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Golesh interview today

Posted on 3/19/26 at 6:48 am
Posted by TemperdTiger
Montgomery, AL
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 3/19/26 at 6:48 am
I don't go 100% on Josh Pate, but it could be nice to hear what gets discussed
Posted by auburnnyc94
Member since Nov 2017
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Posted on 3/19/26 at 7:38 am to
LINK - Youtube Version
This post was edited on 3/19/26 at 8:22 am
Posted by TemperdTiger
Montgomery, AL
Member since Oct 2013
2479 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 8:02 am to
You can [embed][/embed] that YT link or Twitter link, credit to whoever told me.
Posted by lowspark12
nashville, tn
Member since Aug 2009
22568 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 1:19 pm to
Liked the interview… Golesh mentioned multiple times about “not skipping steps”… essentially everything he did leading up to today prepared him for the AU job (being an assistant, coordinator, HC at smaller school).

Compare that to what we hired with Steven Pearl… the ultimate step skipper… the contrast couldn’t be more obvious.
Posted by attalla
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2017
1473 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 1:26 pm to
That’s horse manure. What would you say about Kirby then…. he skipped the same steps that you are saying SP did.

I do wish SP would have taken a smaller job 1st but that was a crappy low blow.
This post was edited on 3/19/26 at 3:34 pm
Posted by lowspark12
nashville, tn
Member since Aug 2009
22568 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 1:46 pm to
Jesus dude he clearly wasn’t thinking about SP when he made that comment
Posted by TemperdTiger
Montgomery, AL
Member since Oct 2013
2479 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:20 pm to
Now a Takeo Spikes interview with him
Posted by borotiger
Murfreesboro Tennessee
Member since Jan 2004
14415 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:30 pm to
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
19836 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 3:53 pm to
not gonna lie, Golesh was one of my top choices when we finally dumped Freezus

nothing he has done or said thus far has made me reconsider

i think he’s going to be extremely successful one day, just hope he’s here when it happens
Posted by RockyMtnTigerWDE
War Damn Eagle Dad!
Member since Oct 2010
108691 posts
Posted on 3/19/26 at 9:02 pm to
One of the best interviews of a head coach I have seen in a long, long time.

Don’t listen to or watch Pate much but he did a good interview here. He kind of asked questions that I have thought about and wanted answered.

Golesh is an impressive guy, I look forward to watching this unfold but he really gets this whole thing.
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
23123 posts
Posted on 3/20/26 at 8:13 am to
I thought it was a good interview. Given the choices available to us, I think we made the best hire we could. Golesh is willing to put in the work which is more than can be said for Harsin or Freeze.
Posted by TailbackU
ATL
Member since Oct 2005
13343 posts
Posted on 3/21/26 at 8:03 pm to
He is saying and doing all the right things. I’m pulling for him. Do we have the talent necessary is the question. We have 60+ new players, and outside of Brown, we didn’t upgrade talent at most positions. At least not on paper.
Posted by Placekicker
Florida
Member since Jan 2016
13513 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 9:41 am to
Great interview! Thanks for sharing…
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
19836 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 10:03 am to
quote:

We have 60+ new players, and outside of Brown, we didn’t upgrade talent at most positions. At least not on paper.
that talent significantly underperformed last year, i anticipate we will play much better as a team this fall

i think even some AURantards fail to realize what a colossal mistake Freezus was, he set the program back further than Harsin did IMHO
Posted by lowspark12
nashville, tn
Member since Aug 2009
22568 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 10:23 am to
Look man everyone’s entitled to an opinion… but at the very least freeze is leaving AG with a good DC and the framework of what should be solid defense for next season.

You’re letting your bias against freeze cloud your judgement on just what an unmitigated disaster the Harsin era was.
This post was edited on 3/22/26 at 10:24 am
Posted by TailbackU
ATL
Member since Oct 2005
13343 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 8:03 pm to
I think it’s interesting to hear the players talk about how different practice is this year versus when Freeze was there. There was a lot of wasting time and standing around, which tells me Freeze had no idea how to write practice. I’m not sure if we’ll have as much talent, but I think we’ll be a better team this year. Simply from the habits, organization, and discipline alone.
Posted by awestruck
Member since Jan 2015
14347 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 8:06 pm to
quote:

think we’ll be a better team this year.
from accountability alone.
Posted by FahQGump
Auburn, Al
Member since Dec 2021
1869 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 10:09 pm to
I cant lie. My mental health NEEDS Golesh to be AUFBs Bruce Pearl minus the son
Posted by AUIH1
Logan Martin Lake, Talladega, AL
Member since Oct 2012
284 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 7:31 am to
You are 100 percent correct. Freeze was a worse coach than Harsin other than recruiting which resulted in still more losing seasons. Talent has to be coached as well as acquired. I believe we will be a much better team in 2026 than we have been since 2020. Golesh and crew are not playing around. Got rid of the the pussies and overpaid underperforming "superstars" for some hungry guys wanting to prove something. That is exactly what this program needed. Freeze is scum both on and off of the field.
Posted by TigerTime Burrito
The FloraBama
Member since Oct 2014
47 posts
Posted on 3/23/26 at 2:15 pm to
quote:

i think even some AURantards fail to realize what a colossal mistake Freezus was, he set the program back further than Harsin did IMHO



I just can't get there. Of course they were both failures. I'm not sure what Harsin was even trying to do here. He somehow managed to win a few games (see LSU), but the trajectory of the program was straight down and it didn't seem to bother him at all. Man, the program had literally nothing at the end. No talent, no leadership, no plan. Freeze at least executed a plan (rebuild the roster). It's just that he didn't follow through after that. He didn't now how to cultivate a winning culture, develop a QB, or even coach the game of modern football for that matter.

We wasted 3 years with Freeze's BS, but Harsin was like an agent from an enemy school sent to destroy Auburn Football from the inside. I feel swindled by Freeze. I despise Harsin. And my 2 children were at Auburn for both of them, which makes me physically ill.
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