My thoughts on John Cohen

[EngDawg]

I don't think its timing that has people up in arms. It's the 0 experience thing.

Both are risky hires; they may turn out excellent, and they may not...

[msbulldog]

I'll miss John Cohen as the baseball coach at MSU. I was the first one he shook hands with in Jackson at his press conference there! He led us to Omaha and took us further than any other coach has and last year was one of the most fun MSU baseball seasons I've ever had culminating in winning the SEC. He also won four out of the last six Governor's Cups which is nice after experiencing Ron Polk II's five year losing streak and treating the game like an exhibition.

But I will say this because I think it's probably relevant to everybody in whatever you do in life. If you really want to do something else and move on to something else, you should do it because you will be better and happier in the long run. I learned that from Ron Polk of all people because I know MSU kept begging him to come back and stay after trying to leave 2-3 times. And he did come back but the energy and enthusiasm he had just wasn't there and it was just because things were different for him at that time.

If Cohen had stayed as the baseball coach, I think there's a good chance the same thing would have happened with him too. So, I'll wish him well and hope that the next coach goes even further than he did. If we learned anything from baseball this week- if you build a good enough team you can win a championship even if you haven't done it in a long time. And Cohen leaves us in a much better situation than the one he found it in.



Hail State my friends.

Great post Todd, Hail State, friend!

[Thrill1]

I don't think its timing that has people up in arms. It's the 0 experience thing.

I agree, but I was referring to the timing of Cohen's sudden departure from coaching - tying back in to Todd's op.