The Auburn Tigers are in a new era as a program led by new head coach Alex Golesh, and he is certainly running things a whole lot differently from the way they have gone in the past.

Auburn has a long held reputation of allowing boosters and big money donors to meddle in decision making, but Golesh — with his own stamp of approval — is putting a stop to all of it, and he is not afraid to let those same boosters know right to their face.

During an exclusive interview with On3, Golesh talked about this narrative and how he has changed the way financial supporters have access to the decisions he makes. While he emphasized transparency, everything ultimately is his call at the end of the day.

“Are there people involved in helping fund this operation? Hell yeah, you need those people,” he said of the boosters. “It’s also being very real with them, it’s having conversations, and it’s being really honest…They have a right to know what you’re spending money on. But you have to be really careful. If you’re going to spend money and then want to be involved in decision-making, then we’re good. We don’t need your money. If you’re upfront and honest from the beginning, you’ve got a chance.”

Whether or not Golesh was talking about anyone specifically cannot be known, but following what has been a dark era for Auburn Football, clearly he is determined to do things his way and get the Tigers back to consistently winning.