Bryan Harsin Fired

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sjt18 said:
Stepping into a mess like that... he would not survive either. Harsin doesn't suck. In fact he has a pretty good resume prior to Auburn. But it takes more than a good coach to change a program, AD, and culture. UT has demonstrated how you do that right... and how fast it can work when you have that kind of alignment. There is no evidence Auburn has that.
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Harsin was a super odd fit from the very beginning. It wouldn't surprise me if Greene hired him not because he thought he was a great fit, but just purely to spite Rane who wanted his boy Kevin Steele. Harsin's name came out of absolutely nowhere to take that job. Harsin was born and raised in Boise, played QB at Boise St, and spent the majority of his coaching career at Boise St.

I was surprised a guy with that many ties to the area/school left for an SEC school, but money talks.
 
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RockyTop140 said:
Auburn is going to have to overpay to get a respectable head coach.
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I agree. I think Stoops is good…For Kentucky .

Auburn doesn’t want to wait to win. Stoops is a programbuilder, my way of the highway kind of guy. Auburn needs someone w/ some energy to bring some life to the program. Honestly, Lane would be a good fit. Not exactly an original thought on my part, but he would bring recruiting, offensive football and excitement. It does make sense
 
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Bill Clark has a unique relationship with UAB's AD (who is also very good). The AD would likely have to come with him. It would be a really big stretch.
 
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VolFreakJosh said:
Staying at a job where you have no room to move up would be insane.

There’s nothing else he can do at UK.
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Mark Stoops makes $6m/year at UK, increasing to $8m/year by the end of the deal, and he gets automatic one-year extensions with each 7-win season. Top 15 salary in the country. He'd be an idiot to leave that job. There is no job in the country with a better stress/salary ratio.
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
I agree. I think Stoops is good…For Kentucky .

Auburn doesn’t want to wait to win. Stoops is a programbuilder, my way of the highway kind of guy. Auburn needs someone w/ some energy to bring some life to the program. Honestly, Lane would be a good fit. Not exactly an original thought on my part, but he would bring recruiting, offensive football and excitement. It does make sense
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I think Kiffin would be awful hire at Auburn. While there are some talent upgrades and facility upgrades, that job is untenable with current "management" and factions.
 
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05_never_again said:
Mark Stoops makes $6m/year at UK, increasing to $8m/year by the end of the deal, and he gets automatic one-year extensions with each 7-win season. He'd be an idiot to have that job. There is no job in the country with a better stress/salary ratio.
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His biggest "fight" every year is arguing with Coach Cal about what the school is. Talk about easy job!
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
Leaving the most secure job in the SEC and Going to an absolute dumpster fire like Auburn has a big impact on your quality of life.
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I’m not sure about that.

A lot of UK fans aren’t happy with Stoops due to his inability to win games.

He might be feeling the heat and realizes that he’s maxed out his potential at Kentucky.

There’s no reason for him to stay unless he’s absolutely in love with Lexington.
 
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VolFreakJosh said:
I’m not sure about that.

A lot of UK fans aren’t happy with Stoops due to his inability to win games.

He might be feeling the heat and realizes that he’s maxed out his potential at Kentucky.

There’s no reason for him to stay unless he’s absolutely in love with Lexington.
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Those UK "Fans" will be crying 2 years into him leaving if that ever happened.
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
I agree. I think Stoops is good…For Kentucky .

Auburn doesn’t want to wait to win. Stoops is a programbuilder, my way of the highway kind of guy. Auburn needs someone w/ some energy to bring some life to the program. Honestly, Lane would be a good fit. Not exactly an original thought on my part, but he would bring recruiting, offensive football and excitement. It does make sense
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Recruiting?
 
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While I don't think it has any chance of happening, would be funny.......

Fgaiv1-WIAABzIi
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
I agree. I think Stoops is good…For Kentucky .

Auburn doesn’t want to wait to win. Stoops is a programbuilder, my way of the highway kind of guy. Auburn needs someone w/ some energy to bring some life to the program. Honestly, Lane would be a good fit. Not exactly an original thought on my part, but he would bring recruiting, offensive football and excitement. It does make sense
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If they could get him itd be a home run for them. I have a hard time believing Lane will jump at this though. He will 100% have better opportunities if he keeps waiting. What I think he'll do is use this as a raise at ole miss
 
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One thing a lot of people don't realize about Stoops is he's the second longest tenured coach in the SEC behind Saban.

For a conference that changed head coaches more often than McDad changes underwear, that says something about how much Kentucky cares about going the next step in football and how secure his job is at the moment.
 
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VolFreakJosh said:
I’m not sure about that.

A lot of UK fans aren’t happy with Stoops due to his inability to win games.

He might be feeling the heat and realizes that he’s maxed out his potential at Kentucky.

There’s no reason for him to stay unless he’s absolutely in love with Lexington.
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There's a difference between fans not being happy with not winning big games and being on the hot seat. And honestly, the only big game he should have won more of during his time at UK is Tennessee. He has not been and never will be expected to beat UGA or other top SEC teams. UK is one of the worst programs in SEC history historically. He consistently has beaten his fellow dregs of the SEC East (Vandy, Mizzou, South Carolina), has done pretty well against UF, does well in their soft non-conference schedule, then goes to a pretty good bowl game and wins that. By and large they are more than happy with him.

He is nowhere remotely near the hot seat, and won't be unless he starts consistency missing bowl games.
 
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RockyTop140 said:
If they could get him itd be a home run for them. I have a hard time believing Lane will jump at this though. He will 100% have better opportunities if he keeps waiting. What I think he'll do is use this as a raise at ole miss
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I don't think he'll have to use Auburn as a raise getter if he wins another 10 games this year.
 
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RockyTop140 said:
If they could get him itd be a home run for them. I have a hard time believing Lane will jump at this though. He will 100% have better opportunities if he keeps waiting. What I think he'll do is use this as a raise at ole miss
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At the right time Auburn is a great job. Right now, not so much, but there aren’t that many jobs better than Auburn.
 
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