Auburn's Hugh Freeze Discusses Slowing Down on Offense after Mistake Filled 2024

Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze might not be anxious to go fast on offense in 2025.

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00:00You know, it seems that most of us that were totally committed to that world, which I was,

00:06it won a lot of games, but it seemed as defenses transitioned and found ways to catch up with us

00:14and that it's kind of shifted back.

00:18There's still some that I would say are totally committed to it than others of us

00:22that are really trying to play the best complementary football that we can

00:28and maybe lessen some of those snaps that your defense has to take.

00:34And so that's where I've kind of landed right now as a mixture,

00:38but I think it's because, man, these defenses having to play a lot of snaps troubles a head coach.

00:48And even if you're one that's committed to an up-tempo pace, you just got to be careful.

00:56It's hard to stop offenses these days unless you're, there's just a handful that have elite defenses

01:02that can shut down offenses.

01:06And, you know, to me, it becomes a factor of, all right, what do we need to win this game?

01:12And if there's a way we can move the football and lessen the snaps on our defense,

01:17I would lean toward that method immediately.