Nearly one week after nasty rumors about Auburn football head coach Bryan Harsin started flying around the Plains, it seems that nothing has been resolved. From vicious personal attacks to criticizing his coaching style and recruiting tactics, it feels like The Powers That Be are throwing everything in the book at Harsin to get him out of Auburn.
Reports surfaced last week that Harsin’s job was in jeopardy, but the reasons behind it seem to change every time you refresh Twitter. While some former players have negative things to say about Harsin, the returning players and incoming signees have all rallied behind their coach.
Former team leaders like Chandler Wooten and T.D. Moultry were outspoken in their support for Bryan Harsin, and returning sixth-year offensive lineman Nick Brahms requested that university president Jay Gogue and the Board of Trustees speak with a group of heavy hitters including Anders Carlson, Owen Pappoe, and John Samuel Shenker.
Shouldn’t the players’ voices be the most important in this situation? Auburn football fans think so, and they are casting blame straight on the university’s Board of Trustees for putting the program in this mess:
We have to eliminate agendas which are not pro-Auburn. That's our problem; we have too many chiefs who think that their idea of how things should work is the only one or the best one.
— Rex Alcairum🦚 (@CairoTiger) February 7, 2022
the BoT at Auburn is incompetent. They all need to be fired by The governor.
— All is well! Remain Calm! 🅿️🏀😎🇺🇦 (@PavsNewAccount) February 6, 2022
The fans have chosen to rally around first-year head coach Bryan Harsin, even going so far as to organize a rally at Toomer’s Corner and start an online petition to show support:
fan rally in support of Auburn football coach Bryan Harsin at Toomer’s Corner pic.twitter.com/IlnS0S8FbN
— Bennett Durando (@BennettDurando) February 6, 2022
Will this do anything ? Probs not but I electronically signed it anyway 😂 #WDE I believe in democracy and love it
— Young Harleezy 🔜 Lost Lands 🦖 (@WOWNowThatsMe) February 7, 2022
Board of Trustees: Retain Bryan Harsin as the coach of Auburn University. - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/PFVtIy1kKB via @Change
Whether the decision is to fire Coach Harsin or give him a fair chance in his second year on the Plains, it’s time to end this mess instead of giving Auburn football a bad look and prolonging the chaos.