Spurrier sympathizes with Donovan over Magic indecision
Both he and Donovan were awarded big paychecks to leave Florida. Spurrier took a five-year, $25 million contract, then the richest ever given an NFL coach. He walked away from the deal with three years left.
Donovan's deal with Orlando paid $27.5 million over five years. He had the job less than a week before breaking the contract to stay in Gainesville, where he has won two straight NCAA titles.
Spurrier won one national championship and dominated the Southeastern Conference in his 12 years with Florida with 122 wins, six conference titles and a national championship in 1996.
He is 15-10 after two seasons at South Carolina.
Strangely, Spurrier's current school was the victim of a similar about-face in 1993, when Bobby Cremins left Georgia Tech for the Gamecocks and then changed his mind after two days.
Spurrier said he was actually playing golf with Cremins when he heard the Donovan news.
"Bobby said, 'I know how he felt,"' Spurrier said. "So it happens a lot."
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