Ed Cooley to Georgetown

[John]

There's a classy way to go about finding a new job. This is not it.

This conference is going to be a lot more fun having Sauron and Saruman in it.

 

[king conn]

Never understood the love affair many on this board had for this guy.

He had the nerve to attack JC for helping out Ollie on his NC run, accusing him of trying to steal all the credit.

Then he poached 2 of our players.

People here were still calling him a great guy a week ago

 

[TRest]

Anyone feeling sympathetic towards PC fans just take few minutes and read one of their UConn threads on the Richard Coren friends and neighbors site. They (including our pal FJ) hate us with their entire beings and would be laughing their asses off if the same thing happened here.

 

[superjohn]

I couldn't be any more ticked off.

It's low class on so many levels. The whole speaking to the media last night from his DC hotel room while wearing Friars gear and saying Providence will always be his dream job was the final knife turn. Everything was handled so badly on his part that it makes me wonder if this was some sort of vindictive payback. He's a savvy guy, it doesn't make sense for him to damage Providence like this. The school and fanbase don't deserve this.

Offer Chris Mack what you were going to offer Ed and I highly doubt he turns it down.

 

[jayteeman]

Cooley went from father figure to dollar figures

 

[RipCity]

Cooley went from father figure to dollar figures

Your avatar is a really flattering picture of Cooley.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Leaving is one thing. Leaving but staying in the conference? That's not a good look, especially after he's filming the us, we, me, you videos or what they're called.

Also, this looks like it's been done for a month which seems to coincide with him checking out of the season....just an awful look.

Honestly I'd be interested to hear from players or assistant coaches if they felt like Cooley was kind of done 3 weeks ago. They sure played that way.

 

[REB1094]

Even Watson's dad feels bamboozled. Lol This was handled as poorly as can be. It's not that he's leaving. It's the way he did it. Comes off as a real phoney.

I don’t care too much to speculate on this, but I kind of wonder why a current staff member would lie to a recent alumni player’s father about this. A key member of the S16 run at that

Unless the staff member really thought Cooley was staying and is as equally surprised as Watson’s dad?

Really bad look all around..

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Anyone feeling sympathetic towards PC fans just take few minutes and read one of their UConn threads on the Richard Coren friends and neighbors site. They (including our pal FJ) hate us with their entire beings and would be laughing their asses off if the same thing happened here.

This is very likely true but there is a tremendous difference.

Last year, with a sweet sixteen run, they basically reached their ceiling.

This year, with a sweet sixteen run (and possibly more) we've reached the starting point of far better things to come.

 

[storrsroars]

the DMV is one of the best recruiting areas in the country and cooley wont have to directly compete with us for any decent new england kids.

Our DMV is filled with a lot of retirees and other people you don't want to be driving around.

 

[PNolanFan]

Did Cooley handle this well? No
Would I go from Providence to Georgetown for 3 extra million? Yes, and i wouldnt think about it for more than 5 minutes

 

[The Viking]

You know who loves this? The agents of the three Big East head coaches still playing.

 

[Northbound]

annnnndddd Garwey Dual decommits from PC

 

[HU5KIES]

Garwey Dual, Seton Hall Pirates, Combo Guard

Garwey Dual is a Combo Guard from Carmel, IN.

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[CTBasketball]

Garwey Dual, Seton Hall Pirates, Combo Guard

Garwey Dual is a Combo Guard from Carmel, IN.

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This will be 10x worse when Cooley scalps the Friars roster and brings Hopkins, Carter, Pierre, and Floyd with him to Washington.

Talk about scorched earth policy.

 

[tuvent08]

Georgetown at PC should be on PPV next year.

 

[zls44]

This will be 10x worse when Cooley scalps the Friars roster and brings Hopkins, Carter, Pierre, and Floyd with him to Washington.

Talk about scorched earth policy.

When you've gone this far, why wouldn't you do that?

 

[zls44]

Corey Floyd Jr. taking an L so big you can see it from space.

 

[UCfor3]

I don’t care too much to speculate on this, but I kind of wonder why a current staff member would lie to a recent alumni player’s father about this. A key member of the S16 run at that

Unless the staff member really thought Cooley was staying and is as equally surprised as Watson’s dad?

Really bad look all around..

That's a possibility or maybe the staff member is going with Cooley to GTown and needs to stay loyal. Who knows. All speculation. What a wacky situation all around.

 

[UCfor3]

Garwey Dual, Seton Hall Pirates, Combo Guard

Garwey Dual is a Combo Guard from Carmel, IN.

247sports.com

3, 2, 1...on him visiting Georgetown.

 

[TRest]

3, 2, 1...on him visiting Georgetown.

Kid was attending the Seton Hall game (I think) where they got blown out at the end of the regular season and had never signed a NLI, so not a surprise.

 

[August_West]

Georgetown at PC should be on PPV next year.

They might seriously have to put chicken wire around the Georgetown bench.

 

[ElGreco]

True, GTown has an endowment others in the BE would be jealous of for sure. But if GTown really wanted to become big time they should have just gone after Pitino, who fall of his foibles, and he has a lot them, is an elite HOF coach. SuperJohn made that point above. Maybe GTown didn't want the image of Pitino being associated with GTown, but from a strictly basketball perspective paying Pitino $4M/year is better than paying Cooley $6M/year.

My gut says Georgetown is looking for a “certain type” of coach. Wink wink

 

[HuskyHawk]

Everything about the man is being viewed in a new light. Even at my age I wanted dearly to believe. What a putz I am.

There a ton of posts from me about why I didn't think this would happen. End of the day it seems to be $ + a guy (and especially his wife) who have been in one place too long. Would be fine if he wasn't blowing smoke at everyone for the last few years. For everyone talking about chasing the spotlight, he will be vastly more anonymous in DC.

 

[HuskyHawk]

They might seriously have to put chicken wire around the Georgetown bench.

Maybe they can just play the theme from Rawhide.