Thunder will not fire Donovan

maheo30

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He's in a tough spot with Westbrook as his pg. I hope he figures it out, but I doubt it.
 

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I personally can't stand the NBA, but I get it that a ton of people love it. I just don't understand why Donovan left UF where he could have gone down as our Dean Smith, John Wooden, Adolph Rupp, etc. Sure, he's still a legend at UF but he could have continued another 10+ years, retired by 60, and had the f*cking arena named after him. Instead, there's stories about him possibly being fired from the job that lured him away from UF....
 

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The day Durant left, OKC was dead in the water. Interesting that Presti gives Bill D a vote of confidence. I wonder if it's reciprocated.

You should read the comments from OKC fans. They want Donovan out. They may get their way, but not for at least another year.
 

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He'll have his pick of college jobs...I always thought he'd end up at Duke for some reason.
 

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I personally can't stand the NBA, but I get it that a ton of people love it. I just don't understand why Donovan left UF where he could have gone down as our Dean Smith, John Wooden, Adolph Rupp, etc. Sure, he's still a legend at UF but he could have continued another 10+ years, retired by 60, and had the f*cking arena named after him. Instead, there's stories about him possibly being fired from the job that lured him away from UF....
Donovan's a gym rat. He loves to coach year round, recruit and administrate not as much. Felt he had an itch he had to scratch. Well, he's scratched it and discovered that getting to the Final Four is easier than the NBA Finals.
 

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I personally can't stand the NBA, but I get it that a ton of people love it. I just don't understand why Donovan left UF where he could have gone down as our Dean Smith, John Wooden, Adolph Rupp, etc. Sure, he's still a legend at UF but he could have continued another 10+ years, retired by 60, and had the f*cking arena named after him. Instead, there's stories about him possibly being fired from the job that lured him away from UF....

Because he is a NY guy that grew up dreaming about the NBA.

He isn't coming back to UF imho.
 

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No. That ship has sailed.
 

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I would take Billy back in a second and personally help build a statue of the man.
 

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The current NBA is ridiculous to try and compete in. Unless your in a big market team that can draw free agents or you win the lottery to get that once in a lifetime player your never going to be good. 75% of the NBA can just hope to be average year to year. Occasionally you get lucky a few years in a row in the draft and build a really solid team, but for the most part if you don't have 2-3 top 15 players you can't win.
 

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Donovan's a gym rat. He loves to coach year round, recruit and administrate not as much. Felt he had an itch he had to scratch. Well, he's scratched it and discovered that getting to the Final Four is easier than the NBA Finals.
The thing about that is once you've reached K-status, you don't have to do a ton of the admin and recruiting...some but not as much as say, Mike White. The program and the success sells itself and you make some cameo's with the special 5 stars to let them know the deal. I don't get why a successful college coach in any sport would want to put up with coaching pro athletes.
 

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The thing about that is once you've reached K-status, you don't have to do a ton of the admin and recruiting...some but not as much as say, Mike White. The program and the success sells itself and you make some cameo's with the special 5 stars to let them know the deal. I don't get why a successful college coach in any sport would want to put up with coaching pro athletes.

It is a country club lifestyle in the NBA and something coaches who have been on the grind for a while can get lured by and perhaps addicted to. When Lon Kruger was fired by the Hawks, he could have jumped back into the NCAA immediately. Instead, he chose to be an assistant on the Knicks for at least one season. I know for a fact that he loved the NBA lifestyle, even on the Hawks.
 

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Billy should fire them, at some point someone will get fired, it should be the GM but he’ll throw Billy out first to save his job.
 

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Hold on to Mike White for one more year. When BD is fired, fire Mike White and bring back BD.
Kentucky will throw the world at him.

Do you think he will really want to come back to ghetto Gainesville and fight with the AD about whether the kids really need indoor plumbing?

If he comes back to college, and I think he will, it wont be to a program that pleads poverty constantly.
 

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