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Jen Cohen Press Conference Reaction

Carol Folt said at the press conference that Jen Cohen will start working at Heritage Hall tomorrow.

This press conference was bloated by even USC standards. There were five speakers besides Cohen. All totally unnecessary.

As usual, Folt had to use a teleprompter. Cohen did not.

Cohen said she was born in Arcadia.

“We’re going to work tirelessly to achieve the moonshot goals,” she said. “We can win a national championship in all 21 of our sports.”

Cohen said the job was the “responsibility of a lifetime. I will lead with integrity, character and with heart.”

She also promised to embarrass people with her antics on the sideline at games.

“I will lead with a passion in a way that will be embarrassing at times on the sidelines,” she said. “I get a little fired up during games and all competitions.”

“One candidate stood above the rest,” Folt said.

Suzanne Nora Johnson, chair of the Board of Trustees said USC wanted someone with “a track record at a Power 5 school.”

That eliminated Brandon Sosna.

This picture above of Cohen and Folt will infuriate Washington fans.

NOTE: The press conference livestream broke down the Q & A at the end.

76 thoughts on “Jen Cohen Press Conference Reaction”

  3. One has to wonder about the mental state of sports commentator who makes their whole approach about criticizing and judging the motive of others. I would think that this person would be very insecure at the minimum.

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  4. Scooter,

    Will she fall on the sword like Marv Goux did or Mike Garrett did for SC? I bet you a dollar to a donut that she does not even know who Marv Goux is let alone Mke Garrett. I bet you she doesn’t. It is just another nice and safe hire by SC. She did not win me over.

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      3. No. I didn’t write one thing about how she should have visited the “powder room” before that picture was taken.

        All joking aside, only time will tell. As Al Davis said, “Just win, Baby!!” (And he said that to men! Don’t read anything into that, all you men hating, Femi Nazis!)

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      4. “Hello, goodbye…I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello…”
        #LyricsSummingUpWashington&USCFans’ReactionsToPresser

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      5. New words for team at Notre Dame halftime?….”Just wanted to say “fight on!”…sorry I’m late….just got back from the beauty parlor.”
        #Sorry,PatHadenSaidThemFirst

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      6. Values and victories are equally important to Athletic Director Jen Cohen
        She started working at the UW athletic department in 1998 and was promoted to athletic director in 2016. We quizzed her about her job.

        INTERVIEW BY JIM CAPLE | PHOTO COURTESY OF UW ATHLETICS

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    2. Why does she need to know the history of USC to get the job? Is there a test at the end of the interview? She comes in with a good record, a competent brain, a pretty face, and a mature hard working attitude. Just like everyone else, they will learn what the history is, who the people are, and what is important to USC. Give her a break PT

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    4. Fall on her sword? She learned from Babs Hedges:

      “She follows in the ever distant footsteps of Barbara Hedges, a former USC athletic director turned Husky leader (1991-2003), who James and others felt sold out the football program during its 1993 conference investigation.

      Athletic directors are supposed to be like good trial lawyers. In this case, Hedges let her client down.

      She provided no cross examination, no objections, no pushback against a league determined to make an example out of the UW football program for a bunch of minor violations in the shadow of a national championship run.

      James, who died in 2013, maintained that probation, scholarship losses and his resignation never would happened had Mike Lude remained as the Husky A.D. during the sudden upheaval.

      Lude, of course, was pushed out in a 1991 power play following a victorious Rose Bowl season by UW president William Gerberding, who felt Lude and James both wielded far too much power and he wanted a more subservient person to answer to him. Hedges fit that role.

      She never was going to find widespread acceptance among the UW fan base, especially after coming from USC and hiring former UCLA quarterback Rick Neuheisel as her football coach. The L.A. schools were supposed to be arch enemies, not cohorts, in Seattle.

      Hedges left the UW without opposition.”

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  5. I don’t get the moaning over how a press conference is setup and run. It’s not like she was asked to be at the Salute to Troy or anything.

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  6. She has some good qualities–
    Can think of her feet
    Very enthusiastic about sports
    Probably smart
    Experience

    But what bothers me about sports transfers is how she was undoubtedly a Washington Huskie rah-rah up until a couple of days ago;
    how do you let go of that type of allegiance so readily

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      1. “It wasn’t an easy road back to Montlake. After being waitlisted at the UW, Cohen attended San Diego State.

        “It was a grind,” she said. “You know, I feel like my entire life I’ve always been kind of average. You know I was an average student, I was an average athlete, nothing ever came easy to me and I’m so grateful for that because I think that really prepared me for my career development as well.”

        Aren’t you excited, Michael? We got an average person promoted through Affirmative Action because she is a woman ! What could go wrong?

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    1. …we’re typing fast around here …
      #AllMistakesForgivable…
      #UnlessThey’reWrongHeadedPoliticalRemarks…
      #[ThenIt’sAllOut,PerpetualWar]

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      5. I do look dashing in a pair of Christian Louboutin pumps. Although don’t get too excited, you pineapple heads, since I prefer a lower heel. Anything over 2” is torture on my weak ankles.

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  8. Wolf

    All of your typos and poor grammar are embarrassing to the USC School of Journalism.

    Did you ever hear of proofing, jeez?

    I am happy with the choice. Good luck to her.

    Hey, what about Karen Bass’ approach to the hurricane/ tropical storm? She did great and proves how incompetent Gil Garcetti’s son was. Eric is a dope. Karen is a ton better than our current VP. This from a lifetime Reaganite.

    Beat the Spartans.

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      1. So now you’re against kicking your kicker, getting plastered and enjoying a little lap dancing?!
        #What’sHappenedToYou,67?

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      3. I don’t naturally care for Folt but I’d say she ‘sensed’ something amiss about Meyer and his short-lived stint with Jacksonville confirmed it. Too many schools (College – Bowling Green, UT, FL, OH St. NFL/JAC) regardless of record and wreckage left in his wake.

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  10. “I will lead with a passion in a way that will be embarrassing at times on the sidelines,” she said. “I get a little fired up during games and all competitions.”

    You could have said that about me at my son’s sporting events. I asked him if he could hear me during the games and my son said “Dad, everyone hears you.”

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    1. And why not, Plow Horse, with everyone so serious
      What’s wrong with letting out a primal scream once in a while
      even if you have no reason to do so?

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      1. Good call, John! When I’m alone in the house I like to pretend I’m a string puppet taking real high steps and talking in a Jerry Lewis voice…
        #I’mNotExactlySureHowIGotIntoThat…

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  12. Thanks LJ and others for not being too harsh with me regarding my enthusiasm at my son’s sporting events. (My wife tended not to enjoyed my enthusiasm.) At times I violated the little league parent pledge by questioning a few calls. Much to my surprise, as of a year ago, they still require parents and players to recite the pledge before Allstar games at the Santa Anita little league. Here it is.

    The Little League Parent and Volunteer Pledge:

    I will teach all children to play fair and do their best
    I will positively support all managers, coaches and players
    I will respect the decisions of the umpires
    I will praise a good effort despite the outcome of the game

    The Little League Player Pledge:

    I trust in God
    I love my country
    And will respect its laws
    I will play fair
    And strive to win
    But win or lose
    I will always do my best

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      2. It doesnt say you have to like it. It is like you say “With all due respect, that last call was NOT a strike you fucking idiot”.

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      3. Ricky: “I said with all due respect!”
        Dennit: “Just because you say that doesn’t mean you get to say whatever you want to say to me!”
        Ricky: “It sure as hell does!”
        Dennit: “No, it doesn’t–”
        Ricky: “It’s in the Geneva Conventions, look it up!”

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  15. “It’s Twue,” Clown U will be the first Div. 1 FB program to employ a female HFBC…

    #Young Frankenstein Quotes
    (Madeline Kahn) “No tongues.”

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    1. Don’t look at me –I can’t even text. My younger walking buddies tried to make it easy for me by texting “do you want to walk at 8 am? —just text “1” for yes.”

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  17. I believe her enthusiasm on the sidelines will lead the towel waving players and be there front n center to roast Grinchy if the defense can’t stop San Jose State. She is kinda of hot for her age. Should be able to attract new donors with that face didn’t see her bio. To me on the surface it’s a great hire for now

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