BamaHammer says Bryan Harsin will soon be among most overpaid coaches

Bryan Harsin will never break free from the continuously judging glare of some media members, and that includes Fly War Eagle’s Alabama Crimson Tide-focused sister site BamaHammer.

BH’s Ronald Evans found a way to take a swipe at the Tigers head coach in a piece that really shouldn’t have involved his name.

Talking about the most overpaid coaches in college football, Evans listed five coaches (Nebraska’s Scott Frost, Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald, Penn State’s James Franklin, Stanford’s David Shaw, Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher) matching that distinction, before including Bryan Harsin in the lead of the paragraph explaining who may eventually fit the bill.

The other names that followed certainly deserved that distinction more:

"Any future list must start with Auburn’s Bryan Harsin. Also in consideration are three guys with new teams and large contracts. They are Mario Cristobal at Miami, Bryan Kelly at LSU and Lincoln Riley at USC. All three are highly respected coaches. All three may do very well at their new schools. Also, any of them, two or three seasons from now, may have to do what Jim Harbaugh did at Michigan – take a huge pay cut to keep a job."

Brian Kelly from LSU seems like the coach best set up to spectacularly fail under the pressure of two straight disappointing seasons following a magical run to the CFP title in 2019/20.

Mario Cristobal returns to the state of Florida after a rough go with FIU from 2007-12 in the head coaching chair. Miami has high expectations but has lost considerable ground in sunshine state recruiting to Florida and even UCF.

Lincoln Riley inherits a program that took the last four years off from relevancy and lost plenty of fanfare in the process. L.A. is no college football town, but the spotlight is beating down on his next move after a sloppy Oklahoma exit. There’s no guarantee this one has a Hollywood ending for Riley and co…and by that, I mean at least a positive one.

Bryan Harsin finally has the chance to make the transition to SEC football with all of the recruiting perks of the Plains back in full swing following a disastrous time for Auburn recruiting during the pandemic.

This is BamaHammer who we’re talking about, though. What did you expect?