Anonymous SEC Coach Shares Honest Rationale Behind Auburn Firing Gus Malzahn

by Larry Leo

August 12, 202112 Comments

Anonymous SEC Coach Shares Rationale Behind Auburn Firing Gus Malzahn

An anonymous SEC coach spoke about the rationale behind Gus Malzahn’s firing from Auburn this week...

quote:
“The real reason Gus is out isn’t because Auburn fell behind Alabama, it’s because they fell behind Clemson and Georgia and Florida,” the coach said to Athlon Sports. “Is a guy from Boise going to fix that?”
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The unnamed coach added that Auburn’s new hire intends to revamp the program. The Tigers are reportedly set for a complete style change under Harsin.

“So far we hear that it is a total culture change,” the anonymous coach said of Harsin’s Auburn. “[Harsin is] a grinder. Detail-oriented, first-year stuff where he thinks everything should change. Wants to kill off any of that image that Gus’ teams had and make it about running the ball and blue-collar and all that. But does he have a clue about recruiting? That’s the single biggest question right now in the league.”

(The Spun)

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TouchdownTony•34 months

This firing was a head scratcher for sure.

Eli Goldfinger•34 months

The guy is probably a good coach, but he’s gonna get steamrolled by the bigtime crootin teams. Auburn better start the search for his replacement now.

penman•34 months

How could you possibly know this is an “honest“ rationale he shared? I’ll answer—you can’t.

ctiger69•34 months

Hope their new coach loves Tater Tots.

BrotherDawg84•34 months

He’s got about two seasons at the Cow College. Most of the second one will see him not going out in public lest he be stoned to death. It’ll be ugly.

ncinthenext3•34 months

I bet they keep those little cards that you can only use at the casino, though.

Bamatruther•34 months

Looks like Pat Dye left us a bit too early. He would have had a major woody for Harsin's approach to ball.

rob62•34 months

Gus was 3-7 vs LSU at Auburn. Auburn is 4-10 vs LSU in the last 14 games. I don't think Auburn played Florida much so I doubt Florida was much of a factor.

CanebreakCajun•34 months

For real, whoever gave this quote is an imbecile. Florida and Auburn have played twice since 2011 an no one in the SEC even considers them rivals in anyway.

rob62•34 months

Gus was 3-7 vs LSU at Auburn. Auburn is 4-10 vs LSU in the last 14 games. I don't think Auburn played Florida much so I doubt Florida was much of a factor.

Hyde_WDE•34 months

I'm sure this came from a very reliable source.

LSUrme•34 months

"...make it about running the ball." Not so great news for TJ Finley.

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