How Auburn football fans reacted to word of Hugh Freeze coaching hire

As reports that Hugh Freeze will be named the next head football coach at Auburn emerged, Tigers fans took to Twitter to react.

Freeze will replace Bryan Harsin, who went 9-12 in under two years on the Plains. Harsin was fired on Oct. 31 before new athletic director John Cohen was hired on the same day. It is the first hire for Cohen at Auburn.

Freeze has gone 34-15 over four seasons at Liberty. Previously, he was head coach at Ole Miss, where he went 39-25 with two wins over Alabama. He resigned amidst an NCAA investigation involving recruiting violations and after discovery that he used a phone provided by the university to contact a number associated with escort services.

Many Auburn fans are not happy with the reports of the hire, with some pushing back on social media since reports that the coaching search had begun to turn to Freeze started on Saturday.

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Here is a sampling of reactions from Twitter to the hire:

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