Auburn fires Gus Malzahn / hires Bryan Harsin

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Cuse69]

WOW

 

[Stern]

That's a football program where results matter. And they are willing to pay what it takes to make a change.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Stern]

Would be a wise hire. Freeze with the talent level Auburn can get is scary

 

[JeffCuse]

8 seasons.
0 losing seasons.
Not good enough for this Power 5 program.

 

[DMDMD]

Would be a wise hire. Freeze with the talent level Auburn can get is scary

They should go ahead and take a preemptive bowl ban this year to bank one for later.

 

[skurey]

Should we hire him?

 

[721Comstock]

8 seasons.
0 losing seasons.
Not good enough.

Must be nice.

Ask Nebraska fans about that.

They also had a coach who was “not good enough” even though he never won fewer than NINE games in a season for them.

They canned him, and have pretty much sucked ever since.

Moral - be careful what you wish for.

(also - Pitt hoops fans, for a basketball version of the same phenomenon)

 

[Alsacs]

Auburn is going to be a hard job as long as Saban coaches Alabama.
Without being the in-State rival of the 1000 lb. beast they play Georgia every year as well.

Once Saban is gone and Alabama becomes more beatable this job is good.

 

[MikeSU02]

8 seasons.
0 losing seasons.
Not good enough for this Power 5 program.

Tennessee fired Fulmer because they thought they were better.

This is why I always say, when coaches are on the hot seat, who can you get to replace your coach.

Good luck Auburn.

 

[mscanlo]

sounds like they are interested in Freeze and/or Cristobal.

 

[Alsacs]

Auburn in 2017 beat Georgia and Alabama and then lost the rematch to Georgia in the SEC title game.
Alabama made the playoffs over them because Auburn lost to Clemson and LSU.

 

[JRHEETER]

guess they didn’t think that this season didn’t count

 

[Alsacs]

Hugh Freeze can recruit but the dude had DK Metcalf and AJ Brown at Ole Miss.

That is probably their best pick.

 

[Bayside44]

guess they didn’t see think that this season didn’t count

They're nuts.

 

[Cuse69]

It's been 8 years and was probably time, things were getting stale and the fan base wanted a change, with that being said GUS is a really good coach and will have success wherever he lands, wouldn't mind if he took a year off and came here though I'd bet he'll get better offers than us

 

[Wrinkle]

I would much rather have Malzahn than Freeze. That would be crazy

 

[Cuse69]

Hugh Freeze can recruit but the dude had DK Metcalf and AJ Brown at Ole Miss.

That is probably their best pick.

Hugh can say whatever he wants but when auburn slides a 5 million a year deal to be there coach not a chance in hell he declines to return to liberty

 

[Alsacs]

Hugh can say whatever he wants but when auburn slides a 5 million a year deal to be there coach not a chance in hell he declines to return to liberty

Freeze beat Alabama in 2014 and 2015.
One of the few people to beat Saban in consecutive years.

 

[MikeSU02]

Freeze beat Alabama in 2014 and 2015.
One of the few people to beat Saban in consecutive years.

He immediately brings NCAA heat.

 

[Alsacs]

He immediately brings NCAA heat.

I don’t think Auburn is going to be a hire better than Freeze.
Cristobal just won the Rose Bowl in Oregon he would be a moron to leave the PAC-12 for the Alabama’s in-State rival.

 

[bpo57]

Malzahn is a very good coach. Seems like a case of very unrealistic expectations.

 

[bpo57]

Cristobal seems like a pretty good recruiter. Coaching ability? Meh.

 

[MikeSU02]

I don’t think Auburn is going to be a hire better than Freeze.
Cristobal just won the Rose Bowl in Oregon he would be a moron to leave the PAC-12 for the Alabama’s in-State rival.

There are three all time college teams: Alabama, ND, Michigan

If Auburn thinks they're on par with them they are fools.