In Reply to: I had hoped by some miracle we would get Billy Donovan posted by BuscH on June 22, 2026 at 16:06:54
There was a time when Donovan to UCLA made sense, but that time is no more. Our weak fan support coupled with a horrible coaching hire and the NIL's obliteration of any sort of "traditional" advantages elite programs may have once had...have reduced UCLA to an afterthought. We're fighting for 3rd tier status in our own league for gosh sakes, and our recruiting pipeline has dried up to an extent we've never seen before.
Had Donovan arrived around the time Howland was fired, I think he would have won big as our coach. He's a fantastic coach, recruiter and promoter, and we would have loved him.