Donovan out at Florida

[brewpaul]

A local Fox affliate is reporting that Billy Donovan has left Florida...HMM

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dp...van_leaving_UCF

Let the recruit pilfering begin!

[4everwarriors]

Has anyone begun tracking flights out of Gainsville yet?

[LastWarrior]

Here's a recruit that we were on hard but lost out on to UF...

Erik Murphy, 6'10" PF... http://florida.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=56461

Here is UF's 2009 recruiting class...http://florida.rivals.com/commitlist.asp

[NavinRJohnson]

Has anyone begun tracking flights out of Gainsville yet?

Too late...from the looks of things, those flights probably took place a couple of days ago.

Well played by UK...secure your guy before you get rid of the old one.

[Pakuni]

"As long as the University of Florida would like to have me here, this is where I want to be. For my part, I want to be at the University of Florida for the rest of my time coaching."

- Billy Donovan, June 7, 2007

What a pud.

[Dish]

This is as unofficial a confirmation as there is. The link isn't even up any more, and somehow I don't think MY Fox Orlando is going to be breaking this news.

He might leave Gainsville, but not quite yet.

[chapman]

Link broken, presumably taken down now.  Gary Parrish on CBS Sports reporting Donovan will not leave Florida for Kentucky or any other college job.

[Pakuni]

Maybe their source is the same guy who reported last year that Sean Miller was on a flight to Milwaukee the night Crean took the Indiana job.

[MU in Miami]

UF denying Orlando story:

http://brockblog.gainesville.com/default.asp?item=2355700

[SaintPaulWarrior]

Link broken, presumably taken down now.  Gary Parrish on CBS Sports reporting Donovan will not leave Florida for Kentucky or any other college job.

Andy Katz reporting the same thing.

[ChicosBailBonds]

"As long as the University of Florida would like to have me here, this is where I want to be. For my part, I want to be at the University of Florida for the rest of my time coaching."

- Billy Donovan, June 7, 2007

What a pud.  What a  loyal guy for staying in Gainesville

Fixed, but can change again at a moment's notice

[reinko]

A local Fox affliate is reporting that Billy Donovan has left Florida...HMM

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dp...van_leaving_UCF

Let the recruit pilfering begin!

Nice scoop Sherlock.

[Pakuni]

Fixed, but can change again at a moment's notice

He's still a pud. The Orlando Magic incident forever confirmed that.

[ChicosBailBonds]

He's still a pud. The Orlando Magic incident forever confirmed that.

Is Al McGuire a pud for wanting to go to the Bucks?  People change their minds. 

[LastWarrior]

Is Al McGuire a pud for wanting to go to the Bucks?  People change their minds. 

Well if he accepted it and then 3 days later decided he didn't want it, then yes he is a pud.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Well if he accepted it and then 3 days later decided he didn't want it, then yes he is a pud.

Fair enough....I believe in honoring commitments too, wholeheartedly.  But I guess I also look at it like a buyer's remorse.  Here in California we have a few days to change our minds on a car that you buy or a mortgage that you sign....3 days is a short time.  These guys are asked to take on these new jobs largely on a moment's notice without fully understanding what they hell they are getting into.  It's also why so many back out now or wonder a few weeks in if they were sold a bill of goods.

[NavinRJohnson]

Better to have him back out 2 days later, or continue with his heart not in it? Not close!

[Tom Crean's Tanning Bed]

With Donovan staying, Anthony Grant accepts the Alabama job tonight.  $2 million per year.

http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/goodmanonfox/2009/03/27/ANTHONY_GRANT_DONE_DEAL_AT_ALABAMA

[4everwarriors]

Better to have him back out 2 days later, or continue with his heart not in it? Not close!

Yep, just ax Dana Altman.

[79Warrior]

Is Al McGuire a pud for wanting to go to the Bucks?  People change their minds. 

Agreed.

[4everwarriors]

Agreed.

Correction:

Buck Raynor changed Al's mind for him.