Stupid Coach Tricks

Why do things like this happen?:

Rich history wasn't enough to lure Billy Donovan away from Florida. In the end, it was just riches.

Donovan will have plenty of them after agreeing to a five-year deal paying $5.5 million annually to coach the Orlando Magic, an official in the NBA told The Associated Press on Thursday. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract was agreed to but not signed.

Successful college coaches who have the opportunity to become living legends and have job security for life take the money and run off to the pros? The list of casualties is, in the NFL and the NBA.

Rick Pitino, Lon Kruger, Mike Montgomery, Nick Saban, Tim Floyd, June Jones, Dennis Erickson, Butch Davis, Leonard Hamilton, etc. and so forth.

Billy Donovan is going to be a very rich, albeit very unemployed, guy in a couple of years...