"I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings."
Hitters who avoid outs are the funnest.
Agreed. My point was to dispute the idea that there is no defense played in the NBA anymore.
If you want to watch some no-defense-playing fools, check out the Denver Nuggets, early 1980s style. Alex English and Kiki Vandeweghe played NO D. And most of those years, they weren't too awful bad.
When all is said and done more is said than done.
"I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I'm all out of bubble gum."
- - Rowdy Roddy Piper
"It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. I am not a big man"
- - Fletch
"I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I'm all out of bubble gum."
- - Rowdy Roddy Piper
"It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. I am not a big man"
- - Fletch
According to this...Donovan isn't going anywhere
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2826756
:'(
Stupid Billly, getting my hopes up.
So now who is on the agenda?
It's all over but the crying.....
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Donovan will stay put as Florida coach
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By Andy Katz
ESPN.com
Billy Donovan, three days removed from leading Florida to a second consecutive national championship, will remain the Gators' coach and not make himself available to interview for the opening at SEC rival Kentucky.
Donovan told Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart early Thursday morning by phone that he wasn't interested in leaving Florida. Florida athletics director Jeremy Foley told ESPN.com that he and Donovan also met Thursday.
In recounting that meeting, "He said, 'This my home, Jeremy. I love the University of Florida. I love you. I had a chance to talk to [wife] Christine and I'm not going anywhere."
Donovan and Foley will discuss terms of a contract extension for the coach after Donovan returns from a planned week-long vacation to the Dominican Republic. Donovan will leave the country Saturday.
"Obviously we've been talking," Foley said. Donovan has two years remaining on his contract. "Friday is about the celebration [for the title] and then he's [vacationing]. This is where he wants to be."
Barnhart left a message for Foley on Wednesday seeking permission to talk to Donovan, but Foley did not want a Donovan-Barnhart conversation to occur until speaking with Donovan himself.
The Wildcats will now move on in their search to find Tubby Smith's replacement. Their search likely will start with Texas' Rick Barnes and possibly include Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Marquette's Tom Crean, Texas A&M's Billy Gillispie and Gonzaga's Mark Few. If Barnes and Izzo are not interested, it's not expected to get past the other three if offered.
Meanwhile, the four Florida juniors -- Joakim Noah, Al Horford, Corey Brewer and Taurean Green -- may make their announcements that they're leaving school to enter the NBA draft either later Thursday or Friday prior to Florida's on-campus celebration of winning the national title.
Information from ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach was used in this report.
Last edited by Blimpie; 04-05-2007 at 12:57 PM.
I can't fault him for staying at a place he built, but in his lifetime it will never surpass what he could have done at UK.
Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
Cincinnati Reds - 75, 76, 90
Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
Chicago Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
“Everything that happens before Death is what counts.”
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
I'd prefer Few over Gillispie and Crean.
Hehe, good decision for Billy - why anyone would want to put up with the unrealistic and arrogant standards of the UK fan base is beyond me. (no offense to their more elusive, level-headed fans)
I'd stay in sunny Florida with my back-to-back champsionships and long term job security too.
KronoRed (03-14-2015)
If I was a UK fan I would be screaming if they pursue Rick Barnes. He may be one of the best recruiters around but he can't coach at all. This is a guy who has had TJ Ford, Lamarcus Aldridge, and now Durant and has never been able to win big. This years team was young but it was loaded and they still lost 10 games and were upset by USC. Tubby lost 11 games against a more difficult schedule. He may be the anti-Tubby: good recruiter and horrible coach compared to Tubby as a horrible recruiter and good coach.
Seeing that I can't stand UK I'm really hoping they hire Barnes. You'll get the top players but also the losses.
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