aubiefifty 18,231 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 auburntigers.com From the Desk of Allen Greene Auburn University Athletics 4-5 minutes Never rush an important decision. Christy and I didn't get engaged after our first date. We took the time to get to know each other. When we were both committed to pursuing our partnership permanently, that's when we met at the altar. In the same way, the search for a new coach needs to be deliberate, not done in haste. When the right candidate has been identified and both parties are equally committed to moving forward together, then you formalize your covenant. As President Gogue said when we introduced Coach Bryan Harsin on Christmas Eve, during this coaching search Auburn aimed high and hit high. The same things you heard during Coach Harsin's introductory press conference, we heard during our visits leading up to that moment. He's the ultimate competitor. You have to be in this league. The opportunity to coach in the SEC West isn't for everybody. It takes something and someone special to want to compete in the toughest division in college football, with a strength of schedule every year that equals or exceeds anyone's. Not only does Coach Harsin accept that challenge, he embraces it. When you have the success that Coach Harsin enjoyed at Boise State, opportunities are plentiful. After every season, schools in the market for a new head coach reached out to Bryan. He turned them all down. Until Auburn called. "How could you not?" he said to reporters. His willingness to say "yes" to Auburn after saying "no" to many others speaks to Auburn's well-earned reputation, and the alignment between Coach Harsin's values and Auburn's. He's a family man. We're the Auburn family. He's demanding. His teams are disciplined. We believe in work, hard work. Bryan Harsin and Allen Greene on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 in Auburn, Ala.Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics He believes, and I concur, that young people still want to be challenged, strained and held to a high standard. That's how he will build a program that consistently competes for championships. He has extensive experience recruiting and developing quarterbacks, and producing high-powered offenses. In his five seasons as Boise State's offensive coordinator, his teams led the country in scoring, averaging more than 40 points per game. With Coach Harsin calling the plays, Kellen Moore finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting in 2010, the year Cam Newton won. Moore won 50 games as Boise State's starting QB, the most in college football history. Here's what Kellen, who's now the offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, said about Auburn's new coach: "Bryan Harsin is a phenomenal coach and person who will bring an exciting and successful brand of football to Auburn University. He has been a great mentor to me and I know he will make a positive impact on everyone in the Auburn program." Coach Harsin is an elite teacher who will be keenly invested in the holistic development of our players, helping them compete and succeed in every aspect of their lives. As the proverb says, there is wisdom in many counselors. Our advisory group provided valuable counsel during the process. On behalf of everyone who cares deeply about Auburn football, we offer our gratitude to these seven Auburn women and men for their service. (Lieutenant General Ron Burgess, Quentin Riggins, Dr. Beverly Marshall, Tim Jackson, Bo Jackson, Randy Campbell and Michelle McKenna). This was a total team effort. A few days ago in a letter to the Auburn Family, President Gogue addressed the process that led to the hiring of Coach Harsin as the leader of our football program. If you have not had the opportunity to read his message I encourage you to do so. In the days since we announced the hiring of Coach Harsin, I've sensed a renewed enthusiasm among many of our fans. Now is the time to unite and put our shoulder to the wheel. It will take all of us – Coach Harsin, his staff, student-athletes, donors and fans - pulling in the same direction to take Auburn where we all want to go. Let's pull together – and stay together – and make it happen. Together. Thank you for believing in Auburn and loving it! War Eagle & Happy New Year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubie17 65 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG 34,754 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Key take away: patience patience in coaching hire patience in coordinator hires patience in recruiting patience in results. Must remember he is taking over a semi-mess left over from the previous coach. The good thing is if he keeps a lot of the veteran guys the transition might not be nearly as bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubiefifty 18,231 Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 does randy cambell work for auburn university? i would love to ass his auto to my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglenest 332 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 22 minutes ago, DAG said: Key take away: patience patience in coaching hire patience in coordinator hires patience in recruiting patience in results. Must remember he is taking over a semi-mess left over from the previous coach. The good thing is if he keeps a lot of the veteran guys the transition might not be nearly as bad nope, start from scratch, clear the lot form the foundation and you know the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG 34,754 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, eaglenest said: nope, start from scratch, clear the lot form the foundation and you know the rest. Why would you not want to retain some of your veteran players like: Seth, Anthony , Shivers, etc. That can only help you not hurt you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82be 14,910 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 18 minutes ago, aubiefifty said: does randy cambell work for auburn university? i would love to ass his auto to my collection. Spell check can be cruel lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubiefifty 18,231 Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 i call this geezer fail as i am at home on my puter.....lol. i guess i will leave it for sh*ts and giggles..............i meant add. slow down fiddy slow down you MOron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubiefifty 18,231 Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 but still, does randy work the uni? i would love his auto and his email or how to get it. thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 24 minutes ago, eaglenest said: nope, start from scratch, clear the lot form the foundation and you know the rest. This makes zero sense. A case can be made for taking that attitude about coaches- not entirely a good idea in this particular case- but about players? Goodness, that would be a tragic mistake. Fortunately it's not even feasible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburn4ever 1,266 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Awesome letter from Allen to the Auburn Family. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUGoo 2,703 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, aubiefifty said: does randy cambell work for auburn university? i would love to ass his auto to my collection. Seriously?!? This is a family website!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_M4_AU 8,935 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, DAG said: Why would you not want to retain some of your veteran players like: Seth, Anthony , Shivers, etc. That can only help you not hurt you The way I took your original post was to keep the veteran *coaches*. It was not said, just implied as the players will have to make their own decisions, the coaches staying depend on Harsin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG 34,754 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 minute ago, I_M4_AU said: The way I took your original post was to keep the veteran *coaches*. It was not said, just implied as the players will have to make their own decisions, the coaches staying depend on Harsin. I don’t know how you could’ve taken it that way when right about that I said it will take patience to hire coordinators. But to each their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_M4_AU 8,935 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 minute ago, DAG said: I don’t know how you could’ve taken it that way when right about that I said it will take patience to hire coordinators. But to each their own. Hiring coordinators does not mean they will all be new, Harsin will talk to the existing coordinators and possibly re-hire them. Not a very good thing in anybody’s view, but it could happen. Keeping veteran players is not up to Harsin as the players will make their own decisions. I understand your explanation, just initially felt it was coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG 34,754 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, I_M4_AU said: Hiring coordinators does not mean they will all be new, Harsin will talk to the existing coordinators and possibly re-hire them. Not a very good thing in anybody’s view, but it could happen. Keeping veteran players is not up to Harsin as the players will make their own decisions. I understand your explanation, just initially felt it was coaches. Well if they are already on the staff , they wouldn’t need to be re-hired...no? That’s called retaining. I think people are doing their best to over think here. I don’t think he is going to retain a single coordinator . But I do think he needs to do his best job of keeping the older guys around, which he has an active hand in doing. Obviously, it is there decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_M4_AU 8,935 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 8 minutes ago, DAG said: Well if they are already on the staff , they wouldn’t need to be re-hired...no? That’s called retaining. I think people are doing their best to over think here Semantics. If Harsin comes in and says you are all fired and I will interview you to see if you are the best fit. Then you would be re-hired, that puts a lot of pressure on the coordinator. If you had put a qualifier after the word *veteran*, people would not be overthinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglenest 332 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 3 hours ago, DAG said: Key take away: patience patience in coaching hire patience in coordinator hires patience in recruiting patience in results. Must remember he is taking over a semi-mess left over from the previous coach. The good thing is if he keeps a lot of the veteran guys the transition might not be nearly as bad my bad I thought you were referring to coaches.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG 34,754 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, I_M4_AU said: Semantics. If Harsin comes in and says you are all fired and I will interview you to see if you are the best fit. Then you would be re-hired, that puts a lot of pressure on the coordinator. If you had put a qualifier after the word *veteran*, people would not be overthinking. What ! Lol. Okay man. I stay arguing with you over silly things. Done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 12,230 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 4 hours ago, gr82be said: Spell check can be cruel lol I thought maybe it was something like "keying" but less damaging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunderMifflin 60 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 8 hours ago, aubiefifty said: does randy cambell work for auburn university? i would love to ass his auto to my collection. randy@campbellwealthmgt.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubiefifty 18,231 Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 23 minutes ago, DunderMifflin said: randy@campbellwealthmgt.com i just emailed him! thanks again dunder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunderMifflin 60 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, aubiefifty said: i just emailed him! thanks again dunder! Yes sir. Tell him congrats on making what I believe is a great hire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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