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Captain Chaos Enjoying the Ride
Chris Cooley, 23, has become a star with the Redskins. "Hilarious, huh?" he said. "I've changed from the tight end no one knew to Captain Chaos."
(John McDonnell - The Washington Post)
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A team official, on condition of anonymity, said an unidentified woman called the team afterward and ratted out Buglisi. The Redskins prohibit any company employee from fraternizing with players, and the Redskinettes have a specific clause to that effect in their contracts.
A short time later, Buglisi's stepfather called Elliot Segal, the morning host of WWDC-FM, and went on the air with the news that Cooley had started dating Ogilvie.
Segal milked the story for three days. "The Redskins. Sex. Cheerleaders. I was in heaven," Segal said, adding, "I hope Chris wasn't upset by any of it."
Before the first game of the season, both cheerleaders were cut from the squad, a job that paid them $75 a game, for violating company policy. Cooley returned to his job, unscathed. "Dude," Cooley said, "I really feel terrible about that, that they lost their jobs."
Cooley is still amused by an item in The Washington Post's Reliable Source column that mistakenly announced he had two children. "Yeah, Timmy's got a basketball game to go to tonight. And Sally's got ballet. It was like a singles ad."
"I'm okay with all that," Cooley said. "It's an entertainment business. With all the money they pay for tickets and jerseys, fans deserve to know some stuff about your life that gets hidden."
Cooley refused to comment about his meeting with Gibbs, saying it was between him and the coach. He would not even acknowledge he and Gibbs spoke. But he said he welcomes the organization's concern.
"Honestly, I felt good that they would come talk to me," he said. "That they cared so much about me. It makes you feel like you're part of a family."
He added, "The only people I'm worried about thinking I'm a madman off the field is the organization. I don't want to be the guy who creates any issues or problems."
Well Grounded in Utah
Cooley was born in Powell, Wyo., a mountain hamlet that lies 70 miles south of Billings, Mont. Dennis Havig, an offensive guard in the 1970s with Atlanta, Houston and Green Bay, is the only other NFL player to come out of the town of 5,250. A grandfather on Cooley's mother's side, Wayne Startin, played quarterback at Brigham Young University from 1956 to '58.
Cooley's parents split up when he was 8; his brother Tanner was 4. Nancy Cooley moved the family eight hours south, to Logan, in 1992, when the boys were 10 and 6. She returned to school, earned a teacher's degree and then a masters in Business Education. She now teaches accounting and computer applications at Utah State and Sky View High School in Logan.
"When I look back on it, I know my mom had no money," Cooley said. "But I remember kids being like, 'You always have nice clothes.' Everything she had, she gave to us."
