Sky is Falling - Harsin Lost Control - OMG

I do not deny that 5 coaches leaving within 1 year looks very bad from the outside if you just browse headlines. But I truly think it is a string of incompetent coaches, coincidences, and bad luck more than it is anything to do with Harsin himself. (The Bammerham media won't cover it that way, though). Let's look at each departure:

1) WR coach Corn was fired after 4th game. Almost all of us on here were noticing how bad our receivers were early on. Couldn't get lined up, guys were running on and off the field in confusion, and no one could catch a cold. Harsin fired him and none of us cared. I would put this one in the "incompetent coach" category.

2) Bobo. I, personally, was fine with giving him another year because I know he is a veteran coach and could probably figure things out. However, I was in the minority and most AU fans wanted him gone. His 2nd half performances were pitiful most of the year and he ultimately got fired for it. This happens every day with CFB coaches who don't perform and I see nothing "out of the ordinary" about his departure. I put this one in the "incompetent coach" category.

3) Eason. Eason is a Clemson grad and Clemson just happened to need a DL coach. They go to the play-offs about every year in their weak arse conference, so who can blame him for taking it? Almost no team in America would keep Eason if Clemson came calling (I am not even sure Bama or UGA would keep him). I put this one in the "bad luck" category.

4) Mason. This one looks bad, no question about it. It seems pretty clear that Mason was not happy for reasons we probably won't know. What we do know is Mason took it upon himself to "resign" before anyone else hired him just to voice his dissatisfaction. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't believe Mason released a "goodbye" statement which means he was probably pretty pissed. I put this one in the "Yeah, this is bad, bros" category.

5) Davis. If you'll remember, it seemed like Harsin and Davis negotiated forever and that Harsin really had to pull teeth to get him to accept. Davis was here 6 weeks and never coached a practice or a game. Therefore, it seems highly unlikely to me that he and Harsin "had words" or there was some rift between them. I think Davis got to AU and thought "I have got to recruit 24/7. I miss the 9-5 life in the NFL." Davis did put out a public statement (he didn't have to) and explained he just didn't like not having a life. He even said it had nothing to do with Harsin. I dunno about you, but I think if he had a major problem with AU or Harsin, that there's no way he puts out any statement at all. I chock this one up to "bad luck."

So the final tally is 2 incompetent coaches who needed firing and 2 instances where AU was unlucky with circumstances. And only ONE incident where AU (or Harsin) looks bad.

So are we going to panic and say the sky is falling because Harsin and Mason didn't get along? I think that's a stretch.