W.E.D 11,070 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Anyone actually on board with this hire??? UPDATED: CONFIRMED AUBURN, Ala. – A veteran coach in the Southeastern Conference, Mike Bobo has been named offensive coordinator at Auburn, head coach Bryan Harsin announced Thursday. Bobo spent last season at South Carolina as offensive coordinator and quarterback coach after a five-year stint as head coach at Colorado State. He also spent 14 years at Georgia. "I've wanted to work with Mike now for quite some time as he compliments the many things we want to do with our offense," Harsin said. "We are going to be very versatile in what we do and Mike's offensive background speaks for itself. I'm really excited to combine forces with Mike as we create the Auburn offense, a high-powered, attacking and physical unit that will come at you in many ways." At Colorado State, he guided the Rams to bowl games in each of his first three seasons, making him the lone coach in program history to accomplish that feat, and joined Sonny Lubick as the only two to coach the Rams in multiple bowl games in their careers. Overall, Bobo's teams left their marks on the offensive record book at CSU, as his squads own three of the top six marks for total offense in a season as well as the school record for most yards per game in a season, that coming in 2017. His Rams also posted three of the top seven scoring seasons in CSU history. In five seasons, he was 28-35 and 20-20 in the Mountain West Conference. "I have a great amount of respect for Coach Harsin, both as a coach and as a person," Bobo said. "I competed against him for five years as a head coach and we've talked ball on numerous occasions over the years. I know what he's about and his commitment to excellence. I know that Auburn is a great community with a tremendous passion for and commitment to Auburn football. I'm excited to get started and look forward to helping Coach Harsin compete for championships." https://auburntigers.com/news/2021/1/7/football-mike-bobo-named-offensive-coordinator-at-auburn.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuburnFTW 71 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, W.E.D said: Anyone actually on board with this hire??? Is he my first choice? No. Is he my 10th choice? Still no. But hey, I've been wrong plenty of times before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony4AU 386 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle-1 3,821 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotsAU 1,331 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I’m guessing this is a joke. His offense would be great for Auburn... if it was 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82b4au 5,568 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Not my first choice but he is an elite recruiter. I think we are trying to find people that can recruit lights out. I think this may actually happen. This makes more sense than the other rumors we have heard. He fits the system and can recruit like crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aucom96 1,618 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoAU 1,600 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I thought I read somewhere that Harsin calls his own plays - is that correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUCE05 369 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 1 minute ago, GoAU said: I thought I read somewhere that Harsin calls his own plays - is that correct? He does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTFazz 386 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 14 minutes ago, W.E.D said: Anyone actually on board with this hire??? If you are asking if those here want Bob, I can only say I have seen way more sentiment against Bobo than support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82b4au 5,568 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I think it may happen and this board will probably hate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTiger 12,876 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Don’t want him on name alone. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82b4au 5,568 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, Zeek said: South Carolina beat writer said its incredibly unlikely. JC Schubertt said that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeek 16,650 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Just now, gr82b4au said: JC Schubertt said that? Yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82b4au 5,568 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Rivals AU mod just said he does not think we are targeting Bobo. Hahaha!!! This is fun!!! And to think we could just be sitting here stuck with Gus knowing that next year was going to be terrible no matter what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,670 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Would be terrible, is my initial thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubie17 65 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I think it is a bait and switch so that when the OC from Boise State is announced Zeek will be ecstatic that it wasn't Bobo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURex 1,998 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I'm thinking (1) he couldn't convince the Boise State OC or any of the previous Boise State OCs to come to Auburn, and/or (2) he's looking for recruiting and plans to do more actual offense coaching and play calling himself, and/or we be in deep doodoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuburnTiger4Life 2,225 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 1 minute ago, gr82b4au said: Rivals AU mod just said he does not think we are targeting Bobo. Hahaha!!! This is fun!!! And to think we could just be sitting here stuck with Gus knowing that next year was going to be terrible no matter what Thank you my breathing just slowed down lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W.E.D 11,070 Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, gr82b4au said: Rivals AU mod just said he does not think we are targeting Bobo. Hahaha!!! This is fun!!! And to think we could just be sitting here stuck with Gus knowing that next year was going to be terrible no matter what Beat writers out there throwing s*** at the wall, imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slyinsocal 831 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Might work. Highly successful as the OC at Georgia under Richt. I recall being happy when he left for his first head coaching gig. I think some of the negative knee jerk reaction is due to recent history. 3 things. #1 kiss of death, was his name being floated as part of Steele's staff. #2, his lone season at South Carolina (this year) was bleh. But was it really surprising considering who the HC was (Muschamp)? #3 Mediocre to worse as HC at Colorado St (5 seasons). Another good coordinator not cutting it as a HC. However, he was a Broyles award finalist at Georgia with good to excellent multi faceted offenses. Matthew Stafford, Aaron Murray, and David Greene were the QBs during his Georgia stint. Not an endorsement, but a wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeek 16,650 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, aubie17 said: I think it is a bait and switch so that when the OC from Boise State is announced Zeek will be ecstatic that it wasn't Bobo. Makes sense. Sounds par for the course lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeaauburn 21 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Apparently he just signed a new contract with Carolina... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuburnFTW 71 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 On another note, that #ItJustMeansMore hashtag annoys me so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDUBB4AU 5,121 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Please no. Holy crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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