Lashlee was the OC in title at Auburn, but didn’t call plays. He left Auburn (didn’t get fired) for UConn so he could call plays.
Rhett Lashlee explained his decision to leave Auburn for UConn.
www.saturdaydownsouth.com
Auburn makes a change, and it seems smart.
www.sbnation.com
"Malzahn’s an offensive mind by trade, but he ceded play calls to his 33-year-old offensive coordinator, Rhett Lashlee. It sounds like that’s a permanent arrangement."
Sept. 28, 2016 By Charles Goldberg AuburnTigers.com AUBURN, Ala. -- Rhett Lashlee goes way back with Gus Malzahn, back as a record-setting school-boy quarterback
auburntigers.com
"Malzahn, Auburn's head coach, officially turned the play-calling over to his protege and the Tigers' offensive coordinator before last week's win over LSU; and Lashlee will be calling the shots again when Auburn plays host to Louisiana-Monroe at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Jordan-Hare Stadium."
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/a...xplains-why-****-be-taking-over-play-calling/
"On Sunday night, Auburn announced that Kenny Dillingham was the team’s new offensive coordinator. The play-caller, however, is once again head coach Gus Malzahn.
Malzahn handed play-calling over to then-offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee during the 2016 season and had Lashlee’s successor Chip Lindsey call plays in 2017 and ’18, but is going back to being the play-caller with Dillingham as offensive coordinator. In his
Thursday press conference, Malzahn explained why he’ll be calling plays again, starting with the Music City Bowl."
Rhett shocked the Auburn Family tonight with a departure to an AAC school.
www.collegeandmagnolia.com
"Rhett Lashlee has been a deeply polarizing figure at Auburn over the last few seasons. There are plenty who have derided his ability to develop the quarterbacks and considered him only a "Yes Man." Then there are those - like me - who have defended his coaching and praised his play-calling during the Tigers' 6-game winning streak in 2016."
Seems that Auburn fans also had concerns about Lashlee + QBs way back when. Is it a coincidence that our QB, who once scored 50 TDs in a single season, is now struggling? Maybe...