Bryan Harsin: Out by the weekend?

There isn’t a football offseason like a football offseason if crazy stuff isn’t happening on The Plains.

Right now, the rumours are abounding that head coach Bryan Harsin may be exiting stage left by the weekend.

The reasons why are unclear. Some people believe that there might have been a dalliance with his assistant Chelsi Crochet. Some people believe that it’s because he’s simply awful to work for.

What we do know is this: Right now, Auburn is a mess, and it’s all on Bryan Harsin’s head.

I mean, what normal team sees its defensive coordinator suddenly leave his prime SEC job and go to Oklahoma State. Mason earned $1.5 million in the role last year. OSU’s former DC Jim Knowles earned $800,000. Either Mason’s going get more than double Knowles’ paycheck to go to Stillwater, or something stinks.

Added to this was the stunner this week that OC Austin Davis had resigned from his job that he was appointed to on December 18th, stating ‘personal reasons’.

You know what we haven’t seen: Auburn’s PR machine putting out a ‘We stand by our man’ press release. Something’s in the offing, and it ain’t looking good.

Sorry, but something’s got to be really badly wrong if you’re out the door even before National Signing Day.  I mean, maybe it was personal reasons. Or maybe he saw the writing on the wall very early on and thought: “Damn, I’m getting out as fast as possible.”

Harsin also lost Bo Nix to the transfer portal. I know losing a three-year starter to the transfer portal isn’t a great thing, but replacing him with not-very-good QB Zach Calzada? Are you serious?

As this unravels, I’m sure that we’ll see Tank Bigsby enter the transfer portal, as well as more players before the end of the Spring.

It’s going to be a bare time for Auburn Football – even as basketball, gymnastics and, er, bass fishing are on the rise.