Bryan Harsin seems to have some fragile job security at Auburn, as there have been multiple reports of his job status being in jeopardy as multiple players have described a difficult climate in the program.

Chris Low of ESPN, who spoke with Harsin on Thursday night, was a guest on “The Paul Finebaum Show” on Friday, and shared that it doesn’t look good going forward for Harsin.

“I’ve done this long enough to know when the genie gets out of the bottle like this, to this point Paul, rarely does a coach survive, and I think that’s ultimately what’s going to happen with Bryan Harsin is he will not be back next year as head football coach,” Low said.

Finebaum then asked Low what other reasons could factor in if Auburn, in fact, parts ways with Harsin.

“No. 1 I’m not sure he was the choice of the power structure at Auburn from the get-go,” Low said. “You look at the outgoing president, Jay Gogue, I think this was his hire. I’m not sure the people that pay the bills there, so to speak, were ever in favor of him being the guy, and fit is important in the SEC, especially at Auburn. I don’t think people there ever felt like he fit. They didn’t have a great year. Then on top of it, as people started leaving the program, again coaches and players, maybe that was an opening. Maybe Auburn saw, ‘Hey, what’s going on, is there something here, is there something deeper?’ Then as they talked to people, they figured hey is this something we need to move on.”

In Harsin’s defense, it’s not easy, especially in the first year, Low said, and cited Alabama’s Nick Saban having attrition on his staff. Player comments about being mistreated, though, may have escalated the investigation.

Low also noted that if Harsin is fired without cause, he is owed $18.3 million, with half due in the first month.