re: Just remember everyone

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I figured that by the time I was 30 we would do something of significance. We won a Sugar Bowl and had top 10 recruiting classes under Freeze then we fired him and replaced him with a shite head. So we are back to square one. And I'm tired if putting my time and money into a program that doesn't care about winning as much as being a top tailgating spot.

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You realize we did all this with a high school basketball coach. Freeze was not a big name; the fanbase hated the hire when it happened but grew to love him after he proved himself. He proved we could compete at the highest level with aggressive recruiting and really good coordinators to make up for his lack of play calling skills. Luke is a good recruiter and we have 1 elite coordinator and 1 awful coordinator. If we make a change on defense and clean up the defensive hole Freeze left us in talent wise and coaching wise we will begin to recover. Recruiting under NCAA investigation with sanctions and an interim tag is hard enough, I'm impressed with what Luke has done. Now that he is officially the head coach the buck stops with him for the defense.


Here is my favorite Freeze quote on McGriff hire since you seem to forget Freeze made that hire not Luke. Luke is basically stuck with Freeze's staff his year.

“Wesley is the total package — an outstanding leader, creative coach and dynamic recruiter,” Coach Hugh Freeze said in a statement. “The defenses have been outstanding at every place he has been, and his most recent experience at Auburn has him well prepared for this opportunity. He helped lead a unit that was tremendous at stopping the run, limiting explosive plays and being stingy in the red zone, and we look forward to Wesley applying those same principles to our young men on that side of the ball.”

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We won a Sugar Bowl and had top 10 recruiting classes under Freeze then we fired him

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And why exactly did we fire him? You somehow don't think it was warranted?

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and replaced him with a shite head.

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But a shite head who loves Ole Miss.

Honest question: Were there any serious candidates who would meet your expectations that would have taken the job knowing that at least a 2 year NCAA suspension was staring them in the face?