This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Hugh Freeze is out at Auburn and probably done forever as a top-level college football coach. Richard and Alex do a postmortem on his Auburn tenure and his broader career, then discuss what Auburn could and should do next: * The brief good times Freeze had at Ole Miss, and how we’d remember him if not for the recruiting class that later got him into trouble * A weird dude whose firing wasn’t weird at all * Failures of QB development and Freeze blowing what turned out to be his only chance to do the thing Auburn dreamed he could do: Beat Nick Saban * A masterclass in ineffective communication by a head coach * Auburn’s infamous donor/administration alignment, currently better than several other SEC programs in the coaching market * Jon Sumrall, the name that will be on everyone’s lips in this search * How Lane Kiffin’s decision-making affects Auburn’s options * Why it’s time to just hire a normal football coach, please * Why Freeze’s firing feels like a party for college football fans of all different ideological persuasions Producer: Anthony Vito Additional reading and listening * Steven Godfrey’s 2023 episode about his dealings with Freeze * Jason Kirk on Freeze: “Rub some church on it”
