What Hugh Freeze said following Auburn football's A-Day

Auburn football battled it out in the rain during Hugh Freeze's first spring game on the Plains.

The Tigers' offense ended up tying the defense, 24-24, with the defense having started with 24 points at the beginning of the scrimmage.

It was tough to gauge how everyone looked in this game, as the weather was a huge factor.

While the weather took away from this scrimmage a bit, there were still some positive things we saw from the Tigers that Freeze spoke on in his postgame press conference.

Here's what Hugh Freeze spoke with the media on following the scrimmage:

Opening statement…

“Thanks to our fans and the band and everyone that weathered the conditions to come out and support our players today. We appreciate that very much. It was my first spring game to have those types of conditions. I certainly appreciate you guys for being here to cover it all. We got through it without anybody getting injured, which is always a plus. I thought it was a solid day. There were some good things and some not-so-good things, of course. Overall, I think our first spring and the 15 days that our kids gave us had some great energy and effort. We took the right step toward building some foundational things that we’re going to have to lean on to compete next year in this league. I’m pleased with our staff and there is a lot of good we can take from the 15 days.”

On the game ending in a tie...

"Everybody can get steaks. Ms. Danielle (Gillan) can feed them all everything she had planned. I told them it's our first trip into Jordan-Hare and both sides are undefeated. I like the way it ended. I did give the option to the coordinators on headset. I said, 'Look, our ones, twos and threes got the same amount of possessions. Do y'all want to go ones right here from the three-yard line for the win or loss, one play?' They were quiet for a long time on that. They didn't give me an answer for a while and I said, 'Are you going to answer?' and they said, 'Let's leave it a tie,' so I'm happy with the way it ended. It really is good seeing them kick that thing through under those conditions. It was really, really soggy and wet and the snap was really slow. It was good that we got some of that experience."

On the development of the quarterback position...

"I feel better than I did 15 practices ago. I think from this point, now until the end of fall camp, there's so much that needs to happen for somebody to solidify being 'the guy.' I think all have improved. I think all are still inconsistent with some things. We really wanted to throw that ball around and it would've been really ugly and probably a lot of three-and-outs had we tried to do that. I think Robby (Ashford) got better. He's really been fun to coach. I think he's trying to change some of the things that may have caused me concern about him being the quarterback leader, whether it be body language or ball security or just your demeanor in general — the way you talk, the way you talk to your teammates. I don't know that anybody has really challenged him the way I did this spring with that. I thought all three of them responded to our challenges and were like, 'please coach us.' I think you saw today that he's got the capability of making some plays. I thought he threw a really good seam ball in those conditions. I thought Holden (Geriner) threw some good balls. He missed a couple reads on some RPOs I think. T.J. (Finley) did too. It's kind of been that way all spring. Some really positives one day and some inconsistencies the next day. We've still got some time to help them improve, hopefully."

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