Auburn football: Bryan Harsin out of answers for second-half issues

Week after week, Auburn football head coach Bryan Harsin has bravely faced the media and attempted to answer for the issues we’ve seen on the field during every matchup. Harsin continues to emphasize a focus on the details and that it all comes down to execution, but at what point will the team actually begin to execute?

The offense looked like a disaster this weekend against Georgia, largely due to the repeated penalties and missed blocks committed by the offensive line. And with that going on, how much of the blame can you really put on Robby Ashford, a young, inexperienced quarterback who played his first SEC road game against the #2 (now #1) team in the nation?

There is very little hope left for most Auburn football fans about the rest of the season, and the situation was not helped by Harsin’s answer when asked about how to improve Auburn football’s second-half offense, per Auburn Undercover:

"“I don’t know. We have to work on that. That remains to be seen. I wish I could sit up here and tell you. Until we actually go out there and prove it, it’s just a matter of us going back and looking at those things, which we have. It’s a continuation of us needing to get better at it.”"

Harsin went on to talk about how everyone on the team wants to be successful, and it comes down to preparation and what the coaches are doing to put the players in the best situation to win. But if the coaches continue to fail to do that, why are they still employed?

Auburn football cannot afford to lose another recruiting class over a coaching search. If the Tigers wait to fire Harsin until the end of the season, they better begin the coaching search now, because it’s clear after this matchup that things on the Plains need to change, and they need to change quickly, or it’s going to be a lot harder to come back from this.