Reminds me of someone that all Ole Miss people hate...Jackie Sherrill.
Jackie was a "bad kid" growing up, but he turned his life around and became a good man. However, he believed EVERY "bad kid" can be reformed. The truth is a "bad kid" must WANT to reform, must WANT to change their life before anything Good can happen. Jackie covered for some of our "bad kids" that he recruited even when they had serious drug problems---"#3 has got an ankle" is a phrase all us MSU fans remember as Dontea Walker was spiraling down. And Jackie chose to fight the NCAA with a lawsuit---started back in 2003 and has yet to be resolved.
Now Freeze is loading his roster with "bad kids" just like Jackie did---Freeze may save the souls of some, but he won't save them all and the bad ones will act out and embarrass Ole Miss---like Tunsil embarrassed Ole Miss at the NFL Draft. Freeze also covered for "bad kids" who had serious drug problems---Denzel Nkemdiche nearly Over dosed and Robert Nkemdiche launched himself out a hotel window---plus Tunsil had that professional gas-mask-bong video (probably not a first timer)---and now Ole Miss wants to bring in a kid who was kicked outta Syracuse for positive drug tests?! Now I also believe that Freeze will lawyer up and try to fight the NCAA---good luck with that.
I am seeing some similarities to the flaws that spelled the end of Jackie in 2001-2003 in some of Hugh Freeze's actions. As a MSU fan I know one outcome from bringing in bunches of these "bad kids" and covering up for them---and that outcome sucks! sucks! sucks! sucks!!!