ESPN: Billy D Staying in Florida!

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  1. GatorsowntheNCAA

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Billy Donovan, three days removed from leading Florida to a second consecutive national championship, will announce later Thursday that he will remain the Gators' coach and not make himself available to interview for the opening at SEC rival Kentucky.

    Sources close to the situation told ESPN.com that Donovan met Thursday morning with Florida athletics director Jeremy Foley in Gainesville, Fla. The decision was made at that time that Donovan would stay on as coach.

    Donovan was the top choice of Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart to replace Tubby Smith, who left the program in March to coach Minnesota.</div>

    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2826756
     
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    btw, feel free to merge both these threads as "Billy and 04's Decide" or something.
     
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    Billy decides to stay in Florida but will it be with the Gators or the Heat? [​IMG]

    I'm surprised, since he decided against UK so quickly and without talking to UK officials, why he refused to make a statement during the tournament run.
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">Fast Luck Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Billy decides to stay in Florida but will it be with the Gators or the Heat? [​IMG]

    I'm surprised, since he decided against UK so quickly and without talking to UK officials, why he refused to make a statement during the tournament run.</div>

    My theory on that was to put all the media attention on him and put more pressure on him rather than the players who were attempting to repeat. Not to mention that helped him get more money from Foley.

    Gators should still be pretty good next year.
     

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