Re: 2023 Coaching Carousel
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:14 am
If I had one wish it would be never hiring Jerry D.
If I had one wish it would be never hiring Jerry D.
yeah yours is better.DeanDome88 wrote: ↑1 year agoIf I had one wish it would be never hiring Jerry D.
We have our coach and our time is coming soon. Perhaps we get some games with Georgetown starting in a couple of years? We can have 2 good programs in the state and there is not that much overlap in the fan base.bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year agoThat wouldn't be epic for URI. This is the first domino to fall but for the sake of winning the state we need neither of those guys to end up there.DeanDome88 wrote: ↑1 year agoI know it is a longshot but if The Rick or Billy D. came back to Providence that would be epic and Easy Ed Cooley would probably get a pass.RF1 wrote: ↑1 year ago Every additional bit of info that comes out seems to confirm that the Cooley to Georgetown move was basically finalized in principle weeks ago as many have been speculating. The Friars visited DC to play the Hoyas back on Sunday February 26th. It was the last time PC won a game as it lost its last four contests. My guess is Ed was approached and much of the deal was worked out back then. Cooley has since been distracted by it and his focus was not on the 2022-23 Friars team these last few weeks. He never rebuffed the rumors because he knew they were true. The way things have played out will likely tarnish his PC legacy.
Now Grasso, that would be a coup for Rhody fans!!! Manifest it people.
I doubt we'll see Georgetown on future schedules. They both seemed to indicate that the game in December was awkward because they like each other so much, and it's not like Cooley would need to add trips to the northeast when he'll already be playing in CT and Providence each yearDeanDome88 wrote: ↑1 year agoWe have our coach and our time is coming soon. Perhaps we get some games with Georgetown starting in a couple of years? We can have 2 good programs in the state and there is not that much overlap in the fan base.bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year agoThat wouldn't be epic for URI. This is the first domino to fall but for the sake of winning the state we need neither of those guys to end up there.DeanDome88 wrote: ↑1 year ago
I know it is a longshot but if The Rick or Billy D. came back to Providence that would be epic and Easy Ed Cooley would probably get a pass.
Now Grasso, that would be a coup for Rhody fans!!! Manifest it people.
RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑1 year agoI doubt we'll see Georgetown on future schedules. They both seemed to indicate that the game in December was awkward because they like each other so much, and it's not like Cooley would need to add trips to the northeast when he'll already be playing in CT and Providence each yearDeanDome88 wrote: ↑1 year agoWe have our coach and our time is coming soon. Perhaps we get some games with Georgetown starting in a couple of years? We can have 2 good programs in the state and there is not that much overlap in the fan base.bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year ago
That wouldn't be epic for URI. This is the first domino to fall but for the sake of winning the state we need neither of those guys to end up there.
Now Grasso, that would be a coup for Rhody fans!!! Manifest it people.
Who cares how he went out. We are Rhody fans. Their fans feeling scorned is the greatest day ever and the only thing that matters here.
Sounds very UConn-ish...
An Arms Race. Pitino is 100% playing the interest he knows he can get (or has already gotten) from PC to up the stakes for SJU. Zero doubt.
Oh I couldn’t care less, I was speaking moreso how their fans have to feel.bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year agoWho cares how he went out. We are Rhody fans. Their fans feeling scorned is the greatest day ever and the only thing that matters here.
They have pissed on our grave many many times in this situation. Now we just need them to stumble out of the gate and not get Pitino and we can clear another hurdle.
St John's will likely end up paying Anderson just as UConn was eventually made to do with Ollie. These moves reek of so much hypocrisy. The schools have the right to fire coaches but they should honor the contracts they signed. What kind of example do actions such as this provide to their students? A "so called" religious school doing something like this is a real bad look.
What actions by Georgetown? Integrity and morals? They wanted a coach to bring back their program and they went out and got him. They did exactly what they are supposed to do.RF1 wrote: ↑1 year ago No one should be surprised by the actions of Georgetown in all of this Cooley situation. The school has shown Rhody fans multiple times in recent years that it has no integrity or morals. Recall that it pushed out Tennis Coach Gordie Ernst after discovering his role in what later became the Varsity Blues bribery scandal. It then gave URI a glowing reference for Ernst which led to his hiring here. Then there is the Antoine Walker case. They dismissed him from the team before any games were played in the fall. He transferred to URI and was hoping to play the next season. Georgetown gave him no help with his waiver request despite the fact his transfer was a result of its action.
Yup. Still hear he prefers NYC to PVD but he is definitely going to play that game. And you never know.Billyboy78 wrote: ↑1 year ago Pitino knows the Cooley situation. That's why Pitino said he's waiting til around Wednesday to make HIS decision. Let Cooley go to GTown, then let the Johnnies and PC bid for his services for a couple of days.
Zero chance Georgetown should be blamed for going to get their coach. Zero.adam914 wrote: ↑1 year agoWhat actions by Georgetown? Integrity and morals? They wanted a coach to bring back their program and they went out and got him. They did exactly what they are supposed to do.RF1 wrote: ↑1 year ago No one should be surprised by the actions of Georgetown in all of this Cooley situation. The school has shown Rhody fans multiple times in recent years that it has no integrity or morals. Recall that it pushed out Tennis Coach Gordie Ernst after discovering his role in what later became the Varsity Blues bribery scandal. It then gave URI a glowing reference for Ernst which led to his hiring here. Then there is the Antoine Walker case. They dismissed him from the team before any games were played in the fall. He transferred to URI and was hoping to play the next season. Georgetown gave him no help with his waiver request despite the fact his transfer was a result of its action.
That is an absolute possibility (that they hire someone better); however the odds they hire Billy Donovan who is currently employed and in season seem slim.
Donovan was just asked the other day about NCAA tourney and stuff. In a nutshell, he stated he's glad he's not coaching in the colleges right now because of NIL and all the transfer stuff.steviep123 wrote: ↑1 year ago I frankly don't see Donovan leaving the NBA...of course I could be very wrong. Perhaps Pitino comes back - maybe he gets scared off by the kerfuffle of the Anderson situation at SJU.
PC fans Rhody FansPCFriars wrote: ↑1 year ago The sting from where I sit is that Cooley is not who we thought he was. This was a very snake-ish move from all sides, and I have very little respect left for the man or for the Georgetown program who poached within conference. At the end of the day, we held Cooley on a pedestal rightly or wrongly, and he was not deserving of that.
I’ll figure out my thoughts on next coach, but I don’t think Pitino will get a call today. Fr. Shanley and Fr. Sicard are still close and I doubt they will want to undercut what is going on at St. John’s this late in the process.
That was all me speaking as a rational adult. Unrelated - can someone get me that picture you guys had floating around of Cooley with a hot dog? Because fuck that guy.
Poaching within conference is normal. Nothing wrong with that.PCFriars wrote: ↑1 year ago The sting from where I sit is that Cooley is not who we thought he was. This was a very snake-ish move from all sides, and I have very little respect left for the man or for the Georgetown program who poached within conference. At the end of the day, we held Cooley on a pedestal rightly or wrongly, and he was not deserving of that.
I’ll figure out my thoughts on next coach, but I don’t think Pitino will get a call today. Fr. Shanley and Fr. Sicard are still close and I doubt they will want to undercut what is going on at St. John’s this late in the process.
That was all me speaking as a rational adult. Unrelated - can someone get me that picture you guys had floating around of Cooley with a hot dog? Because fuck that guy.
you're among friends here todayPCFriars wrote: ↑1 year ago The sting from where I sit is that Cooley is not who we thought he was. This was a very snake-ish move from all sides, and I have very little respect left for the man or for the Georgetown program who poached within conference. At the end of the day, we held Cooley on a pedestal rightly or wrongly, and he was not deserving of that.
I’ll figure out my thoughts on next coach, but I don’t think Pitino will get a call today. Fr. Shanley and Fr. Sicard are still close and I doubt they will want to undercut what is going on at St. John’s this late in the process.
That was all me speaking as a rational adult. Unrelated - can someone get me that picture you guys had floating around of Cooley with a hot dog? Because fuck that guy.
I agree with your assessment...shame on the fans for holding him up on the pedestal. At the end of the day, it is about him. As is the same for all of us with our life decisions.PCFriars wrote: ↑1 year ago The sting from where I sit is that Cooley is not who we thought he was. This was a very snake-ish move from all sides, and I have very little respect left for the man or for the Georgetown program who poached within conference. At the end of the day, we held Cooley on a pedestal rightly or wrongly, and he was not deserving of that.
I’ll figure out my thoughts on next coach, but I don’t think Pitino will get a call today. Fr. Shanley and Fr. Sicard are still close and I doubt they will want to undercut what is going on at St. John’s this late in the process.
That was all me speaking as a rational adult. Unrelated - can someone get me that picture you guys had floating around of Cooley with a hot dog? Because fuck that guy.