Donovan Has Stayed In Touch With Pearl

June 1st, 2011 01:49 PM║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Schools: Florida, Tennessee
Tags: Billy Donovan, Bruce Pearl, Jim Tressel, SEC

Jim Tressel and his downfall have been hot topics at this week’s SEC meetings with a number of coaches showing support for the man whose entire career — including all the good deeds he’d ever done — will now be overshadowed by the word “cheating.”

Well the SEC has its own version of Tressel in recently-fired Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl. And former Pearl rival — and friend — Billy Donovan says he’s been in touch with the former coach.

“I think he’s trying to move on from it,” Florida’s coach said yesterday. “A lot of times when things happen, whether it’s Bruce Pearl or Jim Tressel, people want to push back and stay away. … It’s unfortunate what happened. I think that’s also part of life. His mindset is to try to move forward.”

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