2023 Coaching Carousel

[jcru]

Well, now that Pitino is going to St John's there is one problem that will directly affect Rhody:

Look for Pitino to target all of the same players Archie is, and now he not only has his name to sell, but the Big East...

[adam914]

I know twitter isn’t real life, but some people are getting nasty with the Cooley rumors they’re posting.

Friar fans tweeting horrible stuff to Cooley's daughter now to. This whole saga has really exposed a lot of people on both sides. The most ironic part to me is that there are a bunch of Friar fans claiming all this stuff about Cooley and that they knew about it all along, but I guess they were fine with it while he was still there but now that he left all of a sudden they care. Really tells us all we need to know about that fanbase.

[ATPTourFan]

[jcru]

He's not wrong... just a little tone deaf, and unable to "read the room"

[SmartyBarrett]

[RF1]

Now THIS is the cherry on top:

Providence athletic director Steve Napolillo told WPRI that he first learned Georgetown was interested in hiring Cooley on Sunday morning, when Napolillo received a call while he was visiting Cooley and his wife, Nurys, at their home in East Greenwich.

Napolillo had been supposedly complaining weeks earlier to the Big East Commissioner about Georgetown's tampering. The Cooley rumors were out there well before this weekend. My take is that Sunday was the first time that Georgetown "officially" requested permission from PC to speak with Cooley. It might have even been actually specifically timed and staged for when Napolillo was at Cooleys as it was known where he was and he could not easily avoid taking the call. At any regard, they were then just going through the public motions as everything had already been decided by that time via back channels. Cooley's trip to DC to see the facilities this weekend was just more show for appearances sake.

[Billyboy78]

PC fans are even more pissed than I thought.

[Billyboy78]

With the Cooley news yesterday, this is what a coach and REAL leader sounds like.

[RhodyKyle]

I know twitter isn’t real life, but some people are getting nasty with the Cooley rumors they’re posting.

Friar fans tweeting horrible stuff to Cooley's daughter now to. This whole saga has really exposed a lot of people on both sides. The most ironic part to me is that there are a bunch of Friar fans claiming all this stuff about Cooley and that they knew about it all along, but I guess they were fine with it while he was still there but now that he left all of a sudden they care. Really tells us all we need to know about that fanbase.

A friend sent me a tweet with these rumors and this reminds me a lot of the Red Sox organization trashing Francona in the media after firing him (all the womanizing and pain pill rumors). Just real jilted ex vibes from these "people."

[jcru]

She's the Best

[adam914]

I know twitter isn’t real life, but some people are getting nasty with the Cooley rumors they’re posting.

Friar fans tweeting horrible stuff to Cooley's daughter now to. This whole saga has really exposed a lot of people on both sides. The most ironic part to me is that there are a bunch of Friar fans claiming all this stuff about Cooley and that they knew about it all along, but I guess they were fine with it while he was still there but now that he left all of a sudden they care. Really tells us all we need to know about that fanbase.

A friend sent me a tweet with these rumors and this reminds me a lot of the Red Sox organization trashing Francona in the media after firing him (all the womanizing and pain pill rumors). Just real jilted ex vibes from these "people."

Yeah its really bad. I will add that there are some Friar fans calling out what a bad look it is and saying his family should be totally off limits. But man what a terrible look for everyone involved right now.

[jcru]

Well, they are angry. And, that's probably the worst time to make comments, when you are angry and it's fresh.

Cooley gave them stability, but the way he handled this, at the very end, was not with style and grace and class. Really poor approach. Pretty much the opposite of what Tammi just said last night.

[PeterRamTime]

With the Cooley news yesterday, this is what a coach and REAL leader sounds like.

Yeah Tammi's perfect

[RhodyKyle]

Well, they are angry. And, that's probably the worst time to make comments, when you are angry and it's fresh.

Cooley gave them stability, but the way he handled this, at the very end, was not with style and grace and class. Really poor approach. Pretty much the opposite of what Tammi just said last night.

Sure, they can be angry and call him out for how/what he did - tell him he's no longer welcome in Providence and boo him into the shadow realm when GT comes to town. I encourage that. But to amplify unverified rumors and targeting his family members just hurts innocent people.

[PeterRamTime]

Iona is always under the radar but they never miss on their coaching hires

Tobin fits in absolutely perfect there

[jcru]

I'm not justifying their behavior, Kyle, just trying to understand it from afar.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

Sure, they can be angry and call him out for how/what he did - tell him he's no longer welcome in Providence and boo him into the shadow realm when GT comes to town. I encourage that. But to amplify unverified rumors and targeting his family members just hurts innocent people.

I would expect nothing else from the Fryuh Faih-weatha Faithful.

[jcru]

Iona is always under the radar but they never miss on their coaching hires

Tobin fits in absolutely perfect there

It's the top of it's conference and competing for an auto bid nearly every season. The new coach merely needs to keep it going. Do some time, wait for the next opportunity.

[Jersey77]

Iona is always under the radar but they never miss on their coaching hires

Tobin fits in absolutely perfect there

Yes, thinking the same thing, solid hire for them

[Rhody15]

If PC hires another mid major coach like they did with Cooley, Keno, and Welsh, they're not nearly the type of program they think they are.

Acting like they're a blue blood type of program these last few years, only to have a second year, 34-29 George Mason head coach be the front runner? Tremendous.

Sure, maybe English turns out to be a superstar, who knows. But if they can't poach a higher end coach after the run they've had, their facilities, home court advantage? Huge failure in my opinion.

Hilarious and a reality check.

[Jdrums#3]

Well, they are angry. And, that's probably the worst time to make comments, when you are angry and it's fresh.

Cooley gave them stability, but the way he handled this, at the very end, was not with style and grace and class. Really poor approach. Pretty much the opposite of what Tammi just said last night.

Jcru, good stuff in that first sentence. Remind me of that during next season’s first game thread if we are playing crappy.

[jcru]

lol, just don't trash Archie's family members on social media and you'll be ok.

We should get one of those signs like they have at Disney World for the height requirements (ie "You must be 48 inches tall to ride on Space Mountain").

Ours will say "You must have this much class to be a Rhody fan". Interestingly enough, also 48 inches.

[reef]

With the Cooley news yesterday, this is what a coach and REAL leader sounds like.

Yeah Tammi's perfect

The absolute best !!

[jcru]

Cannot really believe our luck to have gotten her.

Doesn't want to go to the NBA, likes it here. Just keep trying to up the ante and whatever it takes to keep her from jumping to a P5. I'm sure as the team wins post season games, it makes up the revenue to do it. So, as long as they win, everything takes care of itself. If they lose, that's a different story. I cannot however, see this team having a down cycle while she is coach. She has elevated every single aspect of the team.

[SmartyBarrett]

[Taylor Swift]

this is the best house this guy could have done ?

my goodness

i guess what do you expect form an overate coach who can't win in the ncaa !?!?!?!

i am saddened he left

wish he stayed cas then i would know that PC wouldn't advance

ECR, that's actually a really nice house.

That carpet though...eek.

I’d love that kitchen! Carpet is awful. Nice house but definitely doesn’t have a homey/warm vibe to it. I’d love to have as many sneakers.

[Taylor Swift]

The house listing is just the cherry on top. That stuff takes time to get together and they just had it all ready to hit publish.

I don’t like Providence, I don’t like Cooley. Now I guess I get to figure out if the Cooley hate was Providence adjacent or a stand alone feeling.

Plus - Ed Cooley has made $20-30M alone in his time at PC - not counting any other endorsements. I’m going to assume that he could probably hold on to the house and isn’t in dire need of the money tied up in it at the moment.

The fact that he thought to put it up before the end of their season while probably not needing the money right away speaks volumes.

I had exactly the same thoughts.

He is not in a situation where purchasing property in DC would be contingent on the sale and proceeds of the EG home. To list it the same day as the announcement is the height of immaturity. Plus, he could rent for a bit while home shopping and buy in MD or NoVA. It’s pricy there but not out of his range based on what he makes!

[steviep123]

The responses to this tweet are BRUTAL.

[Rhody15]

I can’t get enough of these PC fans melting down and crying on Twitter.

It gets better by the hour.

[bigappleram]

PC fans are the deplorable. Scorned lover fine but they are taking it to a level that is unwarranted and in some cases disgusting (putting allegations about his personal life out on twitter).

A coach took a new job. Sorry he was born in PVD. Shit happens.

[steviep123]

[STC]

[theblueram]

Doesn't surprise me one bit. It's why I haven't gone to a URI game at Providence for like 20 years.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

THAT's the mental hospital's splash? A guy with one (1) 20-win season in a crappy league? A fart in a bathtub would make a bigger splash.

[SmartyBarrett]

THAT's the mental hospital's splash? A guy with one (1) 20-win season in a crappy league? A fart in a bathtub would make a bigger splash.

Still hearing it gets announced tonight. Hope that info is right bc this is gonna be fun.

[Da_Process_Survivor]

THAT's the mental hospital's splash? A guy with one (1) 20-win season in a crappy league? A fart in a bathtub would make a bigger splash.

Still hearing it gets announced tonight. Hope that info is right bc this is gonna be fun.

I hope so. Nothing better than "blue blood" PC having to settle on an average A10 coach

[bigappleram]

THAT's the mental hospital's splash? A guy with one (1) 20-win season in a crappy league? A fart in a bathtub would make a bigger splash.

Still hearing it gets announced tonight. Hope that info is right bc this is gonna be fun.

Not Grasso but it would be a great outcome for Rhody! Archie needs to take back some market share over the next 2-3 years.

[Rhody15]

THAT's the mental hospital's splash? A guy with one (1) 20-win season in a crappy league? A fart in a bathtub would make a bigger splash.

Still hearing it gets announced tonight. Hope that info is right bc this is gonna be fun.

Not Grasso but it would be a great outcome for Rhody! Archie needs to take back some market share over the next 2-3 years.

Cooley to Grasso, one sleezy used car salesman to another.

[Rhody15]

THAT's the mental hospital's splash? A guy with one (1) 20-win season in a crappy league? A fart in a bathtub would make a bigger splash.

Still hearing it gets announced tonight. Hope that info is right bc this is gonna be fun.

I hope so. Nothing better than "blue blood" PC having to settle on an average A10 coach

Also Goodman saying English in 2/3 years might be a coach PC couldn’t get.

Why couldn’t they get him in 2/3 years? I thought PC was this top of the line, high major program who could attract top tier coaches and recruits?

[bigappleram]

Woah...just went on the Friar board and they have reached new disgusting levels of hate.
5 page thread speculating about Ed's infidelities.
Next level of embarrassment.

[theblueram]

Still hearing it gets announced tonight. Hope that info is right bc this is gonna be fun.

Not Grasso but it would be a great outcome for Rhody! Archie needs to take back some market share over the next 2-3 years.

Cooley to Grasso, one sleezy used car salesman to another.

I wouldn't call Cooley sleezy. Why, just because he left pc? Is Hurley sleezy? Cooley made pc what it is. It was a train wreck before him. Just like Hurley did for us.

[giovanni]

[bigappleram]

Every coach is a salesmen. Cooley is nothing like Grasso. Neither is Dan.

Ed Cooley did what hundreds have done before him. He left to take what he thought was a better job. Case closed end of story.

Every coach rallies their fan base. Every coach says what they need to say to attract recruits, excite stakeholders, etc. Just bc he came up with a pithy tagline doesn't mean he needs to honor it to eternity. It's crazy that Friar fans (and some here) think Cooley owes Providence anything. Given his success and longevity together he is the best PC coach in the last 30-40 years. He made PC, PC didn't make him. They were a Big East basement program before he got there. They should thank him on his way out. But Friartown is consistent- entitled and delusional of their place in the cbb world.

[Rhody15]

Not Grasso but it would be a great outcome for Rhody! Archie needs to take back some market share over the next 2-3 years.

Cooley to Grasso, one sleezy used car salesman to another.

I wouldn't call Cooley sleezy. Why, just because he left pc? Is Hurley sleezy? Cooley made pc what it is. It was a train wreck before him. Just like Hurley did for us.

Why do you play dumb and continue doing this?

Then way Cooley left is sleezy, the way Hurley left was not.

They went about their respective departures two different ways.

Me, Blue Man, BAR all laid out the reasons why.

[adam914]

Woah...just went on the Friar board and they have reached new disgusting levels of hate.
5 page thread speculating about Ed's infidelities.
Next level of embarrassment.

Yeah its really bad. I said it earlier but I'll say it again...the fact that they supposedly all knew about this stuff but were cool with it as long as he was their coach is so damn telling.

[rhodylaw]

Not Grasso but it would be a great outcome for Rhody! Archie needs to take back some market share over the next 2-3 years.

Cooley to Grasso, one sleezy used car salesman to another.

I wouldn't call Cooley sleezy. Why, just because he left pc? Is Hurley sleezy? Cooley made pc what it is. It was a train wreck before him. Just like Hurley did for us.

Yes - both are sleazy. Don’t make your next move until you finish your job at the place you committed to. Don’t tell me DH wasn’t a little distracted by the job change in that tournament. His freakin wife was crying in the hallway. We potentially missed out on a sweet 16 because he was busy plotting his next move which could have waited a week.

Also, DH to UConn hurt but I don’t expect DH to understand our fanbase dislike of that program. Cooley is another level. Dude left for a team in the same league. Ridiculous. He wants to leave and to to Syracuse or some ACC school, whatever, but I actually find myself on the friars side of things a little with him running to a league school. It would have been like if DH got up and decided to go to Dayton. Don’t give me nonsense about G’Town being some sort of better program. They had a great coach at a time when the BE was the league. They have been absolutely nothing for 20 years. UConn at least had a national championship in the AAC within the decade that Hurley went there. He was brought there to rejuvenate the program. Cooley needs to resurrect that program.

[bigappleram]

Cooley to Grasso, one sleezy used car salesman to another.

I wouldn't call Cooley sleezy. Why, just because he left pc? Is Hurley sleezy? Cooley made pc what it is. It was a train wreck before him. Just like Hurley did for us.

Why do you play dumb and continue doing this?

Then way Cooley left is sleezy, the way Hurley left was not.

They went about their respective departures two different ways.

Me, Blue Man, BAR all laid out the reasons why.

He 110% blew the ending of his PC tenure, the messaging, the maneuvering and the entire PR of it all.
Still doesn't justify the blowback. Nor the feeling that he owed PC anything more than the 12 years and 7 NCAAs he gave them.

[Rhody15]

I wouldn't call Cooley sleezy. Why, just because he left pc? Is Hurley sleezy? Cooley made pc what it is. It was a train wreck before him. Just like Hurley did for us.

Why do you play dumb and continue doing this?

Then way Cooley left is sleezy, the way Hurley left was not.

They went about their respective departures two different ways.

Me, Blue Man, BAR all laid out the reasons why.

He 110% blew the ending of his PC tenure, the messaging, the maneuvering and the entire PR of it all.
Still doesn't justify the blowback. Nor the feeling that he owed PC anything more than the 12 years and 7 NCAAs he gave them.

Yea, I took a look at the thread going at Cooley’s personal life, awful awful look for their fan base.

[Jdrums#3]

Woah...just went on the Friar board and they have reached new disgusting levels of hate.
5 page thread speculating about Ed's infidelities.
Next level of embarrassment.

Did you see Ramster while you were there ? He’s been spending a lot of time there the past week and I fear he could get sucked into that black hole of a board and go mad.

Stay away, Ramster. Only visit in short bursts and in full protective gear. You don’t want to catch what they have over there and bring it here.

[theblueram]

Cooley to Grasso, one sleezy used car salesman to another.

I wouldn't call Cooley sleezy. Why, just because he left pc? Is Hurley sleezy? Cooley made pc what it is. It was a train wreck before him. Just like Hurley did for us.

Yes - both are sleazy. Don’t make your next move until you finish your job at the place you committed to. Don’t tell me DH wasn’t a little distracted by the job change in that tournament. His freakin wife was crying in the hallway. We potentially missed out on a sweet 16 because he was busy plotting his next move which could have waited a week.

Also, DH to UConn hurt but I don’t expect DH to understand our fanbase dislike of that program. Cooley is another level. Dude left for a team in the same league. Ridiculous. He wants to leave and to to Syracuse or some ACC school, whatever, but I actually find myself on the friars side of things a little with him running to a league school. It would have been like if DH got up and decided to go to Dayton. Don’t give me nonsense about G’Town being some sort of better program. They had a great coach at a time when the BE was the league. They have been absolutely nothing for 20 years. UConn at least had a national championship in the AAC within the decade that Hurley went there. He was brought there to rejuvenate the program. Cooley needs to resurrect that program.

It's comical how people perceive sports compared to normal life. I always had another job before I left the one I was at. Weeks, maybe months in advance. Guess what, I didn't finish my job at the former employer. You know why? Because the job is never done. Were you in favor of hiring Baron to URI? I certainly wasn't, not because he came from a conference team.