Quote Originally Posted by smootness View Post
1. That's fair, though I don't want a pure business person running the AD, either. You absolutely need to know sports and coaches. But I'm not a big fan of moving Cohen to AD.

2. No clue on that.

3. Eh, maybe. I don't think Keenum, if he's still around, would hesitate to move on if he knew it was the right move.

4. We weren't inbred when we hired Byrne, and that was just two hires ago. And while Stricklin was a State alum and had been with Byrne, it's not like he spent his whole career at State before moving up. And he worked out great. Cohen has only been back for a little while as well. It's not as though we're just moving people up the ladder from the mailroom to AD just because they've been around.

5. I like the Cannizaro hire, much more than hiring Cohen as AD. You have no idea whether O'Conner or McDonnell were legitimate options, and how is Godwin in that class? Godwin's 2 years at East Carolina make him a big-time hire while Cannizaro is a gamble? He must be incredibly impressive to convince Cohen in such a short period of time that he's the guy. It seems obvious that Cohen thinks he is a big-time stud in the making and probably felt like he couldn't pass him up.

6. Yes

7. No, we don't. If we were still conducting interviews as Keenum claimed, then the CL was wrong and stupid, and Keenum was right to call them out. Regardless, he didn't contact State, and that is a mistake. He's the freaking beat writer.

8. I see that.

Greg had been an associate AD for MSU for 2 years when he was hired..