Hey, seriously, did I miss a post where you showed someone they were fos?
I'm not seeing anything like that.
All I'm seeing is that you were willing to bet big money with
@AntG168 against the truthfulness of something in a Tweet that got deleted (I never saw it), and here you're replyinig to
@FfldCntyFan, who said he didn't see anything that may or may not have been in the deleted Tweet, whether it happened or not.
I'm left thinking I've missed something. Did I? I'm asking you,
@AntG168, or
@FfldCntyFan. TIA.
As to Cooley, both, he and most fans 'upset' by what he said are throwing around the word "arrogant" too loosely for it to have parallel meaning. He's saying that too many UConn fans are insufficiently appreciative of the basketball programs' 3-decade demonstrated history of hard-earned, well-deserved, and sustained success, and that sometimes the fan base loses perspective and a sense of gratitude, and behaves immaturely. And the UConn fans who dislike such claims are replying MYOB, and, "Who are you to talk?"
As far as I can tell, he raised the matter rather independently of anything else in the post-game interview, pretty much because he had the microphone and likes to riff. How important is it to take his bait, especially after a convincing victory?
He added all kinds of irrelevant comments, primarily to score points with reporters who need edgy angles and juicy quotes to boost their audiences/readership and generate revenue for themselves or their employers. The point is to attract attention, including getting a rise out of UConn fans, and it seems to have worked. He's trying to turn up the heat in order to generate a rivalry. It's his job.
He intends to be the leading media personality for Providence College, no less than UConn's head basketball coaches have done the same. It's a formula that works.
If anybody thinks that he's just a feckless pest, and that Providence doesn't matter, then what's so bothersome about him and what he says, whether it's boastful, irrelevant, arrogant or anything else?
Getting UConn riled up is what Ed Cooley wants. It benefits him to do so. It's provocative. It's a form of trolling, and it's effective. Why wouldn't he continue doing it?
For some on The Boneyard, it's like he's giving head fakes, and people are leaving their feet, and then complaining that he's not even a good shooter. How much does it matter? He and Friar fans are attempting to get into UConn fans' heads and evidently succeeding enough to continue their attempts.
Before game one, Cooley said that UConn looked like the best team in the country, and then he notched a victory. That raised his team's profile.
After Wednesday's game, DH said that UConn had beat a very good team, and Ed said, "We played poorly. It was all my fault. UConn played great. We'll be better moving forward."
Lather, rinse, repeat.
There's the game inside the head, and the game on the court.
The first only matters if it affects court performance in either direction.
It cannot be ignored, but it can't be allowed to distract, because that is its only potential value.
Prepare, perform, prosper.
