FREEZE IS THE LASTEST VICTIM OF SABAN SUCCESS...
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| Another one bites the dust |
Let me say that I do not know Ex-Ole Miss head football coach Hugh Freeze. I met him once and he seemed like a nice man. Freeze is the latest victim of Nick Saban's effect on SEC football. (See also Gene Chizak, Les Miles, and Mark Richt) Freeze was the darling of
the landed gentry in Mississippi, especially in Groveville. The Rebels, er' the Black Bear faithful, had visions of sugar plumbs dancing in their heads after a unprecented 2013 recruiting class. That was followed by two stunning upsets over the Alabama Crimson Tide. It turns out that Ole Miss was literally the best college team money could buy. Throw in a little dash of unethical behavior for good measure. Okay, not to split hairs, but it was a lot of unethical behavior and it is safe to say that Freeze isn't as good a record keeper as he was a head coach. Those darn telephone records make it hard to hide facts, what with the dates, parties talking, and time of day calls were made. Talk about things that make you go hmm... in the middle of the night. The cover up is always worse than the crime. The violations were cheating. Hiding the fact made Freeze a liar and a cheat.
Still is isn't hard to feel a little sorry for Freeze. Winning in the SEC is the only thing that matters to a fan base. When you coach in the Western Division that means having to beat Alabama to reach the pinnacle. To a lesser degree it also means having to beat LSU and Auburn. Texas A&M is no turnover, and then you still have your arch rival to play. That is a tough row to plow as we say in Dixie. If you want your team to be the penultimate team in your division your odds are slim you can actually pull it off. Freeze had two options at hand. One is take your time and build. The second is pay your players and reap the rewards. Sometimes the rewards are losing your job. Freeze chose option two and crossed his fingers. It worked for a while and then it didn't.
Still is isn't hard to feel a little sorry for Freeze. Winning in the SEC is the only thing that matters to a fan base. When you coach in the Western Division that means having to beat Alabama to reach the pinnacle. To a lesser degree it also means having to beat LSU and Auburn. Texas A&M is no turnover, and then you still have your arch rival to play. That is a tough row to plow as we say in Dixie. If you want your team to be the penultimate team in your division your odds are slim you can actually pull it off. Freeze had two options at hand. One is take your time and build. The second is pay your players and reap the rewards. Sometimes the rewards are losing your job. Freeze chose option two and crossed his fingers. It worked for a while and then it didn't.
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