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Post by thebin on Mar 23, 2023 9:24:29 GMT -5
Small potatoes here...but where exactly was the that press conference? I know it was in the TAC...but what does that room look like for anyone who has been there? Because it didn't look all that great on the stream which is how almost everyone saw it. Is it purpose built for pressers? I sk because frankly it was a bit underwhelming on the stream- which was itself of regrettable quality for an event they have no excuse not to be prepared for. I get it was probably their biggest audience to stream for by far...but that's what you prepare for right? That's why you build that room presumably?
It looked small literally and figuratively. The balloons?...interesting choice. Temporary chairs put out in the press room, why exactly? No permanent stadium seating for even like 30 people? And where was the streaming camera? Was it supposed to be there when they designed the room? Because when everyone stood up to applaud you couldn't see anything which made it see even smaller. Even before that it was not a good camera view. Too low. Ceilings low too. Seemed like they shoved it at the end of the old Leavey hallway where the HOF plaques were 30 years ago even though I know that's not where it was.
Almost would prefer they set up such a photo op in Riggs library which is to put it mildly not so forgettable and cramped looking.
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 23, 2023 9:39:04 GMT -5
Small potatoes here...but where exactly was the that press conference? I know it was in the TAC...but what does that room look like for anyone who has been there? Because it didn't look all that great on the stream which is how almost everyone saw it. Is it purpose built for pressers? I sk because frankly it was a bit underwhelming on the stream- which was itself of regrettable quality for an event they have no excuse not to be prepared for. I get it was probably their biggest audience to stream for by far...but that's what you prepare for right? That's why you build that room presumably? It looked small literally and figuratively. The balloons?...interesting choice. Temporary chairs put out in the press room, why exactly? No permanent stadium seating for even like 30 people? And where was the streaming camera? Was it supposed to be there when they designed the room? Because when everyone stood up to applaud you couldn't see anything which made it see even smaller. Even before that it was not a good camera view. Too low. Ceilings low too. Seemed like they shoved it at the end of the old Leavey hallway where the HOF plaques were 30 years ago even though I know that's not where it was. Almost would prefer they set up such a photo op in Riggs library which is to put it mildly not so forgettable and cramped looking. It was in Nolan Hall within the TAC. Ed Cooley was officially introduced as the 19th head coach in Georgetown University men's basketball history inside of Nolan Hall at the Thompson Athletics Center on Wednesday afternoon. Cooley was joined by University President John J. DeGioia and Francis X. Rienzo Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Lee Reed as well as fans, students, colleagues, media members and his family.
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Post by Jack on Mar 23, 2023 9:40:27 GMT -5
If memory serves, the JTIII presser was in Riggs, but of course that came before there was a TAC. I am excited by everything about Cooley to this point, and agree that his press conference was more dynamic and engaging than his predecessors, but really my wildest dreams would be if he could replicate the accomplishments and good feelings that came in the first 5 years of the JTIII era. We were coming off a fairly extended down period at the time, with only a fluky 2001 Sweet 16 appearance as the comparable point to the fluky 2021 BET run, and JTIII was able to come in and immediately restore some of the pride and swagger to the program - "Some have forgotten, we will remind them" came from that opening presser, I believe. "We Are Georgetown" was resurrected, Hoya Blue was energized, III t-shirts were made, players and coach were beloved on campus, players' parents were beloved (Jeff Green's mom!), and in fairly short order we were celebrating wins over Duke, BET titles, and a trip to the Final Four. Being on campus then was so much fun. I believe in Cooley, but let's not forget how good it was in the not so-distant past.
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Post by thebin on Mar 23, 2023 10:02:56 GMT -5
Small potatoes here...but where exactly was the that press conference? I know it was in the TAC...but what does that room look like for anyone who has been there? Because it didn't look all that great on the stream which is how almost everyone saw it. Is it purpose built for pressers? I sk because frankly it was a bit underwhelming on the stream- which was itself of regrettable quality for an event they have no excuse not to be prepared for. I get it was probably their biggest audience to stream for by far...but that's what you prepare for right? That's why you build that room presumably? It looked small literally and figuratively. The balloons?...interesting choice. Temporary chairs put out in the press room, why exactly? No permanent stadium seating for even like 30 people? And where was the streaming camera? Was it supposed to be there when they designed the room? Because when everyone stood up to applaud you couldn't see anything which made it see even smaller. Even before that it was not a good camera view. Too low. Ceilings low too. Seemed like they shoved it at the end of the old Leavey hallway where the HOF plaques were 30 years ago even though I know that's not where it was. Almost would prefer they set up such a photo op in Riggs library which is to put it mildly not so forgettable and cramped looking. It was in Nolan Hall within the TAC. Ed Cooley was officially introduced as the 19th head coach in Georgetown University men's basketball history inside of Nolan Hall at the Thompson Athletics Center on Wednesday afternoon. Cooley was joined by University President John J. DeGioia and Francis X. Rienzo Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Lee Reed as well as fans, students, colleagues, media members and his family. Thanks. I just don't know what Nolan Hall is or what it was meant for but it didn't look like a place purpose built for a big press conference on the feed which was of very poor quality. Not a big deal but the TAC is new and a lot of money went into it and it wasn't all that impressive for yesterday's undoubtedly outsized audience. People standing up when the man of the hour was introduced should probably not obscure the camera angle in a place designed for pressers. Put that on your list Coach Ed! On second thoughts, don't....you are busy enough.
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 23, 2023 10:22:58 GMT -5
It was in Nolan Hall within the TAC. Ed Cooley was officially introduced as the 19th head coach in Georgetown University men's basketball history inside of Nolan Hall at the Thompson Athletics Center on Wednesday afternoon. Cooley was joined by University President John J. DeGioia and Francis X. Rienzo Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Lee Reed as well as fans, students, colleagues, media members and his family. Thanks. I just don't know what Nolan Hall is or what it was meant for but it didn't look like a place purpose built for a big press conference on the feed which was of very poor quality. Not a big deal but the TAC is new and a lot of money went into it and it wasn't all that impressive for yesterday's undoubtedly outsized audience. People standing up when the man of the hour was introduced should probably not obscure the camera angle in a place designed for pressers. Put that on your list Coach Ed! On second thoughts, don't....you are busy enough. I toured the TAC when it opened and I think Nolan Hall is literally a hall/passageway not a dedicated room or conference space. Might be the main hallway past Thompson's statue? I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm misremembering. I think other than having the presser on one of the practice courts (where the one on one interviews took place I believe) that hallway was the largest space available. Once again, hoyajmw may be able to answer more accurately!
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Mar 23, 2023 11:16:50 GMT -5
Thanks. I just don't know what Nolan Hall is or what it was meant for but it didn't look like a place purpose built for a big press conference on the feed which was of very poor quality. Not a big deal but the TAC is new and a lot of money went into it and it wasn't all that impressive for yesterday's undoubtedly outsized audience. People standing up when the man of the hour was introduced should probably not obscure the camera angle in a place designed for pressers. Put that on your list Coach Ed! On second thoughts, don't....you are busy enough. I toured the TAC when it opened and I think Nolan Hall is literally a hall/passageway not a dedicated room or conference space. Might be the main hallway past Thompson's statue? I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm misremembering. I think other than having the presser on one of the practice courts (where the one on one interviews took place I believe) that hallway was the largest space available. Once again, hoyajmw may be able to answer more accurately! Nolan Hall is just south of the main hallway of TAC. If you come in through the entrance near Cooper Field, on the left after you pass the JT statue. It’s a multipurpose room (20’ x 70’ or so) that probably fits 50-80 people in a theatre/lecture style setup (like yesterday’s). Or about the same number for a dinner with round tables, a little more for a standup reception. It’s used for all of those functions, as well as being one of the team meeting spaces that’s not locker room based. My best guess is that the primary driver behind yesterday’s setup was being able to fit as many people in as possible, and that decisions about visuals were mostly based on 1) how they’d look in the room and 2) not taking up too much space. Could have brought in a 6-inch riser for the “stage” and one for cameras, which would have improved the camera sight line when people stood up, but would have eliminated some people space. The other room in TAC that could have worked is a small auditorium with stadium seating that fits close to 100, but it’s tucked up on the second floor and not prominently located like Nolan Hall. As far as I know, there isn’t any dedicated press conference space in TAC, at least not one with comparable size, though that’s mostly based on the spaces I’ve seen.
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Post by 95hoya on Mar 23, 2023 11:24:51 GMT -5
Cooley needs to drop the towel thing. Bringing it to the presser? Come on man.
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Post by bluechi on Mar 23, 2023 11:43:30 GMT -5
Cooley needs to drop the towel thing. Bringing it to the presser? Come on man. Really didnt notice. Hm.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Mar 23, 2023 11:54:18 GMT -5
Cooley needs to drop the towel thing. Bringing it to the presser? Come on man. I don't recall any towels. Did I miss something? The feed was very choppy and cut off a lot, so maybe I did.
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 23, 2023 12:08:24 GMT -5
Cooley needs to drop the towel thing. Bringing it to the presser? Come on man. I don't recall any towels. Did I miss something? The feed was very choppy and cut off a lot, so maybe I did. Never saw a towel. Dunno what he is talking about
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Post by thebin on Mar 23, 2023 12:19:42 GMT -5
Thanks. I just don't know what Nolan Hall is or what it was meant for but it didn't look like a place purpose built for a big press conference on the feed which was of very poor quality. Not a big deal but the TAC is new and a lot of money went into it and it wasn't all that impressive for yesterday's undoubtedly outsized audience. People standing up when the man of the hour was introduced should probably not obscure the camera angle in a place designed for pressers. Put that on your list Coach Ed! On second thoughts, don't....you are busy enough. I toured the TAC when it opened and I think Nolan Hall is literally a hall/passageway not a dedicated room or conference space. Might be the main hallway past Thompson's statue? I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm misremembering. I think other than having the presser on one of the practice courts (where the one on one interviews took place I believe) that hallway was the largest space available. Once again, hoyajmw may be able to answer more accurately! Thanks everyone. Ok so it was a rather big hallway more or less. That's what it looked like...that or a medium sized business conference room at hotel. Surprised TAC was not built with something more dedicated than that for big press events like this with a sloped/raked floor, stage, permanent media bay, etc. Wouldn't be worth mentioning before the TAC was built but it was built, recently, and for good coin. Seems like this would have been an eminently reasonable inclusion. Someone in Sports Info might get on getting some sort of better camera set up if that's the place for pressers. Maybe take it (permanently) out of the balloon budget unless we start sponsoring some very early youth programs. More than anything address the poor feed quality. I imagine that is tech leveraged for non-revenue sports. Problems like that were par for the course in 2003 but are kinda inexcusable in 2023 after inking a $35mm contract no less. If you need to fill a pre-existing space with chairs and set up cameras for the event anyway...Riggs library is a far more impressive look.
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Post by hoyajmw on Mar 23, 2023 12:43:42 GMT -5
I toured the TAC when it opened and I think Nolan Hall is literally a hall/passageway not a dedicated room or conference space. Might be the main hallway past Thompson's statue? I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm misremembering. I think other than having the presser on one of the practice courts (where the one on one interviews took place I believe) that hallway was the largest space available. Once again, hoyajmw may be able to answer more accurately! Thanks everyone. Ok so it was a rather big hallway more or less. That's what it looked like...that or a medium sized business conference room at hotel. Surprised TAC was not built with something more dedicated than that for big press events like this with a sloped/raked floor, stage, permanent media bay, etc. Wouldn't be worth mentioning before the TAC was built but it was built, recently, and for good coin. Seems like this would have been an eminently reasonable inclusion. Someone in Sports Info might get on getting some sort of better camera set up if that's the place for pressers. Maybe take it (permanently) out of the balloon budget unless we start sponsoring some very early youth programs. More than anything address the poor feed quality. I imagine that is tech leveraged for non-revenue sports. Problems like that were par for the course in 2003 but are kinda inexcusable in 2023 after inking a $35mm contract no less. If you need to fill a pre-existing space with chairs and set up cameras for the event anyway...Riggs library is a far more impressive look. Not sure what it may have started as or officially is now, but sure seemed to me like a big, regular room, just past the statue on the left/opening to the courtyard with the Virgin Mary statue on the far side ("medium sized' business conference room at hotel" about right). But it was just fine, and frankly the "filled to overflowing" look was a welcome change/may not have fully expected that (understandable) -- IF you know what I mean.
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 23, 2023 13:08:18 GMT -5
I don't recall any towels. Did I miss something? The feed was very choppy and cut off a lot, so maybe I did. Never saw a towel. Dunno what he is talking about "Towel?! Towel!? We don't need no stinkin' towel!" (I didn't see any towel).
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Post by TC on Mar 23, 2023 13:16:07 GMT -5
I don't recall any towels. Did I miss something? The feed was very choppy and cut off a lot, so maybe I did. Never saw a towel. Dunno what he is talking about I think he brought out a towel in the photos where he was meeting with the coaches from other sports at Georgetown. The weirdos from UCONN seemed to think he was lecturing those coaches, seemed like it was just another stop on the Ed Cooley introductory tour / Men's Basketball Reconciliation tour.
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Post by hoyas315 on Mar 23, 2023 13:41:22 GMT -5
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Post by bluechi on Mar 23, 2023 14:44:10 GMT -5
America has become a nation of parsers. Viewers are parsing the heck outta the video. Depending on feelings toward him two different narratives are being extracted smh
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Post by hoyajmw on Mar 23, 2023 15:07:59 GMT -5
America has become a nation of parsers. Viewers are parsing the heck outta the video. Depending on feelings toward him two different narratives are being extracted smh Agreed. Fortunately and this is what I choose to focus on, it doesn’t require parsing to note that Ed clearly is extremely motivated to succeed, given what he has left behind and the gauntlet/legacy he has chosen to pick up. He could’ve had his own larger than life bronze statue in his hometown, and instead is going to try to live up to/restore the larger than life sized hero of his youth. My take away from that is he is not going to let anything or anyone impede his success in meeting that challenge — for which we all should take heart….
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 23, 2023 16:18:51 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 23, 2023 16:27:08 GMT -5
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Post by thebin on Mar 23, 2023 16:37:45 GMT -5
Boy that’s uncomfortable to watch…. Does this line of questioning seem a bit inappropriate for a local sports guy?
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