🏈 Auburn hires Bryan Harsin as head coach.

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I have more auburn friends and acquaintances than I care to admit, but their lack of excitement tonight over this hire is pretty telling. Of course, I know they have to recalibrate their lofty expectations to hard reality, but after all the talk of Kevin Steele you'd think they'd be somewhat happy. Then again, it's hard accept I guess when you had outlets like WVTM in B'ham putting Urban Meyer's name up on the screen as one of 4 possibilities to replace Gus...

 

[50+yeartidefan]

There was another that AU fans didnt want either...and ended up winning a NC
Just saying

 

[mando]

There was another that AU fans didnt want either...and ended up winning a NC
Just saying

Yeah but he had to buy it. Did not win it because of his competence or his ability to sustain a program.

 

[bamatommy]

Probably the best they could do after their primary targets turned them down. I don't think he will be a threat to bama. Hes going to have to win recruiting battles against Saban, Leach, Kiffin, Smart, etc. A very tall order. And he is coming in with not a lot to work with.

I feel it's like Brady Hoke was for Michigan.

I hope so.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Yeah but he had to buy it. Did not win it because of his competence or his ability to sustain a program.

Cam played for a free edumacation, I heard.

 

[Tidestalker]

I think Harsin is legit... I may be jaded though from watching so many MWC games over the years and his Boise teams have generally had the best talent, but he's never come off as anything by competent and very competitive from what I've seen.

I get it, not a splash hire by any means. But if you're Auburn, at least this dude isn't going to embarrass in any way. Referring to his Coaching ability, demeanor, the way he dresses (Sorry, Gus), talks to officials, etc. He's a real respectable football coach.

Doesn't put a lot of fear in me but compared to some other coaches in the mix, he's got as good or better of a track record and handles his shit. Time will tell if he can swim in the deep end, but he's got a chance.

 

[Rolltide24]

Did the Auburn administration think they were getting Chris Peterson? And screw it up.

 

[tide92]

Did the Auburn administration think they were getting Chris Peterson? And screw it up.

I think so. Someone said, “Let’s get that guy from Boise State,” not realizing it was a different dude.

 

[TerryP]

#6... Patrick Nix?

OT: He's one of the guys Vestavia is looking at along with Joey Jones.

 

[18Champs]

His wife is reasonably attractive in a “spent a heckuva lot of time in the sun when she was younger but still got some 11 PM appeal in a bar” sort of way.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

That's a lot of Boise blue eye shadow...

 

[planomateo]

Boise State fans are legitimately concerned their DC is headed to Auburn. Guess they don't understand the strings.

The general feeling, great recruiter and above average coach.

 

[TerryP]

That's a lot of Boise blue eye shadow...

Image search ... looks like that's the Texas presser.

 

[TerryP]

NOW, consider this.

How would you feel if the wife of your head coach posted this on social media? "Horns up?"

Based on the look of that crock pot it doesn't look like a recipe we'd see in "What's on the menu."

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

That is Skeletor in drag.

 

[BAMAneck]

Sour diesel gumbo ?

 

[mando]

That poor lady is clueless what her husband just got her into....

 

[TerryP]

Sour diesel gumbo ?

I've heard of infused chocolate, sugar, candies, and the like. Infused Gumbo?

 

[50+yeartidefan]

NOW, consider this.

How would you feel if the wife of your head coach posted this on social media? "Horns up?"

Based on the look of that crock pot it doesn't look like a recipe we'd see in "What's on the menu."

Or in Texas....May be Houston....not real Texas...the plains...
That would be big ole beef ribs....

 

[TerryP]

That poor lady is clueless what her husband just got her into....

Tagging onto that we knew what he was getting into when he took the TX job back in 2010. We were in a different era of football then and he did leave TX with an offense scoring, on average, 28 points per game. In 2010 Bama was averaging 36 a game when it was a league where defense was still winning ball games.

This past season Boise State only averaged 28 a game against Mountain West competition. In 2019 they were averaging 21.

Auburn expects to keep up with Ole Miss scoring?
Auburn expects to keep up with Florida scoring? Georgia? LSU? Mississippi State for that matter?

He's Shula 2.0.