Charles Barkley is a funny guy who loves his alma mater.

When Auburn announced Hugh Freeze as its next head football coach, Barkley was quick to get behind the hire.

“When Mr. Cohen decided to go with Coach Freeze — I told them — I told both of them, ‘I’m all in on Coach Freeze.’,” Barkley said in an appearance on “The Next Round” Wednesday morning.

However, that doesn’t mean Barkley has been 100% sold on what’s been happening on The Plains, especially as it relates to Auburn’s quarterback play.

“If y’all are going to be down there baptizing people, please pray for better quarterback play,” Barkley joked. “Let’s get these three quarterbacks and baptize them and maybe the Lord can make them play better.”

Barkley’s quip, which received quite a laugh from the show’s hosts, refers to Freeze’s involvement in “UNITE Auburn” — a revival-like worship event held at Auburn’s Neville Arena on Sept. 12.

Following the event, attendees flocked to Auburn’s Ag Heritage Park pond, where hundreds were baptized. Of those being baptized was Auburn football freshman Sylvester Smith, who waded into the water accompanied by Freeze, who assisted in Smith’s baptism.

The event was later condemned by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin-based group that, according to its website, “works as an umbrella for those who are free from religion and are committed to the cherished principle of separation of state and church.”

All that aside, Barkley’s comment on Wednesday was a comical and on-brand quip.

The former Auburn basketball standout, like many Auburn fans, has been frustrated by the Tigers’ quarterback play.

And Barkley wishes Freeze and the Auburn coaching staff would move forward with one guy under center.

“The one thing you can’t do as a coach? You can’t have your quarterback playing scared,” Barkley said. “You can’t have your quarterback playing scared or looking over his shoulders. You can’t play three quarterbacks. You can’t play two quarterbacks.”

Barkley continued to assert that the multi-quarterback approach Freeze and the Auburn offense has been using damages the confidence of quarterbacks.

“The No. 1 thing you have to have as a player is confidence in yourself to make good plays and bad plays,” Barkley said. “If you’re scared to make bad plays, you can’t make good plays. And right now, they’re in no-man’s land. You gotta make a decision and live with it.”