Ed Cooley Says Fighting Words
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Ed Who?
I wouldn’t be surprised if this eventually gets him fired. He serves as one of Georgetown’s public spokespersons. I’m sure that Georgetown which is a highly reputable institution does not want this kind of attention. $6M per year is way too much to pay someone and get this. It’s way beyond a “poor choice of words”.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
I'm willing to give a college-aged kid more of a pass. These are still 18-22 year old kids and young adults. They will occasionally do and say dumb things.
A D-1 head coach absoultely should know better, particularly when his own program is a certified dumpster fire. If Dan Hurley said this in a similar situation, I'd still be thinking to myself "kind of a tool thing to say". However, at least Hurley runs a very successful program. Ed Cooley needs to worry about doing something to pull his own program out of the dregs of D-1 basketball before saying anything negative about another coach or program (even if indirectly).
Right.
Not everyone can run a program as successful as yours, Ed. Oh wait, yes, literally anyone could.
After listening to the press conference again, 2 things really irk me
1. He referenced the UI school as BS. If he had said men’s basketball program it would have diminished his comment somewhat.
2. He made a point to say that he didn’t mention the school’s name so his comment was OK to say. This drew attention to the statement and means that his comments were very intentional and not “ a poor choice”.
It is not acceptable for someone who has a microphone to make public statements about other large institutions that they know nothing about. I really hope that top UI administration is calling Georgetown administrators to insist on a public apology.
1. He referenced the UI school as BS. If he had said men’s basketball program it would have diminished his comment somewhat.
2. He made a point to say that he didn’t mention the school’s name so his comment was OK to say. This drew attention to the statement and means that his comments were very intentional and not “ a poor choice”.
It is not acceptable for someone who has a microphone to make public statements about other large institutions that they know nothing about. I really hope that top UI administration is calling Georgetown administrators to insist on a public apology.
For sure.i absolutely guarantee kylan would eat his lunch
Actually, I forgive them. I can envision a situation where the two of them are talking about his development, and comparing where he is now with where he was with Illinois, and one of the laughingly calling Illinois a bull!!!! school, in the same way that you might call Oregon football a bull!!!! program. His subsequent comment clarifies, and makes it all fine by me. Carry on!
But if others want to use the original comment as bulletin board material, that's fine by me, too!
WTH. Six-million a year. Cooley is not only a joke but the whole institution is.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Apparently Cooley is also a thief.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Ya’ll are overthinking this too much. It’s good to have haters. It means you’re relevant and winning.
Haters caused alot of problems last season rather not have opposing D1 head coaches doing the hating. The man is a buffoon, he and Epps make a great pair.
I would target Georgetown's best transfer portal player over the summer and overpay him NIL money just to stick it to Cooley. Then I would sit him at the end of the bench all year.
uhhh, what?
#112 in Kenpom behind powerhouses like McNeese State and High Point…and way behind the current Providence program. Go away, Ed.
band camp
- STL City
Totally agree. We should be done with this nonsense.
Moving on.
Two games for the cagers. They can get some respect on their name if they tcb Monday and Thursday.
Going for 9 wins on Saturday at Wrigley.
F that dude.
NEIlliniFan
- No longer in New England
IDKWTI
We dont need an apology. We know how they feel, the apology will be fake, not his comments. If its a rivalry they want, Brad will take on anyone. We should not care about this situation, and definitely shouldnt take it personal. We win, they dont, epps was a flake…and not the only one that year. We have multiple recent banners, they dont. We put people in the league. We have 3 ranked teams “at the same D@#% time” they dont.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I want to be clear that I am more totally bewildered than I “care,” haha. Their program is a bug on the bottom of our shoe at this point, but it was just so random and weird.
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