When does SC hire the interim?
Tomorrow.
For reel though - as bad as Helton was (and he was indeed bad) he probably would not have presided over the total collapse of the team like this season has seen.
Donte Williams might be an ace recruiter, but fuck almighty - it is USC. Even sorry ass coaches like Hackett, Helton, Tollner and Smith pulled in GR8 recruiting classes. Being a great recruiter at USC is like being a top salesman at a Toyota dealership. You don't have to work all that hard to do a good job.
As a coach, I don't think I've seen anyone as in over their head since maybe Gerry Faust, and even he didn't do all that badly. Williams is fucking lost as shit. Probably he is dealing with a pseudo-mutiny in that he was jumped up over both his coordinators, and everyone on the staff is probably mentally checked out since Week 2 when Helton was fired and they knew they were also lame ducks.
This season can't end soon enough. Soviet Berkeley and BYU will kick SC's ass, too, and this will be easily the worst USC team in a century.