Cohen

Lots of people think Cohen is extremely sharp and is really fit for the AD job. Supposedly he was starting to get bored with coaching- and wanted to move on to another challenge. His wanting to move to some type of administration position was known before all this started with Strick and Fla. On the flip side- some others hate it. Worried about Cohen's personality rubbing some people the wrong way. We'll see

I've also heard that Keenum and Byrne still talk quite often. Byrne has offered some advice on quite a few decisions we have made the last few years. I cant remember State hiring an AD from outside the University in my lifetime- so nothing really new here. Plenty of people got on Strick and some of his decisions because he was a "male cheerleader from Prep", so not sure why so much uproar over this.

Cannizaro

Cohen's 2nd choice after speaking to 1 top national coach who he was 90% sure wouldnt come. Everybody raves about this guy and nobody has said anything negative. This guy has basically been Cohen's top choice to replace him. That says alot to me. Cohen knows how much this hire will be scrutinized because it will be his 1st. This is his guy. I can tell you right now- LSU people arent happy at all about this. And no more bunting in the 1st inning- so I love it.

He's a good hitting coach and a really good recruiter. I'll take that anyday