SI/com Cooley interview

[Jim Bob]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/jimmy_traina/05/01/chris-cooley-interview/index.html


SI.com: OK, I gotta start with the penis incident (http://deadspin.com/5049712/cooley-exposed-more-than-his-playbook). You OK with that? [Eds. Note: For those of you who don't know, Cooley accidentally posted a picture on his blog in which he was slightly exposed.]
Cooley: Yeah, dude, I don't care. The whole thing just sucked because obviously it was an accident. I was trying to get a blog post up and I was hurrying because I had to get to a game. My brother Tanner, who does the blog with me, always edits stuff really well -- but we were in a hurry. So it was an accident, but it sucked because we were both at the game all day and we didn't know it was on the site.
SI.com: Do people still give you a hard time about it?
Cooley: Only in interviews. Only people like you. But the NFL made me undergo a psychiatric evaluation. They treated it really seriously. Please. It was an accident. If I wanted to post a picture of my penis I wouldn't been all hunched over.
SI.com: What was the result of the psychiatric evaluation?
Cooley: I don't even know, dude. I had to do a call with some lady. I thought it was gonna take two minutes, but it was like an hour. It was horrible.


That is too funny.

[skinsfan_1215]

:rotflmao:

[NewCliche21]

This should be in the "why I hate Cooley" thread. I mean, he's clearly a pervert who is trying to expose himself to children! I don't understand why he's even on this team.

[#98QBKiller]

SI.com: Do people still give you a hard time about it?

:laugh:

[flexxskins]

I cannot believe that that BS was brought up yet again.

[HailNatsSkinz]

:hysterical:

[rd421]

He is one crazy homey!

[AllAboutSkins08]

Do people still give you a hard time about it?

That's what she said.

[Ned Flanders]

Uh, why did they HAVE to start with the penis incident? Not like a "Congrats on two consecutive Pro-Bowls"

[Aston]

Cooley: I don't dislike training camp. It gets easier and easier. The only thing I don't like it about is there's so much enthusiasm from so many young players. We have like 40 rookies in camp and they have so much enthusiasm about being part of the team and everyone's so excited and they play so hard and to me it's like "F--- guys, it's just a practice."
:rotflmao::rotflmao::rotflmao:

[armstrong001]

I mean, we're talking about practice. Practice. Not the game. Practice

[MattFancy]

Cooley is the man! Who wouldn't want to sit down and have a beer with him?

[IbleedBnG83]

Great post!!! Now THIS is stuff I like hearing or reading about! lol

[zoony]

That was an entertaining interview- thanks for posting

[GothSkinsFan]

How can anyone think about trading Cooley??? Football teams win championships with heart, brains, and soul. Cooley's got all 3.

[#98QBKiller]

How can anyone think about trading Cooley??? Football teams win championships with heart, brains, and soul. Cooley's got all 3.


I agree, trading Cooley = dumb. He works hard, he performs on the field and he helps keep the team together outside of the game. I can't tell you how many different pics/articles I've seen with Cooley hanging out with JC, Colt, Santana, Smoot, Portis, Marcus Washington, etc. That's important for team chemistry.

[SkinsOrlando]

SI.com: It was just announced that the Bengals are going to be featured on Hard Knocks. Thoughts?

Cooley: Seriously? Well, they're usually the highest crime-rate team in the NFL, so they'll have plenty of characters to choose from and they could have plenty of drama.


Cooley had the balls to say what everyone else is thinking, I love it.


SI.com: Tell me a good road-trip story.

Cooley: The year we won five in a row at the end of the season to make the playoffs, we played the Rams in St. Louis, and that morning six or seven of us had a bacon-eating contest. I had 39 pieces of bacon. And dude, if you've ever been to St. Louis, the bacon is UNBELIEVABLE. It's mandatory to eat bacon in St. Louis. It's amazing. Anyway, we won the game, and it was the best game I played all year. I felt like s---, but I had seven or eight catches.


39 pieces of bacon???:rotflmao:

[Oldskool]

He says dude enough, you'd think he lives in OC! That's hilarious!

[LizKauai]

Thanks for the link...

Surprised to hear he has no Internet at home (in the boonies)..

And I really enjoyed this:

SI.com: We can do that. Last question. You guys have mini-camp coming up and before you know, it'll be time for training camp. As a veteran, do you despise camp?

Cooley: I don't dislike training camp. It gets easier and easier. The only thing I don't like it about is there's so much enthusiasm from so many young players. We have like 40 rookies in camp and they have so much enthusiasm about being part of the team and everyone's so excited and they play so hard and to me it's like "F--- guys, it's just a practice."

[Destructis]

Anyone who wants the picture of Megan Fox looking under the hood in his interview is my hero.

I watched the video from the link also on the reality series and busted out laughing when they were talking about Marion Barber. :D

[AKM311]

Dude cracks me up.

One very interesting comment I saw, was how different JC is with the media and how different he is with them.

I wish JC would let us see the real JC.

[BigMike619]

hahaha..a psyche eval. if Riggo had to undergo one every time he said or did something like he used to he would never be off the phone.

[bgreg]

I met Cooley at Montgomery Mall...guy is crazy. He's awesome.

[CPortJGibbs89]

That is funny as hell. He had to talk to somebody about the incident. LOL

[S.T.real,lights,out]

:rotflmao:

+1

[AJWatson3]

That was a great interview with a lot of good links to stories and his blog. As one who has been playing fantasy football for over a decade their draft was a riot. They didn't know jack about it.

Also I got a good chuckle about the bacon-- you've got to try the bacon in St. Louis?!?

[TK]

He's right. You've got to try the bacon in St. Louis. :)

[mo808]

Good interview with Cooley! This guy is so down to earth, funny and low tech too! Glad he's a Redskin, thanks for posting!

[Passizle]

I love Cooley. "People like you" he said. Basically like WTF man. Do you want to ask me a serious question?
I never knew they had him go for a psych eval. Thats nuts... pun intended. Thre is definitely something wrong with this country.

[Hitman#21]

Cooley is the man! One and only!