Buy or Sell - Cohen regrets his decision now that he was forced to hire Hugh Freeze**
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as long as Freeze wins, Cohen will feel zero pressure. If Freeze has a couple of bad seasons (which he is prone to do), Cohen will be the fall guy
Sell - with Pearl, Thompson and Freeze he likely won't have another head coaching change in a major sport for at least a couple of years. Harris is trying to rebuild WBB so he can give her a couple of more years too. He's been on the job for 4 weeks so he won't take all the heat for hiring Freeze, everyone knows it's wasn't his decision. And if Freeze gets them playing well, all will be forgiven soon. Should be a fairly low stress job for 1-2 years.
Yep.
Things are on cruise control until he’ll retire when he’s 60.
What could possibly go wrong for Auburn in four years? **
Sell: Based on just what casual fans know about Auburn disfunction, there is no way he didn't know exactly what kind of mess he was walking into. Of course, he may have known, but assumed that a Freeze hire was a bridge too far, even for Auburn...
Buy. He left a good situation in Starkville. I can’t imagine he is looking forward to the press conference, when instead it should be his first big opportunity to show the fans what he is capable of doing.
There is definitely some discomfort in the sphincter region but the full blown regret won’t set in until the first godly controversy.
I really don't see any scenario in which Cohen thought it was ok to hire Freeze. You know he's miserable down there.
Sell. I can't imagine he didn't discuss this with them when he interviewed. And I can't imagine they hid the fact they'd been in discussions with Freeze for weeks. I think it gives credence to the story that Cohen was forced out at MSU. Either that or he was never nearly as stand up a guy as a lot of people said he was.
I don’t think he regrets his decision to go to Auburn, but he probably regrets that the search ended with Freeze and all of the political and social backlash.
Sell. It’s amazing what people can make themselves believe. He’s now tied himself to Freeze’s tenure at Auburn. He’ll regret it later when it gets bumpy.
Nah. He said it was going to be his hire. It was his hire. He even said today in Hugh's presser that he believes in the Auburn creed or whatever. I started to throw up but then realized I'm kind of glad he is over there now overthinking and second-guessing everything.
Sell. He was brought in to be the fall guy when things go9 sideways. After all, he's not an "Auburn Man".
Things will go sideways. either that or Freezus beats the great Satan two out of the next three years and all will be right on the Plains. All that really matters to them is beating Bama.
Freezus is the way, the half-truth, and the lie.
Freezus is the way, the half-truth, and the lie.
Agreed. I’m sure Cohen and Auburn thought Kiffin was in the bag. I’m thinking Kiffin was willing to bet A&M or Bama will come open in the near future.
According to my Auburn source, Kiffin was in the bag prior to the Egg Bowl. Auburn didn’t want to announce until after the Iron Bowl in deference to Cadillac. This gave OM time to talk Lane in to staying. He said it was a done deal other than signing the contract but that’s the most important part.
I think he sees a path to the Final Four, the College Football Playoff, and the CWS. As competitive as he is, I think he is far from miserable. He is in his element.
Cohen isn't calling the shots on anything over there. He was literally given the smaller office and the Penske file. And he is clearly NOT Penske material!