<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">We don't know how much money John Cohen will make as Mississippi State's baseball coach, and I'm not entirely optimistic that we'll know for sure tomorrow. But consider this quote from Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart, who apparently did all he could to ensure Cohen wouldn't depart UK for MSU.</font></p>
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<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">"Had John accepted our offer, he would have, in my opinion, had one of the top five contracts in the country for a baseball coach," Barnhart said, according to The Courier-Journal.</font></p>
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<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Cohen made approximately $400,000 at UK on a contract that runs through the 2012 season. Polk made approximately $300,000 at MSU. </font></p>
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<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">"Had John accepted our offer, he would have, in my opinion, had one of the top five contracts in the country for a baseball coach," Barnhart said, according to The Courier-Journal.</font></p>
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<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Cohen made approximately $400,000 at UK on a contract that runs through the 2012 season. Polk made approximately $300,000 at MSU. </font></p>