What it’s like to play for Hugh Freeze

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What it's like to play for Hugh Freeze
 

Keith Niebuhr

With Auburn in search of the football program’s next head coach, several potential candidates already have started to emerge. In the coming days and weeks, Auburn Live will offer insight into those coaches. We’ll do this by talking to people who know these men well — former players. To give them the freedom to fully express their opinions, we’re not using their names.

Today’s subject: Hugh Freeze.

The following intel comes from a former offensive starter under Freeze at Ole Miss.
 

-Overall thoughts on Freeze as a coach: “Great man, heck of a recruiter, heck of an offense guru. What he did at Ole Miss in his time was tremendous. He brought Ole Miss back to a national brand.”

-Although Freeze is known to be an offensive guy, he wasn’t a micromanager, according to our source. “He let the coordinator run (the offense). I’m sure he gave his opinion, but he let the team do their jobs. The (assistants) loved Freeze. He would let my position coach do his own thing. Let the position coaches do their jobs.”

-His thoughts on what Freeze’s strengths are as the leader of a program: “Being a players’ coach. The second thing was, he coached us hard and he was fair. He cared and wanted what was best for you. He was transparent with you. If you weren’t doing something right, he would sit you out. If you weren’t doing what you needed to do school wise, he would sit you out. He was very fair in what he did.”

-Freeze as a recruiter: “The head coach is a closer. Obviously, they’re the ones who come to dinner with you, go to your house. But he was involved the whole time. He laid out the vision for you, where you’d be on that team. He had a plan for you when you were there. He stayed true to it. And he made sure you stayed true to it.”

-How Freeze connected with our source’s family when he was a recruit: “He was great with parents. He was a Mississippi guy. My parents were, too. But he could connect with anybody from anywhere. He’s just a very likable guy. Very outgoing guy who could fit in with anyone.”

-What Freeze was like after a loss: “He was the family type of guy. Lose together, win together type of guy. When we got down, we’d go back to work.”

-What Freeze was like before a game: “Honestly, he was the same before any game. Sometimes, he’d say, ‘You can’t play down to your opponent.’ But he was the same for every game. He wasn’t (tight before a big game).”

-A rough estimate on the percentage of his teammates who thought highly of Freeze: “We loved him. He was great. I would give it about 90 percent. They all respected how he coached and we would win games because of that. He’s a great leader. A great motivational guy. He laid out that plan for you. He’ll teach you and he’ll coach you. People respected that.”

-One thing he wished Freeze had done differently: “There really weren’t any negatives. But he could have just been more upfront with the situation (that caused Freeze to resign) before it came up.” (Our source said it would have been better to hear about it via team meeting and not social media.)

[AUwent 3,778]

So you're for the hire?

[Butthead 525]

No mention of hiring hookers for underaged kids?

[Taker 494]

3 minutes ago, Butthead said:

No mention of hiring hookers for underaged kids?

No mention of that time he kicked that dog or beat on that dead horse either.

[Warnugget 127]

4 minutes ago, AUwent said:

So you're for the hire?

So, you have a hard time processing information like an adult? They literally just posted an article, without offering any personal opinion whatsoever. What the hell are you on about? 

[AUwent 3,778]

Just now, Warnugget said:

So, you have a hard time processing information like an adult? They literally just posted an article, without offering any personal opinion whatsoever. What the hell are you on about? 

Well, forgive me for trying to gauge as many opinions as possible!

[Warnugget 127]

5 minutes ago, Butthead said:

No mention of hiring hookers for underaged kids?

Not everybody likes to talk about hookers and underaged kids all day. But you do you, boo. 😉

[Butthead 525]

2 minutes ago, Warnugget said:

Not everybody likes to talk about hookers and underaged kids all day. But you do you, boo. 😉

I don’t expect an angel but seems we can find someone with better judgment. 

[Warnugget 127]

2 minutes ago, AUwent said:

Well, forgive me for trying to gauge as many opinions as possible!

Sure, kid. You’re forgiven. Maybe next time you’ll realize the difference between a news article and a poster’s opinion. Plenty of threads focusing on people’s opinions, if that’s what you want to gauge. 

[JDUBB4AU 5,138]

12 minutes ago, Butthead said:

No mention of hiring hookers for underaged kids?

You never had an adult buy you booze or snuff? Get out of here . Also if you are 18 or older you are an adult. Like legal. 

 

[AU_Tiger_88 417]

26 minutes ago, Butthead said:

No mention of hiring hookers for underaged kids?

Please provide a source where he was hiring hookers for recruits?  Seriously...I have never seen that before but then again we have people who just say whatever without proof. 

[Potatooooooes!! 1,375]

33 minutes ago, Butthead said:

No mention of hiring hookers for underaged kids?

FYI, most kids in college are not underage. Unless you can provide the exact age of the recruits that benefited from this escort service, please stop spreading this crap

[Butthead 525]

5 minutes ago, AU_Tiger_88 said:

Please provide a source where he was hiring hookers for recruits?  Seriously...I have never seen that before but then again we have people who just say whatever without proof. 

There is no source but is the likely truth based on the public phone log activity. I suppose you could believe that all of those hookers were for his personal use, but that would be naïveté. 

[aujohnson 300]

3 minutes ago, Butthead said:

There is no source but is the likely truth based on the public phone log activity. I suppose you could believe that all of those hookers were for his personal use, but that would be naïveté. 

I love the likely truth argument. Those are bulletproof and indefensible. Screw those people who say allegations should be proven!

He is likely guilty! Off with his head!!

[Warnugget 127]

12 minutes ago, AU_Tiger_88 said:

Please provide a source where he was hiring hookers for recruits?  Seriously...I have never seen that before but then again we have people who just say whatever without proof. 

If these clowns had to provide facts and sources, then they would’ve had to stop raging out hours ago. It’s perfectly fine to be upset with a potential Freeze hire, but fabricating details to push a narrative is pretty low. 

[Butthead 525]

1 minute ago, aujohnson said:

I love the likely truth argument. Those are bulletproof and indefensible. Screw those people who say allegations should be proven!

He is likely guilty! Off with his head!!

This isn’t a court of law it is who you want leading your hundred million plus football program. 

[LeonardAU 237]

He’ll crawl naked across broken glass and bark like a dog if yella fella asks him too. The most auburn hire ever, but he might win some games. 

[Butthead 525]

4 minutes ago, Warnugget said:

If these clowns had to provide facts and sources, then they would’ve had to stop raging out hours ago. It’s perfectly fine to be upset with a potential Freeze hire, but fabricating details to push a narrative is pretty low. 

Fabrication?  The phone logs are in the public domain. 

[JDUBB4AU 5,138]

11 minutes ago, Butthead said:

There is no source but is the likely truth based on the public phone log activity. I suppose you could believe that all of those hookers were for his personal use, but that would be naïveté. 

Exactly no source. None. Your log in name is Butthead. You have called hookers before . I know it . 
 

wait there is no source , but you had to right? 

 

[Warnugget 127]

1 minute ago, Butthead said:

Fabrication?  The phone logs are in the public domain. 

You took it a little further than just the phone logs. Pretty sure you added sone “details” having to do with underage kids. And earlier, some goof posted that Freeze was trying to cover for the actual rapist, when he was talking about McCaw. 

[aujohnson 300]

7 minutes ago, Butthead said:

This isn’t a court of law it is who you want leading your hundred million plus football program. 

True but there is always a witch hunt waiting to happen so it seems to be best not to get caught up in likelies and trend on facts. I’m not trying to convince anybody to change their opinions I just get irritated when people latch on to things like this when they themselves would hope to be condemned by proven facts given the same circumstances. 

[Taker 494]

11 minutes ago, Warnugget said:

If these clowns had to provide facts and sources, then they would’ve had to stop raging out hours ago. It’s perfectly fine to be upset with a potential Freeze hire, but fabricating details to push a narrative is pretty low. 

Sources or facts are not required to make a point. I mean we all know hugh Freeze runs an illegal massage parlor and forces the recruits to go get a happy ending all while supporting the Antifa, Trump, Biden, Epstein, the Obamas and Clinton's. 

And on Sundays he likes to unwind by going down to the local animal shelter and kill puppies and kittens for fun... 

We all know that's true we don't need facts to get in the way.

 

[Butthead 525]

29 minutes ago, JDUBB4AU said:

Exactly no source. None. Your log in name is Butthead. You have called hookers before . I know it . 
 

wait there is no source , but you had to right? 

 

Believe what you like. If you take a look at the phone logs and the investigation findings and talk to people around the Ole Miss program I think you will reach the same conclusions. 

[AU_Tiger_88 417]

42 minutes ago, Butthead said:

There is no source but is the likely truth based on the public phone log activity. I suppose you could believe that all of those hookers were for his personal use, but that would be naïveté. 

All they have is phone logs...don't put your thoughts on what you would do or think he did...that is just stupid.  And I guess that you have went around Ole Miss and know the inside of what happened.  If you know what the Houston Nutt connection...that may explain some things...

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1 hour ago, AUwent said:

So you're for the hire?

I’m just posting an article