Quote Originally Posted by Jarius View Post
The 247 guys have mentioned that some Of the older guys have not bought in. If the person you are talking about is an older guy that will actually be a little bit encouraging because it gives me hope that the younger guys that Joe actually recruited will be giving more effort and have more belief that this can work.
What the heck is up with that? I really don't understand that if true to be honest with you. Not buying in hurts all- not just them. If they really think that they should probably hit the portal and it kind of makes me wonder why they are staying.

Of course it could be BS.

Quote Originally Posted by Jack Lambert View Post
Tongue and cheek here: Keenum and Cohen used the sources to make fans think Moorhead was gone to get people to the game.
LOL.

Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
The AD's job at the end of the day comes down to Booster backing- hell look at Keith Carter. He sang Luke's praises 2 weeks ago- fired him Sunday because he was told to by the Boosters. Money controls everything at the end of the day. Cohen had some money backing to keep Joe or he wouldn't have stood pat.
Yep. The boosters are really the ones running the show. Cohen is simply their face.

Quote Originally Posted by maroonmania View Post
I'm concerned Cohen seems to be eaten up with trying to have an "intellectual" coach as his #1 criteria. That may work in some sports, including baseball, but not football. I personally don't think Cohen would have even hired Mullen had it been Cohen's choice. Mullen's playbook didn't have enough plays with 5 or 6 different QB reads. Wondering if the more complex something is the more Cohen is impressed.
As I've said before Cohen wants to be the smartest guy in the room. Oddly enough some of the best football coaches I've ever seen are pretty intellectual. Bill Walsh, Bill Belllichick, Paul Brown, off the top of my head. The difference is those coaches demanded that their teams be physical. Joe- not so much. Of course he's not in those coaches stratosphere anyway. He may think he is but...