I know that Coach Nutt would wish Hugh Freeze the best of luck and we here at OxfordMississippi.com wish Hugh Freeze the best of luck as well as Coach Nutt in his next endeavor.

On Monday, November 7, 2007 Houston Nutt was fired as head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels. Since this is my website, I’m not going to go with the stats of Houston Nutt because he is being bashed enough as it is. There are a lot of fingers you can point and stats that you can come up with. The main thing you always hear is that Coach Nutt was not a great recruiter.

I had the pleasure of helping some of the Nutt administration purchase their homes when they came to Ole Miss and I can’t say enough good things about Nutt and his coaching staff’s character. Coach Michael Beaumont was one that I met and was very fond of. He came with Houston Nutt because Nutt insisted on him coming with him from Arkansas. Coach Beaumont had contagious energy and was able to motivate anyone. If you met him and Houston Nutt you knew that.

I know no one is questioning Houston Nutt’s character. I understand this. But through the midst of this difficult time that the Nutt administration and family are going through, I wanted to point out the good that Houston Nutt brought to the University of Mississippi. Coach Nutt is a strong christian and shows it day in and day out. The spotlight is always on him and everytime I have ever run into him he was always smiling and always positive. He did a lot for Ole Miss including giving a gift of $100,000 in 2009 that he split two ways to give to the indoor practice facility and to student-athlete scholarships. This to me shows total commitment to Ole Miss and that is one thing you always want in your coach…commitment to the program.

If you see Houston Nutt or his family around town, remember, we are Oxford. We are a town of class. Wish him well and thank him for giving a valiant effort.

I will be sending this on to the Nutt administration so if you would like, leave a comment below.

I was on the phone with a friend of mine yesterday who said that Pete was actually supposed to speak at a press conference yesterday at 4 PM announcing his resignation.

As we all know by now, he didn’t. Although more people than not, want him out of office, he doesn’t seem to be budging. It could have something to do with his $400k+ salary per year.

Here’s how Twitter has responded to Mr. Boone: http://twitter.com/search/realtime/pete boone

I don’t want to touch too much on opinions here but I will say, Ole Miss needs leadership and someone to take responsibility for their decisions and actions.

What do you guys think regarding Pete Boone? I know there are plenty of you out there that would like to chime in on this one.

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Don’t forget folks, we went through a new mascot selection process in 2003.. and during that period, we shot down ‘Rebel Bruiser’ as a mascot choice.. the debate was so contentious, they simply abandoned it until now..

I wonder if there’s any chance he can be thrown into consideration this late into the game..shoot, if they want, they can simply change his name to Hotty Toddy.. : )

Thoughts?

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