I kind of figured the crowbars would emerge when I saw this moment from last night's press conference:
To me, that sounds pretty close to a lot of stuff I've heard from Nick Saban over the years. Not just what Harsin said, but the way he said it, too. You know Saban; the guy folks claim is the paragon of coaching. However, I presumed state media and the ever-rational online communities would depict Harsin's response as evidence of deficiency.
Today's staff change will prove an even bigger lever, though. Rest assured, many of the same folks decrying Harsin will have fallen over themselves had a first-year Nick Saban done this. They would have painted it a characteristic of fortitude, of singular character and a commitment to do what needed to be done to put things on the right course.
That won't be the case for Harsin. Instead, he is about to witness first-hand the vast gulf of hypocrisy and discrepancy between these programs, their treatment and their fan bases.
To me, that sounds pretty close to a lot of stuff I've heard from Nick Saban over the years. Not just what Harsin said, but the way he said it, too. You know Saban; the guy folks claim is the paragon of coaching. However, I presumed state media and the ever-rational online communities would depict Harsin's response as evidence of deficiency.
Today's staff change will prove an even bigger lever, though. Rest assured, many of the same folks decrying Harsin will have fallen over themselves had a first-year Nick Saban done this. They would have painted it a characteristic of fortitude, of singular character and a commitment to do what needed to be done to put things on the right course.
That won't be the case for Harsin. Instead, he is about to witness first-hand the vast gulf of hypocrisy and discrepancy between these programs, their treatment and their fan bases.
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