Michigan Fans Are Upset Over Alabama's Latest Coaching Hire

Michigan Fans Are “Crying In The Comments Section” Following Alabama’s Controversial New Coaching Hire Ahead Of CFP Semi-Final

Nick Saban in Bama gear — TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA – NOVEMBER 04: Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide looks on during pregame warmups prior to facing the LSU Tigers at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 04, 2023 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

The Alabama Crimson Tide have upset Michigan Wolverines fans this week.

Former Michigan linebackers coach George Helow has been hired by Alabama and is expected to begin work immediately, according to Bruce Feldman and Kennington Smith III of The Athletic.

This comes a few weeks before the two teams square off in the Rose Bowl.

SOURCES: Former Michigan LB coach George Helow has been hired by Alabama to the Crimson Tide staff. Helow spent the 2021-2022 seasons on the UM staff. Bama faces Michigan in the Rose Bowl, Jan. 1. https://t.co/QuWeZFjuIh https://t.co/QuWeZFjuIh
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 14, 2023

The Wolverines and the Crimson Tide are set for a College Football Playoff matchup on January 1st.

Of all people for Alabama to hire, head coach Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide just had to snatch up someone with recent ties to Michigan and their defensive schematics.

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Michigan fans did not like this hire one bit:

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Alabama literally paying for an edge/intel. These guys all look for any advantage they can get. And people freaked out over some cell phone footage of sideline signals.
— Stas (@sobchakheadband) December 14, 2023

Saban cheating again.
— Joe (@SportsGuy_Joe) December 14, 2023

Lmaooo Nick Saban is outsmarting the system, but serious question, if newly hired head coaches can’t be a part of their team’s bowl games and prep how can Helow help out Alabama?
— Noah Bieniek (@NoahB77_) December 14, 2023

all the Michigan fans that said Harbaugh didn’t know anything & the sign stealing wasn’t an unfair advantage are crying in the comments hahahahhaha
— Ethan 🐘 (@TideOnTop_) December 14, 2023

So when Saban does sketchy shit it’s “smart”?
— 🏈🏈🏈 (@hootyhoo1325) December 15, 2023

Saban AKA Satin might be accurate.

This freakin dude is an evil genius!!
— Eddie O (@SquadNation619) December 14, 2023

Luckily for Michigan, a former assistant coach getting hired by the team prepping against you is of no competitive advantage for the Tide.

If Alabama has blurry IPhone footage of the team’s signals from 23 rows up at the Big House, however, that would be concerning. https://t.co/q3HQYMVYXq
— Seth Berry (@berry_seth14) December 14, 2023

Sneaky https://t.co/KtGK8tlOxc
— Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) December 14, 2023

Helow broke into coaching during the 2012 season at Alabama as a defensive intern on Nick Saban’s staff.

He spent the 2021-22 seasons on the Wolverines staff. He was on a staff that won back-to-back Big Ten championships and had consecutive playoff appearances. Helow did not coach this season, until Alabama scooped him up on Thursday.

Helow served as Michigan’s linebackers coach throughout the 2021 and 2022 seasons before he and the school “mutually agreed” to part ways in Feb. 2023.