He orchestrated the inter-office 17’n so that we could get turned down by multiple coaches so that we could get Lemonis to get us over the top.
He ran off Vic and Mullen. Hired Cann and Moorhead. And, on top of all that, his formerly sanctimonious *** is now the boss of both Bruce Pearl and Hugh Freeze.
I get that some of yall have personal reasons to dislike Cohen, but you shouldn't post blatantly false things. Vic and Mullen would have left had Stricklin still been in charge, or any other AD.
How is the Vic “blantantly false”? I’ll give you Mullen since he was always looking.
Whether we believe the "official" story (Vic wanted to be closer to his family) or what's widely rumored (Title IX violation), Vic leaving had nothing to do with who the AD was.
I believe the burden of proof is on the person making the claim. (ie, that Cohen ran off Vic)
Lemonis had a recruiting strategy?
What was the rumored title IX violation? Unless that’s euphemism, that’s not the prevalent rumor. It was about fraternization between a staffer and former teammate and Cohen handling it about as incompetently as he handled Leach’s tweet about wives getting tired of their husbands in quarantine.
It’s the old code word. Not sure what the new ones are.
Florida hired Stricklin specifically to get Mullen back. There was nothing Cohen could have done.
That's the Title IX violation. If the rumors are true (and they probably are, given how many people say so), Cohen's hands were tied, just like Stricklin's would have been if he had never left, or other ADs' have been at other schools.
How is it blatantly true? I never saw any press releases saying John Cohen fired Vic Schaefer. Did you?
So…..he would have taken the Southern Miss job, or the NC State job, or the Florida International job….just because he hated Cohen?
Who is defending Cohen’s performance as AD in this thread?
No, but there are two factions within the MSU fanbase. Well, three.
And lets not fail to mention that hiring his daughter was a dumb 17ing move in the first place that invited all sorts of different conflicts of interest. There’s no hire that’s worse than a nepotism hire. Hard to imagine that the most qualified person for that spot on the staff just so happened to be his daughter….who was groomed for the role by working at a damn local news station.
An employee and a student 17ing consensually isn't a Title IX violation. It's an incredibly bad idea and (and presumably against MSU policy) and can lead to Title IX issues if somebody abuses their authority and is probably relatively likely to give rise to nuisance suits even when they don't do anything to violate Title IX.
I figured the universe was telling us it was over when we couldn't beat Notre Dame. Up 15 points and we lose that m17ing game. That was the end for Vic, IMO. It was just a matter of time until he left at that point.
