Elhanan
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Tennessee would have never hired him anyway. I don't understand the interest in this guy. Even if you put aside the phone calls to the escort service, Hugh Freeze didn't prove that he could win at Ole Miss, without cheating. The NCAA Committee on Infractions concluded that Freeze had provided impermissible benefits to several Ole Miss players, including Laremy Tunsil.Add his buyout to Pruitts 12.5 and it...still will never happen.
Saban tried to hire Freeze into his rehab program for wayward coaches and Sankey said no! If SEC will not approve hire then Freeze will never be an SEC coach. Move on.
You know I could honestly see USCjr even though I gotta believe you are joking but if he did actually go to vandy and turned them into a powerhouse I would just laugh.
He would do very well at uscjr though. Spurrier proved you can win there.
What some people call "balls", others would call "principles". We won't consider Hugh Freeze, and I like that we have standards and that we won't compromise our values for a coach who hasn't proven that he can win within the rules which govern the NCAA.Repeat again. UT's admin does not have the balls to hire any coach that has any type of baggage. View attachment 322330
Vandy isn't going to hire freeze, UT is more likely than vandy. Vandy has none of the resources of the other sec schools and certainly doesn't have the commitment for such a hire. That is pure cray cray to suggest vandy as a real player.It will most likely be Vandy but USCjr will make a run at him. It won't be Auburn because he doesn't want to go back to the west.
You may think this is nuts but that's actually GOOD sign. It means they know he's gone and this is how they're going to secure more money from his buyout.
Repeat again. UT's admin does not have the balls to hire any coach that has any type of baggage. View attachment 322330
His Christian values, good or bad, are not the reason he is a no go for most programs. Not everyone wants a win at all cost type coach. He was shut down by the NCAA and SEC because he cheated at football not because he cheated on his wife if he indeed did. Cheating is a hard habit to break for coaches like that. The argument gets old really, with reports of 40+ million in losses to the University, 15+ million in contract buyouts if you were to fire Pruitt plus the 30+ million commitment to the Freeze and his staff make it highly unlikely financially. Freeze's will demand his next contract protect him and not the University, I just can't see it happening coming off historic losses financially to the University.The Freeze thing has me conflicted..... I do believe that ultimately it comes down to second chances and if we think the guy has really changed. In an age of "rehab" as a PR solution the only person who knows what to beleive. If he is truly holding to his Christian values and atoned for his transgressions with his family it isn't our place to judge. If he just put some window dressing on it and has kept his nose clean but will regress it will devastate this program worse than Kiffen.
He's a great coach and will likely have success wherever he goes. I don't think we want to take the risk associated with the hire but wouldn't protest it either....
Bottom line everyone deserves a second chance if they truly want to do the right thing....
He’s not leaving unless it’s someplace special. His exact words, it would have to either be an established championship school or if it was a Vandy they are going to have to pay him an exorbitant amount to deal with a university that doesn’t care about its football program. South Carolina seems the most logical, UT would have to fork out above 30 million to trade Pruitt and his staff for Freeze and his staff.It will most likely be Vandy but USCjr will make a run at him. It won't be Auburn because he doesn't want to go back to the west.
Vanderbilt has the resources. The members of their Board of Trust wouldn't stand for it, especially Bruce Evans.Vandy isn't going to hire freeze, UT is more likely than vandy. Vandy has none of the resources of the other sec schools and certainly doesn't have the commitment for such a hire. That is pure cray cray to suggest vandy as a real player.
I was thinking if UT did come up with a plan to hire Freeze but the SEC could not get Saban’s approval. I would love for UT make it public and help Freeze sue the SEC office.Saban tried to hire Freeze into his rehab program for wayward coaches and Sankey said no! If SEC will not approve hire then Freeze will never be an SEC coach. Move on.