Freeze taking ownership of Rebel program
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 8:54 am
Due to attrition, poor recruiting decisions by the previous staff, etc. , the Rebels had less than 70 scholarship players on the roster this past season --- Freeze's first as the Rebels' head coach. This was true, even after Freeze's first signing class in Feb of 2012.
Thus, there were a lot of scholarships available to give this season, especially when you combined the ones available for the early December signing period which did not count against the normal full 25 available for the Feb 2013 signing date. The Rebs had approx 31 total scholarships to give this recruiting season. And I don't think they used them all, thus there should be 2-3 remaining to use for next December or for any late recruits this spring or summer.
Ole Miss will have a large senior class on the team this fall. Once they graduate, most of the remaining players on the team will be players that Freeze recruited and signed. Freeze will be able to sign the maximum number again in Feb 2014. . And with respect to the ones signed by the previous staff, most will have been developed, for the most part, by Freeze and his staff.
Thus, the normal 3-4 year window that new coaches have before a team really becomes full of players recruited and signed by the new coach, is going to be compressed into an approximate two year time frame for Freeze.
Freeze has already put his stamp on the Rebel football program, and is pretty much going to own it, for better or worse, after this coming fall and the 2014 signing date.
The transition is happening very fast. And the youth movement has been fun to watch so far.
Thus, there were a lot of scholarships available to give this season, especially when you combined the ones available for the early December signing period which did not count against the normal full 25 available for the Feb 2013 signing date. The Rebs had approx 31 total scholarships to give this recruiting season. And I don't think they used them all, thus there should be 2-3 remaining to use for next December or for any late recruits this spring or summer.
Ole Miss will have a large senior class on the team this fall. Once they graduate, most of the remaining players on the team will be players that Freeze recruited and signed. Freeze will be able to sign the maximum number again in Feb 2014. . And with respect to the ones signed by the previous staff, most will have been developed, for the most part, by Freeze and his staff.
Thus, the normal 3-4 year window that new coaches have before a team really becomes full of players recruited and signed by the new coach, is going to be compressed into an approximate two year time frame for Freeze.
Freeze has already put his stamp on the Rebel football program, and is pretty much going to own it, for better or worse, after this coming fall and the 2014 signing date.
The transition is happening very fast. And the youth movement has been fun to watch so far.
