I was idly wondering what his record had to be this year to show "progress" enough to keep his seat from being too hot. I figured another 6-6 season and no recruiting would be a death knell.
I still wonder, and wonder what saves him after this season. Whatever Gogue says, both he and AD Greene are gone and Harsin loses air cover. What record saves him? 8-4? 9-3? 7-5, but with upset wins vs a rival and Penn State and probably a top 10 ENSD class? Winning solves a lot, both in terms of seat temperature and recruiting, but this is quite a hill to climb.
Gonna be a long off-season, and unfortunately I think a really long season too.
My take from this is that Harsin has better attorneys than Auburn. This probably only delays the inevitable, but that might not be such a bad thing right now. The most inexplicable part of all of this was the actions of the Auburn administration. It does not exactly fill you with confidence.
"Auburn is fully behind Coach Harsin as he now tries to navigate the SEC recruiting jungle with his arms eaten off by our boosters" -Jay Gogue
Introducing your 2022 Auburn Vols.
I was idly wondering what his record had to be this year to show "progress" enough to keep his seat from being too hot. I figured another 6-6 season and no recruiting would be a death knell.
I still wonder, and wonder what saves him after this season. Whatever Gogue says, both he and AD Greene are gone and Harsin loses air cover. What record saves him? 8-4? 9-3? 7-5, but with upset wins vs a rival and Penn State and probably a top 10 ENSD class? Winning solves a lot, both in terms of seat temperature and recruiting, but this is quite a hill to climb.
Gonna be a long off-season, and unfortunately I think a really long season too.
My take from this is that Harsin has better attorneys than Auburn. This probably only delays the inevitable, but that might not be such a bad thing right now. The most inexplicable part of all of this was the actions of the Auburn administration. It does not exactly fill you with confidence.