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    Will we see more staff changes?

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    7 minutes ago, aubiefifty said:

    i am sure it is often a tuff call to let folks go but at the end of the day it is freezes behind on the line so to speak. so i believe he will do what he has to for those glory days we all seek. and if hugh fails i feel like we will be loaded and will leave the next coach something to work with.

    Exactly! 2 or more things can be true at once. There seems to be a lot of trolls and malcontents in here that will throw mud at EVERYTHING Auburn! I support AUBURN UNIVERSITY and not past players and coaches! I’ve had to let long term employees go for not doing what the organization needed! They were good people, but they didn’t buy into moving the company forward. It’s never, or shouldn’t be, easy to let people go, even when necessary! 

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    Will we see more staff changes?

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    12 minutes ago, e808 said:

    Do you recall that long winded speech he gave about Caddy when CHF came on. Then even have Caddy to give the team a motivational pregame speech. Only to come back to say Caddy doesn’t fit his plan. This really doesn’t make much sense to me but I am not making millions to make these decisions if true. Maybe Caddy moves on voluntarily. Let’s see what happens

    And? Things change! So, YES let’s see what happens! If CHF doesn’t succeed then he will be gone! CHF should remove ANY and EVERY coach that he feels necessary for his success! Just because Caddy is LOVED by our fan base doesn’t mean that he can’t be replaced as a coach! Replacing him doesn’t make him a bad person or less of a coach! 

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    Hugh to take over play calling....

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    48 minutes ago, TitanTiger said:

    I think Hugh looked at the roster then looked at the rosters of our rivals, looked at the sad state of relationships with HS coaches in the area, and thought his most important task was to go full bore after improving this roster.  He thought maybe if he hired a couple of experienced coordinators capable of running their side of the ball without him having to be deeply involved, he could sort of assume a CEO role at least for the first 2-3 years, and be able to devote more time to recruiting, relationship building with high school programs, to the politicking involved with $$ folks at Auburn, and all of those things.  It's not a crazy thought.  It just didn't work as planned, particularly on the offensive side of the ball.  Ultimately it's his responsibility - both the results on the field this year, and for him to fix going forward.

    I think the DC situation was something you wouldn't have predicted.  Roberts had a reputation for being hard nosed and abrasive, but it's not like there'd been a mutiny among his players at previous stops or assistants bailing and calling him impossible to work for.  He and Aranda weren't seeing eye to eye on how to run the defense his last year there but that was about it.  I don't think anyone could have reasonably foreseen the situation with the secondary players and McGriff.

    So he's fixing the problem.  He's taking back over play calling and will hire an OC that's good with that paradigm.  He encouraged Roberts to find a new job and repaired the relationships with the players getting ready to bail.  Unfortunately the timeline didn't work to keep Crime on board but the bottom line is, he's not just letting things ride and unafraid to make the necessary moves.  It's not ideal to fire both coordinators after year one.  It's also not unprecedented for very good coaches to make big changes of this nature after their first season.  So neither is it a catastrophe indicative of a bad head coach.

    We'll see how it works out.  His HS efforts in recruiting clearly panned out well in his first full recruiting cycle.  He tried something a little different given the circumstances he walked into, it didn't work and he's going back to what got him here.  Saban fired both coordinators after his first season at Alabama then had 4 years of stability at both positions after that (and several more on the DC side with Smart).

    Great post! We have too many on this board that are too dumb and myopic to understand it, but maybe it will sink in for a few! 

    Freeze dismisses DC Ron Roberts

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    4 minutes ago, Auburn93 said:

    If there is one thing different, then there should be no comparison. Here are the differences and they are big. He was hired by a legit AD, he has a great relationship with the boosters, he recruits like a mad man, he speaks well with the media, he is respected by other SEC and high school coaches. You need to get over this idea that he was not a good hire. You just don't understand that the college game is about yearly change now. 

    I’m thinking that person is a closet Bam tard? 

    Freeze dismisses DC Ron Roberts

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    2 minutes ago, BoogingBarner said:

    Charles Kelly defense had a 29 point halftime lead against a bad Stanford team and blew it and lost the game. And it was a home game also for Colorado. Colorado's defense absolutely sucked this year. Deion fired Kelly and we were his landing net. Remember last year Freeze supposedly wanted Charles Kelly as our DC but he chose Colorado instead? And now he just decides to come to Auburn after 1 year? That man was fired by Prime.

    Did you pull this from your rectum or do you know that he was fired? From what I’ve read/heard, MEION was pissed that he left and leaked the Auburn hire.🤷🏼‍♂️

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    Freeze dismisses DC Ron Roberts

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    6 minutes ago, tbone4jc said:

    People need to chill with all the nonsense. If CHF keeps both coordinators he’s is wrong. Gets rid of them because they are not good the he is no better then potato head. Just can’t win

    Dumbest fans in all of sports!

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    Will we see more staff changes?

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    9 minutes ago, JDUBB4AU said:

    This hurts a lot of people, but it’s on point. Great players don’t always equal great coaches. I would even question the recruiting portion of this post. I’m sure I will catch heat, but there are better options for the future of AU. 

    LOL…we have the dumbest fan base in  all of sports. They complain about everything, even when they are clueless! 

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    Will we see more staff changes?

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    24 minutes ago, JDUBB4AU said:

    This. Probably not rumors. I won’t say anymore. 
     

    more changes are coming . Wholesale changes. Could be upsetting to some. 

    Interesting quotes from Fairweather regarding the need for culture change.  If some of our favorite coaches are part of the issues, so be it! I will be more upset if CHF doesn’t resolve them!

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    White face mask curse!

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    1 hour ago, tigers23 said:

    I don't know the record when wearing them, but i loathe the white face mask

    They should have been thrown in the trash with Harsin! The blue mask should be worn with white unis and orange with the blue unis! Scrap the whites!

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