Don't be surprised if Polk's reaction hasn't...

[Xenomorph]

...put Cohen between a rock and a hard place.

I wish I knew what that means.

 

[dawgstudent]

Are you suggesting he might go back on accepting? But he would not have a job today.

 

[Xenomorph]

...and your statement is the hard place.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

...if Polk was cheering the decision, groping Cohen at his introductory press conference, and hanging out at baseball practices all happy and everything, Cohen might feel the pressure of his old coach.

However, since Polk has gone Flight 93 into the Field, Cohen knows he won't have to constantly be looking over his shoulder. The only pressure he'll have is to perform.