A Little Bit Late To the Party

Despite insistence otherwise from Andy Katz, Dick Vitale, Pat Forde and the 1 a.m. Sportscenter janitor, it looks like Billy Donovan will be considering taking the Kentucky job. What had been a common thought in the sports world outside of Bristol has finally made its way to the four letter network's area. Hell, this average joe predicted this would happen a week ago. I then researched the subject and found it indeed would happen four days ago. Funny, but I'd expect ESPN to be right on top of the search it were happening at North Carolina or Duke.

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Bad Form

Apparently, word has leaked that Kentucky has offered Billy Donovan a monster contract. If a contract is offered in negotiations, that generally means a deal has already been verbally agreed upon.

While I have stated that I agree with Donovan making this move, you absolutely should not let these intentions be known while Florida has a Final Four game yet to play. Let your agent play games behind closed doors, but do not let these negotiations be known to the public. While Donovan's Dancing for the Stars audition in press conferences may have tipped off that something was going down, he still managed to mostly keep the focus on Florida. In the past, Roy Williams did a much better job of handling a similar situation. Keep the focus on your current team, and make your move when the time is right. Considering the way in which this search has gone down, I think Mitch Barnhart, Kentucky's AD, could have gladly waited a week for the actual contract to be offered. While this process works best at a brisk pace, I still feel that it's wrong when business comes ahead of the actual games being played, especially at the "amateur" level.

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