Hugh Freeze's role as Auburn's head coach isn't going how he planned.
Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze reacts after a call during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Samford, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Auburn, Ala. He was sitting at his podium for his Monday press conference. There, he was asked about Georiga head coach Kirby Smart quickly building his program, and if he could do the same at Auburn.
Step one of this rebuild comes from installing his system. That hasn’t worked so far. Freeze is offensive-minded and he reached a head coaching job in the nation’s best college football conference by using his run-pass-option offensive scheme. Freeze has said for months that it has been difficult to give up playcalling. But when it’s gotten this bad, Freeze can’t take it anymore.
But putting this attention into the offense now — exactly what Freeze said he didn’t want to do — prevents him from looking at step two.
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