Hugh Freeze Resigns
https://twitter.com/OleMissFB/status/888182930476081152
Let the speculation on what he did commence!
MOD EDIT - The official word is that he resigned, so we will go with that, even though it seems like a situation where he was probably told to resign so that he wouldn't be fired, but THAT is speculation on my part - LSA
The call lasted one minute, so I guess you could still play the misdial card. I just saw that he abandoned his buyout by resigning and not getting fired. There must be more coming.
That's the beauty of Houston Nutt's lawsuit. More will come out that the NCAA couldn't get without subpoena power.
...than a scarred former SEC coach. The stories those guys take to the grave.
He called an escort service? Surely that was just to set up chaperones for a recruiting visit. /s
I'm not going to do it. But seriously. This was a hell of a reply.
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It never amazes me what stupid things people do to throw their amazing lives away.
If you're going to call a hooker, why the hell do you do it on your SCHOOL PHONE? Good lord man, get a prepaid phone. You're a millionaire. You can get a new prepaid phone every time you want a hooker if you like.
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Watch 'The Wire.' Marlo would've laughed at this mistake. And Marlo never smiled.
Seriously, I could've shown him how to swap out the sim cards
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Laquon Treadwell...what could have been.
Epic comment.
I mean, I haven't done anything illegal in my life outside of minor traffic violations and even I know that criminal 101 is never do/say/plan ANYTHING illegal on a cell phone registered in your own name.
Seems like a good service would be more discreet and allow for some cover for it's clients. Rename the escort business with a more conventional cover - like a catering company. Make it easier for dudes to expense the chapagne room.
That's exactly what Scores, a well known strip joint in NY, would do for their clients back in the day. The credit card receipts would read SONY for Scores Of NY.
My first boss expenses A LOT of client dinners that way without any issue.
Well, one has to feel for those escorts in Northern Mississippi who now have to resort back to doing business with the local population instead of Div. I football players who have the cash fronted.
The SEC guidelines are very explicit here:
1) Use your personal cell for such calls
2) Stand a minimum of 100 feet from the building or, if appropriate clearances cannot be maintained, in an area with poor acoustics
3) Do not use a campus address for the actual pickup.
Any violation of one or more of these initiates a Hypocrisy Clause, whereby you can be terminated for something several members of the Board Of Regents have done, often habitually and for years.
how many burner phones is the dude supposed to carry?
He's got one for illegal recruiting contacts, one for calling in the bagmen, one for the drugs/booze delivery to players, one for his secret second family... you can't have a separate phone for everything.
good
but still wish the NCAA moves forward with exposing these guys. Not a fan of Freeze, but the corruption going deeper than him imo
well, that's also my fear too...
but something seems off... Freeze didn't try to fight something that seems innocous...a one minute phone convo? I mean, unless there is some follow up evidence, it seems rather harmless and could have been portrayed simply as an error in judgement without evidence of any other interactions...
i'd keep digging... Freeze fell on his sword awfully fast imo
but I can't stop laughing. I'll try to Freeze that. Alright, seriously I'll stop.
Press conference at 8:30 on ESPNews in case anyones interested.
On this joyous occasion, I'd like to reminisce about some of my favorite Hugh moments.
Hugh fakes his own funeral:
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/news/hugh-freeze-stages-own-f…
Hugh compares the NCAA investigation against him to being nailed on the cross like Jesus:
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/ole-miss-football/hugh-freeze-compare…
Couldn't have happened to a bigger douche.
Paid players more egregiously than any coach in recent memory to pull of a mediocre track record, just to get fired for this. Hahahaha
The phone call was to a 313 number about an escort in Florida and it lasted only a minute. There was no attempt to redial, at least on the school's phone...which makes all the more weird. Unless he was in Michigan or Florida at the time, I'm not sure why he makes that call on purpose.
To resign over this seems odd.
AD just said while investigating the phone call, they discovered "disturbing patterns" in the rest of the phone records. They said they won't say what, but probably more hookers.
He also said they would have fired Hugh with cause had he not resigned. Said it had nothing to do with sanctions, but his personal conduct.
He was in Tampa (813 area code) at the time. But Blueblood2991 is right. This isn't actually about that call, but rather what they uncovered investigating that call.
I got 1:2 odds. Anyone remember the Shawshank Redemption scene where the new convicts enter the yard?
FRESH FISH! FRESH FISH! FRESH FISH!
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