Most coaches praise the other team after a loss. Cooley said, “Nobody even thought our guys would be here to play the almighty blue bloods… I thought we deserved to win. But you’ve got to get lucky at the right time and we didn’t.”
Hmmm. He’d be a good coach for one of Carolina’s chief rivals. Calling someone a “blue blood” isn’t considered a positive. Neither is calling the other team lucky.
Perhaps his team deserved to win but not any more than the Tar Heels deserved to win.
He did say it was a well-played game. Of course he made a point to say it was a well-officiated game as well. It was the first time that the Tar Heels have seen that crew. UNC coach Roy Williams and the Carolina faithful didn’t seem as impressed with the officials.
By the way Cooley, who has a skin condition that prevents hair from growing in certain spots on the back of his head, has lost more than 100 pounds.