re: Mullen v. Freeze v. Jones

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Freeze - Great recruiter, but still hasn't proven to be much of a SEC coach, imo.

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He has yet to win a division crown but in his three years at Ole Miss, he's defeated LSU, Alabama, State (twice), Arkansas (twice), A&M and Auburn. In addition to that, he increased our win total from 2 in Nutt's last year to 7 in his first year, then 8, then 9.

Our program was a complete shithole when he took over. Hardly a lick of talent, awful attitudes, drug problems, thug problems, and only a handful or two of scholarship players attending class. What he's done in three years is pretty impressive considering we had the top two players in the country (from Texas and New Jersey no less) visit in the last few weeks and it is ho-hum.

I thought Mullen had reached his ceiling as a coach but then last year happened and it's hard not to be impressed with that. Jones has done wonders for the culture at UT and they appear to be trending the right direction. This year will be telling for what kind of coach he is.