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re: How has Freeze been able to turn Auburn recruiting around so quick?
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:32 pm to IAmNERD
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:32 pm to IAmNERD
quote:That's when everyone and their brother saw his true colors.
I don't know and I don't think Auburn really got the NIL collective together and on the same page until early in '22 maybe. But the stories are out there. The '22 or '23 clas in the state of AL was something that had never been seen before in the HS ranks. We got 1 of the top guys. There are 6A and 7A HS coaches in AL that had never met Harsin face to face and a couple that had never even talked to him.
I was told emphatically that people in your Administration tried their damndest to press, urge and motivate him to get off his arse, get off campus, go out and let the "Auburn" brand be seen at those high schools. Some of which were less than a 100-mile radius from AU campus. And he outright refused!
The alpha male persona Harsin carried gave him an air he didn't really possess, and it turned out to be his ruination in SEC coaching.
This post was edited on 8/2/23 at 2:34 pm
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Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:43 pm to RT1941
Hugh Freeze is a sleazeball that can actually coach. He will do well at Auburn
Posted on 8/2/23 at 2:44 pm to RT1941
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I was told emphatically that people in your Administration tried their damndest to press, urge and motivate him to get off his arse, get off campus, go out and let the "Auburn" brand be seen at those high schools. Some of which were less than a 100-mile radius from AU campus. And he outright refused!
I've heard the same thing from people I think would have an idea of some behind the scenes stuff and was floored when I heard it. I honestly wasnt sure whether to believe them or not. I tried to give the guy more than enough leeway to put his stamp on the program but it just continued to nosedive.
He may be the worst SEC football hire outside of Chad Morris just for his lack of effort on the recruiting trail. He thought he was above the fray because he was hot shite at Boise for a while and arrived with that arrogance to the south where that type of attitude just does not fly with people who matter.
This post was edited on 8/2/23 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 8/2/23 at 3:13 pm to RT1941
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I was told emphatically that people in your Administration tried their damndest to press, urge and motivate him to get off his arse, get off campus, go out and let the "Auburn" brand be seen at those high schools. Some of which were less than a 100-mile radius from AU campus. And he outright refused!
There are stories of Bobo dragging him to meetings with high school coaches, or at least trying to get him to go.
The more stories that come out about the guy, the more they paint the picture of what an absolute disaster his 2 years were.
Needless to say, there is a lot more NIL money flowing in with Freeze than their was with Harsin.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 4:57 pm to RT1941
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I was told emphatically that people in your Administration tried their damndest to press, urge and motivate him to get off his arse, get off campus, go out and let the "Auburn" brand be seen at those high schools. Some of which were less than a 100-mile radius from AU campus. And he outright refused!
There was also some pretty concerning things said in some of the coach’s exit interviews (I know Mason was one of them, possibly Bobo and Nick Eason) that had some racial connotations to them. Then you had the mass exodus of players leaving the program. And of course you had him firing Corn Williams mid season because his daughter couldn’t keep her legs together….which continued to be a problem, its why he sent the younger daughter back to Eagle to live.
THAT is what started the investigation and Auburn was right to do so. The level of toxicity in the football offices during that time was at an all time high because of Harsin.
Clesi was told she needed to find another job, but when SDSU came to AU last year to play, she shacked up with the Harsins.
This post was edited on 8/2/23 at 4:59 pm
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