Most troubling to me about the Freeze hire is that it isn’t a single, isolated incident that occurred in Oxford. It is a string of reported incidents prior to losing his job at Ole Miss and while a head coach at Liberty. At worst, it shows a narcissistic, unaccountable , creepy, lecherous and predatory behavior. At best, it shows a complete lack of situational/circumstantial awareness and terrible judgment. And truthfully I think it is both.
Auburn is going to pay big dollars to PR firm to spin this as “the Auburn family- a story of redemption for wayward souls like Freeze and Pearl”. Bank on it. And there will the standard media lapdogs that eat it up. They don’t care about truth.They care only about continuing access and sound bites.
So Auburn University and supporters, do us all a favor. Be honest. State the truth of why you hired Hugh Freeze. “We don’t care what anyone thinks. It’s our decision and this is about winning. Period. We simply don’t care about perception or the complete lack of moral turpitude and judgement exhibited by Coach Freeze. Yeah, he’s got a sleazy past, but at least we aren’t paying $9 million a year like LSU to a guy responsible for killing a kid at his previous job”
(I actually had someone say this last line to me last night, somewhat jokingly but with some serious undertones)
My late father would tell me “you can rationalize most any behavior you choose, and that can send you straight to Hell in a hand basket”.
So Auburn, here’s your hand basket opportunity. Hop in, and enjoy the ride. No one deserves it more.