Auburn freshman point guard made sure that a certain media member ate his words with another great performance against UGA.
Sometimes someone in the media can have a really bad take. I know I have been prone to it numerous times. But usually when that take is exposed, we say we were wrong and that’s that.
Well, this isn’t that case. The said media member has now gone overboard and looks obsessed with his take. It makes sense that his initials are D.D. because that is exactly what he did, double down, and what Sharife Cooper did to prove him wrong: double-double.
We all know who I am talking about so no need to name him here — I mean, it is in the title — or rehash what he has said. He’s simply an angry man that is outright rooting against an 19-year-old kid who has the talent that he could only dream of possessing. He’s begging for Auburn fans to call in to his radio show on Saturday.
Yet this is about Cooper, after all. This is about the once-in-a-generation talent we have already seen in just two games from the kid from Powder Springs, Ga. This is about how he makes Auburn a much better team just by being on the floor.
Where do you even start with his talent? His passing is downright filthy. The way he found teammates on alley-oops in the 18-point victory against Georgia was eye-popping, reading the floor like General Eisenhower reading a battle map or Beethoven eyeing a piece of music. He seems to have more than two pupils, including a few in the back of his head.
It is his speed. Dear Lord, that speed. Can anyone stay in front of him? He regularly drives to the basket at will and, if he isn’t finishing, he’s dishing it off to a wide-open teammate for a dunk.
Yes, his shooting needs to come around but when it does, he will basically become every threat you want in a player.
Rare do you see a freshman point guard come in and command the floor like Cooper has in the first two games. It was made even more difficult when the NCAA kept him out of the first 11 games because … well, we may never know why. Hurt feelings?
After the win against Georgia, Cooper was asked what it felt like to have his first-career double-double in college. Much like with the 12 assists, he wasn’t selfish, saying it was great to get the win.
Yet all of this wasn’t enough for the hack with the bad take to stop. Getting it from Auburn Twitter following the game, he made sure to let it know that 1.) yes, he is very much a fool and 2.) all professionalism that he might have has gone out the window.
It is sad to me when people that get to cover sports for a living seem to hate the very thing that they do as a job. It comes across on television, radio, writing and social media at all times. Why do these people continue to be miserable in a position that most would desire to have? How can this happen and … oh dear God … will it happen to me?
I certainly hope not. Certainly at least not to the degree that D.D. has fallen. His entire world is negative and you sense that from the very first time you hear him broadcasting a game. The coaches aren’t smart enough. The players aren’t good enough. Me. Me! ME!
Well, Cooper put his hot take and shoved it down his throat on Wednesday night and will likely continue to do that for the entire time he wears an Auburn uniform.
Dump Dope.
Dreadful Doldrum.
Debbie Downer.
Those two Ds can certainly stand for so much.
