ed cooley

AT LEAST HE LOOKS LIKE BUNK MORELAND

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[EDIT (Seth): It looks like we got Cooley a raise. He's staying at Providence with a multi-year extension

Staying home. pic.twitter.com/IFB8FbGJmN

— PC Men's Basketball (@PCFriarsmbb) May 21, 2019

Feel free to read the rest of this article as a low-ceilinged future avoided.]

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Ed Cooley moved from the fringes of the search to the dead center of it yesterday. Various media outlets reported that he interviewed with Warde Manuel yesterday, and then a Providence student aspiring to a job in media rushed out to a scoop of questionable veracity:

The rumored deal would be for $6 million.

— Matt St. Jean (@mattstdream) May 21, 2019

That six million dollar number is immediately dubious. What does that even mean? Six million a year? Michigan isn't making Ed Cooley the third-highest paid coach in the country. Six million over any reasonable length of time? Michigan isn't paying Ed Cooley less than Rutgers pays Steve Pikiell.

But when various folks set about debunking the above they picked their words carefully. Sam:

For those asking, I'm told this is premature. I'm told that Warde Manuel is on his way to, or already in Miami for tomorrow's planned meeting with Juwan Howard. Maybe they'll eventually land on Cooley, but they haven't yet. https://t.co/nDOv44As1p

— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) May 21, 2019

Interviewing a guy is a serious thing.

[After THE JUMP: I'd rather have a question mark.]