re: ***The Official Who is our Next OC Thread*** Update in OP Jan 4

I don't think the SEC would even allow Freezes.

If he came he wouldn't spend more than a year and would be looking for SEC HC openings.

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He could come to Alabama and have two good seasons and all the sudden he looks rehabbed and much more acceptable to AD’s everywhere.

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that, exactly

I don't think it's a question of money or interest on Freeze's part. I mean he obviously doesn't want to be at fricking Liberty a day longer than he has to be. I don't think we would be allowed to hire him. Sankey seems pretty much dead set against Freeze being in the SEC, and for good reason. Ole Miss got punished for a small fraction of all the shite he was pulling while he was there and the whole arranging for meetups with prostitutes on his public university provided phone was blackmail and point shaving waiting to happen. If anyone is ever allowed to hire him it'd be Saban, but I just don't see it being a realistic possibility for a number of reasons.

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I don’t think the SEC legally could have a say at this point. They might not like it but that’s about the extent.

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This isn't true. We tried to get Freeze as an analyst and the conference stepped in to kill that.

I mean even Aubie didn't interview.

Not even an interview.

Very powerful people high up have it out for Freeze so he won't be around for a while

Also the last thing I want us to do is use Saban's goodwill to get him back in the SEC, than him to snake us after a season and jump to rocky top.

I don’t think football players are the only thing he recruits which also probably explains his jumping around. Lots of baggage there.

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Those kids are punishing themselves enough by going to Liberty.

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Don't knock 'em. Liberty's facilities would put a lot of P5 universities to shame. The leadership at that school has made the commitment to establish itself as a football power. They are pouring a lot of money into that program. I'm not saying Liberty is the next Miami or anything, but they certainly want to be.

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I said legally. Explain to me what legal standing Sankey has to block Freeze from working in the SEC.

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Hi. Actual Plaintiff’s employment lawyer here (finally something I have “insider” knowledge on). This will depend heavily on what the contracts between UA and the SEC actually say. That will define the scope of authority that Sankey has to influence hires.

Without knowing that, it’s easier to look at it like one corporation. Let’s say Saban is a department head and Sankey is CEO. Sankey can block a hire for any reason that is not explicitly illegal. Most illegal hiring practices would involve discrimination of a protected class: race, gender, age, disability, etc. None of those are at issue here. “Partied with strippers during former stint with company” is not a protected class that Sankey would be prevented from denying employment based on. Sankey could block a hire because he didn’t like a guy’s shirt.

I’d also be interested to see what Freeze’s paperwork around the end of his employment in the SEC says. It’s possible something in there would contractually bar the SEC from holding previous wrongs against him after a certain amount of time.

Of course this is just the analysis of what can be done, not what should be done. Even if Freeze could be hired over the SEC’s objections, that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily worth creating resentment in the league office.

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Without knowing that, it’s easier to look at it like one corporation. Let’s say Saban is a department head and Sankey is CEO. Sankey can block a hire for any reason that is not explicitly illegal.

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I don’t know the ins and outs but I would be shocked if it worked that way.

I understand Sankey can have his preferences and I also get that all the schools pretty much will agree to that but I’m just saying it’s not binding. I agree you probably don’t want to piss off your commissioner but if there’s anyone who could do it at this point Without much concern it’s probably Alabama football.

Hell, I don’t even want Freeze but it’s an interesting conversation.

To put it succinctly, you don’t bite the hand that feeds you and in this case, it is mutual. Alabama needs the SEC and the SEC needs Alabama. Why spend all of your good will Saban and Alabama have acquired over the years just to bring in an OC that is very good but has more baggage than Gucci? Freeze is a POS and certainly not worth the trouble and not worth pissing off Sankey and the league office.