Tag: SEC Coaches Meeting

Bryan Harsin offers no public comments following his departure from SEC HQ

This situation needs to come to an end one way or another.

The Bryan Harsin watch moves on. At this point, you have to feel for the Auburn Tigers head football coach who learned of his job security coming under question while out of the country.

Harsin returned from vacation on Wednesday and attended the coaches meeting at SEC headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama. Media staked out the two known entrances to the building on Wednesday morning in hopes of getting a quote from the embattled head coach to no avail.

Harsin and Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin opted to use the side door to enter the facility for the meeting.

Upon the completion of the meeting, Harsin headed out to his vehicle for departure. While being asked about his job status, he offered no public comment while looping around a vehicle and climbing into a black SUV.

This situation involving head coach Bryan Harsin and the Auburn football program needs to come to a resolution. Either the Board of Trustees and the administration move on from Harsin or allow him to do his job as the head coach. It is more than just one man’s job at stake here. There are careers and livelihoods of many men and women at stake with this decision.

The big losers in this whole situation outside of the players, coaches, and staff members, are the fans. They are having to re-live a battle between boosters, administration, and the coaching staff that they have seen far too many times.

Bryan Harsin expected to attend SEC coaches meeting, new policy update

Too many turns on this ride, can we get off now?

Well, if you didn’t think the situation on the Plains revolving around Auburn Tigers head coach Bryan Harsin could get any more intense, it has.

With each passing day, while the head coach was on vacation out of the country, speculation ran wild about when the Board of Trustees and outgoing school president Jay Gogue might make the move. He was expected back on Wednesday, the day before the SEC coaches meet in Birmingham, Alabama.

No move was made on Wednesday and 247Sports’ analyst Brandon Marcello reports that Harsin will indeed be in attendance at the meeting. That is an interesting development.

While the Auburn football coach is planning on being there, did the Auburn Board of Trustees put in a new policy to relieve him of his duties?

We found out on Wednesday that a new policy went into effect on Feb. 8, just one day prior to Bryan Harsin’s expected return to Auburn.

The university conducts a variety of investigations and reviews in order to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies and to otherwise ensure the integrity and proper functioning of the university. These reviews may be conducted by university personnel or outside entities engaged by the university. Employee cooperation in these reviews is essential and mandatory.

Here is the key part of the new policy, “Violations of this policy may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.” It appears they have put this into play to fire Harsin for cause, which would avoid having to pay his buy-out. Harsin would be given a buy-out of $18 million if he was fired without cause.

One thing is for sure, this could get real messy with lawyers involved if they proceed to terminate their head coach. All signs point to when not if it happens. Until it actually does, it is business as usual for the football team.