Started By
Message

Bryan Harsin to Auburn?

Posted on 12/22/20 at 4:46 pm
Posted by Bryant91092
Member since Dec 2009
25480 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 4:46 pm
Sources: Auburn is narrowing in on hiring Boise State's Bryan Harsin as its next head coach. A deal is expected soon.

- Pete Thamel


Thoughts on this? Obviously way better for them than hiring Steele, but nothing overly impressive to me.
Posted by Gary Busey
Member since Dec 2014
33277 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 4:58 pm to
Unimpressive hire. Hopefully he sucks and derails their program more.
Posted by seanpendleton10
North Myrtle Beach SC
Member since Sep 2017
3375 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:02 pm to
Probably a good coach but you have to recruit your arse off to win around here... probably can't
Posted by Robot Santa
Member since Oct 2009
46216 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:17 pm to
Reiterating the comment I made on tRant, this feels like when Tennessee hired Butch. He ain't from round here, he has limited P-5 experience, and his HC experience involves taking over winning G-5 programs and doing worse than his predecessor.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
105802 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:25 pm to
My thoughts are Boise is the premier job in their league. It's like basketball coaches winning at VCU and Dayton. And they've been good in the league, but not dominant, and they haven't been anything on the national scene.

I'm sure they could have done worse, but this is a major meh hire.
This post was edited on 12/22/20 at 5:26 pm
Posted by Panthers4life
Huntsville
Member since Nov 2017
5110 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:26 pm to
He might be a solid coach. It depends on who he build the staff around and is he willing to change his offensive scheme to fit sec?
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
105802 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:27 pm to
quote:

Reiterating the comment I made on tRant, this feels like when Tennessee hired Butch. He ain't from round here, he has limited P-5 experience, and his HC experience involves taking over winning G-5 programs and doing worse than his predecessor



Very good comparison
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
105802 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:28 pm to
I mean it's probably as good as they could have done, and it's definitely not a disaster.....but it definitely wouldn't excite me as an Auburn person.
Posted by Bear88
Member since Oct 2014
14909 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:40 pm to
He didn’t do much while at Texas but has been a consistent winner at Boise . Sure he is a good coach but he will be going up against elite recruiters in this league ... he better get some help
Posted by TidalSurge1
Ft Walton Beach
Member since Sep 2016
36467 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:41 pm to
Worth $21M to fire Gus in order to hire Harsin?
This post was edited on 12/22/20 at 5:44 pm
Posted by UASports23
Basketball School
Member since Nov 2009
26495 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:43 pm to
quote:

Worth paying $21M to get rid of Gus for him


frick no. Utter failure
Posted by JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
In The Ham
Member since Nov 2017
13136 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:47 pm to
Good ole auburn.....

Alabama Football=Ruth Chris
Auburn Football= Western Sizzlin
Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2008
52272 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:50 pm to
Very meh... Not a whole lot of experience. Not really dominating at Boise either.
Posted by mrbroker
Sylacauga Alabama
Member since Jul 2011
17822 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:50 pm to
i would not call it a home run hire but I would call it a good hire. Pat Dye came from Wyoming and was successful.
Posted by mistaken4193
Member since Jan 2017
30087 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:54 pm to
Better than Kevin Steele.But doesn’t scare me at all.


Probably similar results to Gus...8-4ish every season
Posted by TidalSurge1
Ft Walton Beach
Member since Sep 2016
36467 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:57 pm to
LINK ]Auburn hires Boise State coach to lead football program (247-AU)



ETA: Harsin's buyout is $8.4M, according to the USA Today salary database. Add that to the $12M buyout to fire Gus. That's $30M to switch, plus the costs of any related staff changes.
This post was edited on 12/22/20 at 6:20 pm
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
105802 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 5:59 pm to
Yea, I'm definitely not gonna laugh at it. I remember Gus in 2013.
Posted by Carlton
Forced LANKing made the GOAT Retire
Member since Feb 2016
14761 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 6:02 pm to
This is marriage of convenience as Auburn is in desperate need of a respectable coach after being turned down by everyone and Harsin desperately wants out the of the MWC for the way they manage things. If he ever gets a legit Pac-12 offer he is on the first thing smoking back to the Northwest if he last that long. Boise State is trying to move to the AAC as a football only school and a lot of that has to do with Harsin's discontent with the MWC but it looks like they couldn't move fast enough.
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
70580 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 6:03 pm to
I didn't laugh at Gus when they hired him. I knew he was the brains behind Auburn's run in 2010 and knew his offense would give us problems. We evolved and he did not. On the surface this feels like a good hire for them. Not a home run, but definitely better than Bill Clark or Kevin Steele.
This post was edited on 12/22/20 at 6:04 pm
Posted by Glorious
Mobile
Member since Aug 2014
26255 posts
Posted on 12/22/20 at 6:06 pm to
Hes not a bad coach I guess. But geez they might as well have kept Gus
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 3Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow SECRant for SEC Football News
Follow us on X and Facebook to get the latest updates on SEC Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitter