To reply to several:
Why do people forget about what Cohen has done a Missouri and Northwestern State? Mizzou was a once proud program that had fallen on hard times (they have a NC, I believe in the 50's) and Cohen helped turn them around. Yes, they only made one or two Regionals, but that was when it was a LOT harder to make a Regional than it is now. That was also his first job, and that was when the Big 8 was around, which was a pretty good conference even before they added the Texas schools. He had winning seasons practically every year he was there.
He took Northwestern State to two Regionals. That means he practically had to either win the regular season title or the postseason tournament to get there. That's not exactly an easy place to win. He had to compete with LSU, Tulane, La-Monroe (which had a pretty good program then), La. Tech, and La-Lafayette among others for players.
Then he goes to UF as their hitting coach with Pat McMahon (Guess who he left behind at MSU?). When he was their hitting coach, he was arguably the best hitting coach in the conference. After he left, they did go to the NC round of the CWS, but then they tailed off drastically.
After that he takes over a UK program that was arguably the worst in the SEC, in a region that has very little baseball talent per capita, at a school that only cares about basketball, he was able to take a team that had a losing record his first year and made then SEC Champions the next year. They didn't make a Regional last year, but they are certainly in line to make one this year, and are probably going to be in the mix to host a Regional depending on the last three weeks of the season and SEC Tournament for them.
As far as the money, I would do what I could to help make sure that we can get the best baseball coach possible. Of course I'm not a cigar boy, but the MSU fans need to make a financial commitment to the next coach. Polk is paid about 300,000 (little less 295,000 I believe). That means that the BC would have to raise about 250,000-300,000 dollars. Or roughly 300 people giving 100 dollars, which most of us should be able to afford. And yes, after the horseshit we've put up with, I certainly believe it's a worthwhile investment. We're not talking about trying to lure Bill Bellicheck to MSU for 50 million dollars or anything like Bama did with Saban. By the way, a subscription to GP costs about 100 bucks, and I think this would be a good way to spend that 100 bucks "differently". I know I sure like winning at baseball a hell of a lot more than knowing that Chris Garrett likes extra meat on his pizza.
