In a couple years Cohen will be

[West Tn Dawg]

0-2 hiring baseball coaches. The big boys may get restless.

And you know this how? Guess you're a lot smarter at this than Cohen!

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

So let me get this straight. If a coach that Cohen hires is successful, the credit goes to Cohen. If a coach that Cohen hires ends up being immature, unprepared for the job, and likes to chase skirts, none of the blame should be on Cohen.

It did not matter WHO Cohen picked there was always going to be a part of the fanbase pissed off. AND... outside of a top shelf MLB coach, there would be another part pissed the "name" wasn't big enough.

I trust in Cohen and what he has done so far with our athletic department and have to try and hold in the laughter at those who even hint that the man made a mistake here.

Probably the same whiny-*** bitches who were asking how a Yankee coach was going to recruit on our football team.

 

[Go Budaw]

No the entire town of Starkville didnt know abt this last September.

Cannizaro was in the damn country club pool on the reg with his son. Things seems peachy as could be.

I know guys who hung out with him who had no clue it was going on.

I didn’t say the entire town knew in September (although many people did).

Once the termination happened, details started to leak out about who knew what and when. Cohen definitely knew in September, as did many other people in the athletic department. That is when the first meeting between Cohen / Cann happened and he was told to cease and desist. Ask yourself this....when the news first broke about the firing, within an hour EVERYBODY on every message board knew exactly what he was doing and who he was doing it with. How does all that info get out that quickly without a lot of people knowing way way beforehand?

AssEnd’s post lays out everything perfectly. Long story short, he wasn’t fired for the affair. The affair and the insubordination associated with it allowed leverage in the termination on Cohen’s side for getting rid of a dude who wasn’t doing his job. He wouldn’t have been fired for 17ing someone who had left the university 3 months prior unless there was something else going on.

 

[maroonmania]

Cautiously Optimistic, but I don't think we are gonna win the Press Conference with this hire.

Who freakin' cares if we win the press conference? We won the press conference big time with the Sly Croom hire, how did that turn out? I will choose picking the right coach to be successful long term every time over winning some fluffy press conference.

 

[coach66]

I don't think the infedelity cost him his job it was questionable use of

MSU assets and total distraction with his job duties that were the official reasons I heard.

 

[Go Budaw]

Infidelity is usually not a fireable offense. If it came to light in September, he was admonished/warned/written up, whatever, and he at least acted a little more discretely for a few months, that timeline seems about right and not on Cohen.

I completely agree. I’m not arguing that Cohen acted inappropriately in his handling of the matter. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t a bad hire, but we had to make a high risk hire that had a good possibility of not working out for one reason or another. So you can’t really place to much blame on Cohen there. If Lemonis doesn’t work out....different story.

 

[MadDawg.sixpack]

Hey, I love the guy, but anyone acting like Cann wasn't a swing and a miss by Cohen is being willfully ignorant of the facts.

Some folks have a hard time seeing the fault in their heroes. It's human nature. It's also human nature to act like a complete dick about your wrong take.

 

[tired]

Hope I'm wrong, and will gladly eat a big bowl of crow stew, but I'm not optimistic.

 

[512taylor]

Just plain stupid