Donovan to IU getting some run...
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If he does indeed take the job, then IU automatically is "back", IMO. He'll be able to recruit at a very high level and have them back on the map very quickly.
Pti is reading IU boards. Donovan will not go to Indiana.
Donovan was asked directly about the IU job and (as you might expect)he denied any interest in the job what so ever. Many pro coaches feel that a high profile college job is more demanding than a pro job because of all the demands in the college game besides merely coaching basketball. i.e. no recruiting, no college financial contributors, little smoozing required etc.. I have heard more than one coach with pro and college experiences indicate that they liked the pro coaching lifestyle better than college.
he's a fool for leaving florida. same resources, better recruiting, lower expectations, and better fans.
When is the last time those buffoons were right about something like this?
when they piked duke to win it all :-D
Indiana going to wait until June to hire a coach?
Of course, not.
Coaching search rumors are so lame.
Of course, not.
Coaching search rumors are so lame.
What all of you are forgetting is that hat BD has a history of not making the best job choices. So he very well could do it.
Jay Williams? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Donovan is making 6M a year and has a winning record. OKC may lose him but to a better franchise, not IU. Matching his pay would almost double what they paid CTC and is a couple M more than the highest paid coach in the B1G. There is no way that's happening.
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Yeah, and I'm sure his wife would love the Bloomington winters. Oklahoma City is bad enough but that part of Indiana is worse.
Fake...Alford will announce IU is his new job on Saturday
Alford is not happening. I assure you.
And as far as money goes we will easily give Donovan as much if not more than Cal makes.
And as far as money goes we will easily give Donovan as much if not more than Cal makes.
Not at all, he's irrelevant in the NBA. Russell Westbrook runs the Thunder, not Billy Donovan.
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Would be interesting if he did win the title at UCLA and leave for Indiana. I don't remember anyone ever doing that.
Donavon is one of the best coaches in the business, I really didn't blame him for leaving Florida, football school nothing more. If I was a basketball coach and one of the best in the business, I would want to coach somewhere I'm appreciated and followed by my fan base, also give me break, how in the hell can you say the guy is irrelevant in the league.
I think it's simple. If Donovan wants to do it, it's his for the taking. If he balks, it's Alford's, Marshall's or Miller's. You'll know if Donovan is thinking about it once UCLA loses. If he hasn't told them he's seriously interested, IU offers Alford to save face. He's the guy we wanted all along.
I wouldn't say football only, but basketball is definitely ho hum to the average Florida fan. Went to see the Gators play their first round game at a bar in Daytona, there wasn't a single UF fan there.
Donovan did it after winning the title at Florida and left for ... oh wait.
Never mind.
he'd be worth every penny, but i'm with you. they can't attract him to what is an infinitely worse position, even if they increased his pay to $8M a year.
Indiana now is like UK was in 2009. Cal realized we were a sleeping giant and took it "because it's Kentucky". Indiana eats, sleeps and poops basketball. The right guy has the potential to have Cal-like success for the next eight years.