Cohen has left

[Leeshouldveflanked]

If Cohen doesnt hire the right football coach he wont make it to Christmas 2023.

[civildawg]

You can go hire a lower level conference AD who has done good things. Some of you make this way harder than it should be. Do I need to remind everyone that Cohen literally had ZERO AD experience anywhere and we still hired him.

[MetEdDawg]

Which means we need to realistically think how our own AD search is going to go....

We need someone that can get us more money and improve our recruiting departments across all sports. Period. That's the name of the game now is money and recruiting

We need someone that can come in that understands what it means to get the money and facilities needed to compete and recruit. If we want to take a step up as a university, it starts there.

[Liverpooldawg]

Which means we need to realistically think how our own AD search is going to go....

I guess we COULD mess up and hire a coach in a small sport that has absolutely ZERO experience in athletic administration.

[State82]

The thing that some of you are missing is the AD at Auburn has always been rumored to be a figurehead.

Jimmy Rane & Co. are the AD at AU.

[SDDawg]

I think it shows me how stupid some of our fans are.

Auburn is bringing in Cohen knowing they are going to make a football hire. And if you really pay attention, outside of football, Auburn has one of the strongest performing athletic departments in the country.

The primary sports are solid. The secondary sports are really good.

And they trust Cohen to make a football hire and run the rest of it. But some of our fans are really not smart and think Cohen should be fired. But he's being hired by a division rival and being entrusted to make their football hire.

So this tells me we have a lot of folks that don't know what the hell they are talking about.

Auburn hired Harsin (who had a floozy on payroll in the wings). Haven't been worth a damn in 10 years. Tell me again how much they know about football?!?

[SDDawg]

We need someone that can get us more money and improve our recruiting departments across all sports. Period. That's the name of the game now is money and recruiting

We need someone that can come in that understands what it means to get the money and facilities needed to compete and recruit. If we want to take a step up as a university, it starts there.

Rhett Hobart for AD. IYKYK

[SDDawg]

Anyone worried about Cohen leaving hasn't been paying attention the last 5 years.

[SailingDawg]

What does it tell you when your last two AD's (both MSU alums) leave to go to rival conference schools?

It tells you that we bring in successful and capable people who can move on to the next level.

[DudyDawg]

Rhett Hobart for AD. IYKYK

Run the show marketing/branding, not hiring. But yes, he needs to be important in the department.

[Commercecomet24]

The thing that some of you are missing is the AD at Auburn has always been rumored to be a figurehead.

This exactly.

[Pinto]

Why? He?s a good ole boy hire and the type of employee we need purged from the athletic department.

Run the show marketing/branding, not hiring. But yes, he needs to be important in the department.

[LC Dawg]

The thing that some of you are missing is the AD at Auburn has always been rumored to be a figurehead.

In regards to big hires (football for most and basketball for some) most P5 ADs are.

[CaptainObvious]

Why? He?s a good ole boy hire and the type of employee we need purged from the athletic department.

Pinto gets it. No more good Ol boy hires. Bring in a Elon Musk clone and let?s get this thing cleaned up and running like a well oiled machine.

[LC Dawg]

Pinto gets it. No more good Ol boy hires. Bring in a Elon Musk clone and let?s get this thing cleaned up and running like a well oiled machine.

Hell, let's just bring in Elon. He doesn't seem to have much going on.***

[Saltydog]

More like Auburn hired a guy they knew was looking to leave because he was sub par here and they know he?s desperate so they hired someone their Boosters can make a puppet.

His nickname isn't the intense bastard for no reason.......He's nobody's puppet and rubs a lot of people the wrong way........

[was21]

Everybody is somebody's puppet. Cohen is a puppet for the cigar boys at State and he will be the same at auburn...they just have more yellawood.

[TheLostDawg]

I guess we COULD mess up and hire a coach in a small sport that has absolutely ZERO experience in athletic administration.

Byrne coaches Cohen up just as he did with Strickland. Cohen was always the plan long term.
Rhett needs to be involved but if we hire within, I'm done. There is just no hope. They need new ideas, not just how to get by with spending less. We need new blood with fire and that's going to get people involved and buy in. Much like Mullen did when he initially got here with our football program

[WhiskeyPirate]

Auburn hired Harsin (who had a floozy on payroll in the wings). Haven't been worth a damn in 10 years. Tell me again how much they know about football?!?

Which is why they are bringing in Cohen to make a football hire. Leach is seen as a good hire.

[Goldendawg]

Why? He?s a good ole boy hire and the type of employee we need purged from the athletic department.

Read on here many times that Cohen has gutted our Athletic Dept and hired his people only. How many "yes men or women" does he carry with him to AU. I will not miss him.