Winger Cook, 24, scored a brace including a spectacular equalising volley after central defender Lewin Nyatanga had given the Tykes a first half lead. He then revealed:
"We were saying as a group that we wanted to be in or around the play-offs by Christmas and we're not far off being there.
"The start of the season was't good enough, but we knew we were and said that we wanted to do something extraordinary.
"We're climbing the table steadily. Another couple of wins and we'll be flying. You can see the team clicking. There's great promise for a tremendous season, but we're not getting ahead of ourselves.
"With some of the things you see the lads doing in training, we could be playing in a higher league easily."
Cook set up Tom Bradshaw for the Saddlers second before the break and then added the third himself at the death.
Striker Bradshaw, 22, was delighted to hit double figures for the season and said:
"It's my job to score the goals, but a lot of them have been down to the team. I'm going to miss chances, it's when your not getting the chances, that's a worry.
"I'm happy with my conversion rate this season and it's the first time I've scored ten. To get there by Christmas and be four points off the play-offs is great."
Walsall boss Dean Smith
"This result will give the lads a big boost. There were some pleasing performances out there and it was nice to see Jordan Cook score a couple and get an assist."
Barnsley manager Danny Wilson said:
"They scored a 'worldy' for the equaliser. The second goal was down to ourselves - a mixup. The third goal makes it seem there was quite a distance between the two teams and it was far from that."
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