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Yeah but without them there’s not much content. It’s more content than “news”.People here may like to read goodman/rothstein insider types but they are extremely slanted and just PR arms for coaches and programs they have curried favor to.
Goodman pushed for Willard to Maryland.People here may like to read goodman/rothstein insider types but they are extremely slanted and just PR arms for coaches and programs they have curried favor to.
Who knows but he’s been very sensitive to this Cooley story prob bc the relationship w him.What exactly is Goodman mad about?
Fanta's participation is clearly one of the reasons behind all the drama. From that tweet thread referenced above:Just skimmed through the doc, it's actually really good. Shout out to Fanta for being such a big part of it.
There's really no reason for Fanta to dissociate himself from the doc. Of course we all heard about the rumors of Cooley's philandering, but there really still isn't anything to substantiate them presented here. One fan calling Cooley a "scumbag," explaining how the rumor mill works in Rhode Island and that when he heard about Jared Grasso using drugs and it turned out to be true, so that's proof does not hold up. It's not journalism. It very well might be true, but this was cut in such a way so as to have the whole point of Cooley betraying Providence hinge on it and the proof isn't there.Fanta's participation is clearly one of the reasons behind all the drama. From that tweet thread referenced above:
Some people are of the opinion that I tricked a certain interviewee into doing this or that i was dishonest about the doc during production when in reality they had final cut over their lines and *did* cut 7/8 lines from the film. Which is fine. They had every right to.
But it sucked when i started hearing rumors that this same interviewee was telling people that he didn’t know what the doc would look like when it aired when in reality they had seen the entire thing and said it was outstanding.
This guy (who turned out to be a DePaul fan) created a YouTube and Twitter account called Big East Films, where he vowed to make one feature length documentary about every Big East school. He used the Big East logo as his profile picture.I don’t have Twitter—or an hour whatever to watch the video. Could someone summarize for me what the hubbub is about?
Thank you!!!This guy (who turned out to be a DePaul fan) created a YouTube and Twitter account called Big East Films, where he vowed to make one feature length documentary about every Big East school. He used the Big East logo as his profile picture.
The first doc he made was about Providence, and told the story of Ed Cooley's tenure and departure. It got very much into the details of the rumors of Cooley cheating on his wife as a reason for leaving.
The people interviewed in the doc were mostly just normal fans of Providence (and a Georgetown blogger), plus John Fanta. John didn't say anything wrong in the doc, but it likely raised eyebrows from his bosses that he participated at all.
The Twitter account got shut down by the Big East for copyright reasons. Then the account holder released screenshots of Jeff Goodman of all people sending him messages calling him a bad person for making this documentary, and telling him he was going to jail, asking if he looks good in orange, etc. Just really getting all up in this guy's grill. And now everyone is clowning on Jeff for being so ridiculous
Don't forget that Goodman also threatened to track the guy down in the off-season when he has more time. That was by far the weirdest piece of it. Goodman has been fired off of the Field of 68 internet broadcast.This guy (who turned out to be a DePaul fan) created a YouTube and Twitter account called Big East Films, where he vowed to make one feature length documentary about every Big East school. He used the Big East logo as his profile picture.
The first doc he made was about Providence, and told the story of Ed Cooley's tenure and departure. It got very much into the details of the rumors of Cooley cheating on his wife as a reason for leaving.
The people interviewed in the doc were mostly just normal fans of Providence (and a Georgetown blogger), plus John Fanta. John didn't say anything wrong in the doc, but it likely raised eyebrows from his bosses that he participated at all.
The Twitter account got shut down by the Big East for copyright reasons. Then the account holder released screenshots of Jeff Goodman of all people sending him messages calling him a bad person for making this documentary, and telling him he was going to jail, asking if he looks good in orange, etc. Just really getting all up in this guy's grill. And now everyone is clowning on Jeff for being so ridiculous
I don’t think so but they’ll probably leverage him. Fanta is in content creation. He goes on fan podcasts, media podcasts. He’s getting FO68 hits. What did he do wrong? He said nothing controversial. He gave the piece legitimacy by being involved, so what? “Student athletes” are constantly scrutinized on innuendo or gossip, but when it’s a coach who comes off as a real BSer and has his words used against him everyone clutches their pearls?Great watch. Really captures the Providence fans opinions that I know.
Is this a good thing for Fanta though? He's gaining a lot of traction in his career and doing great things. Will the BE have a problem with him going forward if the likes of Cooley a BE coach don't ever want to talk to him again? He didn't say anything bad at all and I love his takes, but was this a risk to his rising career vs the powers that be (Cooley/Goodman etc.)?
Hope not I love the kid.
Yeah it's over here now. (Original was taken down at something like 70,000 views)Is there another link to this. The one listed by Portnoy was taken down as well.
To me this whole saga boils down to 2 things.
It’s compelling bc you have one of these coaches dead to rights with trying to leave a job during a season. Plus in the backdrop of starting 20-7, 12-4 with a top-20 ranking. A season after winning their first BE RS title and making the Sweet 16.To me this whole saga boils down to 2 things.
1. PC fans insecurities about losing a coach within the conference, rooted in decades of being considered one of the “little brothers” of the Big East although Gavitt founded it.
2. Georgetown fans being so desperate to have something to brag about after years of irrelevance that they’re unwilling to entertain the idea that Cooley may have had some ulterior motives other than Georgetown being his “dream job.”
Thought the documentary did a pretty good job of capturing that.
All of this amounts to pretty strong circumstantial evidence that there was something else afoot that motivated Cooley to pick up and leave.It’s compelling bc you have one of these coaches dead to rights with trying to leave a job during a season. Plus in the backdrop of starting 20-7, 12-4 with a top-20 ranking. A season after winning their first BE RS title and making the Sweet 16.
Talk about crash and burn, whew. For his legacy and that season. They lost 5/6 after all this was coming out.
Goodman was kicked off of Field of 68? I would love that if true, but haven't seen that anywhere.Don't forget that Goodman also threatened to track the guy down in the off-season when he has more time. That was by far the weirdest piece of it. Goodman has been fired off of the Field of 68 internet broadcast.