Honestly I wasn’t sold on Mason. He is 100% into the bend don’t break philosophy and will rush 3 guys, have 5 offensive linemen on them and the QB has all day to throw. It wasn’t until the end of the year we started blitzing random corners and linebackers (which was effective) but I think Harsin had a part of that.
He didn’t have enough time to really evaluate him but two things really bothered me:
1. His defense gave up a 21 point lead to Mississippi State.
2. He couldn’t stop South Carolina who basically ran the same play over and over and he never adjusted.
I honestly thought he would be gone after the season but figured they wouldn’t because they had already fired a black coach and it’s bad optics.
He is a good guy and I hope he does well but I’m kinda glad he is gone.