Hugh Freeze to Bama?

[L4Dawg]

Tuscaloosa News reports he was in the Alabama football building today.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Would not doubt an interview, at all.

 

[Dawgs'n'Grizz]

Clay Travis just tweeted something similar. I would not be surprised at all if they hire him. My bet would be he's their top external candidate.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

I told a couple of guys (Ole Miss fans) at work today that I could see this happening.

 

[wtw2400]

Oh please let it be. This might actually cause a dent to the Alabama dynasty.

Freeze won't stop tweeting. He's only been a D1 Coordinator once(Arkansas State). And he single handidly collapsed in 2016 from a preseason #12 team to a 5-7 squad.

 

[RightOfCenter]

Someone please fark freeze with a crimson robe with an A on it and and elephant in the background with the words heir to the empire and circulate it on social media.

 

[Dawgzilla]

I've been jokingly predicting this since I first heard Daboll was gone. Saban saved Kiffin's career, so why not? Also, Saban does not allow his assistants to speak to the press, so I'm pretty sure his twitter account would be turned off...or at least limited to recruiting.

However, I find it more likely that Freeze would be hired as an analyst rather than an on field coach. Get his input on the passing game, but keep the offense conservative.

 

[tatedog]

If you can't beat em without cheating, join em.

 

[MarkDallas]

Just win baby.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

It would open the door for AJ to go to BAMA....Spring semester still hasn't started yet in Oxford.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Sexton doing work

Saban saved Kiffin's career, so why not? .

Sexton has power Goodell can only dream of.

 

[13thEagle]

Can you imagine the meltdown coming from the fighting sugar babies?
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[conundrum.sixpack]

Aaaa he was an asstent under Coach O?

 

[HumpDawgy]

The Scarlet....er......Crimson letter.........awesome punishment.

 

[Shmuley]

The consensus of Bama mods is that this will NOT happen. At least not OC. Position coach? Offensive analyst? A position that lets him be involved in recruiting? Maybe.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Do they really need new hooker references?

 

[TorchingTime]

It is now clear that the entire Ole Miss "incident" was a long con by Saban to get Freeze and his recruiting genius to Tuscaloosa. It's amazing how Saban pinned it all on Mullen too. That man is diabolical.

/blackhelicopters

 

[Go Budaw]

I've been jokingly predicting this since I first heard Daboll was gone. Saban saved Kiffin's career, so why not? Also, Saban does not allow his assistants to speak to the press, so I'm pretty sure his twitter account would be turned off...or at least limited to recruiting.

However, I find it more likely that Freeze would be hired as an analyst rather than an on field coach. Get his input on the passing game, but keep the offense conservative.

This is the correct answer. Remember, Freeze has to serve a 2 game suspension for any head coaching job or on field assistant position that he takes. Bama isn’t going to have that hanging over their heads against Louisville in Week 1. Saban sees him for what he is, a good recruiter but that’s about it. So the analyst position fits.

 

[patdog]

2 game suspension is only if he's a head coach. No suspension if he's an assistant and/or coordinator.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Saban also forced the NCAA COI to limit Hugh's Show Cause & Ole Miss sanctions to begin the process of redemption

 

[bulldogbaja]

You guys are jaded. You (we) think that Ole Miss skated, because we know how bad it SHOULD have been. Ask anyone else in the country, though, and they will say that Freeze and OM got hammered. I'll say it again: freeze is poison. Will not be coaching next season.
Just look at Tennessee/Schiano. That guy didn't even DO anything. He *might* have heard something, and reported it. That was his greatest sin.

 

[aTotal360]

Saban will Sark'em. Keep him in the shadows till the coast is clear, then move him up.

 

[patdog]

UM got off with next to nothing in penalties. Don Merlinz shorted us as many scholarships as they lose over the last 4 years. And the only reason they had to fire their head coach was their own stupidity in not settling the lawsuit sooner.

 

[MarkDallas]

You guys are jaded. You (we) think that Ole Miss skated, because we know how bad it SHOULD have been. Ask anyone else in the country, though, and they will say that Freeze and OM got hammered. I'll say it again: freeze is poison. Will not be coaching next season.
Just look at Tennessee/Schiano. That guy didn't even DO anything. He *might* have heard something, and reported it. That was his greatest sin.

Going to have to disagree. Freeze will coach again soon. The NCAA had already said they don't care (ie two game suspension). Saban just cares about winning. Alabama fans just care about winning.

Be honest. Do you really think Alabama fans are going to protest a coach over a call girl?

 

[5049]

You guys are jaded. You (we) think that Ole Miss skated, because we know how bad it SHOULD have been. Ask anyone else in the country, though, and they will say that Freeze and OM got hammered. I'll say it again: freeze is poison. Will not be coaching next season.
Just look at Tennessee/Schiano. That guy didn't even DO anything. He *might* have heard something, and reported it. That was his greatest sin.

I think they got hammered as well. MSU fans will not admit this due to pride but Hugh Freeze was one hell of a coach and recruiter, outside of the cheating. When he left, it hurt. It was well known in the inside circles that Freeze was eating Mullen's lunch when it came to connecting to parents of recruits. He had the Ole Miss fanbase united like no other time I have ever seen. Now, they have lost most of their 2016 class, and their 2017 and 2018 classes are very subpar (spare me the PR stuff). They missed out on a bowl this year and will next year.

Chances are, they will probably get caught again, and THEN, they will get SMU'ed.

 

[patdog]

MSU fans will not admit this due to pride but Hugh Freeze was one hell of a coach and recruiter, outside of the cheating. When he left, it hurt.

I will admit this all day long. Freeze was a hell of a coach and recruiting and they're going to suffer big-time that he's gone. But, the NCAA did NOT have anything to do with him being fired. If he hadn't been caught calling hookers while he was on road trips, he would still be their coach today.

 

[Go Budaw]

2 game suspension is only if he's a head coach. No suspension if he's an assistant and/or coordinator.

My recollection is that it was any on-field position. Could be wrong.

 

[sandwolf.sixpack]

My recollection is that it was any on-field position. Could be wrong.

Pretty sure that pat is right and the suspension only applies if he is the head coach.

 

[johnson86-1]

Going to have to disagree. Freeze will coach again soon. The NCAA had already said they don't care (ie two game suspension). Saban just cares about winning. Alabama fans just care about winning.

Be honest. Do you really think Alabama fans are going to protest a coach over a call girl?

It will be just like Schiano; they'll use the call girl as an excuse, but will really be protesting Freeze as not a good enough OC. And I would agree with them. If I had a lack of talent, I'd want to roll the dice on Freeze. But no way I'd look at his last year and think that I wanted to hand the keys to my offense to that guy when I've got enough talent that all I need is a solid OC, and I have teh check book to pay for a great one.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

So is Luke is the next Saban?

I think they got hammered as well. MSU fans will not admit this due to pride but Hugh Freeze was one hell of a coach and recruiter, outside of the cheating. When he left, it hurt.

They were better in Luke's 1st year than Freeze's last, and the off the field distractions were greater for Luke.

I was impressed by what Luke was able to do, considering what he was faced with. Maybe I am biased, but Hugh never impressed me. You can't seriously say he was a great recruiter. Anyone can be a great cheater if you have people behind you passing out bags of cash and bj's.