Report: Auburn athletic director Allen Greene met with players to discuss latest on Bryan Harsin

There may not be much time remaining for head coach Bryan Harsin with the Auburn Tigers. Rumors surrounding his job security have been flying over the past two days after just one season.

According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Auburn athletic director Allen Green met with a few Tiger players to discuss the future of head coach Bryan Harsin. Greene had a short, yet simple message going forward as the situation plays out.

“Auburn AD Allen Greene met with seven or eight veteran players this evening to address the uncertainty around Bryan Harsin’s future,” Thamel said via Twitter. “He delivered a simple message — stay the course and control what you can control, as there’s no clarity. Team operating as normal.”

No date has been set by Auburn for spring practice yet. However, the spring game will be one week earlier compared to last season, April 9. If the team is operating normally, for now, Harsin and his staff will begin preparing for the 2022 season within the next couple of weeks.

Current Auburn players have gone both ways in regards to Harsin. Tight end John Samuel Shenker was in favor of retaining the head coach, saying he is “the leader I want to have in my corner.”

On the other hand, somebody such as transfer wide receiver Kobe Hudson called Harsin a “dictator.” He alongside three other players on the 2021 Auburn roster discussed everything during an Instagram Live on Friday afternoon.

Latest intel on timeline for Auburn Tigers HC Bryan Harsin

It seems as if a decision surrounding Harsin will not be coming heading into the weekend. ESPN college football writer Mark Schlabach was on The Paul Finebaum Show on Friday and provided a timetable Auburn could be working with.

“I do not think anything is going to go down today,” Schlabach said. “Somebody at the university told me they’re focused on the incoming president, Chris Roberts, the head of the engineering school there. But I think by the middle of next week, we’d hope to have some sort of resolution of whether they’re going to go forward with Bryan Harsin or not.”

Usually, coaches are fired at strategic times for recruiting purposes. Both national signing periods have passed and Auburn’s 2022 recruiting class is set in stone. However, with how good of an in-state cycle it is for Alabama, Auburn could be looking for a new coach to inject excitement in the Plains.