War Machine, I respect your opinion but disagree with much of it.

I think people are too worried about perception, winning the press conference, & resumes rather than being worried about the ingredients, traits, & skill sets that allow elite coaches to be elite.

A solid resume can certainly be nice, but you can also become a prisoner to it & ultimately make hires that lower the ceiling of the hire.

Everyone wants to compare Cohen's hire to Ray Tanner, but Cohen is a completely different personality. Tanner was a good baseball coach. Cohen is significantly more well rounded & a generally more intelligent person.

Canny's resume certainly looks risky, but he has the full support of the AD & two former SEC head coaches on staff to support him in any way possible. Trust me when I say that Canny has the ingredients, traits, & skill set to be an ELITE head coach & we are bringing him into the perfect situation to allow those things to shine.

When evaluating players, coaching hires, or games, there is so much noise & most of it doesn't matter. I believe many of the opinions on here about being upset because MSU didn't hire a proven guy are opinions made by people that are valuing the wrong ingredients.

I understand objectively why some would feel that way, especially if you don't really know Cohen & if you've never met Canny. Well, I know both people & I think this situation has an extremely high ceiling.