OT: Ed Cooley interviewing for Michigan job

[Chief00]

And Warde Manuel is STILL looking to make his first successful coaching hire for a revenue sport!

What about Diaco? LOL

 

[Chief00]

As he should. PC aside, Cooley is a cool dude.

I agree he’s a great guy. When they gave Chief the grand tour of the MBB facility, Chief had a couple of observations beyond the obvious. While Cooley’s Office was nice and had a great view it was fairly ordinary in a hallway row of offices outside the basketball court doors. The walls were glass so players walking out of the gym could incidentally see him and Cooley them. He’s a down to Earth dude, easy to chat up, not a phony. And yes everything was designed with 7 footers in mind and UConn needs to learn from that!
#FixTheUrinals

 

[Lynyrd]

 

[Hoophound]

What are you talking about?

UConn spends far more on basketball than Providence does - the fact that they wildly overpay for a middle of the road coach has nothing to do with what UConn should or should not be doing.

PC is paying Cooley 3.5 mill and built a great practice facility. We are seeing SEC schools offering guys 5-6 mill per year. When we need to step up to the plate to pay Hurley 5 mill, will we have it? I don’t think PC should be in our stratosphere on these things, yet they are. Meanwhile, all we heard was money might be an issue when competing with Pitt for Hurley’s services. PC got the money together overnight.

We’ve got real problems with schools like UCF, Houston and Memphis killing us on the court and field and yet it seems, there is an awful lot of waste and bloat in the budget. Too many sports, too many AD employees and dumb marketing services to sell tickets. Meanwhile, UCF has a lazy river, Penny takes a private jet on recruiting trips and our assistant football coaches get paid like middle school teachers. Much like the state government, this AD needs to have a come to Jesus meeting for the ages.

Does PC paying Cooley big money have anything to do with UConn? Technically, not yet, but when we need to pay a coach to keep him, a mediocre coach like Cooley 60 miles away making that kind of coin isn’t going to help us negotiate much. It’s rather obvious there is an arms race going on and we need to prepare for it in ways other than overcharging for tickets by 300%.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

“Sorry our fans are morons”

 

[TRest]

You dopes can think what you want. Whenever someone gets something they didn't deserve, based on merit, it is never a good thing. Tell me what he accomplished to justify being considered for a job that good? Being a good guy who isn't the worst PC coach of the last 20 years doesn't seem like enough. Or maybe you know of another reason he was considered. Is he best buds with Warde? The Michigan Pres?

Please tell me that you don't think less qualified candidates have ever been offered jobs or college admissions based on affirmative action efforts. Perhaps you don't include affirmative action under the umbrella of social justice. I do. And I see it as unjust and counterproductive. And, for the record, I don't care what you vocal warriors say or think.

You're the same guy who wants to sue UConn to see why your kid didn't get in, correct?

 

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“Sorry our fans are morons”

Um, yeah, so anyone else thinking that patch kind of looks like the Liberty Bell?

 

[uconnell]

PC is paying Cooley 3.5 mill and built a great practice facility. We are seeing SEC schools offering guys 5-6 mill per year. When we need to step up to the plate to pay Hurley 5 mill, will we have it? I don’t think PC should be in our stratosphere on these things, yet they are. Meanwhile, all we heard was money might be an issue when competing with Pitt for Hurley’s services. PC got the money together overnight.

We’ve got real problems with schools like UCF, Houston and Memphis killing us on the court and field and yet it seems, there is an awful lot of waste and bloat in the budget. Too many sports, too many AD employees and dumb marketing services to sell tickets. Meanwhile, UCF has a lazy river, Penny takes a private jet on recruiting trips and our assistant football coaches get paid like middle school teachers. Much like the state government, this AD needs to have a come to Jesus meeting for the ages.

Does PC paying Cooley big money have anything to do with UConn? Technically, not yet, but when we need to pay a coach to keep him, a mediocre coach like Cooley 60 miles away making that kind of coin isn’t going to help us negotiate much. It’s rather obvious there is an arms race going on and we need to prepare for it in ways other than overcharging for tickets by 300%.

I agree with what you are posting, however I think UConn fans are either cheap or ignoring the need for private donations. As our former players in the NBA.need to step up.