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Freeze talks
While I realize a statement from me could be met with criticism and more negative attention, I believe I owe the Ole Miss family an apology for the pain and disappointment I’ve caused them. With this being an open week for the football team, and with the NCAA hearing behind us, this seemed to be the right time for me to speak from my heart.
As you know, in July of this year Ross Bjork asked me about a concerning number discovered in my phone records. In the days that followed, I shared with him the truth about my past, ultimately resulting in my resignation. It’s a truth I’d already shared with my wife, Jill, and with two of my closest friends months earlier.
While some of the things being reported about the matter are inaccurate, or in some cases completely false, it’s much more important for me to tell you that what I did was wrong, and there’s no justification for me making the selfish decisions that I knowingly made. I know I’ve hurt many people, especially those in the Ole Miss family, and I am asking you to forgive me for what I’ve done. I miss being a part of Ole Miss but will be pulling for our team every Saturday this season. To my faith family, I ask for your forgiveness and appreciate your prayers as well.
I have experienced unbelievable grace from above, from friends, and especially from Jill. Her strength and love through this storm have been incredible. Neither she nor our girls ever asked to live their lives in the public eye, but they have handled this with grace and dignity.
Words cannot express our gratitude for the outpouring of prayers, love, and forgiveness we have received from many of you. We have some incredible memories to hold onto from our time at Ole Miss, and want to thank you for blessing us over the last 5 years. While I realize there’s no good answer for the pain I’ve caused, I hope you can forgive me.
Sincerely,
Hugh Freeze
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SCrebel wrote:
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While some of the things being reported about the matter are inaccurate, or in some cases completely false, it’s much more important for me to tell you that what I did was wrong, and there’s no justification for me making the selfish decisions that I knowingly made.
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In his apology, Freeze never said what he did. So exactly, what did he do? There is evidence that he called escort services, but was he having sex with whores on many of his out of town trips? Did he have an affair outside of his marriage? He has been blessed and has a big bank account thanks to Archie, the guy at Fedex, Jimmy Sexton, and Ole Miss. One thing for sure, Freeze is now a big disappointment and many Ole Miss fans are now angry with him. With his actions, you have to wonder how sincere he is with his apology. Freeze's legacy and image will make him known as a hypocrite, liar, and whore hopper.
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- Sooper_Rebel
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I still like the guy. We all have hidden sins and skeletons. I cannot forget the good that he poured into the community and to impoverished children. He said this year that he didn't really start living as a kingdom of God man until 2014. Now I know more what he meant by that statement.
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His apology might be a little more believable if he returned some of the millions he defrauded from the University.
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I'll hand it to him, it took a lot of fur to say anything.
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I'm just so disappointed in him. He's asking for forgiveness, and the Christian thing for me to do is offer it, so I must. But it's still just blowing my mind that this happened and that he did this. I think that full repentance is to state the sin, and not doing that makes the apology sound half-hearted. But then perhaps he is trying to spare his wife some bit of dignity without everyone knowing whatever it is that he's done. In college football, I don't put anyone above a little recruitment misconduct. It's near impossible to be without mistakes in that. But a sex scandal from little Hugh Freeze from my own hometown! I still have trouble comprehending it. I just saw his mom the other day, first time since all this broke. I didn't dare say anything but hello and that it was good to see her. This is not some coach on the news from afar. This is someone we know. He got all caught up in that flashy celebrity world. He got way too impressed with himself. The past two years I swear I could tell something was bothering him. I kept watching him on the sidelines, and he looked scared to death like he was going to break down any moment. He knew he was falling. And then when I really think about it, I get mad. I have loved Ole Miss all my life, but with the state of the football program, the shit storm that just keeps going on and on, the gleeful hatred aimed at us, and the politics going on with traditions and the student body, I just don't want to even think about football or anything Ole Miss related. I'm spending my weekends working on home improvement projects.
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Well......It comes to mind that even the most strong of faith have sinned and fail to measure up. King David was a man after God's own heart....yet he yielded to the temptations of the flesh. Tell me a man alive who says he hasn't been at least tempted and I'll show you a liar. Now he might not have followed through but therein lies the fall or avoidance of a fall....But for the grace of God....there go I.
I don't know Hugh's heart...I don't know if he is truly repentant....I don't know what he's asking forgiveness for and IMO it's none of my business as that is between him and God..... But I do know that any man is vulnerable to the same temptations.....The man apologized and asked forgiveness. He didn't have to do that. That sounds to me like a man trying in his way to make amends of sorts and by my understanding that puts the ball in my court to forgive and move on..... Holding a grudge against him will only poison my soul....and won't impact him in any way.
What Hugh did is no longer my concern as there is nothing I can do about it. My concern now lies with where we go from here.....THAT we can control or at least influence.
He was panther quick and Leather tough.
If he figured that He'd been pushed enough.
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- Tobie Reb
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well said, Yuma
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Maybe I'm in the minority but I don't expect an apology from Freeze nor do I expect a full play by play of his actions that led to his resignation. He gave us a $16m apology when he resigned vs waiting until we had to fire him and arbitrate out whether or not he would get any severance.
As others have said it took a lot to open himself back up to our fans. Good enough for me and I wish him nothing but the best going forward. He's got a wife and 3 kids to provide for. That alone is going to be hard enough.
I will always be grateful for his contributions to our program. Program changing recruits, wins, bowls, etc.
Never before had we experienced so much positive pub. However his love of himself also led to our dismantling. Now it makes sense why he overlooked local kids who begged for Ole Miss to sign them while chasing recruits we had zero chance of signing. It also speaks to his issues not using a burner phone for his illicit affairs. Hindsight truly is 20/20 and many things that were puzzling over the past couple of seasons now make sense.
Glad it's over and behind us. No man is more important than our football program. We can and have survived worse.
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I expected an apology only because that's usually what happens after an event such as this. I'm surprised it took this long to come out, but the apology I wanted was for what he has done to the program, not for what he has done to his personal life. That's between him, his loved ones, and his higher power.