Before Alex Golesh could formally be introduced at Auburn, his emphatic voice blew out the sound system outside Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Twice.

Auburn athletic director John Cohen said immediately after Hugh Freeze was fired that he wanted a coach with an edge. He used words and phrases such as “blue collar” and “aggressive” to describe the traits he was looking for in the man he was going to hire.

Golesh showed signs of those characteristics during his introduction on Monday. His greeting to the fans waiting for him outside the stadium was a loud “War eagle!” and his goodbye as he entered was an even louder “War damn eagle!”

At that time, the 41-year-old head coach was just under 24 hours removed from landing in Auburn for the first time and around 36 hours removed from initially agreei

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