Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze discusses his process on redshirting and the difficult conversations that follow.
Competitive fires always burn deep within athletes, it simply defines who they are as people and combatants. Consequently, the sometimes essential process of redshirting a player is always a particularly difficult conversation to have with them.head Hugh Freeze knows intrinsically how tricky it is to approach such matters, especially when somebody is simply desperate to keep playing.
"That is incredibly challenging today, to explain to someone that this is going to be best for you long-term," Freeze admitted last week. "I wish I could getto maybe say 'explain how redshirting year one was really good for you.' But that's not the easiest thing to explain for sure." Under the current NCAA rules, Freeze is well aware how he can use the four-active-game window to more fully evaluate some of the talent he's perhaps already considering redshirting.
Therefore, history will tell Freeze that anything can happen on the injury front, particularly because the players are ramping things up more considerably in practice before they head into competitive fixtures. It's also essential to keep monitoring the rates at which different players are adapting to the playbook and doing what's being asked of them.
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