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John Cohen might be retiring. Hmm
This really could be a great November!

Retiring? He thinking of coaching again?

Who's the lucky (and very qualified) soul that will be promoted from in-house?***

Apparently he's after the AU job. I can't see it happening. Looks like it's just message board talk, because AU ain't hiring Cohen.

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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot

Apparently he's after the AU job. I can't see it happening. Looks like it's just message board talk, because AU ain't hiring Cohen.

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Lolz

I support Cohen getting the Auburn AD job. Not because I don't like Cohen, and certainly not because I think there's even the slightest chance that he will get it (or even wants it honestly), but I think having "Mississippi State guys" in 2 other SEC AD jobs in addition to our own would be a good thing.

Basically any time the ADs vote, we would have 3 of 16 voters looking out for us instead of just 1 (maybe 4 if Byrne still loves us). Let's place our people all over the conference.

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Apparently he's after the AU job. I can't see it happening. Looks like it's just message board talk, because AU ain't hiring Cohen.

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I think it's more that he wouldn't take the job. Why would anyone take on that mess that can get equal money somewhere else? Expectations versus reality and obstacles is way out of wack there more than anywhere else.

John Hartwell will be Auburns next AD.

Poppycock. Auburn is a mess but they ain?t that desperate to take on an AD that has literally been learning on the fly by the seat of his pants process. They CAN do better. So CAN WE!

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John Cohen might be retiring. Hmm
This really could be a great November!

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We wouldn’t be this lucky

No damn body with any sense is hiring John Cohen for AD. The guy is not good at his job. Heck, I'd love for AU to hire him but they aren't doing that. He's going to Mullen it into a raise from our stupid people.

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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot

John Cohen might be retiring. Hmm
This really could be a great November!

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Move Leach to AD and hire a football coach***

I get the impression that Cohen must be using this for leverage. I am by no means a Cohen hater and I think he has done a decent job, but he is not getting the Auburn job unless Auburn is crazier than I thought. I would hope that we don’t give him any kind of raise or extension. He has not performed well enough to do that.

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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot

No damn body with any sense is hiring John Cohen for AD. The guy is not good at his job. Heck, I'd love for AU to hire him but they aren't doing that. He's going to Mullen it into a raise from our stupid people.

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You were saying?

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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious

Poppycock. Auburn is a mess but they ain?t that desperate to take on an AD that has literally been learning on the fly by the seat of his pants process. They CAN do better. So CAN WE!

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NO, he would be the PERFECT hire for Auburn. They need to make it happen!

MSU needs someone who can motivate and expand the MSU Fanbase. Auburn needs someone who can control theirs.

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Originally Posted by confucius say

Not sure why y'all view Cohen so negatively. He hired a coach who has us as a 7-5 annual program, which is great here when viewed by people outside of here. He made a good baseball hire. And people are high on Jans.

I don't like his marketing though

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Agreed. We can do a lot worse than JC. Now, let's go get some "up and comer" who is greener than a grasshopper and drive our baseball program into the ground.

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Originally Posted by civildawg

This reeks of him trying to leverage us into a raise. Let him walk and go hire an actual experienced AD

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Auburn reporter John Hokanson is reporting MSU has told Cohen to be looking at open opportunities as MSU is planning on moving on from Cohen.

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Originally Posted by Leeshouldveflanked

Auburn reporter John Hokanson is reporting MSU has told Cohen to be looking at open opportunities as MSU is planning on moving on from Cohen.

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Typical State, devour our own......

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Originally Posted by Saltydog

Agreed. We can do a lot worse than JC. Now, let's go get some "up and comer" who is greener than a grasshopper and drive our baseball program into the ground.

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No we couldn't. Anyone else with AD experience would be an upgrade. Cohen struggles big time! And now that all the national press is on it, looks like he's being told to look around. Keenum just earned my respect big time if true.

PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN. ITS TIME

Maybe he'll steal leach

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Apparently he's after the AU job. I can't see it happening. Looks like it's just message board talk, because AU ain't hiring Cohen.

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It ain't just message board talk. Its on the SECN and ESPN ticker now. There is smoke and some smoldering embers.

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No we couldn't. Anyone else with AD experience would be an upgrade. Cohen struggles big time! And now that all the national press is on it, looks like he's being told to look around. Keenum just earned my respect big time if true.

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We hire, then fire and say, "we can do better" but as history shows we typically don't over the long haul. It's rather, rinse, repeat......

This is great news.

Benko

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We hire, then fire and say, "we can do better" but as history shows we typically don't over the long haul. It's rather, rinse, repeat......

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Greg Byrne?

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Agreed. We can do a lot worse than JC. Now, let's go get some "up and comer" who is greener than a grasshopper and drive our baseball program into the ground.

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Football is the only sport in regards to college athletics. I couldn't care less about our baseball program.

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Originally Posted by Saltydog

We hire, then fire and say, "we can do better" but as history shows we typically don't over the long haul. It's rather, rinse, repeat......

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Translated:

We Po Ole Mittippi State. We need to know our place and stay with the mediocre AD cause the next guy might be worse

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Originally Posted by msu15

Football is the only sport in regards to college athletics. I couldn't care less about our baseball program.

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Well, to be quite frank, you're a dumb ass. Capital ASS.

Benko , Currie

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Originally Posted by confucius say

Not sure why y'all view Cohen so negatively. He hired a coach who has us as a 7-5 annual program, which is great here when viewed by people outside of here. He made a good baseball hire. And people are high on Jans.

I don't like his marketing though

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What marketing?

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Originally Posted by msu15

Football is the only sport in regards to college athletics. I couldn't care less about our baseball program.

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Then you're going to be disappointed your whole life because we are who we are and that's just the way it is.......The sooner you relegate yourself to accepting the truth, the happier you'll be....

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Originally Posted by msu15

Football is the only sport in regards to college athletics. I couldn't care less about our baseball program.

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Proud of our baseball program, but outside the SEC and a few other conferences, very few college fans nationally care about college baseball. Football pays the bills. Give it the proper focus, 88% capacity at Davis Wade and the game day experience continues to suffer. Time for a successful, experienced AD.

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Originally Posted by Saltydog

Then you're going to be disappointed your whole life because we are who we are and that's just the way it is.......The sooner you relegate yourself to accepting the truth, the happier you'll be....

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As far as the future of MSU Athletics success and relevance is concerned the success of the MSU Football heavily outweighs success of MSU Baseball. Football pays for everything. If you dont have Dak Dan and 2014 you dont have the new Dude.