re: Outside of record why is Harsin done?

I think there is reason for him to be in trouble just from his coaching. It's not the record so much as it is how crap the offense is, especially in 2nd halves.

Auburn has not scored a 2nd half TD in 5 straight power 5 games. If you don't consider the one TD against Miss St. in garbage time last year, then you can make that 7 straight power 5 games with zero 2nd half TD's. (I am counting Houston as P5, even though they're not).

Ole Miss - aTm - MSU (1 TD in garbage time) - USCe - Alabama - Houston - Penn St. - Missouri

In many games Harsin's offense comes out swinging and does well in the 1st half. Then teams adjust to his offense in just about every game and he never has an answer for it. Since the roster doesn't magically change from one half to the next, then it is coaching and nothing else.

So, yeah, some might say it's too early to fire him and I would normally agree. But we've seen no improvement at all. In fact, most areas of the team have gotten worse.

The note about 2nd half performance also reminded me of our S&C program. Pittman runs things a lot like Yox did under Tuberville and Chizik. Basically an old school approach compared to what alabama is doing and even what ryan russell did under malzahn. Furthermore harsin and Pittman also believe in full practices Friday before games. I think all of this is playing into us not having near the competitive edge we need to late in games.

He's said to be neglecting his responsibilities on the recruiting trail.

That’s what I meant. Rejected by the good ol boys, in part because he was hired by the wrong guy.

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Lack of recruiting, and the media turned on him more quickly than others because he never sucked them off. Reading Philip Marshall cry about how Harsin hasn’t kissed his arse is a thing of beauty. But that comes with a price.

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The Golden Pen with the Thin Skin did squeal, didn't he? Harsin has impressed other locals, not in the media, in a similar fashion. But it's the recruiting, or lack of understanding (or desire) to recruit in the manner necessary for the SEC. The Montgomery Advertiser did a telling piece where they interviewed 14 notable high school coaches in Alabama. Seven of the 14 had never spoken to Harsin -- and one of the seven who had was the coach at AHS, where his son plays.
The stuff that happened in February is trash, neither he nor his family deserved that. His record is concerning, but would not get him fired this quickly if recruiting looked more promising. Sometimes, you just have to cut your losses. The Leath/Greene/Harsin experiment has gone on long enough. Two down, one to go.

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that’s right, the head coach at Auburn University has not even visited Auburn HS - a school that Saban came to his 1st week at Bama

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Thats utterly impossible as Harsin has 2 recruits committed from Auburn HS and his son is a QB currently on the team.

The media says the most stupidest things sometimes.

He is a terrible fit for the SEC, never played in there South, never coached in the South, terrible recruiting so far and likely to continue bad recruiting.

I will give him props on Clesi though, sheer is HPOA (HOT PIECE OF arse)

He wasn't who the powerbrokers wanted.

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So, he was dead in the water unless he crushed it. He did not crush it in recruiting, on field success or making tangible improvement, or politicking among those who hold the purse strings.

They attempted a coup to fire with cause and get out from under it, and that failed.

Things have not improved.

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This is the real answer. Athletic Departments like Auburn and Tennessee have no morals at all and will do anything to get out of their promises. My guess is that Auburn is pissed that Harsin is not cheating his arse off. That would help w/ recruiting and give them a dirty UT reason to fire him for cause later.