Toggle sidebar

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

dawgstudent

dawgstudent

Heisman
Apr 15, 2003
39,846
20,218
113
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.

1782220388085.png
 
D

DoggieDaddy13

All-Conference
Dec 23, 2017
3,713
2,081
113
This is an interesting question, but I bet I would think it's been pretty common and we are just catching up.
 
GloryDawg

GloryDawg

Heisman
Mar 3, 2005
20,069
18,033
113
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.
 
  • Like
Reactions: FormerBully and MagnoliaHunter
T

thekimmer

All-Conference
Aug 30, 2012
8,689
2,704
113
GloryDawg said:
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.
Click to expand...
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.
 
O

olblue

All-Conference
Aug 17, 2011
3,801
1,989
113
GloryDawg said:
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.
Click to expand...
I saw him a last week in Omaha. Seemed pretty happy to me.
 
dawgstudent

dawgstudent

Heisman
Apr 15, 2003
39,846
20,218
113
RocketDawg said:
Well, Byrne went to his "dream job", the only place he would leave State for. But ... then he left his dream job for Alabama.
Click to expand...
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.
 
  • Like
Reactions: horshack.sixpack, Mayor of Little London, maroontide06 and 19 others
Maroon Eagle

Maroon Eagle

All-American
May 24, 2006
18,306
8,139
102
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…
 
  • Like
Reactions: olblue
thatsbaseball

thatsbaseball

All-American
May 29, 2007
18,072
6,903
113
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 .
 
GloryDawg

GloryDawg

Heisman
Mar 3, 2005
20,069
18,033
113
thekimmer said:
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.
Click to expand...
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.
 
J

johnson86-1

All-American
Aug 22, 2012
14,847
5,324
113
Maroon Eagle said:
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…
Click to expand...
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.
 
  • Like
Reactions: TheDawg-Pound
OG Goat Holder

OG Goat Holder

Heisman
Sep 30, 2022
13,269
12,182
113
Maroon Eagle said:
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…
Click to expand...
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.
 
P

paindonthurt

All-Conference
Apr 7, 2025
4,750
3,240
113
olblue said:
I saw him a last week in Omaha. Seemed pretty happy to me.
Click to expand...
Another dynamite drop in monty!!

happy baseball GIF
 
  • Haha
  • Like
Reactions: Trazom and HailStout
GloryDawg

GloryDawg

Heisman
Mar 3, 2005
20,069
18,033
113
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

OG Goat Holder

Heisman
Sep 30, 2022
13,269
12,182
113
Maroon Eagle said:
Yeah.

Many people go to other places to rejuvenate themselves. State gave Cohen an alternative.
Click to expand...
GloryDawg said:
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.
Click to expand...
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

TheBannerM

All-Conference
Nov 30, 2024
1,347
1,940
113
GloryDawg said:
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.
Click to expand...
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.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Dawg84
Seinfeld

Seinfeld

All-American
Nov 30, 2006
11,417
7,504
113
olblue said:
I saw him a last week in Omaha. Seemed pretty happy to me.
Click to expand...
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

dawgstudent

Heisman
Apr 15, 2003
39,846
20,218
113
OG Goat Holder said:
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.
Click to expand...
The more amazing thing is Auburn chose John Cohen.
 
  • Like
Reactions: johnson86-1, TheDawg-Pound, DesotoCountyDawg and 2 others
GloryDawg

GloryDawg

Heisman
Mar 3, 2005
20,069
18,033
113
TheBannerM said:
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.
Click to expand...
Maybe I don't know but that doesn't keep someone from trying.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Dawg84
M

maroonmania

All-Conference
Feb 23, 2008
11,274
1,002
113
thekimmer said:
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.
Click to expand...
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.
 
  • Like
Reactions: TheDawg-Pound
curseddawgs

curseddawgs

All-Conference
Jun 16, 2021
1,337
1,216
113
Maroon Eagle said:
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…
Click to expand...
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
 
O

olblue

All-Conference
Aug 17, 2011
3,801
1,989
113
Seinfeld said:
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.
Click to expand...
I was referring to Scott Stricklin.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Seinfeld
C

Called3rdstrikedawg

All-Conference
May 7, 2016
2,051
1,738
113
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.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom