Facing up to some hard truths is a minefield that Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze simply has to venture into right now. Quite clearly, the elephant in the room is trying to balance a catastrophic season against prodigious wins in the recruitment game – such as flipping talented high school quarterback Deuce Knight .
ESPN’s designated pot stirrer Paul Finebaum is well aware that counter balancing recruitment success with the inability of Freeze to post enough wins will undoubtedly define his entire tenure on the Plains.
“I hate to qualify my answer because recruiting has been so good, but I have seen nothing from Hugh Freeze on the actual football field that makes me believe he will make it as the Auburn coach,” Finebaum told the McElroy & Cubelic In The Morning Show . “I am amazed at some of the decisions that I see, some of the things that are coming from his mouth before and after games. I know that may sound harsh, but I’m just being real.”…