Comments on: Donovan’s Contract Slow-Dance a Maddening Ordeal for Gator Fans http://www.orangeandbluehue.com/2007/05/21/donovans-contract-slow-dance-a-maddening-ordeal-for-gator-fans/ The world through GATOR-colored glasses. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:37:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Brad http://www.orangeandbluehue.com/2007/05/21/donovans-contract-slow-dance-a-maddening-ordeal-for-gator-fans/#comment-62212 Thu, 24 May 2007 15:32:34 +0000 http://www.orangeandbluehue.com/2007/05/21/donovans-contract-slow-dance-a-maddening-ordeal-for-gator-fans/#comment-62212 Everyone is waiting to hear what Billy D. is going to do. What everyone fails to realize, it does not make much difference. What he has done for Florida basketball is put them on the map. He will eventually head to the NBA, and you will bring in a good coach to replace him. He is a steller coach and a good man. So no matter what happens, Florida will be fine. I am a UK fan, and I am looking forward to the match up against Florida in the comming years. Some of the posting seem to think that Kentucky is over the hill, and that is as far from the truth as you can get. Our Billy ended up being the right Billy in the end, and it will be fun watching the 2 schools battle it out over the years. Best of luck to you guys. Go SEC! Everyone is waiting to hear what Billy D. is going to do. What everyone fails to realize, it does not make much difference. What he has done for Florida basketball is put them on the map. He will eventually head to the NBA, and you will bring in a good coach to replace him. He is a steller coach and a good man. So no matter what happens, Florida will be fine. I am a UK fan, and I am looking forward to the match up against Florida in the comming years. Some of the posting seem to think that Kentucky is over the hill, and that is as far from the truth as you can get. Our Billy ended up being the right Billy in the end, and it will be fun watching the 2 schools battle it out over the years. Best of luck to you guys. Go SEC!

]]> by: rjsplow http://www.orangeandbluehue.com/2007/05/21/donovans-contract-slow-dance-a-maddening-ordeal-for-gator-fans/#comment-61798 Tue, 22 May 2007 14:40:44 +0000 http://www.orangeandbluehue.com/2007/05/21/donovans-contract-slow-dance-a-maddening-ordeal-for-gator-fans/#comment-61798 i know how harsh we can be, as avid sports fans, on coaches during down periods whether it's really the coach's fault or not. i hope that we can all keep some perspective in the next couple of years on the fact that it's incredibly hard to win, or even compete, for a national championship in college basketball. i say this now because i feel as though donovan's gigantic deal he's signing will just provide more ammunition for critics when the inevitable dip in success occurs while we start over. and make no mistake about it- we will be nowhere near competing for sec or national titles next year, and possibly even the year after that. i think our recent success has allowed us to forget that, in the years immediately proceeding the '06 title, people were really beginning to question whether donovan could bring it all together. in a lot of ways, i believe we got really lucky with how well all the pieces fit together these last couple years. okay i digressed a little bit, but my point is that in the coming years i believe our admiration for how hard it must have been to sustain the level of success we just experienced should overcome any frustration or impatience we're feeling as the program tries to again find winning chemistry... but being sports fans that's probably too much to ask for. i know how harsh we can be, as avid sports fans, on coaches during down periods whether it’s really the coach’s fault or not. i hope that we can all keep some perspective in the next couple of years on the fact that it’s incredibly hard to win, or even compete, for a national championship in college basketball. i say this now because i feel as though donovan’s gigantic deal he’s signing will just provide more ammunition for critics when the inevitable dip in success occurs while we start over. and make no mistake about it- we will be nowhere near competing for sec or national titles next year, and possibly even the year after that. i think our recent success has allowed us to forget that, in the years immediately proceeding the ‘06 title, people were really beginning to question whether donovan could bring it all together. in a lot of ways, i believe we got really lucky with how well all the pieces fit together these last couple years.
okay i digressed a little bit, but my point is that in the coming years i believe our admiration for how hard it must have been to sustain the level of success we just experienced should overcome any frustration or impatience we’re feeling as the program tries to again find winning chemistry… but being sports fans that’s probably too much to ask for.

]]> by: Carissa http://www.orangeandbluehue.com/2007/05/21/donovans-contract-slow-dance-a-maddening-ordeal-for-gator-fans/#comment-61667 Tue, 22 May 2007 06:11:07 +0000 http://www.orangeandbluehue.com/2007/05/21/donovans-contract-slow-dance-a-maddening-ordeal-for-gator-fans/#comment-61667 I have to whole-heartedly agree with Tru, lol. I have to whole-heartedly agree with Tru, lol.

]]> by: Fred Marks http://www.orangeandbluehue.com/2007/05/21/donovans-contract-slow-dance-a-maddening-ordeal-for-gator-fans/#comment-61609 Mon, 21 May 2007 22:20:29 +0000 http://www.orangeandbluehue.com/2007/05/21/donovans-contract-slow-dance-a-maddening-ordeal-for-gator-fans/#comment-61609 www.KeepBillyDonovan.com We're back online until Billy signs! Please help spread the word! www.KeepBillyDonovan.com We’re back online until Billy signs!
Please help spread the word!

]]> by: Truzenzuzex http://www.orangeandbluehue.com/2007/05/21/donovans-contract-slow-dance-a-maddening-ordeal-for-gator-fans/#comment-61606 Mon, 21 May 2007 22:08:32 +0000 http://www.orangeandbluehue.com/2007/05/21/donovans-contract-slow-dance-a-maddening-ordeal-for-gator-fans/#comment-61606 I actually feel for ya. Pitino did the same crap to us, right before he ... well, you know what he did. I actually hope Donovan stays in college coaching, which means Florida -- if he turned us down, I'm thinking no other college job will catch his fancy. The NBA is a meat-grinder for college coaches, and I like Billy D. too much to wish that on him. Oh, I'm sure if he did a Pitino he would land on his feet like his mentor did, but frankly, I wanna beat the crap out of you guys with Donovan on the sidelines. More fun that way. ;-) I actually feel for ya. Pitino did the same crap to us, right before he … well, you know what he did.

I actually hope Donovan stays in college coaching, which means Florida — if he turned us down, I’m thinking no other college job will catch his fancy. The NBA is a meat-grinder for college coaches, and I like Billy D. too much to wish that on him.

Oh, I’m sure if he did a Pitino he would land on his feet like his mentor did, but frankly, I wanna beat the crap out of you guys with Donovan on the sidelines. More fun that way. ;-)

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