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He really should have stayed. Making 4-6 million/year. Win 7-10 games a year. He’d have been a legend.

Purple Haize wrote: ↑November 2nd, 2025, 2:40 pm https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... us-seasons

He really should have stayed. Making 4-6 million/year. Win 7-10 games a year. He’d have been a legend.

Apparently, some thinks that Freeze is "washed up. " I do think you're correct though, Freeze would've made us more dominant presently and recruiting with the new revenue sharing/NIL would've been interesting. Oh well, enough with the 'what could've been'

Obvious question(s):

Would he come back?

Would we ask?

PAmedic wrote: ↑November 3rd, 2025, 1:22 am Obvious question(s):

Would he come back?

Would we ask?

We’ve done it twice with hoops to mixed results

PAmedic wrote:Obvious question(s):

Would he come back?

Would we ask?

I hope he takes a break to kick cancer's tail up and down the street.

Would he come back? Probably not, but you never know. UAB is reportedly interested.

Would we ask? Maybe.. depends on whether the current trajectory changes.

I'm torn on this subject. I don't think we ever go to a NY6 in 2023 but our floor was higher under HCHF. The guy seemed to surround himself with very good assistants and knows how to use the portal. That ship has sailed though. I do think Chadwell was the right guy at the right time and really hope he figures things out. If not, i think we could probably do better than rehiring HCHF but I wouldn't complain if we did... at least not too much.

Ill flame wrote: ↑November 3rd, 2025, 10:01 pm I'm torn on this subject. I don't think we ever go to a NY6 in 2023 but our floor was higher under HCHF. The guy seemed to surround himself with very good assistants and knows how to use the portal. That ship has sailed though. I do think Chadwell was the right guy at the right time and really hope he figures things out. If not, i think we could probably do better than rehiring HCHF but I wouldn't complain if we did... at least not too much.

This is, I think, the biggest difference between Freeze and Chadwell. With Freeze we were constantly worrying about losing coordinators and coaches to higher level schools. Haven't heard that at all the last couple years.
Also, I do not like the co-coordinator scheme currently in use. I think it diminishes accountability.

Remember when we beat Arkansas, BYU (crushed), VT!? I can’t envision those type of wins with the current staff. I would welcome back a committed HF!

Well we were independent, which means LU was betting on themselves for success. It worked and we were actually in talks nationally and exceeded expectations. Now being placed in the lowest conference in FBS, we are and will not be in the national light with this sorry strength of schedule and sloppy staff. Yes, the early 2020's was great and now it's rotten. Was it really worth it? It depends on who's responding. I guess we can be a basketball school, since it will have some sort of revelance playing some actually decent teams(when they can get them). Yeah, we are going to have at least one p5 in the upcoming seasons in football, but is it worth getting season tickets? Especially if this staff is still here? Again, depends on who's responding.

I would be open to HF 2.0.

While I was not happy with how he left, I was also not surprised, because in interview after interview during his Liberty tenure, he always made it clear that there was a very short list of jobs he would consider leaving for. Auburn was clearly on that list.

That is not an option for him at this point in his career. It would need to be "I'm here until they tell me to leave."

olldflame wrote: ↑November 16th, 2025, 7:15 am I would be open to HF 2.0.

While I was not happy with how he left, I was also not surprised, because in interview after interview during his Liberty tenure, he always made it clear that there was a very short list of jobs he would consider leaving for. Auburn was clearly on that list.

That is not an option for him at this point in his career. It would need to be "I'm here until they tell me to leave."

IMO it would be a mistake. Hugh 1.0 had something to prove. He was on a mission and determined to restore his reputation on and off the field. It was great because he brought LU along for the ride It was a great situation for both.
He wont have such determination this time around. He will have nothing to prove. He wont need to build a Program like he did last time. I think he would do ‘just enough’ and LU would be mired in mediocrity. If he wants to come back for say 800k and LU is happy with 8-/7-5 records then sure. But I thinK LU can do better