Had it been up to Hugh Freeze, Coach O might be still be on the Ole Miss sideline this weekend in Baton Rouge. Ahead of this weekend’s trip to LSU—where Ed Orgeron has led somewhat of an offensive revival since taking over for Les Miles—Freeze said he wished his old boss had been given more time in Oxford.
“People are not patient. I really think that we had recruited well under Ed here and it was close to turning a corner,” said Freeze, who served as a recruiting coordinator and tights end coach under O in 2006-07. “Hindsight is 20/20 and who knows what decisions were made.