Enjoyable times in Gainesville

Donovan realized he's not willing to coach at an NBA level. Why would the Magic want him to be the coach? There's plenty of coaches out there in the NBA, so why take a risk with this guy who can't even make up his mind? Rick Carlisle is available. Stan Van Gundy, possibly his brother, assistant coaches, etc. No need to keep this fraud.

that he's a fraud or a pussy, but you do have to wonder.

What kind of person makes a huge, life-changing decision without really sitting down and thinking about all the pros and cons before actually making the decision? Why did he only have the second thoughts after all of this went to press?

Either Donovan is not so good at basic life decisions, or when the Magic players heard about all this they called him up and told him that there was no way they were going to play for him.

It's probably the best move for BOTH sides. As sportsfan pointed out, Donovan has the chance to "build something legendary at Florida," potentially becoming the next Coach K. I believe among active coaches, only Coach K and Bobby Knight have more championships than Billy D's two. That two is also one more than the following coaches have: Rick Pitino, Tom Izzo, Roy Williams, Lute Olson and Jim Boeheim. A lot of great coaches have yet to win their first as well, such as our favorite, Rick Barnes, Bill Self, Ben Howland, Bob Huggins, etc. And the kicker is that Donovan is younger than all of them (note: admittedly, not 100% positive that this is true).

Meanwhile, Orlando's second choice is Stan Van Gundy, who I feel did a great job with Miami and a young Dwyane Wade. From all accounts, SVG wants to coach Orlando as well. As an NBA coach, he's already a better fit than Donovan in the short-term, and who's to say he's not a better long-term fit as well?

Touche.

has a great blog post about the whole situation.

On Monday morning, however, the NBA franchise released an official statement on their website which makes it sound as though this ordeal is far from over

Very interesting, though ultimately, there's no way Orlando would or should hang on to someone who doesn't want to coach them.

Absentee-owner Rich DeVos is not generally known as the nicest guy around, and considering he started Amway, the ultimate pyramid scheme, you can bet he’s a first class manipulator of people.

Just interestingly hilarious.

So where does that leave the Kid? Back at Florida — probably for life. (Insert huge cheer here.)

Agreed. And good for college basketball, SEC basketball, and the UF-UK rivalry.

some will say that Donovan’s reputation will take a hit. How that can be said with a straight face, I haven’t a clue.

Disagree. Until Billy D starts winning again, he will be questioned as to why he took such an unorthodox path back to coaching UF. Even Rick Pitino still gets questioned as to why he left UK to begin with, and he's taken Louisville back to the Final Four. Failure sticks. And despite Donovan's never coaching a game, he's "failed" at the NBA level. Even Orange and Blue Hue agrees.

Either way, Donovan’s second thoughts: have all but permanently closed the door on a future NBA career, assuming the Magic release Donovan.

Full link here.