re: Zenitz: Auburn's Derek Mason out, Schmedding promoted to DC

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AU has better talent coming back next year. Their best player on D missed most of the season due to injury. Mason's D improved late in the year, but his schemes almost cost AU the GSU game and imploded against UGA and MSU. After the MSU game I didn't think he would make it until the end of the season.

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Yeah I didn’t necessarily think it was talent related though I didn’t know the depth chart when I said it. If a coach leaves kinda late like Mason, I think he was looking for an exit strategy and it took awhile to materialize for him.

My guess Harsin gave him a direct “find another opportunity” or a bad vibe otherwise. Feel like Harsin ought to been able to hire his potato posse from the outset instead of all these hires that seemingly were about appeasing monied interest’s concerns about his recruiting reach. You hire a program with a new coach. Let the man implement his program.