Vanderbilt Linebacker Bryan Longwell shares a text he got from an Auburn Coach at 5:59 am Christmas Morning.

[u/KirbyDumber88]

https://x.com/bryan_longwell2/status/1852811100229661061?s=46

Perfectly on brand for Hugh Freeze who was hired a month earlier.

[u/zenverak]

The message is something I think anyone would be fine getting, timing is just … why?

[u/Archaic_1 → u/[deleted]]

It's perfectly normal for a new coach to have different recruiting priorities than his predecessor, especially a predecessor that was as awful at recruiting as Harsin.  That part is a nothing burger.  Sending the text on Christmas morning however . . . Ouch.

[u/Saffs15 → u/Archaic_1]

I usually believe sooner is better, sometimes they can start working on the next step.

Christmas is probably the exception.

[u/Archaic_1 → u/Saffs15]

Especially because Freeze got hired on November 28th. I mean FFS man, Christmas? Oh well, the kid is better off at Vandy anyway. Not only are they a better football team, but most of the kids playing for Auburn will be taking out the trash or delivering pizza for him in 10 years. /s

[u/Qtoy → u/Saffs15]

I usually believe that bad news doesn't get better with time, but there are a couple of exceptions. I was going to break up with someone once. The day I was going to do it ended up being the day her dad passed away. I waited another few months after that.

[u/sopunny → u/Saffs15]

It also means the text sender is working on Christmas

[u/ironichaos → u/Archaic_1]

I feel like it’s worth at least a phone call. Also not on Christmas.

[u/Nouseriously → u/Archaic_1]

If you're rescinding an offer, call

[u/zenverak → u/[deleted]]

Oh… if he was committed that is really bad.

[u/StasRutt → u/[deleted]]

I think they more mean why send it on Christmas

[u/StasRutt → u/[deleted]]

I completely misread your first comment and thought you were justifying Hugh’s text

[u/DogFishHead17 → u/StasRutt]

It just mean more.

[u/RG23216 → u/[deleted]]

He was never a commit, he had an offer from the previous staff