I wonder what other school has had 3 alums do a lateral move...

[dawgstudent]

for their job as athletic director.

Stricklin, Cohen and I'll even count Byrne who got a master's degree from State while he was working here.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Baseball school

 

[DoggieDaddy13]

This is an interesting question, but I bet I would think it's been pretty common and we are just catching up.

 

[L4Dawg]

I seriously doubt when you look at $$$$ any of those were lateral moves.

 

[GloryDawg]

Cohen is from Alabama and Stricklin has higher ambitions than being an AD and being AD at Florida he thought would put him into a better situation to do so. I doubt it happens for him. He will regret leaving. There are some bad feelings about him.

 

[thekimmer]

Cohen is from Alabama and Stricklin has higher ambitions than being an AD and being AD at Florida he thought would put him into a better situation to do so. I doubt it happens for him. He will regret leaving. There are some bad feelings about him.

I think you are right about loaferz. Do you think he has aspirations to be SEC commish?

Cohen I think just got too big for his britches. I think they both might have regrets one day about the bridges they burned with their alma mater but no regrets on leaving to 'move up'. One thing is I can't envision a scenario when either one comes back home ala Ron Polk.

 

[olblue]

Cohen is from Alabama and Stricklin has higher ambitions than being an AD and being AD at Florida he thought would put him into a better situation to do so. I doubt it happens for him. He will regret leaving. There are some bad feelings about him.

I saw him a last week in Omaha. Seemed pretty happy to me.

 

[RocketDawg]

for their job as athletic director.

Stricklin, Cohen and I'll even count Byrne who got a master's degree from State while he was working here.

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Well, Byrne went to his "dream job", the only place he would leave State for. But ... then he left his dream job for Alabama.

 

[The Peeper]

I think you are right about loaferz. Do you think he has aspirations to be SEC commish?

He has to get in line behind Larry Templeton............**

 

[HailStout]

 

[dawgstudent]

Well, Byrne went to his "dream job", the only place he would leave State for. But ... then he left his dream job for Alabama.

I will say this - Byrne actually reached out to me for some reason before he left Arizona to come to Bama asking how would State fans view him being an AD for another SEC school. I told him the fact he got his master's from State - I don't think people would view him in the same light as someone who got their undergrad.

Byrne liked SixPackSpeak.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Here’s the thing: People can get tired of working at the same place for years.

Byrne, Stricklin, and Cohen didn’t spend much time at their previous positions before coming to State, so their leaving MSU doesn’t surprise me

I’ve long had this theory that Cohen would have left State after the ‘16 season to be head coach at Alabama had he not been elevated to AD…

 

[thatsbaseball]

I always kinda thought Stricklin might want to prove himself as someone other than Bailey Howell's son in law and prove he could make it as himself .

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Cohen is from Alabama and Stricklin has higher ambitions than being an AD and being AD at Florida he thought would put him into a better situation to do so. I doubt it happens for him. He will regret leaving. There are some bad feelings about him.

Bruh, Cohen didn't leave here because he was "from Alabama"

 

[ckDOG]

Not lateral. They got bigger budgets and alumni bases and all the advantages that come with that.

 

[BoDawg.sixpack]

Looking at total athletic budgets none of those were lateral moves. I'm a bulldog Homer but even I can admit that.

 

[GloryDawg]

Bruh, Cohen didn't leave here because he was "from Alabama"

You tell me why then? You seem to know it all.

 

[GloryDawg]

I saw him a last week in Omaha. Seemed pretty happy to me.

Well yeah. It will change if that football program doesn't get going. He be gone.

 

[GloryDawg]

I think you are right about loaferz. Do you think he has aspirations to be SEC commish?

Cohen I think just got too big for his britches. I think they both might have regrets one day about the bridges they burned with their alma mater but no regrets on leaving to 'move up'. One thing is I can't envision a scenario when either one comes back home ala Ron Polk.

I think Stricklin does have his eye on the commish. He saw he had a better shot being AD at Florida. I don't think it works out for him.

 

[patdog]

I think Stricklin does have his eye on the commish. He saw he had a better shot being AD at Florida. I don't think it works out for him.

Yeah, I don’t see that ever happening.

 

[johnson86-1]

Here’s the thing: People can get tired of working at the same place for years.

Byrne, Stricklin, and Cohen didn’t spend much time at their previous positions before coming to State, so their leaving MSU doesn’t surprise me

I’ve long had this theory that Cohen would have left State after the ‘16 season to be head coach at Alabama had he not been elevated to AD…

I may be wrong, but I feel like Cohen would have stayed if he had felt wanted. I think Auburn did us a solid there.

Stricklin left for a school that had proven it can win championships in football, basketball, and baseball in the modern era (actually didn't won until after Stricklin got there, but it was clear they had the ability to, even without really having fan support). There may have been some desire to prove he was something more than Bailey Howell's son in law (I'm sure it was validating to an extent for a major SEC school to want him).

Stricklin hasn't exactly lit the world on fire at UF as far as football goes, but he has done well enough overall that he has been guaranteed a very cushy wind down period even if a lot of fans aren't happy with him.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

I’ve long had this theory that Cohen would have left State after the ‘16 season to be head coach at Alabama had he not been elevated to AD…

Wat

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Wat

His father was a prof at Bama, and IIRC he went to Tuscaloosa Academy, so he’s familiar with the place…

Bama would frame it as a Mama Called hire…

 

[OG Goat Holder]

His father was a prof at Bama, and IIRC he went to Tuscaloosa Academy, so he’s familiar with the place…

Bama would frame it as a Mama Called hire…

I know all that. It would never have happened unless we ran him off. Like we did at AD.

He was tired of coaching baseball at that time.

 

[paindonthurt]

I saw him a last week in Omaha. Seemed pretty happy to me.

Another dynamite drop in monty!!

 

[paindonthurt]

Bruh, Cohen didn't leave here because he was "from Alabama"

He left here b/c Keenum told him to take the Auburn job when he tried to get more money here.

 

[olblue]

I think Stricklin does have his eye on the commish. He saw he had a better shot being AD at Florida. I don't think it works out for him.

Based on his most recent contract extension, it appears he has his eye on retirement.

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/florida-ad-scott-stricklin-gets-200021049.html

 

[Maroon Eagle]

I know all that. It would never have happened unless we ran him off. Like we did at AD.

He was tired of coaching baseball at that time.

Yeah.

Many people go to other places to rejuvenate themselves. State gave Cohen an alternative.

 

[GloryDawg]

Only Cohen and some of his family knows why. Everyone has their own guess. As far as we know he just might preferer Alabama Black Snake.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Yeah.

Many people go to other places to rejuvenate themselves. State gave Cohen an alternative.

Only Cohen and some of his family knows why. Everyone has their own guess. As far as we know he just might preferer Alabama Black Snake.

Contrary to what some think, Cohen is (was) an MSU guy. Going to Alabama to coach baseball was never an option, again, unless we like fired him. Had he gone anywhere else, maybe it's to a Florida or Texas type situation. But he'd been getting burnt out coaching, and when the AD situation came around, he decided to do that since he'd be involved in it to an extent, and he cared about MSU.

We all know the MSU split at AD was a mutual thing. Right, wrong or indifferent, it was. Auburn just happened to be the landing spot. It certainly wasn't out of some affinity for that state of Alabama.

 

[TheBannerM]

I think Stricklin does have his eye on the commish. He saw he had a better shot being AD at Florida. I don't think it works out for him.

He'll never be SEC commissioner. The next SEC commissioner will be a CEO type hire - to deal with TV contracts/expansion/Super League. Stricklin has zero life experience outside of college campuses.

 

[Seinfeld]

I saw him a last week in Omaha. Seemed pretty happy to me.

I don’t know why, but this makes me laugh. His team gets its collective asses kicked in a super regional that they hosted, and yet Cohen finds a way to take a trip out to Omaha on the university’s dime regardless.

 

[dawgstudent]

Contrary to what some think, Cohen is (was) an MSU guy. Going to Alabama to coach baseball was never an option, again, unless we like fired him. Had he gone anywhere else, maybe it's to a Florida or Texas type situation. But he'd been getting burnt out coaching, and when the AD situation came around, he decided to do that since he'd be involved in it to an extent, and he cared about MSU.

We all know the MSU split at AD was a mutual thing. Right, wrong or indifferent, it was. Auburn just happened to be the landing spot. It certainly wasn't out of some affinity for that state of Alabama.

The more amazing thing is Auburn chose John Cohen.

 

[GloryDawg]

He'll never be SEC commissioner. The next SEC commissioner will be a CEO type hire - to deal with TV contracts/expansion/Super League. Stricklin has zero life experience outside of college campuses.

Maybe I don't know but that doesn't keep someone from trying.

 

[was21]

The more amazing thing is Auburn chose John Cohen.

The more amazing thing is Auburn chose John Cohen.

Maybe he was hired to keep an eye on Freezus since he showed that he would take action ala Cannizaro's antics.

 

[maroonmania]

I think you are right about loaferz. Do you think he has aspirations to be SEC commish?

Cohen I think just got too big for his britches. I think they both might have regrets one day about the bridges they burned with their alma mater but no regrets on leaving to 'move up'. One thing is I can't envision a scenario when either one comes back home ala Ron Polk.

I liked Cohen the baseball coach but he should have NEVER been given our AD job. He was really bad overall and I'm glad Auburn took him off our hands. I still don't understand why they wanted him. And his results at Auburn overall have been pretty bad as well.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Don't remotely see how Byrne can be included in that group.
I did hate to lose him.

 

[curseddawgs]

His father was a prof at Bama, and IIRC he went to Tuscaloosa Academy, so he’s familiar with the place…

Bama would frame it as a Mama Called hire…

Yep rumor in Fall 2016 was Cohen was going to step down with or without the AD job. He was tired of being baseball coach here. He probably would’ve been hired by Byrne at Bama in Spring 2017 then when Stricklin left he put together his campaign to be AD with some backing from boosters

 

[olblue]

I don’t know why, but this makes me laugh. His team gets its collective asses kicked in a super regional that they hosted, and yet Cohen finds a way to take a trip out to Omaha on the university’s dime regardless.

I was referring to Scott Stricklin.

 

[Called3rdstrikedawg]

Frankly, a State alum will likely never be AD here again. The best we ever had that didn’t stick around was Byrne. The rest were token promotions!

We need someone who is from the financial industry, a true money guy or gal! With just enough knowledge about athletics to make smart hires. Someone who has reached a certain level in the Banking industry that knows all the right people in all the right places. I know someone who is working his way up and has some Bulldog backing in the Alumni Association who in a few years will be ready to step in and run our Athletics programs.