1) December 4, 2019
Terrible decision. You’ve just ripped the heart out of the Trojan Family. Hope the admin enjoys their “Fight on to Victory” because the future is bleak.
— Michelle Heid (@BarmarOh) December 4, 2019
Mike, this is sad and disgusting. I'm out.
— Ted Kaiser MAKE USC GREAT AGAIN (@Tek13) December 4, 2019
Won’t be buying tickets for next season gg
— Jonny Archer (@jmcmd97) December 4, 2019
Well, if you don’t care about the fans, we can’t care about the program.
— Wendy Dunn (@HighwayWitch) December 4, 2019