With it looking like Coach Byron Hat Trick staying on The Planez, numerous questions come to mind.
What's the relationship between Harmon and the administration? Is it adversarial, and if so, can he do his job without thinking someone is always looking over his shoulder, waiting on him to screw up?
What started all of this, and why did Auburn make it public? The very purpose of the Changes thread, prior to any investigation, was to say all the coaches leaving/getting fired, along with so many players bolting, is not a good look. Maybe Havrins handling of those under him was shitty, but why put out a public statement that you're investigating the coach? Couldn't you have done that shit behind closed doors and not make any kind of statement, unless you were firing the man?
Who was behind doxxing the young assistant? Yes, I agree we'd all love to dox that fox. But who started the rumor about an affair, and who felt the need to put her pictures and contact info out on social media? I always maintained that Hatpin's wife knew she was his assistant at Boise, and I'm sure she knew full well that said hottie came to be part of his staff at Auburn. Do you think if something was actually going on, that the Lip Injection Princess wouldn't know?
Were there really one or more boosters who felt slighted when Hackman was hired, behind all this? That was definitely the consensus. That's always the assumption when anything goes on at Auburn. I heard all the speculation. I heard Finebaum announce to his audience, "Make no mistake, there are a few boosters at the heart of this." Well, was that actually the case? I have no idea. My inside sources don't go deeper than the guy who takes up tickets at the gate for A-Day.
Could this all have just been a situation where some players/coaches who left said some disturbing things about how the y claim they were treated, and that triggered an HR investigation. Is it really that simple and there was never any nefarious booster involvement? Again, I have no clue.
Will Hateman be bitter about all this, or will he learn from it? Honestly, the articles that did surface about his past stops at Arky State and Boise, don't paint a very flattering picture of the man. One from last year, puts Boise State's deficiencies squarely on Hampton's shoulders for his recruiting, or definite lack thereof.
And did I leave the iron on?