Billy Donovan to coach the Magic
 

Just saw this on ESPN...he's expected to take the offer.

Ya mean it won't be Peanut Shell!!

They wouldn't meet my demand of bring you along as director of community affairs

Ridin' High In April...
 

....shot down in May.





OFF TO THE ONLY COACH KILLER WORSE THAN....




...MV!!!

Please don't go!

OOOOOOOOOO

How could he pass it up? The beauty of the move is that if he flops, he gets the $$$ and every college in the country will be on the phone to hire him.

This is coming from a very unhappy Gator fan.

Well in Wildcat Country the yee haw's and hell yeahs have picked up tenfold.

I bet they have PP.

Wonder if he'd have taken the Magic job if he had already taken the UK job? Wouldn't put it past him.

I'm sure he would have...another one playing "follow the money"!

Well he is a student of Pitino...

And we should be too.

We definitely would have a fatter bank account. :D

*rumor has it we'd have herpes too

Pretty quiet in here from the Gators fans!!! At first I was really upset. but then i could see it from BDs' point...everyone is gone now from team...6M a year to accept the challenge...and if it doesn't work out,he can still coach anywhere he wants. Will be interesting to see if his transition works!

With the continued improvement of Darko Milicic, Donovan will have them in the finals in a year!! He sees Howard and Darko as an upscale version of Horford and Noah.

Or he could have just built a legacy at one of the best men's basketball programs of all time and made about 2/3's of what he will make with the Magic (with all the extra's) and probably do "okay" for himself...

I'm unhappy, but I don't blame Donovan.

As for the new recruits, I work with a guy directly whose son just signed with the UF program and he is definitely staying. According to my co-worker, his son stated that the majority of the new recruits will stay as long as they hire a good coach. (Well duh.) LOL

Word is that Foley is going to interview Anthony Grant (VCU head coach and former assistant under Donovan.) We'll see...

Should be interesting if Grant is offered the job and takes it after being at VCU for only one year and winning the CAA. Plus he also beat Duke in 1st round of March Madness and losing a great OT game to Pitt. It would be a great loss to VCU, but a great choice for the Gators because he knows the system.

I am available to provide odds and a place to take any action that you would like to make on this prediction.

He lives in Idaho...


...what do you expect?

Is that close to Serbia?