• Least surprising firing of the season

    From JGibson@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 31 10:18:18 2022
    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34918727/auburn-fires-football-coach-bryan-harsin-less-2-seasons

    I was surprised he wasn't gone after the Penn State game.

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  • From RoddyMcCorley@21:1/5 to JGibson on Mon Oct 31 13:31:56 2022
    On 10/31/2022 1:18 PM, JGibson wrote:
    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34918727/auburn-fires-football-coach-bryan-harsin-less-2-seasons

    I was surprised he wasn't gone after the Penn State game.

    "The inquiry came after a number of players and coaches left during the offseason."

    In short, a very short leash.

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    "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
    practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

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  • From RoddyMcCorley@21:1/5 to JGibson on Mon Oct 31 13:38:48 2022
    On 10/31/2022 1:18 PM, JGibson wrote:
    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34918727/auburn-fires-football-coach-bryan-harsin-less-2-seasons

    I was surprised he wasn't gone after the Penn State game.

    From AL.com:

    "Should Auburn part ways with the embattled coach, his buyout as of Dec.
    1 would be $15,277,500 — which comes out to 70 percent of the remaining
    value on his contract.

    That number would be slightly higher if Auburn were to make a coaching
    change before the end of the regular season.

    Harsin’s buyout as of Dec. 1 ranks 30th nationally among college
    coaches, though it’s worth noting that not every program provided buyout numbers to USA Today. Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Arkansas were
    among the SEC programs to not include buyout terms in the data provided
    to USA Today. Without including Kiffin, Leach and Pittman — who all earn
    more than Harsin this season — Harsin’s buyout is the eighth highest
    among SEC coaches this year.

    The league coaches with higher buyouts than Harsin as of Dec. 1 are
    Smart ($103,104,167), Fisher ($86.7 million[OUCH!]), Kelly
    ($78,622,917), Saban ($43.2 million), Napier ($39,000,833), Stoops ($31,078,125) and Tennessee’s Josh Heupel ($25,833,333).
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    "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
    practice, there is." Ruben Goldberg

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  • From Michael Falkner@21:1/5 to RoddyMcCorley on Mon Oct 31 11:13:04 2022
    On Monday, October 31, 2022 at 10:31:58 AM UTC-7, RoddyMcCorley wrote:
    On 10/31/2022 1:18 PM, JGibson wrote:
    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34918727/auburn-fires-football-coach-bryan-harsin-less-2-seasons

    I was surprised he wasn't gone after the Penn State game.
    "The inquiry came after a number of players and coaches left during the offseason."

    In short, a very short leash.

    Then pay the 15 mil and toss him before the season starts. You just lost ANOTHER season at Auburn because you did otherwise.

    MIke

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  • From Michael Falkner@21:1/5 to Ted Heise on Mon Oct 31 11:54:40 2022
    On Monday, October 31, 2022 at 11:47:30 AM UTC-7, Ted Heise wrote:

    Less surprising than Scott Frost?

    No one confuses Nebraska for being a program capable of doing anything anymore.

    Mike

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  • From Ted Heise@21:1/5 to JGibson on Mon Oct 31 18:47:26 2022
    On Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:18:18 -0700 (PDT),
    JGibson <james.m.gibson@gmail.com> wrote:
    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34918727/auburn-fires-football-coach-bryan-harsin-less-2-seasons

    I was surprised he wasn't gone after the Penn State game.

    Less surprising than Scott Frost?

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    Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> West Lafayette, IN, USA

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  • From Irish Mike@21:1/5 to JGibson on Tue Nov 1 04:21:53 2022
    On Monday, October 31, 2022 at 1:18:20 PM UTC-4, JGibson wrote:
    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34918727/auburn-fires-football-coach-bryan-harsin-less-2-seasons

    I was surprised he wasn't gone after the Penn State game.

    Does Auburn still have a football team?

    Irish Mike

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  • From JGibson@21:1/5 to Ted Heise on Tue Nov 1 05:32:33 2022
    On Monday, October 31, 2022 at 2:47:30 PM UTC-4, Ted Heise wrote:
    On Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:18:18 -0700 (PDT),
    JGibson <james.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34918727/auburn-fires-football-coach-bryan-harsin-less-2-seasons

    I was surprised he wasn't gone after the Penn State game.
    Less surprising than Scott Frost?

    They tie for least surprising since they both entered the season on the hot seat.

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