Billy Donovan gets it

June 1st, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

billydonovan1.jpgAs I’ve said before, you certainly don’t top back-to-back national championships. That’s a damn near impossible feat, one even a stud coach like Billy Donovan probably isn’t up to task for.

So, he’s going to go take a fat paycheck in his current dwelling of the peninsula, coach the Magic and see what he can do. If he fails, like so many other college coaches have before, Donovan can come back to the collegiate ranks. He’ll start over at a new program and go back at it — most likely rather successfully.

Sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me.

(UPDATE: Clearly, this all changes now.) 

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This could be Billy Donovan on Monday night

March 29th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

Let’s go back to 2003. You remember, right? Roy Williams and his Kansas squad had just faltered against mighty ‘Melo and Syracuse in the National Title game. Rumors swirled before the game that Williams might jump ship to North Carolina. Observe this amazingly awkward interview between a peeved Roy and a just-doing-my-job Bonnie Bernstein postgame:

Now, I know the latest news is that Billy Donovan is telling recruits he’s staying at Florida and not going after the Kentucky job, but, to me, it’s still quite within the realm of possibility. I mean, what’s left for him at Florida? If they win it all again this weekend, how do you top two national titles in a row?

You don’t. Why not try it all over again somewhere else and get paid a ballsload in the process?

Ballsload. I like that word. I think I just made it up.

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