Auburn football: Fans discuss Gus Malzahn era after Cornelius Williams firing

Auburn football head coach Bryan Harsin sent shockwaves through the team overnight after bringing out LSU transfer TJ Finley to replace third-year starter Bo Nix and then firing WR coach Cornelius Williams the following day.

After combining for nine drops this season, Auburn football’s receivers have shown little improvement up to week four. In Harsin’s book, it was time to make a change, so Williams was replaced with former Boise State WR coach and offensive coordinator Eric Kiseau.

With little information having been released to the public so far, fans are running wild with speculation that there must be more to the firing than just the on-field performances of the receivers. Other fans are less concerned with what went into the firing and care more about producing a successful wide receivers room.

In the opinion of some, Harsin is doing things that former coach Gus Malzahn would never have done. Many think that Malzahn was ready to die on the Bo Nix hill and that firing an offensive coach would have been out of the question:

Since Bryan Harsin’s arrival on the Plains this season, this is the first decision that seems to have ruffled some feathers in the Auburn community. Should other coaches have been fired instead? Did Harsin just pick the WR coach as someone to blame for a bad game?

As more information is released, we will have more answers as to what exactly went down with Auburn football’s wide receivers coach.