Charles Barkley This Gig As The ‘Toughest’ Job In Sports...

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The Paul Finebaum Show

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“I admire the guy. He took the toughest job in sports. I mean in all of sports,” Barkley said of Harsin on The Paul Finebaum Show. “And I’m not saying that to be dramatic or anything Paul, you know how it is. You got the greatest football coach in history, in college football on the other side of the state. Nick Saban is the G.O.A.T. What he’s accomplished at Alabama is amazing. I always give him credit because he’s the greatest football coach ever in college. But our coach, what he did taking that job, I think it’s the hardest job in sports. I think it takes tremendous courage for him to leave Boise State. You know, he played at Boise, he grew up there. He could have stayed at Boise State for the next hundred years and won seven, eight games a year and live happily ever after.

“But for him to take the challenge to come to the greatest school in the world, Auburn University, and go against the greatest football coach ever, man, my hat is off to this guy. I’m gonna support him 110%. I cannot wait for football season to start. But man, you’ve got to give the guy some credit for taking this job. I mean that sincerely. To take the Auburn job, to go against what they got going over in Tuscaloosa, he believes in himself. He believes in himself, so I’m gonna believe in him.”

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