OT: Gators' Bubble Burst

Gerhalt11 · Post #1 » by **Gerhalt11** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:34 pm

Okay, Gator haters. Let's hear it... :noway:

magicfan4life05 · Post #2 » by **magicfan4life05** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:31 pm

did anyone see that quote from donovan....im not sure if i heard it right b/c i was sleeping with espn on lol but i think he pretty much dissed his team saying sophomores dont mean anything next year and he doesnt want them back....was i dreaming or did it happen?

U Gotta Play JJ · Post #3 » by **U Gotta Play JJ** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:39 pm

He may have said that, cause this sounds pretty close to it.

"It's hard for me to be excited going forward because I don't see things getting fixed," Florida coach Billy Donovan said.

http://www.gainesvillesun.com/article/2 ... 83492/1056

DrewDaGreat12 · Post #4 » by **DrewDaGreat12** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:42 pm

The Favero · Post #5 » by **The Favero** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:00 pm

Billy Who?

theTHIEF · Post #6 » by **theTHIEF** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:04 pm

go Canes!

Cammo101 · Post #7 » by **Cammo101** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:45 pm

I called this before the season. Donovan caught lightning in a bottle with that team when Noah and Brewer became radically better players than expected. Back to being a middle of the road national team.

Magicfan94 · Post #8 » by **Magicfan94** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:08 pm

I think the press has terribly rephrased what Billy said to make it sound like the team wasn't commited. He started the whole thing off taking the blame himself.

As for lightning in a bottle, maybe, but the Gators are young and have a good class coming in. I think they will be very good team next year.

magicman123 · Post #9 » by **magicman123** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:16 pm

the gators got a very young team, 2 juniors, 3 soph, 7 freshman, but they still won 21 games...maybe that guy, i think his name is bolly can watch us play in the PLAYOFFS!!

Gerhalt11 · Post #10 » by **Gerhalt11** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:17 pm

Well, it's hard for the media to rephrase something when they're just using quotes that he said. He did say that he was not excited about these freshmen becoming sophomores. He did call them out for not being committed. He did say that they weren't excited about being in the tournament. That's not to say he's not right, but these are his words, not the media's.

Magicfan94 · Post #11 » by **Magicfan94** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:19 pm

Yes, but the media is spinning it to mean that he thought the blame should all be on the players...which isn't true

Orangeandblue1 · Post #12 » by **Orangeandblue1** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:24 pm

Magicfan94 wrote:Yes, but the media is spinning it to mean that he thought the blame should all be on the players...which isn't true

you're right.

ive gone to a few games and watched this team play all season, and it was maddening. these players would go on playing great stretches of basketball, whooping up on everyone. then the next game, they'd get murdered. last night for example, they were down 42-14, and they cut it to within 6 with plenty of time left. they better figure their **** out or recruit a freshman leader because they don't have a leader on the court right now.

AdamTheGreek · Post #13 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:35 pm

I love karma.
Here's to ultimate karma of us winning a title while Billy is crying.

Post #14 » by **craig01** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:53 pm

The Gators need to beef up.

Their new recruiting class should help. Had Patterson gone to UF instead of UK, it might have been a really good year.

All things considered though, and I'd say the Gators werer surprising in that they continued the 20 game victory streak. They'll be a lot better next year.

Cammo101 · Post #15 » by **Cammo101** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:44 pm

UF no playoffs. Magic playoffs.
Billy no playoffs. SVG playoffs.

Grass is sometimes better on the other side.

Gerhalt11 · Post #16 » by **Gerhalt11** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:46 pm

I'd say it's more impressive to make the tournament in the NCAA than the playoffs in the NBA. You've got 65 teams making the tournament out of 320-something teams, which equalls about 20 percent, give or take. Whereas in the NBA, it's 16 out of 30, which is better than 50 percent.

HeyIt'sMe · Post #17 » by **HeyIt'sMe** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:08 pm

Brewer was a McDonald's All-American and a starter and defensive ace as a freshman... everyone knew he'd be good. Noah and Green's improvement was what was the biggest surprise.

That said, it's way too early to call Florida dead. They were VERY young this season and have a terrific class coming in that should get them back to the tournament. As long as Donovan is there, they aren't going to go away.

DrewDaGreat12 · Post #18 » by **DrewDaGreat12** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:11 pm

And now FSU's bubble bursts too (I still don't get why UF is ahead of FSU on everyone's list).

thepritz · Post #19 » by **thepritz** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:22 pm

DrewDaGreat12 wrote:And now FSU's bubble bursts too (I still don't get why UF is ahead of FSU on everyone's list).

Because they are champions

DrewDaGreat12 · Post #20 » by **DrewDaGreat12** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:23 pm

thepritz wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Because they are champions

WERE.