Brooks Austin is one of the most respectable film guys in all of football. So when he opens up and calls your coach “a lunatic” everyone should stop and listen to what he is saying. He was comparing the difference between Hugh Freeze and Alex Golesh, starting with Freeze first. In a video posted on X from AL.com Brooks says;
“Freeze attempts to be the relationships guy that just is kinda’ all vibe and high-fives kinda’ guy, playing golf on Sundays, a real laid-back kinda’ guy, have a beer kinda’ guy.”
That’s as simple and sweet as it gets for what Hugh was. We can all see that he cared more about relations than he did the actual football side of it. But what is going to catch people off guard is how Austin turned what would be an insult into something very positive. Going on to say,
"Alex Golesh is a lunatic"
“Alex Golesh is a lunatic, Alex Golesh is one of these coaches that he believes if he stares at it long enough, he can figure out the answer. He ain’t just going to get up and leave the office because he’s stumped. He's going to sit there and try to work it out, and that leads to success. I believe that I think our best football coaches are crazy. I think they don't have time for other stuff, they’re definitely not scoring their handicap, you know what I mean?”
Some of you should know exactly what he means. Being told that our best coaches are crazy is a compliment. But using that and calling you a lunatic, which is crazier than crazy, might be Brooks' biggest compliment. Look back at all the greats: Joe Pa, Bobby Bowden, Pete Carroll and so on. Were they doing all that and winning? Not even Nick Saban was doing that. Austin would go on to finish his strong statement with how much of an improvement it is.
“That first and foremost is an improvement off the rip, and you'll see it, they’ll be a lot more organized and in tune. They will play with a much steadier growth chart, and the other guys are kinda’ just zig-zagging. There’s no way to build a program that way.”
He’s right, programs aren’t built on players having up and down seasons. They are built on the continuous growth of each one in a positive direction. Alex Golesh looks like he can command that kind of growth out of his players. He commanded the room at SEC Media Days like a coach Auburn has only dreamed about instead of acting like a try-hard like some other SEC coaches. Golesh is definitely changing the standard for the Tigers, and others are starting to see it.
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