ATLANTA — During the finale of SEC media days, the two coaches at the center of the offseason’s biggest controversies (Jimbo Fisher and Bryan Harsin) insisted they’ve moved on from them. First there was Harsin, who addressed head-on the elephant in the room: power brokers at Auburn wanted him fired after just one season and tried their best to drum up something via an official university inquiry to make it happen. They failed while Harsin dug his heels in, and he remains their coach. Harsin got to take a victory lap at SEC media days.
“I know some of you out there looking at me didn't expect me to be here at this time,” Harsin said. “There was an inquiry. It was uncomfortable. It was unfounded. It presented an opportunity for people to personally attack me, my family, and also our program. And it didn't work.
“What it did is it united our football team, our players, our staff. I'm really proud of our guys. I'm proud of what something like that that could be very challenging and difficult for a lot of people—how our guys stepped up and handled it.”
