Hugh Freeze's controversial comments on Payton Thorne are fine | Auburn Tigers Podcast
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- Can Auburn Tigers bounce back after their loss to Georgia Bulldogs? Explore the potential improvements under coach Hugh Freeze as the team heads into a crucial bye week. With standout performances from Keldrick Faulk and Payton Thorne's evolving gameplay, the Auburn Tigers are showing signs of progress in the SEC.
Join Zac Blackerby and Darrell Daprich as they dissect Auburn's recent performance, analyzing key plays and player developments. They discuss the impact of turnovers, the role of young talents like Caleb Harris, and the strategic adjustments needed for upcoming games against Missouri and Vanderbilt. Are the Tigers ready to make a comeback, or will inconsistencies continue to plague their season?
Discover how Auburn's bye week could be a turning point, with potential position changes and a focus on reducing self-inflicted errors. Don't miss out on this in-depth analysis of Auburn's football journey and what lies ahead. Watch or listen now to get the full scoop on Auburn's path to redemption!
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With the bye week ahead, what changes do you think Auburn should make to turn the season around?
Probably just go with the young guys and just let see what happens
There is no turning this season around unfortunately. Maybe one more win on the sched. We don’t have the qb to turn it around. Play the young guys and get them experience. So depressing that we’re having yet another shit season. Btw yeah the top button guy has lost his f’n mind
Fire Freeze
@@RebelandDaveyeah that makes sense. Who would you hire that would come coach for a fan base with dumpster fire fans like you???
@@RebelandDave don't you bama fans have a locked on bama youtube channel
Payton Thorne wants to play hero ball while Jarquez is the only hero in that backfield.
It’s a breath of fresh air not to hear Coach speak anymore. I love the transparency, even if that ruffles some weak minded people out there. this guy is doing the best recruiting job I have seen in my lifetime and I’m 40 if he continues to do what he does, we will be competing for SEC championship sooner than later
100%
He is doing the best in recruiting in my lifetime too, I am 72
I agree Ryan, Thorne’s getting paid for his services.
I’m going to keep saying it. Hugh is the right guy. He inherited a team with basically 2 missing recruiting classes. Has he made every right decision and play call? No, but no coach does. Kirby doesn’t, Sark doesn’t, Lanning doesn’t, etc. The difference is, when you have a complete roster, it masks coaching and execution mistakes. Auburn has no room for error…..yet. But we will. Look how many plays that he calls that would succeed if executed properly. Dropped passes, missed wide open receivers, interceptions, fumbles. Eliminating those things takes players with skill and experience. He is building a roster that will have that. We’ve got to be patient. War Eagle!
@@bobcanon8032 There is zero “woe is me” or crying. I’m very positive in fact. I see a lot of improvements and believe things will turn around. So jump off the wagon bro. But don’t come back when AU starts winning.
@@bobcanon8032 Vandy sure as heck has a better qb, and that’s on Freeze
Freeze inherited a very talented team. Harsins recruiting classes ranked 18 and 21. Gus left incredible talent behind. The last few years, Auburn teams have been good enough to win the national championship. The problem is freeze and thorn.
@@lucio989 uhhh
Freeze absolutely did not inherit a talented team. Is this satire?
And are you unaware of just how many of those Harsin players transferred out?
Another big problem we've seen consistently is the 'star' cam Coleman LOAFING. Every game. Whether it's a route or blocking. Heck I've seen him on the opposite playside where he's supposed to be a decoy and he didn't do anything. Immediately turned and watched the play just standing there. Idk if Freeze is scared he will leave or what but you CANNOT allow that
Freeze went out and bought a bunch of Lambos, but no one that can drive stick. His really only major mistake was not getting a transfer QB. Yes, these receivers will probably transfer, so get ready for it.
Nil players think they don’t have to play hard !
@@kevinm552Perry Thompson and Malcom Simmons will be here next year. Can Coleman I’d bet 50/50 he stays or leaves
@@jbatson251 if we keep two of the four freshmen, I will be happy.
@@kevinm552Now that we have Deuce Knight they probably won’t transfer
These guys are being paid good money to play football now. They can be criticized now. It’s a job!! They got to do their job, NIL changed college football.
A 5 star RB decommited from Notre Dame the day after Deuce flipped
Someone please explain to me how Diego Pavia single-handedly beat AU at home last year. Then went into the portal in December. At what point was Auburn like, "nah, we are good." I have zero doubt, we spend the $250k on this kid and he is not only Auburn's starter, but we are at least two wins better than we are right now.
We are 3 wins better maybe 4
@dwightdwitherspoon
EXACTLY!! I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT ALL YEAR!
AND TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, PAVIA WILL LIKELY BEAT US AGAIN ON
NOV.2!
He followed jerry kill to Vanderbilt he was under “do not contact” people need to stop spouting this crap that we had a chance to get him
Payton needs to just run the plays. He's not Peyton Manning. Payton is living on the "My Grandfather and Father were coaches" narrative and Hugh needs to take the making decisions out of his hands. He seems to do well when he does not have to think about it.
I agree with the assessment of Thorne but look how atrocious the Offensive Line have been especially the left side
I say we take the Cadillac approach and run it 40 times against Mizzou🤷🏽♂️ prove that our O-Line has a pair of nuts and see what we can do.
The reason we are not successful in running the ball when its obvious we are going to run the ball is that we dont give the damn ball to Hunter in those situations. Thorne is keeping the ball every damn time.
Peyton deserved to be called out, he is making rookie mistakes. Look, these players are men now and they have responsibilities just as the coach does. We would be a fool to get rid of Hugh Freeze. I mean Auburn was in shambles when he got there. No other coach not even Nick Saban could have got the recruits that Freeze has recreated to come to Auburn, it's unbelievable what kind of players he has brought in. Next year is going to be our year, Auburn will be a force to be reckoned with. It would be a disaster to bring in a whole new coaching staff, all of our recruits would begin to leave Auburn immediately and next year we wouldn't have any players that could even come close to the ones that we have now. Take a deep breath and think about next year and the rest of this year we should stand with them and root fouf.p to win as many more games this year as possible.
The problem with Auburn is that we eat our own and do it in front of the whole world
You are absolutely right and it is the main reason why our program will be in the gutter for about 10 years. It stems with Coach Harsin. I was not crazy about his hire, but when he got hired I was going to give him a chance. The problem is our influential alumni never gave him a chance, never gave him any support, and "ate its own" on him. I will tell you, I think he has been more successful than Freeze has been thus far. And Harsin's second year, I do not blame him at all. That was purely alumni. It is our influential alumni's fault. He could not hire any decent assistants because who would want to come work for Harsin when they know the alumni hate him, are working hard to get rid of him and will cause a disastrous year. Then they are out looking for a job coming off a horrible year. Yeah, I would not take the job either. Really, a great fit for Auburn coach wise would have been Stoops from Kentucky.
@@frankaf5pmthehoaham656harsin was a horrible coach. Freeze needs a couple years he is on fire recruiting.. we will b fine Payton needs to hear this he makes bad decisions
I’m surprised Florida hasn’t got him yet
Take a gander over at Tuscaloosa...
Hearing fans talk about firing Freeze. Stop it. He has the support of boosters and Auburn admin. We cant get a new coach every 2 years
100% agree
Yes give him time. They is a clear difference and in recruitment. We never got talent like this since 2004-2006 era
That’s stupid regular fans. Not real fans
Y’all making something out of nothing the coach called play and the Qb made decisions to keep the ball that’s a QB decision even if coach called a play he’s simply explaining what happened
Nick Saban spanked Mcarron on live tv and went off on him. But its tough coaching when Saban does it. Get over it its coaching. War Eagle
Preach it
Freeze isn't wrong. He probably ought to keep it "in house" but he is dealing with a prima donna quarterback who won't hand the ball off when the coaches tell him to. Thorne is the problem and Freeze is to blame because he keeps running him out there. Otherwise, the team continues to show improvement and fought hard.
It's called holding accountable
This team has no fight like the Malzahn teams we were used to
Kyle I agree with you I want to see more jacques, but we have a coach that doesn't understand that are coach says it a lot, but when it comes to the game, he gets to Gibson throws it around
I didn't want Hugh to begin with , that being said, we need to stop running Players and Coaches off, its prolonging the chances of a rebuild.
If your captains of the team constantly make poor decisions, every game will be up and down. Leader on offense (PT) isn’t any good. Leader on defense (KS) isn’t any good. Translation, bad season.
I do not think our team is playing like they want to win and we seem like we have not come together yet. 4 & 1 Hunter should have been given the ball.
If you want to stop pointing out players for their faults in a game...... STOP PAYING THEM!!! If I did something wrong at work I would be pointed out and made an example of.
left OT game up to whiff sacks and had two penalty,offensive line played well. heh lets blame the QB,bo wallace has a point,
@bonnienay2674
Bo Wallace is a bitter bipolar headcase. A year ago Wallace PRAISED Freeze, now he's trashing him?!
Wallace has ZERO CREDIBILITY!
Not a single player wants Thorne there.
Thank god for Kyle man. At least someone is saying what needs to be said
Always will
Can we talk about how too tall looked so confused Saturday?
Leave freeze where he is it will get much better, as for Payton Thorne sit him and roll with Hank Brown and let him grow and develop.
Want more production out of Jarquez Hunter? First you have to get more production out of the receivers or else the defense will just stack the line.
Firing freeze is not the right call. He told us to give him 3 years to have a good roster and I think we’re closer than what most people think. We’re a few simple mistakes and a threat at qb from winning a lot of these games. If this program isn’t good by end of 2026 I say we let him go. I know a lot of fans don’t have patience and frankly neither do I. Hugh just needs to focus on developing his players right now, cause there is a lot of freshman on that field that can be good
Auburn fans have perfected the art of making lemonade out of a lemon. Why don't we just give Freeze a lifetime contract and buy the whole lemon grove?
Athletes are being paid as professionals! Expectations are they should expect perform at a level to earn of expectancy. Peyton has continued to under perform. Freeze is doing a great job building Auburn. Let the man do what he does!
Makhi Hughes was very fun to play as in College Football 25 btw, kid from Birmingham. Would love to ses him at Auburn.
media like you is why people hate media.. trying to start crap over nothing .. thorne did not do what his coach said to do and needs be called out ... stop harassing freeze and let him do his job and rebuild the team
Uhhh they’re defending Freeze, did you just comment after reading the title? 😂
C5 is wrong. The 4th and 1 was a microcosm of Thorne ability. If he is making all these correct decisions we are 5 - 1
I’m with yall. All freeze did was explain the play wasn’t ran the way it should have been. Peyton is a grown ass man. He can handle it.
If Hugh freeze is fired. IM DONE AFTER 67 YEARS OF SUPPORT.
They fired Gus malzahn after 8 years of winning. If they fire freeze after back to back losing seasons that’s completely fair.
I wouldn't blame you
@@TheBarnAuburn Charlie five says freeze is better than malzahn and “it’s not even a conversation” does he know Gus malzahn got auburn ranked in the top 8 of the ap poll every single season and finished ranked most years, while freeze has never even gotten auburn into the top 25?
They really shouldn't fire Coach Freeze he will get it together. He's putting it in place. WAR DAMN EAGLE 4LIFE.
@@lucio989 Gus was a joke! Had a H.S. gimmick offense that all the coaches figured out and ole Gus refused to change.
Hell, opposing coaches would be calling out our play before we snapped the ball. They knew exactly where the ball was going! Firing Gus was the best thing Auburn has done in 30yrs.
No Zac it starts at the Poor QB play first it's not on everyone else
Cam Coleman should transfer, dude gets called out by fans every game at this point for something. Auburn will eat there own in front of the world every time smh
Hell he can't catch
What needs to change? How do we get Coleman and Simmons more involved? Hand it to Jarquez Hunter 25 times. For the rest of the season, be a run-first offense and make them stop 27.
We just need the Coach to inspire this team to win😮 not just show up on Saturday.
People need to get over it, Thorne is the QB and the biggest problem on this team. Ofcourse he is going to be criticized the most by Hugh, who I think is just over it and really regretting not going to the portal. Im glad we don’t have to hear “We just gotta get butter” or “We had a good week of practice” which was Gus every week.
The play calling needs to be evaluated
Freeze ain't going nowhere for atleast 2026
Again, breaks my heart. I called the waaabulance, but they are not resresponding to Aubuurn pain any more. I said this many, many, many times, even tried to warn coach Freeze, do not take this job. It is at best, a step sideways. Get out now while you still have your sanity, and before they trump up some bogus "rumor" to get rid of you, that could cause you pain and affect your future. They don't deserve a good coach
If they Fire Freeze I will no longer support Auburn
I'm with u. Give him a chance!
Blah blah u can’t simply stop liking auburn
You bouncing on it
@@justinthomas7313lol.. yeah that’s the hard part .. mentally I be wanting to stop supporting my team but in my heart I just can’t 😔
They arnt going to fire him guys, he’s still in good standing with people who make decisions at AU. He will get at the least one more year but will have to get 7 or 8 wins obviously.
Payton is making what several hundred grand he can take the criticism. They wanted to get paid they are not student athletes anymore they are pros
Auburn has disappointed this season but need to hold it together, keep turning over the roster and hold on to the recruiting class. WDE!
Even the announcers said Hunter would have been
stuffed as soon as he got the handoff. Thorne called a good change
No
This season for us is over. I think Freeze should just bench Thorne for the rest of the season and go with Hank Brown for the rest of the season. Yes, Brown is a freshman and will make many mistakes, but Throne is going make the same mistakes anyway. Lets just get some experience under Brown's belt because I think he has a lot more potential than Thorne. Anyone else think this way?
I agree. We know what we have with thorn and it’s not great. If Brown can get some experience, it will be of benefit for the future. I don’t think he’ll be the starter in the future, but it would help.
Maybe that was a ploy to get the commitment of a top QB. If the starter is a RS Soph vs a 5th year Sr, you have less chance of winning the starting job next year. And now you have to keep that commitment.
I use to look forward to football season, but since 2020 its just miserable. Are there players say from the recruiting class of 2021 or 22,or 23 that can contribute, or is it just plug and play for auburn now.
2-10! Stepping up!
As a methed up Gump would say, “ Run tha Dayum Ball”! LoL
My only criticism on freeze is his play calling. Thorne can’t run this offense so just feed Hunter and the other backs and only use Thorne to throw screens and play action and running the ball occasionally. Doing the same thing and expecting different results is you know……..
Im no coach but im sick of RPO. Line up in some 12 or 22 and personnel and run the damn ball.
As an AU alum, if Auburn fires Freeze during this season or just after it, I hope they never win another game. Why does Auburn have to be so terrible with handling situations as compared to other universities? We can't seem to get out of our own way.
What puts AU over the edge is accountability. Handling any issues internally and letting the players hold other players accountable and that takes leadership. Leaders hold others accountable so those mistakes don’t happen again and again and doing that builds culture but blasting kids on TV whether it’s justified or not from the head coach is not the way. That was the way 20 years ago. Today’s kids respond differently to adversity and you will quickly lose respect among those players with that type of mentality.
The reason Hunter isnt getting the ball as much is due to Thorne pulling the ball in the RPO and running himself or throwing. Its so damn frustrating watching a less caliber runner choose to run himself than handing it off to a higher-caliber runner. We wasted 2 damn years with this RPO nonsense and its a damn insult to other guys on this team. What a waste
Thorne deserves all the negative criticism he gets. He is a paid athlete that is not performing. He is not bringing any positive to the team. Bench him so I can start watching Auburn football again. I can take ten Hank interceptions over one more snap with PT at qb.
Payton Thorne is the definition of “knowing just enough to be dangerous.” He’s displayed enough knowledge and garnered enough trust to make terrible decisions on the fly and override the coach.
Everyone is focusing on the wrong things. Problem is HF made PT the captain, and he is one of the most lackluster leaders I have seen wear a C on their jersey at Auburn. They have no real on field offensive leader on this team and that is making a big difference. Should have made 27 the C. He is the best player on offense and it isn't close.
I mean no disrespect, but not turning the ball over through the air for 1 game doesn’t mean that issue has been fixed. Honestly pt didn’t throw a pick but he damn sure caused a crucial turnover to start the 4th Saturday. Did that play lose the game? No. But, had he ran the play that CHF called, we would’ve kept the ball for 3 more down at the very least if not finished only down 11-15. Which looks a lot better than 18.
Is this just in Auburn circles? Who the hell is talking about “comments about Payton Thorne”
We need 4 OL guys in this class maybe 5
College football is about personal.
All you gotta do is get Hunter the ball 25 times,
Alston 5-10 times
KLS 5 times
Coleman 5 times
Simmons 5 times
And the TE 5 times.
Qb run 3-5 times
All with Walker White. Tell him to think Point Guard
This season is done. We have one win left… 3-9 we need to just go let’s get a QB
“Stepping up” is a culture issue which is a coaching issue… all for giving HF time but he’s gotta pull out some of these closer games and he has to work on putting his own ego aside and just RUN THE BALL
be happpy ,bama lost to vanderbilt. glad bama hired their new coach,give him an extension,help the tigers
I support freeze 100%
They better not fire CHF, he is the best for us
No that’s was a bad call. You put a 5’8 210lb guy on a 6’4 260lbs
He needs to bench Thorne all the talk about Gus supposedly not developing QBs and Thorne is the worst QB we have had in decades
No doubt if hunter makes a half ass block its all a moot point
"THE IMPOTENCE CONTINUES" 😢 This is all you guys should be talking about. This takes 2-3 minutes, and you are waisting air time. I really wish COLORADO was on the schedule for one of those home games! DEION is on 🔥! P.S. Your show should be discussing the dumbest A..Clown administration in the whole College game!
When this stuff happened under Malzahn it was his fault, now the fan base wants to blame the players?
Whatever
Give Walker a chance
We must stop giving excuses first a coach who lacks the wisdom and charisma to lead a team of hungry and talented players!🦅🏈
Where's the pride when we take the field?
After last years Cal game, could’ve and should’ve known. THORNE IS NOT THAT GUY.
Hes telling the damn truth...These players are paid and they need to perform.
Look put Walker White in and let Hunter hand the ball to Hunter 25-30 times and throw it 15-20
Yes
I think it looks more and more like passing blame
This team is HORRIBLY COACHED! If vandy can beat Bama with the talent/roster they have Auburn should be able to compete in any game this season. But we in all reality have such a poorly coached team we beat ourselves. I hope we scrap Durkin this offseason & give a holler to Travis Williams. Love his defenses
We're 2-4 because we don't finish the game
ALL WE DO IS LOOSE! LOOSE! LOSE! LOSE! ALL WE DO IS LOSE!!!
Hunter needs25 plus touches
Zac you said you rmtrust this staffs evaluation of players. You donrealize freeze evaluated thorne and said yes he's my guy
I don’t think those 2 like each other
He will always throw his players under the bus period !
Auburn can win out and go 8-4
He has only really had 1 good season of recruiting he just started getting his style players in the system (duece) cam KLS
Thorne is a joke
Hugh bashes PT.......but never says a word about the loafing and lack of effort by other players. We have more problems than just the QB position.
Look we only have 6 more games w Peyton at this point non of this matters.
Freeze deserves to be fired. He sucks. Auburn has never even been ranked in the years freeze has been coaching. Gus malzahn had Auburn ranked in the top 8 every single season and finished ranked most years.
I thought if used properly, he could have 1400-1500 yds this year,
Walker white
Freeze will get it turned around he getting top recruiting classes and cleaning up the mess Harsin left.
Vandy beats bama and we can't beat anybody