OT: Providence

[ecasadoSBU]

This quote. What an ass.

Damn, Ed Cooley went rogue.

I'm in shock.

In the early years of the new Big East Ed Cooley was such a great ambassador for this conference and help built a sense of brotherhood between the coaches...

What a disgusting 180!

 

[Scrutineer]

I wasn’t there, I’m 2500 miles away. If you watched any you know as much as I do.

We were driving from Scottsdale to Palm Desert listening to the game on Sirius and the PC announcers reminded me of the two guys who had a car repair radio show a few years ago. Like real homers having a good time and going wildly up and down emotionally as the game swung one way or the other. Very entertaining rather than just the professional announcers you usually get.

 

[CL82]

I wasn’t there, I’m 2500 miles away. If you watched any you know as much as I do.

Pssh. You didn't make the game? I question your commitment.

 

[CL82]

 

[John]

Georgetown coach Ed Cooley returns to Providence, but handles loss, hostile reception by Friar fans with class

PC fans waited 10 months to boo their former coach, but never crossed the line as a new Big East rivalry is born

www.cbssports.com

 

[John]

We were driving from Scottsdale to Palm Desert listening to the game on Sirius and the PC announcers reminded me of the two guys who had a car repair radio show a few years ago. Like real homers having a good time and going wildly up and down emotionally as the game swung one way or the other. Very entertaining rather than just the professional announcers you usually get.

Click and Clack, the Tappet brothers

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Lol, so… How was it? Our resident Boneyard spy love the atmosphere. It sounded terrific on TV. Any good tidbits?

@FriarJ want to get some insight. I was at the game yesterday, decent seats in the lower bowl behind Hoya bench. Not sure if this was apparent on TV....

Once Cooley was out of the tunnel, he spent a good 5 minutes pointing, waving and thumbs-upping fans. Not the general crowd, like specific people. He seemed like he knew someone in every section. I've never seen anything like it, but it seemed like there are still folks who appreciate him in Friartown

My other hypothesis was maybe he was acknowledging the few people not flipping him the bird. I wasn't being demonstrative, just taking in the spectacle and I swear one of his waves was in my direction

 

[FriarJ]

We were driving from Scottsdale to Palm Desert listening to the game on Sirius and the PC announcers reminded me of the two guys who had a car repair radio show a few years ago. Like real homers having a good time and going wildly up and down emotionally as the game swung one way or the other. Very entertaining rather than just the professional announcers you usually get.

John Rooke and the great Joey Hassett. Hassett was an all time Friar great who was also on the Sonics NBA Championship squad under Lenny Wilkins. Rooke is the stadium announcer at Patriot home games.

They have been together on friar broadcasts for over 30 years. If you are a friar fan they are the best.

 

[FriarJ]

@FriarJ want to get some insight. I was at the game yesterday, decent seats in the lower bowl behind Hoya bench. Not sure if this was apparent on TV....

Once Cooley was out of the tunnel, he spent a good 5 minutes pointing, waving and thumbs-upping fans. Not the general crowd, like specific people. He seemed like he knew someone in every section. I've never seen anything like it, but it seemed like there are still folks who appreciate him in Friartown

My other hypothesis was maybe he was acknowledging the few people not flipping him the bird. I wasn't being demonstrative, just taking in the spectacle and I swear one of his waves was in my direction

He was well liked. Yesterday was cathartic for everyone, myself included. He is never going to change and I would die waiting. We said our piece and he heard it clearly. His press conference after was just more of the same narcissistic behavior we have come to expect recently. I’ve moved on.

 

[FriarJ]

Pssh. You didn't make the game? I question your commitment.

My brother and I had tickets. I would have gone but I head to Mexico this week for a while and haven’t been feeling great so I decided to not do another cross country flight. He attended with a friend.

 

[CL82]

My brother and I had tickets. I would have gone but I head to Mexico this week for a while and haven’t been feeling great so I decided to not do another cross country flight. He attended with a friend.

Tough break. It was one hell of a game atmosphere.

 

[FriarJ]

Tough break. It was one hell of a game atmosphere.

It usually is.

 

[FriarJ]

One more thing on Joe Hassett. He dislikes James Breeding more than we all do.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

What a ridiculous and awful thing to say.

This guy is a next level narcissist, he had a lot of people fooled.

Had?

With Norlander as his waterboy in this round, the public relations angle shifts to, "If we work it hard enough, we can get folks to think he's not a POS, and then hope they ignore or don't notice that he's nonetheless FOS." If his teams win, a lot of people will sign on.

Everybody expected Roy Williams to leave Kansas and return to UNC, but he never dropped the, "Aw shucks..." Huckleberry Hound act, and eluded the NCAA hammer into retirement after a long & successful career.

Butch Beard's return to Texas was bumpier.

Maybe Ed Cooley's DIVINE PROVIDENCE lies in guiding Stonehill to unimaginable success. Don't count out a guy who made the Sweet 16 and won 3 NCAA games at a little school in Little Rhody.

A statement released this morning:

"You know, those fans couldn't be as upset with me as they showed yesterday if I hadn't meant so much to them. But I now realize how much pain my departure caused them. I must bear responsibility for breaking their hearts. Of course, it could not be helped.

I am announcing today that I will be singing a duet with Taylor Swift on an upcoming album and all proceeds will be split between funding an endowment for additional security during every Georgetown game at The AMP for so long as I remain the coach at GU, and establishing with a one-time donation the Edward Cooley Center for Recovery from Sports Fan Grief and Trauma at Providence College.

Thanks to me, the Friars will survive. Family Forever. You're welcome. I love you."

We good now?
You betcha.
[wink wink]

 

[CL82]

It usually is.

Oh, I don't know, underage drinking, brawls outside among Friar fans waiting to get in, rampant profanity unchecked by the school, I didn't realize that was the norm.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Oh, I don't know, underage drinking, brawls outside among Friar fans waiting to get in, rampant profanity unchecked by the school, I didn't realize that was the norm.

Ed Cooley's points of pride!

 

[FriarJ]

Oh, I don't know, underage drinking, brawls outside among Friar fans waiting to get in, rampant profanity unchecked by the school, I didn't realize that was the norm.

Good grief, this was a pearl clutch extraordinaire. There was no brawl. Underage drinking? LOL, I’ve never heard of that in college. Profanity? Unchecked? F Ed Cooley chants? The horror. Your post is more embarrassing.

 

[FriarJ]

Speaking of embarrassing, lacking in self awareness, and ironic.

 

[HooperScooper]

Once Cooley was out of the tunnel, he spent a good 5 minutes pointing, waving and thumbs-upping fans. Not the general crowd, like specific people. He seemed like he knew someone in every section. I've never seen anything like it, but it seemed like there are still folks who appreciate him in Friartown

Must have been all the mistresses.

 

[CL82]

Good grief, this was a pearl clutch extraordinaire. There was no brawl. Underage drinking? LOL, I’ve never heard of that in college. Profanity? Unchecked? F Ed Cooley chants? The horror. Your post is more embarrassing.

The video says otherwise. It's kind of pointless for you to "clutch your pearls" and say oh my it didn't happen. It was what it was.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

When Georgetown is your Super Bowl…

 

[ecasadoSBU]

What a wild and fun atmosphere.

 

[FriarJ]

The video says otherwise. It's kind of pointless for you to "clutch your pearls" and say oh my it didn't happen. It was what it was.

It wasn’t a brawl. Are you actually that dense or is this just ANOTHER lame attempt at trolling from you. It was kids knocking over a barrier from the crush of all of them then falling down.

 

[CL82]

It wasn’t a brawl. Are you actually that dense or is this just ANOTHER lame attempt at trolling from you. It was kids knocking over a barrier from the crush of all of them then falling down.

Sure.

Hey, no need to get upset. You guys got a huge win over the second worst team in the conference. You should be celebrating.

 

[Deepster]

PC lost at home by 20 to Xavier and we just ran them out of the building in the first half with a houseful of UConn royalty celebrating the 2004 title.

Can we put this thread to bed now?