Cleveland Cavaliers have not asked permission to interview Billy Donovan
By Josh Hill
With the Cleveland Cavaliers owing the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft this year, there has been increased talk about who will succeed Mike Brown as the head coach of the team. As if the Cavs weren’t already in a sad state, the team is essentially leaderless as there’s no head coach and the general manager is a guy who was just promoted a week ago.
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The search to find a new head coach is a hard one this year as the Cavs aren’t the only team hunting for a new coach in an absolutely depressing market. The shallow waters of the NBA coaching pool have caused teams to get creative and that means looking to the college ranks for help. Reports have begun surfacing that Florida’s Billy Donovan is on the Cavs’ radar but the Cleveland Plain Dealer urges everyone to pump the brakes.
Florida AD Jeremy Foley tells The Plain Dealer #Cavs have not asked him for permission to speak to basketball coach Billy Donovan
— clevelanddotcom Cavs (@PDcavsinsider) May 23, 2014
The NBA is a place where coaches should want to go, but right now it appears college is where all the fun is being had. With less demanding expectations and a stage that’s just as big if not bigger than the NBA at times during the season, college basketball is starting to be a place where coaches don’t want to leave.
Donovan has already once in his career accepted and then backed out of a coaching contract with an NBA franchise, and that has to be in the back of the Cavs mind as they juxtapose their horrible professional situation with Florida’s pristine collegiate standing.