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Sent From Shane's iPhone Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! On Dec 14, 2012, at 2:45 PM, "mail.bobparks.com" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Shane! I really needed something else to worry about! > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > Real Estate Broker > Bob Parks, LLC > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > 615-972-4239 > 615-826-4040 > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> >> Date: December 14, 2012 7:12:08 AM CST >> To: GatorNews <[email protected]> >> Subject: [gatornews] [Gainesville SUN]: Billy D doesn’t rule out coaching >> in NBA >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> >> December 13th, 2012 11:55am >> Billy D doesn’t rule out coaching in NBA >> by Kevin Brockway >> Gainesville SUN >> >> >> Billy Donovan has proven more than loyal in building the Florida men’s >> basketball program through 17 seasons. >> >> But in a candid interview with Dan LeBatard on AM 790 in Miami on Wednesday >> night, Donovan sounded like a coach still with an itch to work in the NBA >> someday. >> >> When asked if he’s ruled out ever coaching in the NBA, Donovan said. “The >> one thing that I think is always intriguing the older I get is the fact that >> (the NBA) is just all about basketball. I love the practices, I love the >> games, I love doing individual instruction and breaking down tape and game >> planning and doing those things. >> >> “Sometimes, I think, as you get older there is a lot of other things that >> you have to do here in college. For me, right now, I love Florida. I think >> the one thing that I’ve been fortunate of here is I’ve had the same athletic >> director, Jeremy Foley, since I first came here. He hired me and he’s still >> here. He’s wonderful and we have a great relationship.” >> >> Donovan signed a three-year contact extension a year ago that pays him an >> average salary of $3.5 million per year through the end of the 2015-16 >> season. There is a $500,000 buyout, though both sides can terminate the >> contract without cause for a one-month window between March 1 and April 1. >> >> In 2007, Donovan left Florida to accept a head coaching job with the Orlando >> Magic, but returned to Florida six days later after a change of heart. >> Donovan said in the radio interview it was a “gut feeling” to return to >> Florida. Family also played a role in the decision. Donovan’s two oldest >> children were just starting high school at the time, and in a Gainesville >> speaking engagement a few years ago, Donovan said “it’s very rare in this >> day and age in coaching to have one of your sons go through elementary >> school, middle school and high school in one city.” >> >> Donovan’s two oldest children are now in college (his daughter Hasbrouck is >> on an equestrian scholarship at Auburn and son Billy is a walk-on with the >> UF men’s basketball team). He perhaps also is intrigued by the NBA after >> seeing the success his former players are having at the next level. There >> are 10 former Gators currently in the NBA and three (Joakim Noah, Al Horford >> and David Lee) are averaging double-doubles. It’s not a stretch to say >> Donovan could put together a roster of former players and build an >> NBA-playoff caliber ballclub. >> >> Here’s what former Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said last month when >> asked if Donovan’s coaching style would be successful at the NBA level. >> >> “He’d be great,” Van Gundy said. “There’s no doubt about it. I know the >> guy’s offense would translate great to the NBA level. He knows how to work >> to that level, that mentality because he’s coached a lot of pro-caliber >> players.” >> >> >> COMMENTS >> >> 22 Comments >> >> December 13th, 2012 1:49 pm >> how long was his ban from the NBA? Not a good move by Donovan to start >> saying this in the middle of a great year. The guy knows basketball but they >> never know when to close their mouths. >> by John >> >> December 13th, 2012 1:50 pm >> sorry, no way Billy D leaves for the NBA. He will retire a gator, bet on it. >> by Ryan >> >> December 13th, 2012 1:58 pm >> Nothing wrong with doing a little trolling. I believe he is too much of a >> stand up guy to stick it to the recruits. If Billy D. has the option of >> staying and retiring here, being a name that means Gator basketball, he >> stays. >> by LowCountryGator >> >> December 13th, 2012 2:11 pm >> Coach Donovan has earned the right to pursue his -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
