Billy Donovan sends a message

[airportlobby]

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[homer]

hahaha. in hindsight, the Magic gig would have been much better. what a douche bag.

 

[Ruby Soho]

Textbook throwing the players under the bus.

 

[South Austin]

That seems over the top and douchey.

 

[TomTerrific]

they can't use the twelfth man moniker anymore, until they earn it.

 

[SigPi_Horn]

earn the right.

 

[bierce]

Think the university president will tell Donovan that he can't use his University of Florida offices, letterhead, or telephones (or paycheck) until he wins another SEC tournament game?

Edit: Of course, let's look at the Gators' lineup--it has one guy who played more than 10 minutes a game last year. The top 6 guys in minutes played are 3 freshmen, 2 sophmores and a junior. Hmm. Might this be a reason to understand how the team might finish the year with 4 straight losses? That, and the fact that the opponents were Mississippi State, Tennessee, Kentucky in Kentucky, and then an Alabama team that had 2 seniors and 2 juniors and 1 sophmore as the starting 5? Didn't have enough defensive fire? What, you recruited Lucas, Calathes and Parsons thinking they were going to put on 35 pounds of muscle apiece and become wrestlers?

 

[Orangesweat]

attaboy

 

[lnghrn005]

Seems like a pretty good motivation. The only part that is ridiculous is not allowing them to wear orange, blue, or anything else associated with Florida.

 

[Vol Horn 4 Life]

Seems like he is trying to get their attention and I bet he got it.

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[TheContractor]

Tough love at its best i guess. Not a way to treat a young team in my opinion. but i guess he knows his team best.

 

[l00p]

Fine. I will show him. I will NEVER step into those facilites. Take that.

 

[Bevo5]

So the message is?????

We have a lot of work to do to get better but I'm not going to allow any of you into the gym to practice?

Right.

 

[S197HQQKEM]

the message is that the back to back was a FLUKE

 

[blonthang]

I'd agree with him if it was after one or two games poorly played because his team wasn't concentrating or trying hard.

But since the team lost like 8 of their last 11, I'd suggest coaching as a problem.

In the short run players screw up, lose focus, do stupid things. It's the coaches' job to recognize problems and provide feedback quickly to correct the problems.

However, the buck stops at the top over the long run. I suggest Donovan look in the mirror at what he's wearing.

 

[Bob in Houston]

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[gardere_owns_OU]

go fran and take their names off the jerseys.

 

[uisge beatha]

So what are they going to wear tomorrow night during their NIT game if they can't wear any Florida attire?

 

[bierce]

I hope they have white T-shirts with "F U" written on them in black sharpie.

 

[Third Coast]

The dude has two NC's at the age of 42. He can do just about whatever he chooses.

 

[Statalyzer]

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[Don Johnson]

Do people really have a problem with this?

Its for motivation. Makes me wonder if some people played sports at any level - including junior high. Haven't we all had a coach do something like this after a bad loss?

On top of whether this gets people's approval, like Third Coast said, Donovan's got the skins on the wall to do whatever he wants.

 

[GHoward]

It's not like he kicked them all of the team. They just aren't getting the sweet perks. They still practicing, but in an older gym. This downgrade is still probably better than the facilities at half the schools in the country.