If Auburn had won the Iron Bowl on Saturday night, there was a potential that D.J. Durkin, the interim coach and defensive coordinator, might have been promoted to full-time.
Alex Golesh understands how to turn around an SEC program having been on staff under Josh Heupel at Tennessee and coaching at various other places throughout the country where the expectation is to win big. That kind of data will be vital to unlocking what is a high-ceiling and low-floor position at Auburn given the historical variations season to season on the Plains.
Additionally, he will make everyone involved in the program fully dedicated to the cause, which hasn’t been the case at Auburn recently. He won’t tolerate any nonsense around the football building. Golesh should gain a lot from having the resources at his disposal because he has many important recruiting connections throughout the SEC footprint. If he can retain most of the guys already on board in the fold for next season, this might be a swift flip that leads to much more rolling of Toomer’s Corner.
Finally, Golesh will make sure this Auburn team isn’t hard to watch (which it has been the last couple of years). He scores a lot of points with his offenses.
They are not stodgy or difficult to grasp, it’s about getting big-time athletes in space and having them run to the house to score touchdowns. This occasionally means conceding a bit more points on defense as a result, but Auburn will likely make that trade off based on what it has been forced to endure lately.
