BanditQb

I guess I can only hope I am proven wrong on the next coaching search. But the last 2 searches have underwhelmed. So not sure the list of coaches you mentioned above are as attainable just because we open a checkbook.

My basic point is that I do not believe a "quality" or "proven" coach is going to come. And then WHEN this new coach is unable to magically find good SEC offensive linemen in the first 2 years everyone will be calling for his head too. Then repeat. I will concede that Harsin, even if given time, may be damaged beyond repair at this point. I am mostly saying that the next guy will not be a quick answer. Someone mentioned that Arkansas and Tennessee had coaches "in fairly short order" turn it around. I don't know what short order is but those programs were not quick turnarounds. They went through coach after coach for a long time.

Guys we are in a bad situation no matter where you look. Everyone wants Harsin gone now. But then what coach in the world would want to come to Auburn? Do you think the coach who would take the job would automatically be able to bring with him a good offensive line? Would he be given 3 years of losing records to get an o-line? Everyone says "Harsin can't recruit". How do we know this? He was decimated by the PTB in the recruiting cycle last year and this year by trying to get rid of him. We have to show some kind of consistency to SLOWLY build up the core players we need (O-line, D-line). 5 stars are not coming here right now (no matter the coach). A good team is a long way off, but it would be an even longer way off by firing Harsin. Unfortunately, the new AD will do what all new managers do and make a change just to make it look like they are doing something. So we will be a very very long way off from having a football team that is fun to watch.