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Rough life to have to choose between two organizations that are going to pay you millions of dollars to coach basketball. So Billy leaves Florida, goes to NBA Magic for 48 hours only to try to get his old job back. He’s probably going to get a lot of grief for changing his mind, but honestly - he did the hardest thing in the world to do…admit a mistake and try to immediately correct it instead of acting like nothing was wrong.
With the kind of money getting thrown around, it obviously wasn’t about the money. Kudos to Billy Donovan for figure out early that he wasn’t going to work in Orlando and doing something about it. For the opposite of this situation, see the New York Knicks hiring of Isaiah Thomas.
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1 davidb // Jun 8, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Gotta agree that it took guts. I was shocked anyone would make that kind of move. makes me wonder how he got all the way to the end of the process inthe first place–talk about “buyer’s remorse”!
2 Jlo // Jun 8, 2007 at 3:41 pm
So, if Florida has a top recruit change his mind after signing day does the recruit get to go back and play somewhere else scot-free?
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