The TRAGIC DOWNFALL of BRYAN HARSIN (The Savior of Auburn Football)

Bryan Harsin was supposed to be the savior of Auburn football, but after just a year and a half on the plains, he was fired. Today, we will talk about the rise & fall of Bryan Harsin, enjoy!

[@joeyricefried9621]

No one EVER called him the Savior of Auburn Football. Most Auburn fans knew it was a terrible hire from the start.

[@robertmangum6272]

Joey most Auburn fans didn’t even know who the hell he was. 😂

[@Mikevdog]

Most Barn boosters are clueless anyway

[@sethwaite6181]

Auburn sucked before he got there

[@brianpeeler3486]

To be fair he’s going off what allen Greene had said when he brought him in

[@brianpeeler3486]

@@sethwaite6181 the o line did but auburn them self no they had just beat Alabama in 2019 2020 was covid year and still won 6 games in an all sec schedule gus got fired then it went all down hill we lost a lot of players and one of the best DC to ever touch the field in Kevin Steele under Steele auburn had a top 5 sec defense and was at least competitive for the division title which auburn had won in 2017

[@montecarlo4294]

Think about this for a minute. Harsin ended the Baton Rouge curse in 2021 and he beat a top 10 Ole Miss team. And....he ALMOST pulled off what would have been the biggest upset in Iron Bowl history. The worst coach in Auburn history nearly toppled Saban in his one and only Iron Bowl

[@djLagwayEnjoyer]

They literally didn’t even give him a chance 😂 guy inherited a straight up mess from Malzhon and they expected him to turn them into a title contender in a season and a half? This is exactly why Auburn will never compete for a title again

[@blakeharrison3972]

As a Bama fan I never thought Gus Bus was bad, from the outside it seemed like everyone including players loved him, now he crushing it at UCF

[@reaganlecroy7773]

He got stale, playcalling was downright atrocious at times and we just seemed to not be going anywhere. That's why I think we went for an outside hire like Harsin, but it didn't work at all.

[@gregcampbell619]

His offense required defenses to be out of place. SEC defenses are stay at home defenses and mostly well disciplined. His opponents now arent disciplined

[@johncouch587]

"Crushing it" lost to a 3-7 navy team that threw the ball once lol. He never adapted. The biggest differences between saban and gus was recruiting and sabans ability to adapt

[@RoyceMusic333]

Harsin also a coordinator for one of Those crazy Boise State teams that beat OU in a 2006-2007 Fiesta Bowl. No team played is ever good enough.

[@brycelandon6387]

From an outsider's perspective, it sounds like the two biggest factors were (A) Meddlesome boosters who wanted Harsin gone because he wasn't part of their "Good Ol' Southern Boy" club and because Harsin wasn't willing to be a snivelling puppet for them, and (B) his mismanagement of Bo Nix, playing him when he was injured.

[@EmersumBiggins]

He didn’t have a “downfall”. He just learned what it’s like to be in the toughest football conference in the country.

[@KevinHasSpoken]

Do you mean the college programs w the most delusional fan bases in the country?

[@treeherder2201]

SEC - 13 team excuse for when your team sucks.

[@EmersumBiggins]

@@treeherder2201 13 BCS champions since 2000 says you talk out of your ass 🙂

[@Mikevdog]

No one can succeed in gooberville

[@someguy7576]

The conference is usually mid outside the top 2 teams.

[@eliluchak3367]

Very interested to see how things go under Cadillac Williams with the interim tag, if he goes 2-2 over the last 4 games (which is definitely possible), he should at least get some consideration as the permanent HC. A 3-1 finish or an almost unthinkable winning out scenario should make him the favorite to replace Harsin.

[@Legendary_UA]

Bama will curb stomp them. So Auburn doesn't have a requirement for the HC to have a graduate degree?

[@j.johnson8360]

@@Legendary_UA When your schools head coach gets paid more than the teachers, its not a university it's a sports franchise. So no, a sports franchise does not need a degree. Stop being a tool.

[@REECESPIECES32]

nah dieon being looked at and he'll help with recruting

[@Cooljohn760]

Well he might not of been the best coach for Auburn but he did had success at every other school he coached. SEC coaching jobs are really hard to coach.

[@HunterGentle]

As a student at Auburn, watching this man fall so hard on his face is insane. I was there in the stadium for both the LSU and Penn State game this season and when I tell you how quiet it was was staggering. I had never seen such a deflated atmosphere in a football stadium in my life. I do believe he’ll find success somewhere else, but damn, he almost ran Auburn into the ground.

[@crookedbowtiemedia9726]

Are there any rumors about why he got fired specifically? Like was he genuinely a dick?

[@gregcampbell619]

So was he as bad to players and coaches as they say?

[@travdog9997]

He didn’t “almost run Auburn into the ground.” Auburn was already in the ground due to multiple bad decisions that organization made. Harsin is, well was, an overrated but capable coach with an abrasive style that doesn’t always mesh well. Say what you want about Harsin, ultimately his being there was because Auburn decided to hired him even though this looked like a bad fit to most outsiders that were following the situation.

[@spartacusthebringerofrain3007]

Auburns athletic director quit at the beginning of the season and noone was around to fire him earlier on. He was lucky to make it this long

[@Skipatronic]

I'm glad that Gus is having success at UCF

[@Chosen2banonymous]

Harsin didn't take recruiting seriously. He also had a bunch of players to leave.

[@ScottFisherCFB]

What went wrong for Harsin?

[@joeyricefried9621]

Couldn’t recruit in the SEC. Terrible hires all around, zero connections.

[@cornbreaddiabetic4615]

He kept asking questions in his youtube comment section to generate more comments for the algorithm

[@EmersumBiggins]

He left Boise for the land of real football.

[@KPGJ]

He can't make halftime adjustments. Auburn has been blown out in the 2nd half of almost every game since he arrived on the plains.

[@dwjoseph59]

I still don't know how lsu beat auburn in that game, we probably should've lost. But that auburn loss against us definitely contributed to harsin's downfall at AU.

[@DC-Deezy]

As a Alabama fan this is unfortunate to see. We knew auburns hi archery was trying to oust him out. I do watch Auburn cause the iron bowl is the road to the national title. Auburn is still paying 3 coaches now a fourth. It is a mess and we saw this coming.

[@DC-Deezy]

@baseballreg123 I meant the boosters the big wigs whatever th you call it.

[@zachcoggins9018]

So they did it without cause? I thought they might use him banging that recruiting staffer as cause

[@fuckcensorship69]

@@DC-Deezy the word is "hierarchy". But if you keep using "hi archery" you dont have to worry about people knowing if you're a bama fan or not

[@celticknot8516]

@@zachcoggins9018 That was a complete rumor. There was no proof of any of that. The fact that the Boosters hunted for reasons to fire him for cause back in february is why so many people still supported him through this season. It had very little to do with how well they expected him to coach. It was about the fact that he needed to be allowed to fail on his own. Trust me there is plenty of things to point at that he did not do well at Auburn without fabricating stories to add to it.

[@gregcampbell619]

Well, laugh at the guy if you want, but Auburn boosters are, and have been problems for years. I was hoping with the collapse of Bobby Lowder Auburn would learn, but nope.

[@Kwicdrawmcgraw]

Alabama fan here but I pay close attention to Auburn because they are our chief rivals. Harson never had a chance. From day one their were numerous rumors that Auburn boosters were trying to get rid of him. You can’t recruit well when all opposing coaches have to say is Harson might not even be there in a year. I hope another school gives him a fair chance.

[@anthonypowell6234]

As an Auburn fan, I think Auburn likely defeated Harsin. A sad mess for sure.

[@joeyricefried9621]

Yes he did. He can’t recruit AT ALL. When your rivals are Bama & UGA, you can’t be that awful at recruiting.

[@glassmw9823]

Y’all are absurd. This dude ran off multiple assistants, dozens of players, and never even visited high school coaches to recruit, all prior to Auburn leadership launching their investigation. Half of HIS OWN RECRUITS quit the program because he was so awful. He had no idea what it took to coach in the SEC. He even tried to burn players’ redshirts in garbage time (under 2 minute left in the game) down by multiple TDs. This dude is a garbage coach and a terrible person. Auburn’s only mistake besides hiring him in the first place was not firing him sooner.

[@autk]

Many Alabama High School Coaches have never met Harsin....he did that, he failed miserably in every way, ....apologizing for incompetence of this level is irrational.

[@rickymedina4428]

Doesn't walk away empty handed! 15 million buyout

[@TylerBoyette]

Fr I legit think he was trying to get himself fired for that buy out

[@sportsy01]

As an auburn fan myself let me say this he was never the savior of auburn

[@speedracer2336]

Football in the SEC is very different than where he came from, it’s the best. After he brought his coaches from that conference knew it was over. He never adjusted.

[@romancaesar47]

It wasn’t a bad hire, coming from a Bama fan, he was screwed from the start because a ton of the donors actively tried to destroy him from the moment he was hired

[@Bmthighlights]

Yes it was. Look at how much better recruiting got immediately after he left

[@ragnarlothbrok4281]

Of course bama fans don't he was a bad hire cause they want Auburn to do bad.

[@jamesbeachem2003]

I have been a Auburn fan since 1983, so I have seen many coaches. He is a talented coach but he was not a good hire for the SEC.

[@jggonzalez6299]

Who would want this job with the boosters interfering so much

[@zesolodar]

alot of people, coach for a few years get a 15 mil buyout like harsin and move on. not the worst thing in the world

[@dwjoseph59]

Yellawood guy contributed that $12 mill, there aren't too many people on "the plains" that are gonna tell him what to do after that.

[@Mikevdog]

A lot of better coaches turned it down before Harsin took the job.

[@kaybaggett1072]

Very unfortunate for this nice Coach to have not succeed at Auburn . Wish him the best ! SteveBaggett

[@JimMcDade_Exploration]

Harsin was never a popular hire and he was never in the sights of the knowledgeable Auburn people who were searching for Malzahn’s replacement. The former athletic director picked him out of the blue for reasons still unknown. Harsin, who came from a state where only 0.7% of the population is African American and 81.4% White was, judging by the statements of Auburn athletes, was unprepared to coach at a school where a majority of the athletes are people of color. There were signs of Harsin’s insensitivity toward minorities before he came to Auburn. Former Boise State athlete player Jason Robinson publicly complained above Harsin’s insensitivity toward Black athletes, a fact that makes one wonder why Auburn’s Black former athletics director single-handedly hired him with no input from Auburn football insiders. Last February, ESPN analyst Booger McFarland said of Harsin, “You got to learn not only how to tolerate Black people, but treat them the same way you want to be treated.” McFarland made his comment only days after former Auburn football player Smoke said that Harsin doesn’t, “understand kids that come from nothing”.

[@Channel4Cas]

For some reason, coaching in the SEC appears to be different than other conferences. Good coaches come to the SEC from other conferences and fail all the time, then they go back and are successful again. It seems like Harsin just wasn't a SEC coach, but you never know until you try. I will say as an Auburn fan I was glad to see him go.

[@johntheprofessional5039]

He, being from out West, didn’t understand Deep Southern culture. I’m from California and lived in Alabama for 2 years. It took me a while to get used to the people, customs and norms.

[@speedracer2336]

I am from Florida and I had a difficult time adjusting to life in Cali. My point is all regions are different.

[@Gldtr39]

I heard the guy at UCF is pretty good

[@dillavedderx5959]

😉🤘

[@maxlilben0971]

🤣

[@sethwaite6181]

Hes done amazing in every coaching job he’s ever had. Auburn had a lot of problems going on before Harsin got there. Now people are trying to pin those problems on him. Shouldn’t have taken that garbage job in the first place.

[@brycelandon6387]

Harsin isn't entirely without blame; he did play Bo Nix when he was injured. That said, Auburn does sound like a toxic and dysfunctional place to coach football. It's like a pastor who takes a position with a church where the deacons wield inordinate amounts of power and control over the church. The pastor's efforts to reshape the church according to his vision are undermined by the deacons, who expect him to be their sniveling puppet. And when he won't play their game, they decide to get rid of him, and begin with behind-the-scenes character assassination to turn people against him. The same thing is true of Brian Harsin and the puppet-masters - ahem, I mean "boosters" - at Auburn.

[@ralphcantrell3214]

I really don't think ANYONE will do any better at Auburn than Gus Malzahn did. I mean, let's face it, a Bo Jackson or Cam Newton - I.e. a single recruit that can take a team straight to the top - only comes along every 50 years or so. The rest of the time, Auburn must be satisfied with 9-win seasons at best. Also, unlike Tuberville, who served his tenure and dominated Alabama when they were either under sanctions, or reeling from them with massive scholarship restrictions, Malzahn beat them 3 times when they were at their best. Auburn made a huge mistake showing him the door.

[@UserName-ts3sp]

auburn can be great… but the pressure is insane when your biggest rivals are two of the best teams in the country

[@markmccullough5873]

Harsin can't recruit and can't keep the players he already has.

[@thesupervisor3270]

The SEC went 7-9 in last year bowls can y’all media ppl stop saying the SEC is the “hardest” and “best conference” because it’s not.

[@markmccullough5873]

Are you including Texas and Oklahoma in the SEC? Did all 16 teams play in bowls?

[@samuelbrooks7788]

I really like the 3.5 min buildup so we know Harsins history and what he did before auburn

[@jhlawncare3196]

Best Coach Ever Cuh

[@ScottFisherCFB]

What should Auburn do next?

[@ethan_berning]

Kiffin

[@scottpatterson6973]

Take the boosters out of the equation, hire Coach Prime and let him do his thing.

[@mohammedalam7445]

If the boosters are as involved as they are rn, then their next head coach will probably get fired in 2 yrs. But I’d wanna see either kiffin or Deion

[@cornbreaddiabetic4615]

@@ethan_berning lol why do you think kiffin would leave ol miss for auburn?

[@Frogg1517]

Matt rhule

[@youngdizzp]

I knew something fishy when tank entered the transfer portal. Bo nix I could understand but tank had found success last year, this year it was looking like hunter was going to be no.1 rb, which again drew suspicions

[@coreyings4597]

Should kept his ass in Boise and now Arizona State is open

[@nathancoppini6928]

As a Boise fan he won early but then his program got very stale

[@ChriswiththeC]

We should not be surprised 😅

[@sbolden123]

Scott Fisher, you know what would have saved his job? If he would have beaten Alabama last year 🤷‍♂️🤣. You have to win against your rivalry. Example; Jim Tressel when he was at Ohio State beat my Hurricanes in the national championship and he always beat Michigan! That kept him employed

[@str8testshot]

He should stick to drag racing, 5th string Qb got warm with Kellen Moore and took over Chris Peterson’s highly reliable organization and left Boise stuck in the mud. Never his achievements but he takes credit.

[@OG22-wv3gr]

2024 anyone?

[@Bronfps]

Hotty toddu

[@jacobwatson1406]

Bryan Harsin is a good coach but doesn’t fit the southeast region 💯

[@Unknokownuser]

If we’re being honest he was set up to fail from the beginning auburn is a dumpster fire

[@jacobwatson1406]

@@Unknokownuser Facts 💯

[@quisno11]

I laughed so hard he promised to stay with Boise State and like Peterson promises mean nothing. so turn around means fair play. current Coach Of Boise has Kustra (offense)to lean on and he was the offence of BS in the early to late 2000 40points plus squads and hes back and Boise is back in the saddle again.

[@dirtybird311]

They need to make a big hire, whoever it is. Needs to be someone with a relationship to Auburn, and someone that can recruit OL. Also someone that can work with Ashford, and develop him.

[@fuckcensorship69]

We need to find someone better than Ashford, for chrissake.

[@RoseFielden]

Ashford might not be the starter when Calzada is healthy again lol

[@dirtybird311]

@@fuckcensorship69 Ashford is a great QB. He needs mentorship and proper coaching. He needs to go a Manning camp, and learn that you don’t have to throw a fastball for every RB flaring or out in the flats.

[@Mikevdog]

Requirements like yours are what screw up football programs.

[@dirtybird311]

@@Mikevdog hahaha that’s funny.

[@GrannySingaporePVP]

What were the rumors that Scott Fisher won’t talk about?

[@alexdriskell]

That he was having an affair w/ an assistant. It was a BS internet/Twitter rumor, however the real reason the university launched an investigation was because a lot of the players & coaches that were let go after his 1st yr alleged mistreatment & racism. Auburn ended up not finding any substantial evidence for firing him with cause for those allegations.

[@GrannySingaporePVP]

@@alexdriskell thanks man. I’ve been looking for the answer for like 2 months haha

[@alexdriskell]

@@GrannySingaporePVP no problem. That’s basically the short answer but he mainly got canned bc of massive incompetence on & off the field & failure to adapt

[@corygoldstrom4766]

Can someone explain what happened in the off-season . What are these rumors that turned the administration against him?

[@reaganlecroy7773]

Supposedly, he had an affair with an assistant that he brought with him from Boise State. I think it was the boosters trying to get him out, there wasn't really any evidence.

[@iluvlax100]

What were the rumors??

[@louispapp7722]

They tried something Michigan did in 2008 when they hired Rich Rod.

[@deadeye566]

Harsin at Boise State was running on Chris Petersen's team that had been recruited. He was a jerk as a coach at Boise. I never thought he was any good, and he obviously proved that at Auburn. I was not the least bit surprised that he flopped as a coach down there. It should be interesting to see where he screws up next.

[@benjaminfeige7986]

And he got fired on Halloween, or Nick Saben's birthday!

[@gatoraddison]

Awbern has been a mess for years!

[@randyware9645]

i wonder if GUS, has stopped laughing yet

[@andrecraig6441]

SEC fan are funny as hell what do you expect these teams to win forever 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@samuelbrooks7788]

The day before his birthday 🤣

[@thepatsnumber1fan]

Heard UCF has a great coach

[@autk]

Lol, no

[@sammalone6714]

Hardest division in college football? Mmmmm…..😢

[@randyware9645]

this is nothing more than Auburn football, the fans are use to firing coaches, because no coach is as important than JIMMY RAINE AND THE BOARD MEMBER,s lane train is coming, DONT MESS THIS UP JIMMY

[@brucefranklin1317]

15 million goes to him... thats alot of money that could go to poor worthy american kids to get them 4 years at auburn. Off the street in a great academic social environ.

[@sbolden123]

He's not a good SEC head coach. Perhaps a different conference, different situation 🤷‍♂️😒

[@jamesgray6421]

Downfall was Auburn should've never fired Malzan

[@treeherder2201]

Get Deion Sanders. The recruiting alone would be worth it.

[@michaelking4578]

Deon Sanders is the next head coach for Auburn. Boom. Or Cadillac then Sanders.

[@markmccullough5873]

Dion Sanders head coach. Cadillac assistant head coach. Done!

[@donnasearch1]

Lane Kiffin would not leave Ole Miss??? Don’t be ridiculous

[@patrickcounts6516]

They should have just kept malzan

[@fuckcensorship69]

That was clear when they hired Harsin

[@reaganlecroy7773]

Ehh, it was time to move on from Malzahn. He was stale, the program was hovering in mediocrity.

[@willl7780]

I'm sure nix balling out at oregon did not help lol..

[@taylormade2133]

hes was aweful from the beginning bro

[@creepycrespi8180]

Will not be Lane Kiffin. Kiffin will be coaching the Carolina Panthers next year. Trooper Taylor will be next Auburn coach.

[@autk]

Can't get a bite on something so ludicrous

[@creepycrespi8180]

@@autk Take it to the bank. Its going to happen.

[@autk]

@@creepycrespi8180 get mommy to make you a sandwich and go back to bed junior

[@creepycrespi8180]

@@autk I understand. You are upset because Kiffin is not coming to Auburn.. & Auburn losing 2 years in a row to a big 10 team? Thanks for embarrassing the SEC.

[@autk]

@@creepycrespi8180 thanks for the heads up Obi Wan Stradamus. lol

[@colereviewsyt]

Bro I wish you'd stop making Auburn related stuff. You NEVER heard anybody call him a savior of football

[@jamesdep8128]

Cadillac is our savior

[@KillerKlownAsylum]

He was a horrible hire for Auburn glad he is gone Im personally hoping we get Coach Prime

[@Andre-mp2yi]

Urban Meyer incoming.

[@getbig2501]

Bryan Harsin was the greatest coach Auburn will ever have. This is why they lose. Boise State Crushed Georgia in Atlanta. Boise State.

[@autk]

Seek help

[@RoyceMusic333]

You know Harsin helped recruit those players who BEAT Georgia! Go Boise State! ❤

[@autk]

Irrelevant losers of the mountain West, stuff a potato

[@getbig2501]

@@autk Sorry TK, learn something about football bro, Auburn is irrelevant losers in the SEC, Auburn does not play in the Mountain West who the season prior to Covid had a winning record over the weak SEC. Not counting Boise State's win over Florida State.

[@tonycrabtree3416]

I think Boise St was happy he was hired away.

[@jeffgilligan2004]

tragic equals what? a $15 million buy out?

[@kevinzhang1739]

he was doomed from the start

[@outlawmustangs6969]

Anyone think this is a good landing spot for former NFL coach Matt Rhule? The guy was a damn good recruiter before he went to Carolina Panthers.

[@felixthecat227]

What makes you think Lane Kiffen won't be coming there? I want you to eat those words when it does happen 😹😹😹! Matter of fact, I very much like it if you apologize to the Auburn fan base. What do you say to that? Game?

[@j.johnson8360]

Tragic? Nah far from tragic.

[@coreyings4597]

Can any coach have sustained success at Auburn?

[@ronnieowensby787]

This coach is just plan 💩 at play calling and recruiting lol

[@andrewbird3164]

I like how you just glossed over the shit show that was the off-season 2022 with “sanctions”. It’s hard to recruit talent when your bosses are literally trying to ruin your life and have made it known that they don’t want you around. Also, it would have been interesting to see what Harsin’s record could have been in 2021 if Bo Nix doesn’t break his leg, and 2022 if he wasn’t playing with his 3rd string QB most of the season. And I know people will say that you have to recruit depth, but it’s really hard to recruit an SEC starting QB that’s willing to sit the bench for a chance that the first 2 guys get hurt. That being said, they should have just fired him in the off-season instead of wasting this year.

[@jamestucker8095]

I saw the tonight that he hired Bill O'Brien

[@Phonsuk]

Great coaches who come to SEC look like a bust or just mediocre. Because the SEC is the best of best teams.

[@mikeprima7555]

Auburn hire Coach Ed o he bring yal back to the playoffs

[@kaybaggett1072]

Auburn has problems and it may not be the Coach ? SteveBaggett

[@shturmovik3033]

Auburn: where good coaches go to die…

[@travdog9997]

Bryan Harsin isn’t as good a coach as his Boise State’s record under him indicated. Auburn’s football culture is toxic. You add the two together and you get a losing formula. It’s easy to point the finger at Harsin, but the fact remains, Auburn’s not an elite SEC team or elite team of any kind and really hadn’t or hasn’t been with the exception of a few random years.

[@bondoly66]

Boosters run that program. Auburn fans are delusional. EVERYONE knows how Auburn rolls. Harsin is from the far west and didn't know what he was getting into. Harsin is going to write a book and tell what Auburn is. Harsin should have done his homework.

[@rubbingisracing6951]

Nothing you said here has anything to do with him being fired,it's because he could not coach or recruit or hire the right staff that's the 3 reasons and plus he didn't come to win he came to get paid