Spring Camp has started for Auburn Football, and hope is high on the plains. Among the vast changes that took place over the last 3 months, Hugh Freeze has turned over the staff almost completely and rejuvenated the roster with major signings and transfer portal additions.
It’s almost certain he had been eyeing the Auburn job from afar, as he essentially campaigned for it in the post-game interview of his November win over an Arkansas team that had beaten Auburn soundly just a week earlier. He believes he could get this job and that he could elevate Auburn past its current state of mediocrity. Well, he’s got his chance. And it begins with a reset of the program in a brand new facility and with a ton of new faces.
He’s delivered on his early recruiting efforts which were clearly all-consuming in the early months of his tenure. He even snatched a pivotal 2024 QB commitment away from Clemson, no less, providing a foundational piece to build his first full-tenure recruiting class on. There doesn’t seem to be anything holding him back from delivering on his stated goal of resurrecting Auburn Football.
I need us to figure out how to take it from press conferences to winning football games.
– Ike Jones on The Morning Drop
But talking and recruiting are much different than coaching and winning. Some coaches are good at one, maybe two. The rare coach can be good at three. Truly exceptional coaches can do all four. This is where the rubber meets the road. After promising tenures at Ole Miss and Liberty, it’s time for Hugh Freeze to step into the biggest job he’s ever faced and deliver on his promise of turning things around. As quickly as possible, please, because Auburn fans have been starved of a winner for a very long time.
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