SEC
On Friday morning, news broke that Liberty was hiring former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze to run its program.
Freeze had been in the mix for open offensive coordinator positions at Tennessee, Auburn and Alabama, but perhaps the allure of being a head coach again drew him to Liberty.
Regardless, he’s going to Liberty and won’t be on SEC sidelines this fall, so SEC fans reacted to that news in a variety of ways.
Below, you can see some of the early reactions to Friday morning’s somewhat surprising (but not entirely unexpected) news:
Man, Auburn and Gus can't get a win in the off-season either… Our OC left for Kansas, No Kelly Bryant, no Hugh Freeze, we are taking as many Ls now as we did during the season. This has been a heartbreaker of a year. #pleasesendhelp #wareagle @SDS
— Colt Hudson (@colthudson45) December 7, 2018
If Alabama wanted Hugh Freeze they could have had him. Something’s up with him.
— TechVol1 (@TechVol1) December 7, 2018
Hugh Freeze joins former Baylor AD Ian McCaw at Liberty, the new halfway house for scandal refugees.
— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) December 7, 2018
You're clueless! The #SEC wasn't blocking Hugh Freeze! https://t.co/ULbQvUMdcA
— The Vol Colonel (@TheVOLColonel) December 7, 2018
Congrats @CoachHughFreeze I'm a Flames fan now!! Go get'em
— Richard (@UMgrove87) December 7, 2018
It's all but official that Hugh Freeze is going to be the new football coach at Liberty University. Setting the past scandal aside, Liberty just hired a football coach who was wanted as an offensive coordinator by Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, and Florida State… Let that sink in.
— Austin Mitchell (@armitchell88) December 7, 2018
Freeze is back after a long hiatus, so we’ll see how he does in his new role starting next fall.
Isn’t Liberty technically a private Christian school?
Yep. It’s actually one of the largest Christian universities in the world. Pastor Freeze will fit right in…
It is, though I believe they’ve started pulling back on their most restrictive rules. Students can now hold hands on campus, watch R rated movies, etc.
Yep, he fits right in with the modern evangelicals. Grab em by the pu55y! Or, I guess in this case, grab the stripper by the pu55y while your wife and kids think you’re out recruiting. Just like Jesus would do.
Repentance and forgiveness.
I assume that is sarcasm?
I’m not detecting a whole lot of repentance in these remarks by Hugh. He’s treating it more like a “trial of my faith” rather than “please forgive me for my despicable and repulsive actions”. He needs to keep quiet in the public arena and let his actions show his supposed repentance. Ben Watson, Jake, Tua, Russell Wilson, Tebow, etc., are much better public figures for the church in the sports world.
Plus, “Christian college” gets kind of tossed around nowadays. I mean, TCU does supposedly stand for Texas Christian University.
Lol post of the year….
Everybody deserves a second chance…even the self-righteous social media posters. Best wishes and make the most of it!
How bad is it at Auburn? Four months ago, a top 5 team. Now, a 5 loss team with no OC, no QB with any experience, head coach who seems lost. If the recruiting class for 2019 starts to fall apart, oh my….
They could be like us after all our coaching screwups
Freeze to Liberty. That says it all, as in, the SEC wouldn’t allow Freeze back in. What could have been.
Alabama, and Auburn in a bidding war- That could have been epic!
The SEC doesn’t have control on who teams can hire or not. They can give advice but ultimately it is up to the universities.
Yes and no. If that were the case, there’d be no such thing as a show cause order, which in effect is a persona non grata order. Secondly, the NCAA is a political staging ground. Once they hook you, your clock starts ticking. It’s never the same again.
It is the case. A team can hire a coach who has a show cause ongoing (Bruce Pearl 2014). Greg Sankey has repeated that he only advises and doesn’t interfere with the hiring process..
I wonder if he would have suggested a fake punt at midfield on 4th and 11 to Kirby?
There is no safe haven, is there?
After months of trolling from UGA fans…. No
BT cares more about UGA than his own team…Well his team changes every time they lose..
BamaTime’s comments make more sense if you imagine he’s posting in a sad, wood-paneled room strewn about with empty generic mountain dew containers and a filthy jizzrag at his feet.
LMAO @BT
UT was never going to hire Freeze with all his stripper and NCAA baggage. SDS is the ones that hyped the story. Freeze might have had an interview but that was it. Don’t see Chip Lindsey getting it either. Auburn didn’t have a prolific offense that Pruitt is looking for. My guess, Pruitt is going after an OC with a high scoring offense. The Oklahoma State guy might be perfect fit.
“The Oklahoma State guy might be perfect fit.”
Well, now would be a good time to tell him.
Not true. Bama tried to hire him. SEC said he couldn’t work in the league until the sanctions were cleared. Won’t be fair for the university to be on probation and he skates. I agree with that stance.
Somehow it seems entirely apropos that Hugh Freeze, con artist/ religious hypocrite, should become head coach at Liberty University, founded by Jerry Falwell, another person of similar religious character. I couldn’t think of a better fit than this.