OT: Hugh Freeze Weighing Florida Offer

Submitted by LS And Play on

Ole Miss and Florida are competing for Hugh Freeze's services:

Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze is considering an offer to coach at the University of Florida for a base salary in the range of $4.2 to $4.3 million annually, according to multiple sources.

Additional sources confirm the Rebels are attempting to compete with the Gators' offer, pushing Freeze's salary to somewhere near the $4 million range to take compensation out of the question in a potential decision by Freeze between the two schools.

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alum96

December 1st, 2014 at 12:45 AM ^

Last month's flavor of the month? LOL.  Holy fucking recency bias batman.

So 12-0 Mullen is good enough for UM but 10-2 Mullen with of those loses to the best team in the country by 5 pts is not?  I mean seriously.

I am not a Dan Mullen fan nor do I want him to be a coach here as he is a 1 year wonder to me (this year's Sumlin) but judging coaches by 1 game is just plain silly.  Either you believe he is the righ coach on over half a decade of work or not.  He has 6 full years to analyze - what he did in his last 3 games of those 6 years is not the reason to hire or not hire him.

Just like Gary Patterson was the same coach last year as he is this year - he just has a team that put it all together after jettisoning his OC.  He didnt get any better or worse in 12 months.  He has nearly 15 years of data to review.

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Brodie

December 1st, 2014 at 1:04 AM ^

Exactly... I was pretty sold on Mullen as a candidate in 2011, honestly, and was stunned that PSU didn't hire him last year. I'd happily take him (and Sumlin for that matter). The fluidity of some people here is stunning... but then most people want us to somehow fire Hoke ASAP and hire Jim Harbaugh in a month's time and don't see why that's a terrible plan

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funkywolve

December 1st, 2014 at 12:17 AM ^

If Harbaugh is truly the guy Hackett is going to try and get, you might as well get ready for things to be quiet for a while.  Harbaugh more then likely isn't going to quit, even if the Niners get eliminated from the playoffs.  Right now they are in the thick of the race and with Arizona losing, while the odds are still slim, the Niners still have a shot at the division title. 

If Harbaugh or his people have given Hackett reason to believe that Harbaugh has interest in UM, then it's a waiting game until the NFL season is over. 

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alum96

December 1st, 2014 at 12:50 AM ^

Yes I am boggled by those who DEMAND immediate action yet want us to go get Harbaugh.   There is no immediate action on Harbaugh.  Frankly if Hoke is retained til Jan 1 it would make me feel like we are getting Harbaugh.  If Harbaugh is a real target nothing is happening for a month - nothing.  So all this "So and so program is doing X and what are we doing??!?!" is useless.  We are sitting on our asses for a month if Harbaugh is a viable target.  It is what it is.

And the longer it goes the better IMO.   There is going to be communication behind the scenes.  Hackett knows Jack Harbaugh.  Either Jack is indicating Jim would seriously entertain a UM offer or not.  We are not going to be sitting in a fog of war state until Dec 29th.

If there is a ton of "action" happening soon then Harbaugh is not coming and we've moved on to the next options. 

 

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LSAClassOf2000

December 1st, 2014 at 6:49 AM ^

At least for me, I know that as much as I might complain to myself about each hour Hoke is retained, it does seem like pulling that trigger now would either be a panic move or it would mean that we're already moving down the list because we've gotten a couple "no" responses already basically. If we're getting close to Christmas or New Year's and then it happens, it does have the feel of a careful and considered and, dare I say, bigger name behind it. 

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enlightenedbum

December 1st, 2014 at 12:05 AM ^

Florida's issues are not in recruiting*.  He doesn't bring a whole lot to the table player development wise that I've seen.  In particular, they desperately someone who can coach a QB, and Bo Wallace remains the same highly inconsistent player he's always been.  Think this would be a monumentally bad hire.  If it's instead Freeze's agent using the Florida opening to get a massive raise, good agenting, that dude.

*Bribing, in this case

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JMac

December 1st, 2014 at 12:25 AM ^

I've mentioned this before and I haven't got a good clear explanation as to why Kyle Whittingham from Utah is not getting any offers. 1. Seems like a good coach for the talent he recruits. 2.  Comes from Urban Meyer coaching tree. 3. He's beaten us.  I think he's a good if not great prospect.  Plus there was a reported rift between the AD and Whittingham over his assistants not having their contracts extended.  Seems like a recipe for somebody who is ripe for the picking. 

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Brodie

December 1st, 2014 at 12:40 AM ^

Whittingham is a Utah lifer. He's been working at the school for 20 years, his father was the DC there before him... grew up in Provo and played at BYU, has spent nearly his entire adult life in the state. Especially now that it's a Pac-12 school, the odds of getting him away from Utah are nill.

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alum96

December 1st, 2014 at 12:40 AM ^

Freeze doenst make sense to UF to me as UF academically and Georgia ethically are the 2 programs in the SEC who sort of hold themselves above the fray.  (I am excluding the Vanderbilts of course)

If you believe the rumors Freeze is basically Calipari of football - a trail of destruction will follow him wih a 3-5 year lag.

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JamieH

December 1st, 2014 at 3:04 AM ^

Look at Freeze's damn recruiting.

 

It doesn't make ANY sense.  Suddenly a ton of 4 and 5 star guys who had NO business going to Mississippi started making late decisions to go to Mississippi for absolutely no good reason.  The are really only 2 possible explanations:

1)  Hugh Freeze is the best recruiter in the history of college football

2)  Someone is paying those players.

 

Occam's Razor tells you which possibility I believe.

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sleeper

December 1st, 2014 at 7:36 AM ^

If we drag this out, it leads me to beleive that we have a behind the scenes commitment from Harbaugh to become our next coach. If Hoke is fired quickly, it leads me to beleive that Harbaugh or his agent have sent the message that he is not interested in becoming the next Michigan Head Coach. On a side note, no matter how bad you want Hoke dismissed, it just seems pretty crappy to leave him hanging in the balance, just to wait for Harbaugh to be named after the NFL season. 

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State Street

December 1st, 2014 at 8:06 AM ^

Florida just put out a statement that this is false and no offers have been made.

Foley has been handling this thing like a boss.  Comes out on the first day and says it will NOT be Rich Rod or Mullen so they can't lobby for a raise.  Then comes out and shoots down the Freeze rumor so he can't lobby for a raise.  Awesome stuff.  Don't fuck with Jeremy Foley. 

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Perkis-Size Me

December 1st, 2014 at 8:19 AM ^

I wouldn't be surprised if Freeze will also be running away from potential NCAA violations at Ole Miss.

Ole Miss was a dumpster fire before Freeze showed up. When Freeze comes on board, all of a sudden every 5 star in America wants to go there? Something wasn't right there from Day 1.



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