Quote Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve View Post
I'm not saying all are like this, because some people truly may know something about the guy, but I think a lot of the negative connotations about Coggin stem from his time here, when he was icy to a lot of people and then the UGA game last year where he really got into it with our players and staff.

As far as his time here, I think what a lot of people have to understand is those Cohen staffs really took the personality of Cohen. VERY very icy towards anyone not on the team. There was not one assistant that wasn't cagey towards people. Whether it was Butch, Nick, Will, Lane, or Wes. They kind of took on the persona that Cohen had when he was the coach. I think some of this newer age of fans don't remember baseball coach Cohen. They never heard of him affectionately referred to as the IB.

As far as the stuff last year, that was him defending his team. We'd want our coaches doing the same thing
I remember soft spoken mild mannered Butch Thompson going after a security guard at alabama that was talking shit in our dugout after we lost a game to them. Cohen was doing a radio interview and you could hear the commotion in the background and Cohen had to end the interview so he could get in the middle of it. So, yeah, there is something to coaches taking on Cohen's edginess.

If Coggin is passed over b/c of whatever it is that some here infer about him, I hope it is a bigtime legit concern and not just hurt feelings or pride or personality issues.