Billy Donovan Absolutely Rips His Young Team
March 14th, 2008 at 10:10 amBy Chris
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When you’ve grown accustomed to wining back-to-back NCAA titles, sub-par seasons, followed by being bounced in the first round of the SEC Tournament, apparently don’t sit well with head coaches. Just ask Billy Donovan and his Florida Gators.
After Alabama had their way with the Gators last night — securing the twice defending national champs an NIT bid — the man that left for the Orlando Magic had some choice words concerning the outlook of his team:
“You know, it’s hard for me to be excited going forward because I don’t see things being fixed,” the Florida coach said after an 80-69 loss to Alabama.“We’re 31 games into the season, and I’m not going to sit up here and talk about youthfulness or what we don’t have or what we lost or those type of things… You want to see a group of guys really understanding what it takes to win…
“They’re not committed to it…”
I don’t think Donovan has had to use words in conjunction like this for a couple of seasons now (Isn’t it ironic, dontcha think?). Apparently, he’s holding his team to the standard set by the Perfect Storm his Gators enjoyed so much. Sorry, but back-to-backs are not the norm in college basketball, Coach Donovan. You are beginning to sound like a UK fan.
Stumble it!
March 14th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
That’s what you get. You could have the leader in dunks and double doubles but you wanted to stay in GAYTOR country. Next time do what your boy Prick Pitino did and get the money and run. I love the fact that you recruited the losers too and you want to talk bad about them. Next time you want to put your team down. Do it in the mirror, so you will know who to really blame. You Eddie Munster reject. You had it easy too this year. You could mold your guys into what ever team you wanted. Billy G on the other hand took over a team that was set in their ways.
March 14th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I love when you get belligerent at other coaches.
March 15th, 2008 at 10:21 am
What Xavier said. I love the fact that Billy Munster takes absolutely ZERO cred for his team’s spiraling demise. Anyone that reads this should also go to Rivals.com and look at the GAYTOR message boards. That’s some funny shit. In their defense, they have no idea how to handle success after being perennial losers. Stick to football GAYTOR fans (you all certainly know how to be sore winners in that regard). Do the SEC proud and win the NIT. That was sincere.
March 17th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
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