🏈 Hugh Freeze Resigns

[bamascw]

I got it....what happens in Hickory Hill, stays in Hickory Hill. :naughtydevil:

hahahahahaha.....you mean Hickory Hood!!!

 

[rick4bama]

Would this be something to watch? X-LS WHO Coach vs. X- Ole Piss Coach.

 

[TerryP]

-People (not here, but in the media and such) saying they were, "shocked by the news!” Really? Shocked? The smoke has been out there for a while, not the details, but just like everything else that’s happened to him (and Ole Miss), the script was written. I get fans being shocked (to an extent), but these in the media who were shocked are showing they are either horrible at their jobs, have terrible sources, or are naive to the point that I hope they don’t get an e-mail from a Nigerian prince.

-Along the same lines some, there are other losers in this whole scenario (other than his family of course which is the biggest loser and I honestly feel awful for his children). Paul Finebaum, Neal McCready, and Ross Bjork... I can’t figure out who is the biggest loser here. Probably Bjork, then Finebaum, then McCready. Bjork is pure trash, and how he’s stayed afloat during this is nothing short of amazing. Finebaum bought Freeze’s crap hook line and sinker from what I could tell on Tv. I guess if he can get the treble hook out of this throat, he will be on the airwaves backtracking today, then again, I won’t know for sure since I’ll opt for no radio before I’ll opt for Finebaum radio. McCready... another guy who either toted the water for Freeze or was just too stupid to realize he was being used this entire time. The guy already had zero credibility, but he put all his chips on the table in recent months and went all in. The only reason he isn’t more of a loser than the other 2 is because despite his denials that he’s an Ole Miss fanboy, he’s an Ole Miss fanboy. Poor guy just wanted to believe Freeze probably, which is what makes him a shitty journalist.

"It was there all along and you chose to ignore it." There are a number of writers that fall under this category.

The Two Faces of Hugh Freeze is an interesting read.

I texted Freeze back and thanked him for his honesty. If only more coaches, I thought, could be like Hugh Freeze.

But over the last 18 months, I’d heard some disturbing whispers emanating from Oxford. I wrote a book on the Manning family that was published in August 2016—Archie was a star quarterback at Ole Miss in the late '60s, and Eli broke many of his dad’s records in the early 2000s—and in my reporting, I was repeatedly told that I should examine Freeze’s life. I dismissed those hunches.

"Hugh is gold, man," I remember telling one source.

Yet the warning signs were there.
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I remember making mention here of how some of the writers were setting themselves up for a fall. I believe it was in comments about a tweet that Barnhart had made where he was all in for Hugh. I heard Dari make the comment about how he'd spent time with Freeze at Ole Miss where he was "reading his Bible and having a sandwich he'd brought from home."

I'm still shocked we've seen people around the conference, from all the schools, talk about how things were at Ole Miss BUT the majority of the media chose to categorize it under titles like "Bama fans just upset they lost to Ole Miss," and the like.

 

[footballer]

If Freeze doesn't find his way back into coaching, he would probably make a damn good tv Evangelist. > Jimmy Swaggart

 

[TUSKtimes]

Just waiting for redacted names and the rest of the real story.

 

[Bamabww]

 

[bama alum]

Took this from a fb friend who's a big MSU supporter:

 

[sean]

Took this from a fb friend who's a big MSU supporter:

DAMN!

i actually stopped eating to laugh at that one. and it was worth it.

 

[rueben]

I love my wife more than anything in this world...but...should anything ever happen, I'm calling Hugh Freeze for references.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Freeze is back and guess what, "God is still good."

Read Story

 

[TUSKtimes]

Either the new head coach is dumb as a stump or the rebels are all in like no other college team in history.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Ole Miss NOA with the unredacted names of boosters on it.

LINK

So Hughes is the FCA guy who gave recruits a ride.

Patel is the hotel owner who let some family stay at his hotel.

Lee Harris gave someone $200 in food and drinks they say (he owns Funky's restaurant))

Michael Strojny, Arya Keyes, Darrel Thigpen, Robert Dunlap, Rebel Rags, Cannon Motors, Michael Joe Cannon

 

[TUSKtimes]

A little easier reading from EliteDawg.


Booster #1: Darel Thigpen

Booster (B1) allegedly gave free housing, meals, and transportation to five recruits. A sixth player was given free food and lodging as well. This illegal assistance allowed them to enroll in summer classes somewhere (redacted) so they could meet NCAA eligibility requirements. These players competed as members of the team between 2010 and 2013.


Booster #2: Walter Hughes

Mr. Hughes was accused of improperly contacting four recruits and providing them with "impermissable inducements" such as transportation and free meals for recruiting visits in Allegation #5. B2 also paid for hotel rooms on other occasions. He also contacted the mother of a recruit after Recruiting Director Maurice Harris asked him to do so. B2 also accompanied Head Coach Hugh Freeze and Harris on recruiting visits. B2 paid the telephone bills for a recruit and his mother in one month. He paid for two recruits to attend the Music City Bowl in Nashville. B2 arranged more off-campus visits between Harris and recruits and paid for transportation for recruits to visit the home of Coach Freeze. (p.6, j). B2 accompanied them on their visits to Coach Freeze's home as well. B2 even hosted recruiting visits at his home where both Harris and the recruit would meet each other. B2 even showed his interest in their studies as he paid for the tutoring and academic assistance for three recruits in 2012-2013 term.

Booster #3: Cannon Motors and Michael J. Cannon

Allegation #19 accuses Booster #3 (B3) of "loaning" a Nissan Titan from his dealership to a player in 2014 The player elected not to get his car repaired and kept the loaner for another two months. The allegation claims that the compliance department at Ole Miss knew about this "loan" but ignored it. However, B3 allegedly loaned a 2004 used Chevy Tahoe (cheapskate*) to a player for three months and an Amrada for another month. B3 repeatedly allowed players to "borrow" vehicles for long periods of time when they brought in their vehicles for service. One player purchased a 2010 Dodge Challenger from the dealership but did not actually make the $3,000 down payment even though the financing agreement stated he did so.

Booster #5: Michael Strojny,

Allegation #18 claims Mr. Stroiny paid $800 cash to the step-father of a player in August 2014.


Booster #6: Chan Patel

He made the mistake of providing free lodging at a business he owns to family members of Ole Miss student-atheletes. Allegation #11 charges him with allowing one mother to stay at the (assumed) hotel for free for twelve
nights.

Booster #7: Robert Dunlap

The "football program" arranged "free access" to some prime hunting land owned by a booster (B7) connected to the program in January 2013 (p.8). The hunting trips took place during his official visit to Ole Miss. B7 provided more hunting trips to the recruit after he became a member of the team.

Booster #8: Rebel Rags

Booster #8 was the subject of Allegation #9. The NCAA alleged that B8 worked with Kiffin and Assistant Athletic Director Barney Farrar, to provide several thousand dollars of merchandise from Rebel Rags to recruits and their family members. It if further alleged that the two Ole Miss employees directed the players to Rebel Rags so they could obtain said merchandise. These gifts took place between January 2013 and January 2016.


Booster #10: Lee Harris

Booster 10 (B10) allegedly gave cash, food, and drinks to recruits and their families in 2014 and 2015. The cash payments were allegedly between $100 and $200 to one recruit. The notice states:

It is alleged that between March 28, 2014, and January 25, 2015, Lee Harris (L. Harris), a representative of the institution's athletics interests,22 provided between $200 and $600 in impermissible recruiting inducements in the form of cash payments and free food and drinks to then football prospective student- athlete [Student-Athlete 39] and [Student-Athlete 39’s] friends and family. Specifically, on two or three occasions in conjunction with recruiting visits to the institution, L. Harris provided [Student-Athlete 39] with cash payments of between $100 and $200,
as well as provided free food and drinks to [Student-Athlete 39], kids and family.
Booster #13: Arya Keyes

Allegation #14 shows the Puppetmaster (sarcasm) at work. It charges Farrar with arranging more free transportation and hotel rooms for recruits and their family through the use of boosters in the summer of 2014. Farrar supposedly had Booster #13 (B13) to subsidize transportation for one recruit's visit to football camp. Booster #12 (B12) paid for another recruit to attend football camp. B13 provided more transportation, hotel rooms, and meals on other occasions in 2014 (p.14).


Booster #14: John Doe

Allegation #16 states that B14 illegally contacted one recruit and gave him "$13,000 and $15,600" in cash payments. B12 apparently worked for B14 and also delivered cash payments to the recruit. The notices accuses Farrar of knowing these boosters were making payments to the recruit. Ouch. The alleged payments took place in 2014 and 2015. Allegation #17 charges Farrar with lying to investigators and engaging in a cover-up of his wrongdoing.

 

[OldPlayer]

If Freeze doesn't find his way back into coaching, he would probably make a damn good tv Evangelist. > Jimmy Swaggart

If Petrino can make it back, Freeze will have no problem.

 

[TUSKtimes]

The rebels are still fighting to keep the phone records out of the hands of Houston Nutt and the public at large.

http://www.espn.com/college-football...-phone-records


From Mark Schlabach's article :

 

[sean]

all this phone business makes me wonder how many coaches went out and bought burner phones after this came out.

 

[bama alum]

all this phone business makes me wonder how many coaches went out and bought burner phones after this came out.

The ones without a messiah complex probably already had them.

 

[mrchase]

 

[UAgrad93]

 

[BamaFan334]

I'll be honest, if I had a restaurant or hotel, I would do the same thing. I'd say 90% of these families can't afford airfare and accomodations to see their kids play, so oh well if I gave them a $100 meal or $200 room. I know for bowl games they are giving stipends to families, but don't think it applied to regular season, did it? Against the rules, but I would not miss and wink of sleep knowing I helped someone that needed it or simply couldn't afford to support their kids.