Did Cohen have to be accountable for fumbling NIL in spring/summer?

If yore looking for culprits - I’d start with Winning 5 games and looking TURRIBLE doing it as the primary

Cohen screwed this entire year up. Golesh needs to be an immediate hit (minimum Cheez It Bowl) for him not to be on the hot seat. Absolutely terrible miscalculations the whole year

I think Cohen likely knew that Hew was a disaster and so did the money folks. Hopefully we hold the defense together and a few pieces on offense.

FIG-JAM said:

If yore looking for culprits - I’d start with Winning 5 games and looking TURRIBLE doing it as the primary

That guy got fired and a lot of the kids are being told to walk. The beautiful thing is you can also hold cohen accountable for his actions. you don’t have to pick and choose

BigBarnerBrand said:

Now that the dust has settled it clearly had an effect on the class. I have head it caused questions from coaches we interviewed also and while it didn’t run it anyone off it was not a help. Was it only tbing that hurt the class, no. It would have better to have a stronger class built out for Golesh to hang on to. See LSU and others. I think Cohen fumbled the search but could have landed a guy who wins in the end but he should answer for the NIL approach he took and was wrong that hurt the program.

You hate an irrational hatred of Cohen… we get it. Root against Golesh and you might get your bizarre wish. Best of luck.

Danny Archer said:

That guy got fired and a lot of the kids are being told to walk. The beautiful thing is you can also hold cohen accountable for his actions. you don’t have to pick and choose

My complaints on cohen are 1) don’t sell home games 2) yell at the POS refs on twitter after we get screwed (but that’s a personal style and i like drama) No clue what you are talking about with NIL.

00aubie said:

You hate an irrational hatred of Cohen… we get it. Root against Golesh and you might get your bizarre wish. Best of luck.

Remember when they said Durkin was the lynch pin for keeping the roster? Now we figure out going 5-7 and firing a coach creates problems that must be overcome by who ever takes the gig.

FIG-JAM said:

Remember when they said Durkin was the lynch pin for keeping the roster? Now we figure out going 5-7 and firing a coach creates problems that must be overcome by who ever takes the gig.

And now that Durkin has been retained, they dredge up whatever else they can find to attack him. I would say that Auburn people are our own worst enemy, but I’m not even sure that these are Auburn people anymore.

You know who’s also not Auburn people? John Cohen. And sometimes, unfairly or not, it feels like he’s bringing MSU ideas and energy to the Plains and pitching it as a new-aged JABA.

FIG-JAM said:

My complaints on cohen are 1) don’t sell home games 2) yell at the POS refs on twitter after we get screwed (but that’s a personal style and i like drama) No clue what you are talking about with NIL.

Our recruiting class sucked in part because of freeze but cohen took an over cautious approach to the antitrust settlement and wasnt providing the resources necessary to recruit at a level Auburn should be recruiting ( everyone else was playing the game and Auburn was the only one who took this approach)

00aubie said:

And now that Durkin has been retained, they dredge up whatever else they can find to attack him. I would say that Auburn people are our own worst enemy, but I’m not even sure that these are Auburn people anymore.

I don’t understand the angst. Summerall was the hot name. UF came over the top. We got a guy that scores points, turnt around USF and kept Durkin Now we are dealing with the roster. Which happens every offseason with or without a coaching change. Seems like a pretty good search unless you expected AU to hire Saban.

I hold him accountable everyday. None of you join me.

FIG-JAM said:

If yore looking for culprits - I’d start with Winning 5 games and looking TURRIBLE doing it as the primary

It’s surely not 1 thing but this class was not strong gong into the season.

00aubie said:

You hate an irrational hatred of Cohen… we get it. Root against Golesh and you might get your bizarre wish. Best of luck.

What? Irrational? What’s irrational about pointing out the failure of the summer? I’ve been disappointed in the 6ish months for sure. I didn’t blame him for the SP hire, was always fine with it. Do have concerns about the level of basketball NIL support Cohen views as appropriate for a top program.

00aubie said:

And now that Durkin has been retained, they dredge up whatever else they can find to attack him. I would say that Auburn people are our own worst enemy, but I’m not even sure that these are Auburn people anymore.

Who is they? Anyone who thought keeping Durkin alone would keep it together doesn’t have a clue.

FIG-JAM said:

I don’t understand the angst. Summerall was the hot name. UF came over the top. We got a guy that scores points, turnt around USF and kept Durkin Now we are dealing with the roster. Which happens every offseason with or without a coaching change. Seems like a pretty good search unless you expected AU to hire Saban.

There isn’t much comparison between Sumrall and Golesh/Durkin when it comes to the right fit for Auburn, imo. Imagine being so committed to a millionaire PE teacher that you’re still throwing online tantrums over not getting your preferred candidate a week later. Makes you wonder if these people are this pathetic in real life? Or, do they have some sort of alternate agenda to just stir schitt up.

FIG-JAM said:

I don’t understand the angst. Summerall was the hot name. UF came over the top. We got a guy that scores points, turnt around USF and kept Durkin Now we are dealing with the roster. Which happens every offseason with or without a coaching change. Seems like a pretty good search unless you expected AU to hire Saban.

Multiple things have been reported though. the timeline you laid out is one , the other timeline is that cohen missed on Sumrall and didn’t have a plan b. Durkin thought he had the job and Cohen called Dowdle in the middle of the night and said “who you got”. That’s not the makings of a good search. If the end result is good, great, but it’s hard for me to call it a good search.

BigBarnerBrand said:

Who is they?

Losers like you who can’t stop whining about the fvkkin’ AD. I thought that was clear from earlier, my apologies.

Cohen should be fired today. He sucks. He fumbled lane.

BigBarnerBrand said:

Now that the dust has settled it clearly had an effect on the class. I have head it caused questions from coaches we interviewed also and while it didn’t run it anyone off it was not a help. Was it only tbing that hurt the class, no. It would have better to have a stronger class built out for Golesh to hang on to. See LSU and others. I think Cohen fumbled the search but could have landed a guy who wins in the end but he should answer for the NIL approach he took and was wrong that hurt the program.

Hugh running an absolutely dogshit offense was more damaging to recruiting than any other factors. Now he’s gone. Cohen made a miscalculation with his recruiting decision but it ended up not mattering when we shit canned excHEWses.

BigBarnerBrand said:

It’s surely not 1 thing but this class was not strong gong into the season.

Remember when we said our coach was spending too much time NOT coaching?

Danny Archer said:

Multiple things have been reported though. the timeline you laid out is one , the other timeline is that cohen missed on Sumrall and didn’t have a plan b. Durkin thought he had the job and Cohen called Dowdle in the middle of the night and said “who you got”. That’s not the makings of a good search. If the end result is good, great, but it’s hard for me to call it a good search.

Hold up… do we have people here who seriously believe that the first contact with Golesh came in the hours after the Alabama game? If Sumrall was the only guy on the list, why the hell would Durkin think he had the job? I realize that there are grown men here who need their soap opera, but at least try to exercise a few brain cells.

FIG-JAM said:

I don’t understand the angst. Summerall was the hot name. UF came over the top. We got a guy that scores points, turnt around USF and kept Durkin Now we are dealing with the roster. Which happens every offseason with or without a coaching change. Seems like a pretty good search unless you expected AU to hire Saban.

It’s clearly not a disaster but I think it’s safe to say the last 24-48 hours were weird. My biggest issues were his little press tour bragging on well his search was going. Waiting too long to run Hugh. He wasn’t able to entice someone away from a good situation ( difficult but Penn St just did it, which is nuts). The 1AM phone call thing doesn’t sit well with me. It looks desperate but I guess he had to beat Arkansas to sunrise. As I write this I notice a lot of PR related points. The NIL bumble of the summer was made worse with the August 1 line too. With the benefit of hindsight, I don’t see how his position on NIL can be defended. I don’t like selling the Baylor game but I can see his perspective.

Danny Archer said:

Multiple things have been reported though. the timeline you laid out is one , the other timeline is that cohen missed on Sumrall and didn’t have a plan b. Durkin thought he had the job and Cohen called Dowdle in the middle of the night and said “who you got”. That’s not the makings of a good search. If the end result is good, great, but it’s hard for me to call it a good search.

The reports were crap. AU believed they had Somerall. If there is a fault it’s that we underestimated UF. When Somerall fell through, we hired Golech. That was clearly plan b. Cohen is tight lipped so he didn’t leak a bunch of crap and sexton does not have every coach so there was much less drama. The plan D-urkin was last resort. There was just noise based on pro Durkin leaks to try and pressure him into the job.