Auburn football fans, we may be reaching the end of the road for Bryan Harsin’s time on the Plains.
After a week straight of wild (and if untrue, slanderous) rumors surrounding the Tigers head coach, it appears as though the university will be removing the Boise native from the head coaching post after a single 6-7 campaign.
At least that’s what noted anti-Harsin writer Joseph Goodman of AL.com believes.
Goodman shared that he believes Auburn football will be making his ouster official upon his return from a Mexico vacation with his family:
Auburn just announced that it received its largest single donation in athletics history the day before Harsin is set to return from vacation and most likely be fired. His buyout is $18 million. https://t.co/8vRfYhPeYa
— Joseph Goodman, Sports Enthusiast 🎟🍺 (@JoeGoodmanJr) February 8, 2022
If a lot of what has come out about Harsin is true, this would make a ton of sense after the team collapsed late in the season, losing five straight games and losing two offensive coordinators, their defensive coordinator, and the defensive line coach in the span of two months. Auburn isn’t a place where scandal is accepted in any form from leadership. If you happen to have skeletons in your closet, you better be a winner.
Of course, Harsin had awful luck in 2021, but he didn’t prove to be such. Yes, Bo Nix’s injury was costly and the Tigers seemed to be the target of incessant targeting calls that kept their best players (Zakoby McClain and Smoke Monday to name a few) out of important games.
But games against Penn State, Mississippi State, South Carolina, and even Alabama in the Iron Bowl were all winnable.
Now, with the AU Board of Trustees unhappy with him to the point of holding the program hostage for a full week, reportedly aiming to find a reason to fire him for cause, it appears as though the end of the line is imminent for what would be a transitional, short-term Bryan Harsin era in Auburn.