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re: I think we might be overreacting
Posted on 9/28/25 at 4:28 pm to AUCom96
Posted on 9/28/25 at 4:28 pm to AUCom96
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No, you wanted to be sitting at 6-7 wins a year and watching the empty seats at Jordan Hare grow every year.
No. I didn’t want to get rid of Gus unless someone could provide a slamdunk path on getting a quality coach as his replacement.
Gus produced a Top 15 team in 2019, including an Iron Bowl win. Then in 2020, he managed a 6-4 SEC record.
Gus was not going 6-7 when he got canned. The destructive forces of our fan base demanded he be fired because they were so sure than any idiot off the street could do a better job, and that decision without a plan for a better coach led exactly to where we sit now. And now you people are trying to do it again for the 3rd time in six years. Sorry, but I’m not getting on board with this until someone can give me a name on who it will be.
Y’all love to complain about Freeze as if there were better options at the time. So who would have been better? Who in 2022 that was willing to take the job would have been better?
And who will be better for next year? Why don’t you tell us a constructive plan instead of only complaining about the current team and players?
This post was edited on 9/28/25 at 4:30 pm
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Posted on 9/28/25 at 4:36 pm to AUTiger789
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Hugh has ZERO idea what he’s doing. It’s time.
Hugh has ZERO idea what he’s doing. It’s time.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 4:41 pm to AUTiger789
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Baylor has a pulse, and we scored 38 points on them
Against Baylor we had 52 carries for 307 yards, Alston and Cobb had 16 each.
Last two games they haven't had 16 carries/game between the two of them.
RUN THE DAMN BALL!!!
Posted on 9/28/25 at 4:41 pm to AUTiger789
Gus was a pretty shite coach bro. We are not part of the selection committee. We cant help it we were not prepared.
quote:The next coach cant be any worse.
Gus was not going 6-7 when he got canned. The destructive forces of our fan base demanded he be fired because they were so sure than any idiot off the street could do a better job, and that decision without a plan for a better coach led exactly to where we sit now. And now you people are trying to do it again for the 3rd time in six years. Sorry, but I’m not getting on board with this until someone can give
me a name on who it will be.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 4:42 pm to AU_251
The season not being over is on the coach and players. Are they going to get down and quit or they going to figure it out. If they don’t figure it out, Freeze will be gone this year. Should play Deuce and give it a shot. Cant be any worse at this point.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 5:07 pm to AUTiger789
That’s some copium man. We should be better than we are with as talented as we are. It’s bs that we aren’t.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 5:07 pm to AUTiger789
That’s some copium man. We should be better than we are with as talented as we are. It’s bs that we aren’t.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 5:10 pm to AUCom96
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No, you wanted to be sitting at 6-7 wins a year
Out of 8 seasons, he had 1 with 6 and 1 with 7. That's not 6-7 every year.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 5:43 pm to borotiger
Thornton and Austin may be the two worst coaches in the history of position coaches. The o-line has given up 17 sacks in two games. #65 has committed 99% of the penalties and they keep him out there. Arnold holds the ball for 9 seconds before throwing. Im not sure if the 3 offensive minds calling plays is gonna work out. The route tree looks super basic. The calls dont seem to fit the situation. The running backs seem to do ok on the 10 touches a game they are getting. The only bright spot is the defense. The young kids seem to be getting after it. The offensive is a joke!
Posted on 9/28/25 at 6:07 pm to jangalang
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Gus was a pretty shite coach bro. We are not part of the selection committee. We cant help it we were not prepared.
It was not hard to see it coming. I had no faith in Allen Green. Ever since we ran off Bobby Lowder as the chief decision maker, we’ve struggled to make good decisions.
And I don’t have faith it will be any better next time.
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The next coach cant be any worse.
I’ve heard that a few times in recent years. Yet here we are.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 6:12 pm to jangalang
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The next coach cant be any worse.
Knowing us we will interview:
Rhett Lashlee
Pete Golding
Dillingham
We won’t interview Bobby Petrino.
We won’t interview Brent Key
Posted on 9/28/25 at 6:52 pm to makersmark1
Find the most relentless Type A on that list and offer him the job.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 7:11 pm to makersmark1
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Knowing us we will interview:
Rhett Lashlee
Pete Golding
Dillingham
Exactly. No thanks. Literally Freeze, Lashlee, and Dillingham all have a common opponent this season and Freeze’s team had the most success.
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We won’t interview Bobby Petrino. We won’t interview Brent Key
I don’t think I’d go for Petrino… maybe 20 years ago, but not now.
I’d be open to Brent Key if it could be known that he’d accept the job. But firing our current coach to just hope our administration could maybe land him doesn’t seem like a wise decision.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 7:28 pm to AUTiger789
Auburn fan fascination with Petrino never ceases to amaze me. Dude can’t recruit, left Arkansas completely desolate as far as a roster. He is there now and they aren’t doing great.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 7:52 pm to borotiger
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Out of 8 seasons, he had 1 with 6 and 1 with 7. That's not 6-7 every year.
The guy was fading in recruiting from year to year. The talent gap that Harsin walked into would have been waiting on another year of Gus as well. Harsin amplified the problem, yes, but Gus refused to recruit line and Steele's defense held his head above water in the waning years. Debating on when was the right time to get rid of him is useless. He was on his way out regardless of whether we waited another year or two and we'd still likely be in the same place we are now.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 8:28 pm to AUCom96
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He was on his way out regardless of whether we waited another year or two and we'd still likely be in the same place we are now.
Nobody believes this now.
The fanbase was getting tired of losing to bama and uga. I was too. The problem was firing a good, but not great, coach with no plan. We ended up hiring Harsin because our AD had spent time with him in a hot tub. That failed miserably so we hired Brother Hugh because we couldn't attract better. Freeze needs to hire a real OC and let the OC hire real assistant coaches but, firing Freeze now will simply deepen the hole.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 8:33 pm to borotiger
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The fanbase was getting tired of losing to bama and uga. I was too. The problem was firing a good, but not great, coach with no plan. We ended up hiring Harsin because our AD had spent time with him in a hot tub.
This exactly. We were all ready for the Gus era to end… just only if our AD had a solid plan for a replacement. He obviously didn’t. We would have been much better off sticking with Gus.
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Freeze needs to hire a real OC and let the OC hire real assistant coaches but, firing Freeze now will simply deepen the hole.
Exactly.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 8:35 pm to borotiger
We have the second worst record in the league this decade. Only vandy is worse but they are better than us right now. The hole can't get any deeper friend.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 8:36 pm to RandySavage
Problem with the hiring these days is that you almost have to fire early in the season to tee up the transfer portal recruiting
Posted on 9/28/25 at 8:42 pm to borotiger
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Freeze needs to hire a real OC and let the OC hire real assistant coaches but, firing Freeze now will simply deepen the hole.
Deepen the hole? You are at the bottom of the hole already and don't even know it. You can't even score points with a legitimately talented team. You can't convert a fricking 3rd down or call a play on 3rd and 1 and 4th and 1 to keep the game going.
If you think that Hugh Freeze is going to all of a sudden turn into a "CEO coach" and give up everything and let everyone know that he failed completely as a play-caller, you are dumber than he is. Furthermore, even if he were to do that, you understand that this team has MASSIVE head coaching issues, right? There is no scenario where you can just "mask" an idiot at HC, regardless of who you put around him. Its little things like the punt returner still having no idea when he should field the ball, and when he shouldn't. It happened again against A&M. These are head coaching issues - players who lack fundamental football IQ.
You sound like every idiot fan at the end of Gus' tenure who seemed to think that if he just kept replacing the OC and OL and WR coaches each year that it would eventually solve everything.
This post was edited on 9/28/25 at 8:44 pm
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