Report: Hugh Freeze met with Nick Saban about OC vacancy
Now that Brian Daboll has left Alabama for the Buffalo Bills after only one year as the Crimson Tide’s offensive coordinator, Nick Saban is looking for a new OC.
Among those rumored to be in the mix are current Alabama assistant Mike Locksley and former Florida coach Jim McElwain.
However, on Monday, TideSports.com reported that former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze was in Tuscaloosa at the football building:
Former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze was in Tuscaloosa today and was in the football building, The Tuscaloosa News has learned. Saban has always had a healthy respect for Freeze, who gave Alabama fits with his offense. Freeze was given a head coach restriction and two-game suspension but only if he were to become a head coach. He would face no restrictions as an assistant coach.
Obviously, Freeze has NCAA sanctions on him in that he’d have to sit out two games if he’s hired as a head coach. However, if he’s an assistant, there are no penalties.
Now that Daboll is gone, the Tide will probably act quickly to replace him, and it’ll be interesting to see if Saban decides to hire his former SEC West rival.
Guy has some major league baggage. Was a confirmed cheater, lied about it, got caught, lies again, blames the old coach, gets sued, phone is seized and they find out he’s whoring around. Did the fake “Preacher Coach” act while cheating on his wife and cheating on the field.
Guys a dirt bag and shouldn’t be a coach anywhere. Why Alabama wants a known cheater and fraudster on campus is beyond me.
This didn’t happen a long time ago….this guy was caught only months ago. What a dirtbag of a human.
Because he’s a proven playcaller and quarterback whisperer. Do you really not know that, or did you forget he’s not interviewing to become a Baptist minister?
He’s still hurting from that time Ole Miss was up 45-0 on #12 UGA. Freeze had everything to do with that.
Dude. Please…. u suck and your coach ONLY won because he was a hypocritical, lying sos. Move on girly, chump.
Amirite?
He won because he’s a hypocrite and a liar. Got it. How does that work in your head?
You really don’t understand why? I bet you down even know how to pour piss out of a boot, even with the instructions on the heel, amirte? Bootheel, that just might be your new name.
You’re really putting this “amirite” internet speak to use. Did you just learn that? Rebel_Landshark, is that you? By the way, it’s spelled don’t* and “amirite”*, not amirte. You REALLY don’t know how to put sentences together.
Challenge: Write 4 COMPLETE sentences without grammatical errors.
Wow you’re a judgmental one. He made mistakes. Yeah he burned a lot of bridges but to say that he should be cast out of football all together? Nah man. He made huge impacts on a lot of young men’s lives..some good some bad. He had some shady dealings but I do believe that he’s a good guy under it all.
You shouldn’t make excuses for him, he is a bad person. That, however, has absolutely nothing to do with his coaching ability, which is all I really care about. As a side note, y’all are crazy if you think he didn’t take the fall for the school buying prostitutes for players.
The impact that he made on young players is……. that he’s a lying hypocritical, cheating, pimping sleazbag. And that is all he’ll ever be. Saban would never stoop that low to win games.
Then why even interview him?
Seriously? He’s hired an alcoholic that he forced into weekly rehab. He’s hired a guy that cheated on his wife with coeds. He’s hired one of the dirtiest coaches that got a free pass from Emmert for testifying against his old school. Yeah, Saban would never hire him….pssssst
Who did Saban force Into rehab? You act as if no one should get a second chance…. Half the Auburn team is a Second chance…. These coaches are human and make mistakes just like us… The Auburn fan base worships pat dye. The guy flat out cheated and is an alcoholic yet you guys worship him. Get off your soapbox.
@LSUMC, maybe for an analyst position? Highly doubt it’s for the OC role though.
I don’t know anyone that worships Pat Dye. He’s credited for turning Auburn’s program around and deservedly has his name on the field. Other than that, most people view him as the drunk uncle and wince anytime someone puts a microphone up to him. I never said Saban was wrong for hiring them, just that it was laughable that he wouldn’t. The fact that you don’t even know about the recent coach being forced into Rehab as part of his contract shows what little you know. Hint…he didn’t even make it an entire year.
You’ve established yourself as a liar (that’s one), you’ve established yourself as a hypocrite (that’s two), and we all know you’re a sleazbag (whatever that spelling is supposed to be).
Dude, you were trolling on SDS on Christmas Day… CHRISTMAS DAY. Exactly how much lower is Freeze than you? You are worse than the crap particles on the inside of my toilet.
BootyBuster, you love to huganut, amirte? You are too funny. Take your sister out of the trailer into the snow and ‘FREEZE’ her! Lol
He wasn’t forced. He didn’t have to take the job. That’s volunteering for rehab…. So Auburn has a drunk cheater name on their field and you want to throw stones? GTFOH
Bulltit, I’ll take your response as you defending that mid-140s IQ you claim to have. You’re exhibiting it perfectly. You’re a disgusting human being.
BootyBuster, I guess iamirte, amirite? The roid rage has gotten the best of you. Hit that meth pipe again, trailer family. Most of my life, I’ve taken the high road with my high IQ, but you have lowered my standards to that of a trailer trash nobody that never was. Enjoy your evening. Put down your keyboard for a couple months again like you have in the past. The rebels done deserve the reputation that you project. We all know you didn’t possibly get an edumacation there. You would do much better being a LSU fan or a Missouri fan. You suck more than an Oreck. Which. I get it if you don’t understand, I didn’t think you would. Good luck in the future. You need it.
* don’t
If you have a high IQ, how is it you can’t write well? How are you this goddamn stupid? Tell me who you are. I want to meet you so I can help you.
BootyBuster, that roid rage or those hits to the head, have effected your brain. Amirte? Taking the Lords name in vain now that is a new low for you. I thought you were coming to the Egg Bowl? I told you I’d be at our Ole Miss sucks tent. But you no showed. Amirite?
Finding one tent in a sea of tents. Real specific.
I also to told the location, numbnutts. It’s the only one that has Ole Miss Sucks on it. But since you’ve never been on any campus other than maybe a high one, you could find it a dropped a Google pin on it. Amirite?
*couldn’t
You amount of times you say “amirite” is retarded.
That’s all you got, amirite?
You are unbelievably douchey.
Agree, way too much baggage to be an OC right now and would be very easy to recruit against, IMO. “You want your son to play for a guy that called hookers all while tweeting bible verses? I suspect not, Mrs. ‘name any players mother'”
Maybe as an analyst, but I highly doubt he’ll be Bama’s next OC.
PC717, I agree. The ‘why’ is simple. When it comes down to it, the only thing that matters is winning a football game, PERIOD.
Alabama fans will tell you that Saban has a disciplined team, his players don’t get in trouble, etc. The truth is the only players who ever get disciplined or actually get in trouble for breaking the law are the ones who fail to make the two deep rotation. If they see the field in the two deep rotation, they’re above the law. Just like the two who got caught in Louisiana with a stolen hand gun, stolen prescription drugs, and Marijuana. Those two outstanding Alabama football players got to use their get out of jail free cards, and of course, Saban didn’t suspend them…
With Saban. it’s not about teaching character, or honesty, or integrity. It’s about Nick Saban’s legacy, and everything else be damned…
Right or you could be wrong? So he didn’t suspend someone but does that mean they didn’t get punished? The Judge didn’t prosecute those guys so why should he suspend them from something months away instead of correcting it right then?….. Because you call some “truth” doesn’t make it so.
Once again, what prescription drugs are you talking about? You’re just making s**t up. Also, love how Saban has so much clout that he was able to get the charges dropped in a state he’s mostly hated in.
Freeze would just be another 1 and done coordinator for Bama. We need to go with someone who might actually stay 2-3 years. Can we start writing that into some contracts: must agree to remain in place at least 2 seasons.
The most undeniable aspect to Saban’s greatness is the fact that he alone is responsible as we’ve cycled through so many coordinators and yet the production never slows. The stupidest thing though is that all these other schools still hire away the coordinators as if they are the reason for success. How many do we have to go through before other ADs realize they are just filling holes in our machine.
Agreed, they only ones that have success are ones that stick around long enough to see how to run a program….ie Kirby Smart.
What if Locksley doesn’t want the gig???…. not like it’s stressful or anything.
I’ll take freeze, Canada and McElwain can kick rocks.
Saban is like De Beers. It is amazing how Saban dominates regardless who is on his staff or on the field. So much so, that former HC’s get in line to take a step down the coaching ladder to an assistant position with him.
So torn!!!! On one side I see the coach who made Chad kelly a beast and have bama fits! But then I see our players trying to punch our coaches on the sideline on live tv and ask myself do we really need that kind of exposure? We’re already lowering the standards we expect of our players are we just gonna go that route with a coach who not long ago was a national sore eye? I’m all for second chances, but what has he done to prove he learned from it?
Actually, Reverend Freeze turned him into a person that chased after a porn star. He was a great football player before he got to Ole Miss.