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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 29, 2023 14:41:33 GMT -5
Georgetown just needs to be better than Providence this season. That’s the only metric that truly matters. 🤔 If Providence beat us, guaranteed we will get posts tearing apart Cooley, with no recognition that much of Providence's roster and infrastructure was put in place by...Ed Cooley.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 29, 2023 14:38:42 GMT -5
I don't really get the scholarship criticism. You can criticize Cooley for not getting an impact big, I guess, but there is no reason to fill the roster with poor players. Who cares that we didn't pay for a transfer who we won't play anyway? There were only two guys I actively wanted to keep: Riley and Akok. Riley seemed gone from say one, sadly, and Akok chased the money. Both were nice to haves. We're not a better team without them, but their importance is getting way overblown by people who want to criticize a coach even without a game. There were players who would be worse if they stayed; I am glad they are gone and I don't expect them to ever be part of a winning team ... ... which gets me to, why does everyone obsess so much over these pre-conceived notions of players? I'll take one so-called guru on here who, since they've been on here, has told me Mac McClung would never be a D1 player, that Aminu Muhammad was an NBA first rounder and that Brandon Murray was a star. McClung is a borderline NBA player, it took me one game to see Muhammad's hops would keep him out of being a first round pick, and just a game or two to see Murray is completely uninterested in anything but his own numbers. People are so sure this roster is terrible when they haven't seen much of it ever play a game, and none of it together. Let's see how this goes. Very good points. Two things: 1. The other problem with having poor players on the roster who don't play much is that it can cause guys to get disgruntled because they all think they can and should play. 2. Also, if you bring in graduate or more experienced transfers who are mediocre-to-bad, those guys will take playing time away from some of the younger guys, which could potentially make us a little better for a year, but it's not going to help long term, while taking playing time away from guys like Brumbaugh, Epps, Fielder, and Styles who are going to be around for a much longer period of time. I just find this discussion amusing. For years, the pre-season discussion has been about people wondering what we are going to do because, man, we are so deep! We have so much depth! And at least recently, that depth has proven to largely be a mirage. I think there's an equal chance that the fretting about the roster depth turns out not to be an issue at all. But mostly, let's actually watch the roster play before making broad proclamations about it. HoyaTalk predictions in years past have frequently been extremely wrong; there's a pretty good likelihood that will happen again.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 29, 2023 0:04:37 GMT -5
I understand what you mean and I understand why people are disappointed with this roster given what Cooley said at the John Carroll weekend. Perhaps Cooley thought he would be in a different position now via the transfer portal, maybe he was trying to be optimistic or was too optimistic, or maybe he is a ruthless competitor trying to trick everybody to cover for his own weaknesses (I don't believe that, but I am channeling hoyaboya to cover all grounds). I am not sure we will ever know. The fact is the 2024 class is good thus far--Sorber, and while boya calls Mulready and Willaims "dime a dozen," that makes no sense given that they are both about top 150 or better kids, and if that's true they're clearly not a dime a dozen. We need guys like that if we are going to suceed long time, and so boya's comments are an exaggeration, in my mind. As far as Cooley not "closing" on guys like Dickinson, that's fair. But, based on reports, other schools were offering him $2 million plus in NIL, and Georgetown did not. So, do we have more NIL than we once had? Yes. Do we have that kind of money for one guy, for one year? I am not so sure. I still stand by my position that people are focusing way too much on the walk-ons as if that is a meaningful metric. It's almost surely for practice purposes and/or catastrophic injury purposes. I do not expect Cooley to be playing tons of walk-ons. The blunt fact is that there are tons of coaches who play rotations of 7-8 guys. Now, that may not be ideal, but it's doable, and so if the guys we have do perform, I think it may be fine. If we get a lot of injuries, or if some of our young guys are just plain bad, it might be a long season. I have some of the same concerns about the roster that everybody else has here, but I also am going to wait to see the guys on the court before I get alarmed. Ed Cooley has never had a problem recruiting or had to resort to walk ons. To the extent that is the case this year, it would likely be because Cooley made a specific choice not to bloat the roster with guys from small conferences (cough cough, Primo Spears) who really aren't good enough to get a lot of minutes on a Georgetown team. And you know what? If people compare us to Pitino they are going to be disappointed. I wanted Pitino too, badly, but we didn't get him. I'm happy with Cooley as the next choice. But, some people aren't going to get over Jack DeGioia not considering Pitino. I get that, but in the world we live in Georgtown isn't rolling out Coach Pitino. So, we need to live with it and see what happens. If Cooley doesn't get the job done, I'm happy to say that. But we haven't even seen the guy coach a game yet. As I've written here, I really like our roster on paper (I liked last year's roster before the season too, so...). Cooley has done a great job in keeping 3 key upperclassmen from last year, getting rid of others, adding 4-star talent, plus getting experienced strongman Cook and NCAAT-experienced Masoud. The problem is that, any way you look at it, 9 players will not last through the season. What if one or more players do not play as expected? But, don't get me wrong, they could exceed expectations too. There has to be something else. The Pitino (and probably English) comparison will be inevitable, but I'm very happy with Cooley. I agree. If we are faced with a ton of injuries we will be pretty screwed. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 28, 2023 21:40:06 GMT -5
The only advantage would be for us in that it would eliminate the possibility of someone poaching him before September of 2024 This is, unfortuantely, not true. With the free transfer rule, as long as he doesn't play a game, he can freely transfer anyway. The current system of free transfers plus NIL is absolutely horrible for the game. Great for some players. Not great for anybody else.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 28, 2023 21:36:55 GMT -5
Fair enough. But I think it's important to recognize also that Cooley was entering a horrible situation inherited from Ewing. The program was in the dumps. Georgetown has been a laughing stock the last couple of years. Ewing also invested very little in fostering local relationships and in recruiting. On top of that, NIL under Ewing was not well developed, and while Cooley surely had some NIL resources available, I am sure that was in transition too with the change from the Ewing regime to Cooley's. So, there were a lot of factors that surely made Cooley's job difficult when he got to Georgetown. And on top of that, with the NCAA seemingly actually cracking down on giving waivers to 2-time transfers, it essentially took all of Cooley's best players at Providence off the board for transfers. That said, while I think Cooley's success in recruiting for the 2024-2025 class has been really excellent, I did think he might do a bit better with putting together a roster using the portal. And he did get some nice pieces, but without Akok we are pretty thin. But, even with Akok we would have been thin. This is where I largely defer to the coaching staff, because I have no idea what their plan consists of. For example, there was little reason for Cooley to take on potentially problematic recruits or those with less talent, (even if talented) for a one year shelflife. Indeed, the comment from Hilltop Hoops seems to confirm this approach, "When Akok Akok finally announced his transfer, I heard from a couple of people in the program that Georgetown would be open to bringing in another center, but would not force the issue if there wasn’t a good fit." To be clear, I am not making excuses for Cooley. I would have liked to see a stronger roster for 2023-2024, but I also realize that with limited time as head coach thus far, Cooley's ability to bring in more people are limited. I think we also need to underscore: barring major unforeseen jumps from multiple players (or a last minute ace recruit), this is not even close to an NCAA team. That alone makes the pitch to better recruits, especially transfers with a lot of options open, a difficult one to sell. I am willing to give Cooley the benefit of the doubt, especially with the 2024 high school class looking good. Right now, we need 2023-2024 to be a reversal of fortunes from 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, and Cooley needs to put out a well coached--if perhaps thin--team on the floor that competes strongly on both sides of the ball. Maybe get 6-7 Big East wins, knock off a few good teams, and build the "Cooley is getting things in order narrative going." Right now, the absolute worst thing that could happen would be a dismal season like last year. One where he coaches, players, and fans are disengaged, since that would create problems for 2024-2025. But, I really think the odds of that happening are close to zero given that Cooley is a substantially better coach than Ewing. I get your point. I just believed Cooley's words at the JCW in April. Either he misjudged the situation, he's fine with what we have and we're going to be better than you think, or Cooley has something up his sleeve. I understand what you mean and I understand why people are disappointed with this roster given what Cooley said at the John Carroll weekend. Perhaps Cooley thought he would be in a different position now via the transfer portal, maybe he was trying to be optimistic or was too optimistic, or maybe he is a ruthless competitor trying to trick everybody to cover for his own weaknesses (I don't believe that, but I am channeling hoyaboya to cover all grounds). I am not sure we will ever know. The fact is the 2024 class is good thus far--Sorber, and while boya calls Mulready and Willaims "dime a dozen," that makes no sense given that they are both about top 150 or better kids, and if that's true they're clearly not a dime a dozen. We need guys like that if we are going to suceed long time, and so boya's comments are an exaggeration, in my mind. As far as Cooley not "closing" on guys like Dickinson, that's fair. But, based on reports, other schools were offering him $2 million plus in NIL, and Georgetown did not. So, do we have more NIL than we once had? Yes. Do we have that kind of money for one guy, for one year? I am not so sure. I still stand by my position that people are focusing way too much on the walk-ons as if that is a meaningful metric. It's almost surely for practice purposes and/or catastrophic injury purposes. I do not expect Cooley to be playing tons of walk-ons. The blunt fact is that there are tons of coaches who play rotations of 7-8 guys. Now, that may not be ideal, but it's doable, and so if the guys we have do perform, I think it may be fine. If we get a lot of injuries, or if some of our young guys are just plain bad, it might be a long season. I have some of the same concerns about the roster that everybody else has here, but I also am going to wait to see the guys on the court before I get alarmed. Ed Cooley has never had a problem recruiting or had to resort to walk ons. To the extent that is the case this year, it would likely be because Cooley made a specific choice not to bloat the roster with guys from small conferences (cough cough, Primo Spears) who really aren't good enough to get a lot of minutes on a Georgetown team. And you know what? If people compare us to Pitino they are going to be disappointed. I wanted Pitino too, badly, but we didn't get him. I'm happy with Cooley as the next choice. But, some people aren't going to get over Jack DeGioia not considering Pitino. I get that, but in the world we live in Georgtown isn't rolling out Coach Pitino. So, we need to live with it and see what happens. If Cooley doesn't get the job done, I'm happy to say that. But we haven't even seen the guy coach a game yet.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 28, 2023 15:42:17 GMT -5
Why Thomas Sorber might reclassify and join at end of his HS season: HS season probably finish before Christmas. Players like Sorber want to reach NBA ASAP. Able immediately to compete against top flight teams. Hoyas need a big and seem not to have taken steps to acquire one. Unlikely he will be a four year player. Not saying he will reclassify but there are reasons he might consider it. Hollis came to Georgetown in January of his senior year of high school. I suppose if we had really needed him we could have activated him. Obviously Center is a position of need on this team with Supreme being undersized and Mutumbo an unknown in terms of performance at the Big East level so I wouldn’t rule it out. Also if Supreme gets hurt then we have a big hole at center like we did when Q transferred away and the Georgetown academic side wouldn’t let Tre King play. I don't understand why people keep focusing on Sorber reclassifying. I am excited as everybody else for Sorber to enroll in 2024-2025, and I think he's a real gem, but (a) there's no indication at the moment that Sorber would do this, and (b) there seems to be little reason for him to do it. He may be a fairly highly ranked guy, but he's also not projecting as a one-and-done either. So, what's the benefit from leaving early to him? I suppose maybe NIL and getting the benefit of the college program, but otherwise, I don't see a terribly appealing reason for him to do this. I just think many people are impatient and want us to be better immediately. I get that, and I want the same, but I am also realistic and realize we likely will not be very good this year, while at the same time being much better than last year. I just don't know why Sorber would burn a year of eligibility on a half-year or something like that, that would take him out of some of his senior year of high school basketball. As for "there are reasons he might consider it"--of course. But that could be said for almost anybody. That's not unique to Sorber. Unless he graduated early and was done with high school basketball, I also don't see why he'd enroll in January, either. He'd be starting school with nobody else, he'd have to get accustomed to and learn Cooley's system, and it might prevent him from hitting the ground running as much as if he came in as normal. I really think the fretting over the center position is overblown anyway. No, we do not have a great starting center, and we aren't super deep there. But, modern basketball doesn't consist of throwing it in to the center and letting the big man eat, as Dickie Simpkins likes to say. We had a pretty good center last year (at the very least, better with Wahab than without him the previous year), and it didn't matter much to our wins/losses. We had Omar Yurtseven, a very talented center, and it didn't matter much then either because the rest of the team was mediocre or worse, and Ewing didn't use him properly. I just don't think Sorber is the difference-maker people think he would be if he came in mid-season. He might help at the margins, but it's not going to be a huge difference, and it could also be negative in some ways too. There is a lot to be said for Sorber getting his final year of high school, developing physically, and coming in in the normal course. But, as I've said before, if Sorber and the staff decide that he should do it, I am fine with it. If not, I'm also fine with that too.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 28, 2023 14:54:58 GMT -5
Hoyas need a big and seem not to have taken steps to acquire one. There were plenty of reports of Cooley going after center prospects. He just couldn’t close. Fair enough. But I think it's important to recognize also that Cooley was entering a horrible situation inherited from Ewing. The program was in the dumps. Georgetown has been a laughing stock the last couple of years. Ewing also invested very little in fostering local relationships and in recruiting. On top of that, NIL under Ewing was not well developed, and while Cooley surely had some NIL resources available, I am sure that was in transition too with the change from the Ewing regime to Cooley's. So, there were a lot of factors that surely made Cooley's job difficult when he got to Georgetown. And on top of that, with the NCAA seemingly actually cracking down on giving waivers to 2-time transfers, it essentially took all of Cooley's best players at Providence off the board for transfers. That said, while I think Cooley's success in recruiting for the 2024-2025 class has been really excellent, I did think he might do a bit better with putting together a roster using the portal. And he did get some nice pieces, but without Akok we are pretty thin. But, even with Akok we would have been thin. This is where I largely defer to the coaching staff, because I have no idea what their plan consists of. For example, there was little reason for Cooley to take on potentially problematic recruits or those with less talent, (even if talented) for a one year shelflife. Indeed, the comment from Hilltop Hoops seems to confirm this approach, "When Akok Akok finally announced his transfer, I heard from a couple of people in the program that Georgetown would be open to bringing in another center, but would not force the issue if there wasn’t a good fit." To be clear, I am not making excuses for Cooley. I would have liked to see a stronger roster for 2023-2024, but I also realize that with limited time as head coach thus far, Cooley's ability to bring in more people are limited. I think we also need to underscore: barring major unforeseen jumps from multiple players (or a last minute ace recruit), this is not even close to an NCAA team. That alone makes the pitch to better recruits, especially transfers with a lot of options open, a difficult one to sell. I am willing to give Cooley the benefit of the doubt, especially with the 2024 high school class looking good. Right now, we need 2023-2024 to be a reversal of fortunes from 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, and Cooley needs to put out a well coached--if perhaps thin--team on the floor that competes strongly on both sides of the ball. Maybe get 6-7 Big East wins, knock off a few good teams, and build the "Cooley is getting things in order narrative going." Right now, the absolute worst thing that could happen would be a dismal season like last year. One where he coaches, players, and fans are disengaged, since that would create problems for 2024-2025. But, I really think the odds of that happening are close to zero given that Cooley is a substantially better coach than Ewing.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 25, 2023 18:21:26 GMT -5
As few foul outs as possible. For context, Supreme Cook has actually done a pretty good job on avoiding fouls. Obviously, the MAAC is a different beast from the Big East, but in both his sophomore and junior years, he committed 3.1 fouls per 40 minutes, which is quite good for a big man. In his freshman year, he fouled a lot, but that is extremely typical of freshman big men. At Farfield, he played 65% of available minutes last year, and 60% as a sophomore. I would note that he started every game the last two seasons at Fairfield, too, which makes the 3.1 fouls even better--it shows he knows that if he's going to start and play a fair amount of minutes, he cannot foul. For context, last year Wahab had 4.2 fouls per 40 minutes; in 2022, Ighoefe had 6.2 per 40; in 2021, sophomore Wahab had 4.5 and sophomore Ighoefe had 7.0; in 2020, Yurtseven had 4.1. In 2015, senior Mikael Hopkins had 6.0 per 40. Greg Monroe was one of the best at avoiding fouls--only 3.0 per 40 minutes his sophomore year. If you want to go even further back, in 2008, Hibbert had 4.1 per 40 minutes. I just hope that translates to playing against bigger centers in the Big East. It will also depend on the officiating, which last year seemed to me, at least, a little less whistle-happy than in the past.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 25, 2023 15:09:21 GMT -5
If this team in Cooleys 1st year coming off the prior 2 ends up in the top 80 Cooley should be COY. That seems like a major reach to me. But we can dream. I agree. As far as where we "should be" this year, I waver back and forth. Part of me acknowledges that Ewing left the program in tatters and a big hole. For any coach, Cooley, Pitino, anybody, turning that around into a top 10 team is a really tough task. And we are necessarily starting the season with a roster that is heavily depleted and almost entirely new, even more so with Akok leaving. All those factors weigh against being in the top 100, and probably would point more to thr 120ish range, which would still be a big turnaround and a nice step forward. But, the other part of me sees the following: (1) Ewing is gone along with his entire staff, (2) Ewing was such a bad coach that our roster last year, while not great, played much worse than it would be had it been better coached, (3) Cooley is a substantially better coach than Ewing, (4) Cooley has already turned around moribund programs, (5) Cooley brought nearly his entire staff from Providence (which really speaks volumes as to how much they respect Cooley), and (6) the roster is brand new except for Heath, Bristol, and Mutombo. When I consider those factors, I wonder whether Cooley can make big strides from Ewing simply by being a very competent coach, teaching fundamentals (you know...play defense effectively and don't shoot a million long twos in an unstructured mess of an offense), and putting out a cohesive product. That's why I probably ultimately fall in the middle after thinking about it. I think top 100-ish is very doable given all these factors. But, I think to get to that 75-80 range, it's going to require someone (or maybe more than one person) to have a breakout year on our roster, be it Brumbaugh, Fielder, whoever. Our roster is just limited, which I think puts a ceiling on our progress this season. That will not be true once we add the strong 2024 class (and likely others who will be brought in via the portal in the spring/summer of 2024).
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 25, 2023 15:08:22 GMT -5
For reasons I do not know (other than possibly our Director of Admissions being in his position for nearly half a century), Georgetown does not use the common application even though virtually every other elite and prestigous university now does. This significantly depresses the number of applicants Georgetown gets versus similar schools. Some may say that's a good thing, others not. I won't open that debate for now. But the blunt fact is that if you're going to look at application numbers, Georgetown keeps them artificially lower than they could by by shunning the common application.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 25, 2023 15:05:25 GMT -5
Barring a Jonathan Wallace type player who turns out to be exceptional or massive injury problems, I think the odds of the walk-ons seeing any time in real games (other than garbage time) are minimal. Over the years, Georgetown has generally had very few walk-ons year to year, but I know other schools have a lot more on their rosters. So, I don't think this is abnormal, nor do I think it's terribly newsworthy until any of these guys see meaningful minutes in a real game.
John Caprio is the only walk-on I can recall who got some real time, and that reflected a pretty weak JT3 team.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 24, 2023 16:12:37 GMT -5
If Georgetown is 77th this year, I actually think that would be a pretty good achievement given the disfunction that Cooley inherited. I think something like that, including some big wins against good teams here and there (there will be ample chance for that in the Big East season despite our poor OOC schedule), would be a good step in the right direction. Most importantly, we need a "Cooley has gotten to Georgetown and made them better" narrative because that will help with recruiting and help keep our current recruits on board. If we improve this season, play some solid offense and defense, and then add the good 2024 class, I think we will be in really good shape for 2024-2025.
Of course, anything better than that would be great. In a lot of ways Cooley's advantage this year is that essentially no matter what he does, we will see improvement on last year. The following year, in many ways, will have a lot more pressure.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 23, 2023 16:01:18 GMT -5
That’s not how it works. I don’t have an account and cannot see the whole conversation. Exactly, that's what people without an account don't realize. If anybody wants the Mutombo tweets in full, let me know and I will PM them, as I already have to a few folks.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 22, 2023 19:08:14 GMT -5
All things being equal, ESPN would undoubtedly mean more exposure. I've been at bars/restaurants during the day where every TV has been tuned to ESPN, merely showing some stupid talking-head show (on mute!) rather than to an actual, ongoing sporting event on CBS or FOX. People really have been conditioned to assume that ESPN = Sports, and vice versa. But the "all things being equal" here is key. If an ESPN deal means streaming and a FOX deal means real TV, I think the FOX deal would be preferable. I do think there's real value in being able to find the game from your actual TV, and to flip back and forth between games, compared to having to pull it up on streaming. This is definitely true. The problem with streaming is that unless a person is seeking out the game (like all of us), it is unlikely anybody will randomly watch the game or flip it on. In contrast, people do that with ESPN and Fox Sports 1 all the time. I realize linear TV is in decline and will continue to decline, but for now, the most eyeballs are available on broadcast/cable, not streaming.* * Note that this is actually mostly true across the board. While getting viewership stats for streaming can be challenging, if not wholly unavailable, even some poorly rated shows on cable TV or network TV still get way more viewership than most streaming shows. The future certainly seems to be in streaming, but for now if you want as many people as possible to watch your product, cable or network television is the way to go. This is especially true for sports.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 22, 2023 19:03:58 GMT -5
There was a lot of discussion when Akok Akok left about how hard it was to graduate from Georgetown in 4 years when playing on a varsity level team all 4 years. Ryan is graduating at the end of this upcoming academic year, after just 3 years. While he did not get the playing time in his first two years, he was at all the practices and had all of the travel, but still took an academic load to graduate in just 3 years. He is very serious about his education and values a Georgetown degree highly. He plans to get an MBA in the 24-25 academic year while playing his 4th year of Basketball. He is clearly not the spoiled son of a rich, celebrity dad. He is the kind of athlete and person that Georgetown can be very proud of. Coach Cooley made him one promise - he will have a chance to play. That is all he wants, no other commitments. I hope his experience this year with Coach Cooley convinces him that his MBA should also come from Georgetown. By all accounts, Ryan is a very smart kid and good academically. I assume he likely went to an excellent high school, as well, and he likely had a number of AP credits. That's really the only way you can graduate in three years. I don't think it would be feasible for someone, with no credits, to come in as a freshman and graduate in 3 years at Georgetown without killing him/herself academically, which would be nearly impossible for any Division I athlete. Of course, good for him. It's great to see that, but I also think in that way, Ryan is very atypical of a Division I basketball player.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 21, 2023 19:09:16 GMT -5
Dear Admin: Please allow the posting of Twitter/X posts. Those of us without the service can only access the latest one.. Thanks. Here's the trade-off: this is a discussion board and yet it can't simply be a place to upload other sites' content. I'm not adverse to posting from Twitter but people complain when it's simply posting message after message without comment. I think hoyasaxa2003 can add his comments with this in mind. --Admin2003, pls pm the X posts. Thanks. I did not realize this was against the rules. In short, I saw that Hilltop Hoops posted transcript excerpts of an interview that I listened to (in part), and I figured others here would be interested in the content. Georgetown has rarely, if ever, allowed such interviews before, so I thought it was noteworthy. I had no intent to violate the rules, so I apologize for that. In the future, I suppose I'll add commentary.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 21, 2023 18:57:27 GMT -5
If Cooley succeeds in restoring us to a regular NCAA tournament slot, no one will care how much he is paid. If Cooley fails, it wouldn't matter if he was cheap. There's little to no reason to bother talking about salary until we reach a point, at minimum, of sustained mediocrity. This is 100% correct. I have really never understood the obsession with salary. Aside from the silliness of debating this question before Cooley has even coached a game, to me, in my mind the money is well spent if Cooley can turn around the debacle that was the Ewing era, get us back to the NCAA tournament, and perhaps even get us past a first weekend. Turning things around from where we are will not be an easy task, and to me once Pitino was off the board, it was money well spent to secure someone like Cooley who is extremely likely to turn things around. Also, "overpaid" is a relative term because coaches get different salaries and different times. It's not like there's a sliding scale of success and money. Did we have to overpay Cooley compared to any other program that might have hired him? Maybe, but we were also significantly more desperate. Once Pitino was off the Board, there really weren't other experienced coaches out there. There may be some willing to pay a lot less to spin the "up and comer" wheel, but I was never willing to make that gamble. I would also add that what Cooley is doing off the court, to me, is also well worth whatever we are paying him. For the first time in modern history, we have a coach who is actively taking part in the student and faculty community, making an extremely strong effort to connect with everybody associated with the university, and someone who has clearly broken down the iron wall that was the result of John Thompson. He is transforming the university's basketball program and he's only been here a few months. I am confident Ed Cooley will leave the program much better off someday than what he took over. To me, that's worth the investment Georgetown made in him because his impact is extremely positive, and I have a feeling it is going to last for a long time. As for those who are obsessed with dollars and cents, you should focus on DeGioia's extension to Ewing that had no good basis in merit or strategy, and that will have the university effectively paying $9 million to head coaches over the next three years (which was very avoidable).
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 21, 2023 14:06:49 GMT -5
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 21, 2023 14:03:00 GMT -5
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Aug 21, 2023 13:59:36 GMT -5
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