Donovan to KY? (VERY Interesting-hopefully true)

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

A place where your program is at a top-notch level, you can build a dynasty, and hopefully get comparable top-end $$$ if the Florida AD works fast to re-up his deal.

You might be right Cajun, but he's a fool to go back to his alma-mater at this point. The program NEEDS TO REBUILD to get back to elite status. Those are words any Kentucky fan doesn't wanna hear. They'll expect for them to go to final 4s right out of the gate again. Keep in mind when I say "needs to rebuild", I mean that to get back to ELITE status. They have good teams now, just they're not great anymore.

Well, I'm just telling you what I heard...

I don't know enough about basketball to really comment, but I know that Florida basketball will always be second to Florida football, and that's just not the case in Kentucky (regardless of how bad their current basketball team is.)

I only hope that we (UF) gets a coach that can keep the team at the top when Donovan leaves.

[pmayjr]

UF is in a unique situation where football and basketball can be #1 and #1A for years to come if UF works fast to pay Donovan and give him a proper extension. 2 yourng coaches, coahcing 2 good teams in a a recrutining hot-bed. DONOVAN COULD SERIOUSLY HAVE A DEAN SMITH-like run if he stays at Florida.

So it shouldn't be about footbal always being the #1 sport there. They can both co-exist, and be dominant at both. It looks like Ohio State is also on it's way to doing that (football team in National Championship, bball team in Final 4), so why shouldn't Florida too?

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

UF is in a unique situation where football and basketball can be #1 and #1A for years to come if UF works fast to pay Donovan and give him a proper extension. 2 yourng coaches, coahcing 2 good teams in a a recrutining hot-bed. DONOVAN COULD SERIOUSLY HAVE A DEAN SMITH-like run if he stays at Florida.

So it shouldn't be about footbal always being the #1 sport there. They can both co-exist, and be dominant at both. It looks like Ohio State is also on it's way to doing that (football team in National Championship, bball team in Final 4), so why shouldn't Florida too?

I'm not saying that Florida can't have both. (Hell, they did in 2006.) It's not a matter of dominance either... it's more a matter of being the big fish in a small pond, which he would be if he went to Kentucky. More attention is paid to Kentucky's basketball team than to their football team. It's the exact opposite in Gainesville.