re: Auburn and Tennessee fans

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Cautiously optimistic.

I’ve said all along, Harsin is a high risk/high reward hire. Despite what the usual suspects here say, there weren’t any obvious choices available out there. I think we went hard for Cristobal and got turned down, and Napier wanted more than we were willing to spend to give up a shot at his dream job in Red Stick. Harsin gives us the best bang for the buck. At the very least, he breaks the long-standing “good ol boy” types we’ve hired pretty much since before I was born.

That said, I don’t expect much from us this fall. 6-6 is a distinct possibility, although I like to think that’s our floor. 8-4 is probably our ceiling.

I think 2022 will begin to show whether or not Harsin was a good hire.

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Harsin seems hard-nosed with a big-time work ethic. If he can fill some glaring holes that Gus left, I'm optimistic we will be much more competitive. Of course he will get a pass his first year with the mess that Gus left, but I do expect him to have a better year than if Gus was still at the helm.