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Cooley has been reading his press clippings. Guy hasn’t won jack, and if he goes to Georgetown and doesn’t perform, will get his ass fired.
 
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FriarJ said:
He’s trying to save whatever legacy he has here by saying it a family health issue while he’s been negotiating for weeks and will become the 2nd highest paid coach in the NCAA with a massive NIL from Nike. I’m buying season tickets from Seattle just so I can be at the game next year.
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What health issue could possibly be impacted by the move? He’s completely disingenuous. I’m thinking you should be thankful he’s gone. Time to move on. If he wants the Georgetown job just say that and stop these silly games.

Pitino, Barnes, Gillen, Cooley. PC hasn’t had problems replacing coaches for the most part. Keeping them is a different story.
 
REB1094 said:
I admittedly am not too in the trenches of Cooley’s life, but he’s come off as a very agreeable guy. This is…..something else. Publicly disrespecting the fanbase
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It’s gotta be something else. Hates the AD, wife wants out of RI, loves DC & the Thompson family??
 
HuskyHawk said:
What health issue could possibly be impacted by the move? He’s completely disingenuous. I’m thinking you should be thankful he’s gone. Time to move on. If he wants the Georgetown job just say that and stop these silly games.

Pitino, Barnes, Gillen, Cooley. PC hasn’t had problems replacing coaches for the most part. Keeping them is a different story.
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Perhaps the lights are not bright enough in Little Rhody. Obviously it’s no longer about the money.
 
ElGreco said:
It’s gotta be something else. Hates the AD, wife wants out of RI, loves DC & the Thompson family??
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Wants to be around his kid?
 
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Cooley…


(You should go Ed)
 
jibsey said:
Georgetown is desperate. Cooley is mediocre. They can have him. Oh Lord will Rhode Island hate him.
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Cooley’s not the guy for Georgetown. They need a dynamic Dan Hurley type coach.
 
I love the anonymity of these message boards. Ed Cooley is a guy’s guy. He’s very personable, enagaging and fun to be around. I understand that he’s handled this situation poorly. Perhaps he’s lost a bit of his humility now that he’s making $4M per year. Maybe it gets worse if/when he goes to Georgetown. I’d probably be disappointed if I was a PC fan.

But let the man live. None of us know what he’s going through. Don’t begrudge him for making a living. When he coached at Fairfield, he lived in my town, supported the community and was loved by all who knew him. Everyone needs to chill.
 
Corey Floyd situation chapped me a bit. Was still told what a good guy he is. Then his postgame comments. Even if he was right about some of it, it wasn't his place to say it, especially after just getting waxed. Now this bizarro Favre/Rodgers will he or won't he routine. If you are going to leave, at least be honest about it and do it without all the collateral damage. He helped tank the end of their season and he is still pretending he is struggling with the decision to try and trick everyone into thinking he is some kind of hometown hero while he has probably had his bags packed for weeks. If I was a PC fan, he would be dead to me. He's not some generational great coach. He's better than what they had previously so he just seems like filet mignon cuz all they had for years was ground chuck. Truth is he's like a london broil.
 
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I forgot how it all went down with Cooley and Michigan. He talked to the press about hard it was for him to turn down Michigan because they're one of the best Universities in the country, Warde would be such a great guy to work for, and it was such an amazing offer. He had to turn the offer down because Providence will always be home and they're going to keep building something great there.

Problem is he was never offered the Michigan job. He got the fanbase to buy in even deeper into Ed and he got even more money from the College.
 
At some point you want a chance to win the big one and get the big money. Think Brian Kelly and his $95mm deal with LSU and going from his dream job at Notre Dame.
 
Punkbo said:
I love the anonymity of these message boards. Ed Cooley is a guy’s guy. He’s very personable, enagaging and fun to be around. I understand that he’s handled this situation poorly. Perhaps he’s lost a bit of his humility now that he’s making $4M per year. Maybe it gets worse if/when he goes to Georgetown. I’d probably be disappointed if I was a PC fan.

But let the man live. None of us know what he’s going through. Don’t begrudge him for making a living. When he coached at Fairfield, he lived in my town, supported the community and was loved by all who knew him. Everyone needs to chill.
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True..a genuine good guy but that doesn't let him off the hook for the way he has handled this and sold Friar fans down the river
 
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superjohn said:
I forgot how it all went down with Cooley and Michigan. He talked to the press about hard it was for him to turn down Michigan because they're one of the best Universities in the country, Warde would be such a great guy to work for, and it was such an amazing offer. He had to turn the offer down because Providence will always be home and they're going to keep building something great there.

Problem is he was never offered the Michigan job. He got the fanbase to buy in even deeper into Ed and he got even more money from the College.
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To be fair, I had heard he was contacted by Michigan as part of their search.

More due diligence than anything probably.
 
Nothing more than what is wrong with you! What person in his/her right mind woukd want to live in that nasty cold/wet/icy/snowy weather for 5 months of the year?

I have many not so fond memories of 5+ years of that stuff at Storrs to never want to live in It again.
 
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This whole saga is hilarious. What started out as a twitter meme years ago to troll PC fans has now become their worst nightmare. Their lord and savior has completely stabbed them in the back and basically told them how worthless they are on his way out.

I need to get a ticket to that Georgetown game at the AMP next year because it’s going to be one of the craziest atmospheres ever
 
AntG168 said:
He’s been a fraud. I always hated the “Ed Cooley is such a good guy” narrative. He’s no more of a “good guy” than any other big east coach. It’s been a bunch of PR bolonga
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I tip my cap to you, sincerely. I don’t know if I am completely off this idea he is a good likable guy, but I FWIW, don’t like how this has played out.

In labor issues I am biased towards supporting the worker more than the employer, but in this case I have a hard time doing so. PC has given him everything he has asked for whether it is multiple raises for himself and his staff so the don’t get poached, upgraded facilities, increases to the recruiting budget, etc.

maybe it is a NIL issue so maybe I need to reserve judgement, but as far as optics go, this whole story is a bad look IMO
 
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