Cooley, WTF?

[The Sultan]

It's hard to imagine it even working as bulletin board material: "The coach of a really bad team said something bad about us! Let's crush them!". "Oh, hmm, looks like we don't play them this year."

"We'll get that guy...someday!!!"

[Galway Eagle]

I can't imagine what this Board would be saying if someone said that about MU.

This over anything. Random poster on a badger forum posts something and this board blows up. If a current head coach crapped on us as a program out of the blue this board (including everyone saying "these people are looking for reasons to be offended") would go mental.

[The Sultan]

Nah. Maybe Muggsy, but most people would just be perplexed.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Nah. Maybe Muggsy, but most people would just be perplexed.

Out of curiosity I peeked over at the Illinois fan board.  They currently have a thread with over 100 posts on it. Most are perplexed but definitely a few hostile responses as well

[The Sultan]

Out of curiosity I peeked over at the Illinois fan board.  They currently have a thread with over 100 posts on it. Most are perplexed but definitely a few hostile responses as well

Yeah there is always going to be a few knuckleheads, but most here would be fine.

[reinko]

I think it just adds to story of how Cooley has chosen to conduct himself the last few years.  Dude was being paid a crap-ton was the king of Providence, could walk the campus and be loved, could walk into any Federal Hill restaurant and be given a table, and built a program that was routinely in the top 1/4 of the one the best conferences in the nation. 

And now?  A team that routinely gets it's ass kicked, an apathetic student and alumni base, and my guess is he lives in the suburbs of Virginia or Maryland in a giant house regretting leaving Providence and became bitter, butt-hurt, and outbursts like this shows it.

[The Sultan]

Maybe he just wanted a new challenge.

[rocky_warrior]

Or a new place to live due to "family issues"...

[TallTitan34]

Wonder if it was an attempt to cool things down with the Providence fans.  I assume they are the primary group pissed at Illinois for getting Epps to decommit.

I don't think anything will ever cool down Providence fans though.

[cheebs09]

Wonder if it was an attempt to cool things down with the Providence fans.  I assume they are the primary group pissed at Illinois for getting Epps to decommit.

I don't think anything will ever cool down Providence fans though.

I think short of him getting fired and PC being in a better off position, it won't cool down for awhile.

Sort of like the Crean/Buzz transition.

[GoldenEagles03]

I think short of him getting fired and PC being in a better off position, it won't cool down for awhile.

Sort of like the Crean/Buzz transition.

Are we sure PC is in a better position?

[Galway Eagle]

Dude was being paid a crap-ton was the king of Providence, could walk the campus and be loved

Sounds like that was part of the problem

[cheebs09]

Are we sure PC is in a better position?

I doubt it. That's why I don't see them getting over it for awhile.

[mug644]

I think short of him getting fired and PC being in a better off position, it won't cool down for awhile.

Sort of like the Crean/Buzz transition.

What is PC fanbase's take on Cooley's departure? Do they feel somewhat put down, as MU fans did when Crean declared "It's Indiana, it's Indiana"? If so, resentment will linger like it has here, even if (especially if?) Cooley, like Crean, might come to somewhat regret leaving. Certainly there was high emotion when G'town played at Providence last year.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Or a new place to live due to "family issues"...

From what I've heard,  that is just bitter PC fans spreading rumors.

Ceiling is much higher at Georgetown than Providence and IIRC his daughter was a student at Georgetown when he made the move. Not as fun of a story not probably a more truthful one.

[The Sultan]

What is PC fanbase's take on Cooley's departure?

They're mad. I think leaving for a conference rival is way more of an issue than going from Marquette to Indiana.

[TallTitan34]

In fairness, Providence fans seemed to be a bunch of red asses even before Cooley jumped ship.

[rocky_warrior]

From what I've heard,  that is just bitter PC fans spreading rumors.

Ceiling is much higher at Georgetown than Providence and IIRC his daughter was a student at Georgetown when he made the move. Not as fun of a story not probably a more truthful one.

Daughter graduated the spring he announced the move.  And I think you're being a little naive.  But yes, I don't have hard proof of the rumors.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Daughter graduated the spring he announced the move.  And I think you're being a little naive.  But yes, I don't have hard proof of the rumors.

Not believing an internet rumor with no proof trafficked almost exclusively by bitter PC fans makes me naive?

[reinko]

What is PC fanbase's take on Cooley's departure? Do they feel somewhat put down, as MU fans did when Crean declared "It's Indiana, it's Indiana"? If so, resentment will linger like it has here, even if (especially if?) Cooley, like Crean, might come to somewhat regret leaving. Certainly there was high emotion when G'town played at Providence last year.

My buddies who are PC fans were more furious they were duped by Cooley, and believed his BS, although they know they were being irrational.  Rather than the Crean to IU, I liken to more the Buzz to VT.  People (myself included) drank and ate up his BS, and felt weirdly slighted when he left.

But they are relishing in every tough moment Cooley has, and seem quite happy with the Kim English era.  To this day when I see Buzz losing a game, or whining about not getting into the tournament, I tell myself good riddance.

[TallTitan34]

My buddies who are PC fans were more furious they were duped by Cooley, and believed his BS, although they know they were being irrational.  Rather than the Crean to IU, I liken to more the Buzz to VT.  People (myself included) drank and ate up his BS, and felt weirdly slighted when he left.

But they are relishing in every tough moment Cooley has, and seem quite happy with the Kim English era.  To this day when I see Buzz losing a game, or whining about not getting into the tournament, I tell myself good riddance.

I'll never be mad at a person for taking another job. 

What pisses me off, however, is Buzz sh!tting all over the school that took a chance on him and the Big East after his departure.  Crean, on the other hand, has always had nothing but great things to say about Marquette from the moment he left.  Same with Wojo.

Character revealed.

[WhiteTrash]

I'll never be mad at a person for taking another job. 

What pisses me off, however, is Buzz sh!tting all over the school that took a chance on him and the Big East after his departure.  Crean, on the other hand, has always had nothing but great things to say about Marquette from the moment he left.  Same with Wojo.

Character revealed.

Well said.

Been said a million times before and by most every MU fan, the only issue with Crean leaving was how it was done. But in the end, we're all human and he has equated himself well after that misstep on the execution.

[Scoop Snoop]

I'll never be mad at a person for taking another job. 

What pisses me off, however, is Buzz sh!tting all over the school that took a chance on him and the Big East after his departure.  Crean, on the other hand, has always had nothing but great things to say about Marquette from the moment he left.  Same with Wojo.

Character revealed.

Great post. There was absolutely NO excuse for Buzz acting the way he did.

I got a lot of flack a couple of years ago that I thought he didn't give a rat's ass late in the season that he left Marquette. I think I joked that he was probably working on the contract (that he was so proud of writing himself) for the VT job while the games were in progress. Maybe he was. 

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

But they are relishing in every tough moment Cooley has, and seem quite happy with the Kim English era.

Providence fans are just experiencing new relationship energy. English still needs to produce results because sooner or later the NRE will wear off.

[DoctorV]

Providence fans are just experiencing new relationship energy. English still needs to produce results because sooner or later the NRE will wear off.

How does NRE compare to BDE, with regards to sustainability and long term success?