So it's probably no longer just a rumor.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nc...ing-deal-to-hire-miss-st-ad-cohen/ar-AA13wmCT
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nc...ing-deal-to-hire-miss-st-ad-cohen/ar-AA13wmCT
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What a weird hire. I just don’t see how this hire makes sense for Auburn or Cohen. Unless of course Keenum told Cohen, “Start looking around.”
I bet they aren't having to pay as much for him as they would someone else. they are probably hiring him to clean house. It will be interesting to see if he tries to draw Leach to fill the football HC position.
I’m really not getting Auburn hires lately. They are going to have to hire a football coach, and Cohen hasn’t knocked it out of the park there. His money raising skills and marketing have not been great. Why is the question…
Eh. It's oddly probably a decent fit for him. He's from Alabama. He's a huge liberal, and Auburn is full of liberals now.
If it is true that Cohen has been talking to Auburn, he needs to be fired today no matter what the outcome is. 17 that 17 head.
The only conclusion that can be drawn at this point is that the combination of our boosters and other behind the scenes money guys and Keenum are a total crapshow. No other way to explain two consecutive AD’s who are alums both moving on to rival schools within the conference. I personally don’t blame Cohen one bit. He’s had well over 50% of our idiot fanbase up his *** about anything and everything since Day 1. I would have been looking for a way out, too.
And one other thing, I’ve never heard a more hilarious face-saving BS narrative than “he was told to look around”. If you aren’t performing at your job as a high profile SEC coach or AD, you are fired immediately. Simple as that. Nobody is told they get to temporarily keep their job, but to also find other employment and then ends up with a big promotion. That’s just pure spin of unexpected news from our end.
The AD doesn’t hire the football coach at Auburn. As a matter of fact, I’m not really sure what that job entails other than fondling the Auburn boosters’ balls. Maybe Cohen is a perfect fit.
We'll Cohen is such a people person I'm sure he'll do great at that!**** Say what you want about Stricklin, but I didn't go a single game in the loge seats without seeing him and he was approachable, I have never seen Cohen in the Loge area before or during a game. The guy is approachable as a porcupine whose tail is on fire!
There’s probably a lot of truth in what you’re saying. That said, I’m also not going to pretend that John Cohen is some huge loss. Our athletic department has really been treading water the last six years. Maybe we didn’t force him out but I’m not losing any sleep over this guy leaving.
Could we do worse? Probably. But I definitely think we could do better, too.
Bad news for you, John. That's everything ******* AD position worth a damn. Want a job without fans and donors raising hell over every move you make, see if UAB or MTSU is hiring.