Donovan leaves Gators for Orlando Magic

[slsmnaz]

Can't say I'll miss him much.

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball

 

[KLin]

SHOw ME THE MONEY!!

 

[BrokenVisage]

Wow, didn't he just sign a 5yr extension with Florida? This is kind of a big deal.

 

[j00fek]

:Q

 

[Queasy]

Well...that came out of no where.

 

[Mucho]

Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Can't say I'll miss him much.

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball

Even with back to back championship.

 

[slsmnaz]

Originally posted by: Mucho
Even with back to back championship.

He lost his whole team after this year. What better time to go out, esp for $6mil a year.

The real question is whether the recruits are allowed to leave now. Will Foley release them?

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: Mucho

Originally posted by: slsmnaz
Can't say I'll miss him much.

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball

Even with back to back championship.

If it's true, it must be one helluva contract.

 

[CptObvious]

ESPN article Text

Magic offering him $6M a year, vs. $3M from the Gators to eventually $3.75M

 

[Syringer]

Too bad he couldn't do this a year or two earlier, bastard.

/bitter UCLA fan

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: CptObvious
ESPN article Text

Magic offering him $6M a year, vs. $3M from the Gators to eventually $3.75M

Yup, a helluva contract offer.

 

[jammur21]

He should have stayed in Florida. He was on his way to becoming a college coaching god like Carroll, Knight, Paterno, Wooden.

Next year (maybe two) will be tough for the gators, but they'll bounce back faster than Orlando.

 

[Shlong]

Following in the steps of Pitino, I wouldn't be surprised if he's back coaching college within 4-5 years.

 

[shocksyde]

And right after that bastard took Jai Lucas (John Lucas' son) away from my Terps!!!

 

[shocksyde]

Oh, and your title is wrong. He hasn't accepted the offer.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: shocksyde
Oh, and your title is wrong. He hasn't accepted the offer.

Ya, at this moment, it doesn't look like it. Even though a couple of sites (*cough* Fox Sports *cough*) are reporting it as done. I hope he does leave.

 

[CPA]

Didn't he just get the last undecided Top 50 player to sign with Florida last week. Man, that recruit is going to be pissed.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: CPA
Didn't he just get the last undecided Top 50 player to sign with Florida last week. Man, that recruit is going to be pissed.

He got Jai Lucas, a top 5 ranked PG in the nation. Kentucky got Patrick Patterson, the 1st or 2nd top ranked forward in the nation....he technically was the last one, but Lucas was a couple of days befor him.

 

[chuckywang]

That certainly did come out of nowhere.

Wow...I knew he was trying to get a contract extension with Florida, but I never in a million years thought this would happen.

Biggest sports story of the day.

EDIT: N/m...saw that he only got OFFERED the job. But wow, 6 million per year. That's 3x more money than he could have gotten at Kentucky.

 

[trmiv]

Unless he's doing it just for the money, he'd be smart to turn it down just stay at Florida. If he comes to the NBA chances are he'll be yet another college coach who failed in the NBA. At least he'll be richer though.

 

[Engineer]

:laugh:

 

[KLin]

announcement to be made tomorrow at 11am ET

Looks like it's 27.5 million for 5 years. Still not a bad deal.

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: Shlong
Following in the steps of Pitino, I wouldn't be surprised if he's back coaching college within 4-5 years.

I concur.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: buck

Originally posted by: Shlong
Following in the steps of Pitino, I wouldn't be surprised if he's back coaching college within 4-5 years.

I concur.

And he'll have about $12-$15 million more than he would have had he stayed coaching in college.

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: shocksyde
And right after that bastard took Jai Lucas (John Lucas' son) away from my Terps!!!

They belong in Texas schools.