OT: Cooley Suspended from Georgetown

[FightOnCT]

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I’m out of the loop, what did he do?

 

[FightOnCT]

Kid got hit by the bottle

 

[gsmooth]

He pelted a child

@BigErnMcCracken - to be clear, not on purpose. But Cooley deserves to get suspended.

@FightOnCT - Just like his team's FT shooting, his water bottle toss was inaccurate. Cooley should know better to toss anything in anger at high speed into the stands. He had many empty seats he could have hit and he manages to hit the one where a young boy is sitting on his mom's lap.

Can you imagine if Hurley did this? There would be a national outcry and it would make headline news.

 

[Kitaman]

Crime of passion. Not his character. Should also be fined.

 

[Hondo 77]

 

[Henry]

I hope more Georgetown fans sell their tickets for the UConn game at Capital One so I can buy some cheaper than they're going for now.

 

[Gurleyman]

A clear violation of Georgetown’s recycling policy. You are supposed to dispose of plastic in the proper blue recycling bin, not try to kill a kid with it.

 

[Scoe]

Just dumb, beyond dumb if your gonna throw a water bottle throw it down not up which is still stupid but it's a better choice.

The hall way and locker room is the place to let out all your frustration.

 

[GampelGladiator]

I don't often chuck a water bottle into the crowd after the loss...but when I do...I make sure it hits a child...

 

[WallStreetHusky]

What a complete child. Thats a fireable act. Bad look for a Georgetown.

 

[GampelGladiator]

Does it really count as a one-game suspension if it's against Coppin State?

 

[ecasadoSBU]

Kid got hit by the bottle

What the heck is wrong with Cooley. He hit an innocent child...

Has he gone crazy?

I never expected Ed Cooley to be doing something like this. He has really gone down hill the past several years

 

[Huskybass]

20 years as a Head Coach, 3 NCAA Tournament wins total. Just an awful coach.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Imagine if Hurley did that?

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Does it really count as a one-game suspension if it's against Coppin State?

Exactly

 

[noelle]

just insane to hit a child right there in the stands. he must have seen it.

 

[Travelman6]

1 day for assault, against a child no less. Crazy. Guy should be suspended all season at least, no excuse.

 

[Edward Sargent]

How does someone look at the video and conclude it wasn’t on purpose?

 

[Hoophound]

How does someone look at the video and conclude it wasn’t on purpose?

I look at that video and see a guy that intended to chuck the bottle way up into the stands but instead held onto it too long and buzzed it nearby. My biggest thought from it was, “Wow, Ed must be getting old, he can’t throw anymore”. While you can’t throw stuff into the stands, he didn’t mean to throw it right at someone 10 feet away. He either rethought it mid throw and ended up doing it accidentally or he’s slipping into old age quickly.

 

[Travelman6]

Wonder if the mom will press charges. He attacked her kid. Guy is a loose cannon.

 

[HuskyFich]

This feels incredibly overblown. It’s a mistake, wasn’t meant to happen, and he is being reprimanded for this.

This is how we’d react if it was Hurley lmao:

 

[BGesus4]

He was tired of that kid telling him he wasn’t rich as s@!* all game. tldr - kid’s mouth wrote a check that his ass couldn’t cash.

 

[Dove]

Ed Cooley needs a hat.

 

[dogpause]

It was an empty plastic bottle. It was no longer a water bottle. Shouldn't have done it, but big difference.

 

[Hoophound]

If it was empty, let’s just move on. That’s like throwing paper at someone.

 

[Ctedgeman]

There wasn't any context when this was brought up in the game chat yesterday and was presented as "hit a woman", so I thought he had actually physically hit a woman in a private setting while she had her child in her lap and that this woman was related somehow to one of his players. It sounded like such a wild story and I didn't understand how he couldn't be immediately fired. Now it makes a lot more sense.

 

[gtcam]

How does someone look at the video and conclude it wasn’t on purpose?

You actually think he picked his target and fired?

 

[alexd]

You actually think he picked his target and fired?

If it was empty, let’s just move on. That’s like throwing paper at someone.

So, will you let me overhand a plastic water bottle at a child from your family?

 

[Kitaman]

So, will you let me overhand a plastic water bottle at a child from your family?

I didn't hear that Cooley selected a child and then reared back the empty bottle and threw it right at him. Did the child's parent sue Cooley for attempted murder?

Interesting that no injuries were reported or police report filed (e.g. assault). Perhaps the child's parents are understanding of how and why, and knowing what an accident/mistake actually is. Others are quick to hang him for one mistake. To me its good to separate the person from the uniform or team. If Sienna's coach did this one time its non news on this Board.

Anyway Cooley farked up, but to me it was not deliberate at all.