It's early in the season but one thing Cook is going to have to deal with is that... while at Fairfield he was a key (perhaps over-used) part of the offense. Georgetown guards really don't look to feed him the ball at all.
FDU(H)71 St. Peter’s 70 (FDU wins the battle of the March Cinderallas) Cleveland St.(H)71 Canisius 61 (PG Tahj Staveskie is injured and did not play for Canisius)
I heard Cooley gave him 200K in NIL money, so that might cool his frustration!
Yeah. I'm sure he'll be OK - but the Georgetown offense vs. Rutgers looked about as organized as any pickup team at the park... maybe less so. While Cook and the other GTown bigs barely touched the ball, I would give Cook (and maybe JY) credit for his defensive effort. He banged around well with Omoruyi and kept him under control.
I heard Cooley gave him 200K in NIL money, so that might cool his frustration!
Yeah. I'm sure he'll be OK - but the Georgetown offense vs. Rutgers looked about as organized as any pickup team at the park... maybe less so. While Cook and the other GTown bigs barely touched the ball, I would give Cook (and maybe JY) credit for his defensive effort. He banged around well with Omoruyi and kept him under control.
I am wondering how much carryover we will see from Youngs defensive teaching at Fairfield. I am hoping Taj will be able to take what he learned as a player and pass it on to the new arrivals. We have something like 5 guys who played a full year under Young, so many of the players on this team have not visited the Jay Young school of defense. As far as departing guys go, Rose, Maidoh and Cook have all been solid defensively this season, even though scoring for Chris and Supreme hasn't shown in the box score.
Post by jenningsbeach on Nov 16, 2023 13:57:31 GMT -5
Tough, tough win by Vermont. They were getting run out of the gym in the first half, down 15. The Catamounts clawed, scratched and punched their way to victory.
I think T.J. has found his happy place. He finally gets to play for a real coach -- Fairfield native John Becker.
Georgetown men’s basketball coach Ed Cooley gave unsolicited advice to "young writers" at his press conference following the Hoyas’ 71-60 loss to Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey, on Wednesday night.
Cooley and a few Hoyas players sat down for the postgame presser for nearly eight minutes after the loss and appeared annoyed over the questions he faced from reporters in the room.....
"Have a great question, grow up and learn what it is to ask a tough question. Seriously. We owe you an answer or you owe yourself an opportunity to grow. I say that to all of you young writers. Don’t sit in here and just be in awe. This s--- is real. Grow up, you’re in the room, learn how to ask some questions. … I’m out."
It is unclear what Cooley was looking for as the Hoyas dropped to (1-2) on the season.
Georgetown men’s basketball coach Ed Cooley gave unsolicited advice to "young writers" at his press conference following the Hoyas’ 71-60 loss to Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey, on Wednesday night.
Cooley and a few Hoyas players sat down for the postgame presser for nearly eight minutes after the loss and appeared annoyed over the questions he faced from reporters in the room.....
Ryan Godas, who wrote the article, either got his article reduced to meaningless by an editor or lacks the ability to put comments in perspective. We learn Cooley and the players were there for 8 minutes — what we don’t know is — was it mostly silence. How many questions were asked. Was Cooley upset at the lack of questions, or the tenor of the questions? Here’s my summation of what Ryan Godas wrote — Cooley upset, I’m not sure why.
There was a comment by Cooley that the reporters sat like lumps on a log, which makes me think there were prolonged periods of silence in those 8 minutes. But that is strictly a guess on my part because Ryan Godas’ article leaves a lot out, again not sure if that was an editor’s decision or merely lackadaisical reporting by Godas.
Post by stagsmadness on Nov 16, 2023 16:14:57 GMT -5
Here is the full presser. Looks like there was no reason why he's upset and for his unsolicited advice to reporters. Questions seemed legit www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6av6gsLaUE
Here is the full presser. Looks like there was no reason why he's upset and for his unsolicited advice to reporters. Questions seemed legit www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6av6gsLaUE
Thanks for posting this. Cooley’s remarks do seem strange. All the questions seemed legit to me also. Only a guess because we don’t have a view of the reporters — maybe all the questions were asked by older veteran reporters and the younger reporters simply sat and observed. I wouldn’t be surprised if Cooley issues some sort of apology in the next few days, because the outburst didn’t seem justified by what I heard in the press conference.