ALERT: New Auburn hire PROVES narrative around Hugh Freeze is FALSE

Locked On Auburn - Daily Podcast On Auburn Tigers Football & Basketball

Locked On Podcast Network

Auburn Tigers Football, War Damn Eagle, Sports, Auburn Basketball, College Football Recruiting, Basketball, Auburn Football, Sports Podcast, Podcast, Football, Tigers Football, Auburn Tigers, Auburn Tigers Basketball, Tigers Basketball, College Basketball Recruiting, College Recruiting, Daily Podcast, War Eagle

4.6 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Auburn Tigers football makes waves with strategic hire and recruiting surge. Host Zac Blackerby and Darrell Dapprich analyze Auburn's addition of Jovon Hubbard to player personnel, signaling a shift towards an NFL-style structure. The duo breaks down recent recruiting wins, including top-100 commit Jaquez Wilkes, and speculate on potential flips that could reshape Auburn's class. The conversation shifts to Auburn basketball, examining the projected starting five and how it might impact their offensive strategy. Will Hugh Freeze's staff moves translate to on-field success? Can Auburn secure more blue-chip recruits? Tune in for insider perspectives on Auburn's football evolution and basketball's lineup decisions.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Auburn's latest hire goes against a lot of the narratives written about Hugh Freeze.
0:10.6	You are Locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers.
0:15.6	Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day.
0:20.6	Yes, welcome on into Locked on Auburn, your daily Auburn Tigers podcast.
0:25.3	I'm your host, Zach Blackerby, and thank you so much for making Lockdown
0:27.5	Auburn, your first listen.
0:29.1	Every single day, we're dapping up with the Daryl Dapperich Montgomery Radio Legend
0:32.7	hanging out with us.
0:33.9	So notes coming out of Auburn basketball's camp that's starting up and generating
0:39.9	some excitement. We'll talk about the latest recruiting chatter. Auburn continuing to build some
0:44.7	momentum there, but a new hire happening earlier this week, Darrell, and normally these types of
0:51.6	hires in the last decade or so, I wouldn't typically talk about,
0:56.3	but these non, you know, or I guess these off field hires now, they matter way more than they used to.
1:04.6	So Auburn has hired Javon Hubbard.
1:07.5	He was over their player personnel at Arkansas and now Javon Hubbard it seems like he's going to be the guy like right under Will Redmond.
1:18.4	Auburn's general manager and a guy who you and I both have a ton of respect for the job that he's done so far.
1:25.0	I think hires like this go against this whole narrative that Hugh Freed that he's done so far. I think hires like this go against this whole narrative that Hugh Freed that he's done,
1:32.0	that he's checked out.
1:33.4	When he keeps finding ways to innovate in this new era of college football,
1:39.5	where there's a lot of kind of guessing on what the next step looks like when it comes to staffing,
1:45.9	and he's doing it by plucking guys from the SEC.
1:50.4	First of all, in this day and age of college football, the model is being run a lot more like an NFL model.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 13 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Locked On Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Locked On Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.