Interesting factoids on Cohen's tenure....

[Dog of Tillo]

John Cohen got win number 210 at MSU today, already fourth all time. Ron Polk had 224 wins after six years. Cohen not far behind the legend.

Impressive stuff from Cohen when you realize he had two serious rebuilding years to start and was 48-62. He's gone 162-88 since.

 

[KurtRambis4]

You

obviously aren't very smart. Haven't you read any of rabid or statedawgs posts? Cohen is an idiot. We will never win with him and his group of retard coaches. Bring back Polk and Raffo. They made msu. Cohen destroyed it.

 

[bomanishus]

Polk's Years

John Cohen got win number 210 at MSU today, already fourth all time. Ron Polk had 224 wins after six years. Cohen not far behind the legend.

Impressive stuff from Cohen when you realize he had two serious rebuilding years to start and was 48-62. He's gone 162-88 since.

I may be mistaken but believe the scheduling tules were different and teams could play many more games than the current 55 scheduled. We never played eighty like a Texas or Miami but I think we scheduled 60.

 

[patdog]

Back in the first decade or so of Polk's years, the SEC had a rule limiting us to 55 games. There was no NCAA rule, so schools like Texas routinely played 70+ regular season games. Sometime in the late 80s or early 90s, the NCAA limited teams to 60 games and the SEC just went with the NCAA rule. The NCAA rule was later dropped to 56 games.

 

[sipDawg98]

Like true State form, we'll wait until he is the all time winningest baseball coach, then our fans will want him fired.

 

[512taylor]

John Cohen got win number 210 at MSU today, already fourth all time. Ron Polk had 224 wins after six years. Cohen not far behind the legend.

Impressive stuff from Cohen when you realize he had two serious rebuilding years to start and was 48-62. He's gone 162-88 since.

I would think the majority of SEC teams we are now playing now are much (?) better than those teams were in the early 1970's.

 

[paindonthurt_]

Yes, the fact that he is 162-88 in the past 3 years is pretty impressive given the SEC during that time. And the SEC might be slightly down this year, but its still much better than most and way better than it was in the 70s and 80s.

 

[thekimmer]

Its always a matter of perspective.....

John Cohen got win number 210 at MSU today, already fourth all time. Ron Polk had 224 wins after six years. Cohen not far behind the legend.

Impressive stuff from Cohen when you realize he had two serious rebuilding years to start and was 48-62. He's gone 162-88 since.

Polk's legacy is more than W-L record. Polk did so much more than win ballgames. He presided over the building of a very unique and nationally prominent program. He is considered the father of not just MSU Baseball but modern SEC Baseball. He also carried much more national gravitas at the same point in his career than Cohen. Anybody who comes behind that is considered following in footsteps. Not a cut on John Cohen who BTW was also a product of Polk's tenure. Its like Nick Saban and The Bear. Saban might eclipse Bryant before its over but I don't think he will ever eclipse PBB's legacy. Now Cohen might very well overshadow Polk in light of RP tainting his legacy at the end like he did but he's not there yet by a long shot. I am glad we have JC and hope that he does pass his mentor and one day adds his name to the facade of a new 30K seat MSU BB stadium.

 

[Seinfeld]

It's both funny and sad just how true that statement actually is

 

[patdog]

Polk was in the right place at the right time. The FANS made MSU baseball what it is. If Polk had taken the Tennessee job (just a random example), things would have turned out very differently. He'd have still had success there, but he wouldn't have built anything like the program at MSU.

 

[tenureplan]

He's still trailing Polk...

...in cupped-hand *** pats by a significant margin