Some rebs seem to think

[mount lefroy]

Longo is a done deal for om OC and last nights audition isnt sitting well

Heard leaving is a bit unsettling for them.

Conventional wisdom is that Longo is a yes man. Freeze wont change much of anything with the offense.

 

[DerHntr]

I sure do hope they hire him if true. Freeze hasn't figured out that he needs a running attack to sustain success in the SEC west.

 

[patdog]

Freeze wont change much of anything with the offense.

Exactly. It's been Freeze's offense the last 5 years, and it's going to be his offense next year. If he does sign Akers, I wouldn't be surprised to see him move him to receiver.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

Apparently he is a "good recruiter". I dont understand how recruiting is their problem when all we have heard the last few years is how great they are at it

 

[SouthFarmchicken]

Wait. Why would Freeze need to change the offense?

That's the bright spot of his tenure and their program. One thing that they have always been able to do, especially the past two years, is score points.

Off the top of my head, I'd trade Freeze's offensive production for Dan's offensive production over the last two years. You would be a fool not to. More points and yards per game, even this year, despite being forced to start a true freshman QB in the last three games.

Defense, defense, and defense is what the Rebs need to be worried about.

 

[dawgstudent]

We scored 55 and 42 points in our last 2 games. Don't be stupid.

 

[msstate7]

When you have little defensive depth, airing it out non-stop using zero time on offense, it really puts a strain on your defense. OM's defensive problems this year are more than a little bit on freeze

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Don't be stupid.

Too late.

 

[SouthFarmchicken]

We were better at the end of the year, no doubt. We also didn't lose Fitzgerald and Fred Ross like Ole Miss basically did at the end of the year.

Point is...based on total yards, you have the 35th ranked offense and the 109th ranked defense in the land. What's your biggest priority?

On a side note, State finished with the 109th ranked defense(in a literal tie with Ole Miss) and the 47th ranked offense.

 

[SouthFarmchicken]

It's not stupid at all. I looked at the big picture. You looked at the two most recent games to say we are better offensively. By every statistical category we weren't. We weren't last year either.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

^^^^^this
Freeze offense doesn't put his defense in a good position to succeed. When you go 3 and out or score off a 60 yard play on a large portion of your drives you are 17ing your defense.

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

So Swag Kelly & Engram would have tackled Fitz & A-Train?

I realize that Ole Miss was missing 2 of its best Offensive weapons, but it was the LandShark Defense that gave up over 400 yards Rushing to MSU. The tackling by Ole Miss in that game was atrocious---I thought they would play all out / with their hair on fire for their outgoing Defensive Coordinator, but they didn't.

So I am glad that Ole Miss is focusing on their Offense. I hope they sign 19 WRs in this upcoming class.

 

[SouthFarmchicken]

I agree 100 percent. Defense is the problem at both

Mississippi schools.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Pretty sure we averaged 35 points a game over the second half of the season, save for the Bama game, which was bad. Offense is what Mullen does well and has done well since he's been here.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Exactly! It's the whole reason they lost the FSU game. They ran out of gas because their offense was either three and out or scored in three plays.

 

[KurtRambis4]

+1*

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[tatedog]

The CW on Freeze is that his circle of friends in the business is very very small (for obvious reasons). He's never going to pull a name coach from his tier of peers--he will always need to go to the FCS or high school ranks to get help. With the current conditions in Oxford this is going to be 100x the case. This is one of the reasons he has been so able to keep a staff together for so long--he had no other choice and they are about to find out why.

 

[Strike.sixpack]

In conference only games we both averaged 29.3 points per game. We averaged more in scoring in October and November.

 

[Bucky Dog]

If I'm OM, just go hire the entire North Dakota State staff!

 

[KurtRambis4]

Well they're clearly better****

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[aTotal360]

You know it's bad when the Rebs start threads titled "No matter who the coach is, we need to support them".

 

[DerHntr]

You know it's bad when the Rebs start threads titled "No matter who the coach is, we need to support them".

I wish I could give you more snitches and drop a ***** on them.

 

[SouthFarmchicken]

Right. And you can say the same about Freeze.

And, just like Mullen, Freeze's offensive assistants are yes men.

If I'm an Ole Miss fan, I'm not seeing the outrage with keeping things the same on the offensive side of the ball. I guess the exception would be Matt Luke. His OL's traditionally perform very poorly compared to the talent they recruit(purchase). Good grief. They had two NFL tackles last year and couldn't consistently run the ball until the Egg Bowl.

 

[Dawgtini]

And, just like Mullen, Freeze's offensive assistants are yes men.

As an Ole Miss fan, I'm not seeing the outrage with keeping things the same on the offensive side of the ball. I guess the exception would be Matt Luke. His OL's traditionally perform very poorly compared to the talent they recruit(purchase). Good grief. They had two NFL tackles last year and couldn't consistently run the ball until the Egg Bowl.

Fixed it for you. #urwelcome

 

[Bulldogg31]

Nailed it. Could it be more obvious?

 

[The Peeper]

Gotta replace Barney 'The Bag Man' Farrar...

 

[Strike.sixpack]

Their sites are also floating Matt Luke's name to be OC and trying to hire a QB coach...wow. That audition was bad for Longo but the resumes must be pretty thin if that is legitimately being put out there

 

[Bulldogg31]

Seriously at this point they're just going to have to take whoever they can get. What quality coach in their right mind would buy a ticket to board the Titanic?

 

[HardyStreetAlumniClub]

He's doing a poor acting job.