Orlando Magic Hire Adonal Foyle as Director of Player Development
by Evan Dunlap on Sep 7, 2010 4:34 PM EDT
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The Orlando Magic named Adonal Foyle their Director of Player Development this afternoon, they announced via a press release. Foyle played the final three seasons of his career with the Magic, and announced his retirement last month. At the time, Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel wrote that Foyle "could be an idea fit" in this role. Apparently, the team agrees.
According to the release, here's what the Director of Player Development position entails:
In his role, Foyle will provide support for the overall development of the players, act as a conduit between players and management, and give assistance to the basketball operations department.
I can't think of a better candidate than Foyle to fill the position. He has clout with almost all the current Magic players, having been their teammate for at least a season. He's a guy they'll trust and respect. This is a tremendous hire. Congratulations to the Magic and to Foyle are in order.
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aww yay! :3
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Always / I wanna be with you / And make believe with you / And live in harmony, harmony / OH LOOOVE!
This is truly a happy ending...
To the old man’s career, as well as a happy beginning!
Go Magic/Bucs/Gators/Rays!
by chiefs_55 on Sep 7, 2010 6:28 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
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Great hire
When I spoke with him for a good 15 minutes after Game 5 against Boston this year he told me how he was already retired and that this is something he wanted to do after basketball. He said he would like to be a GM one day as well, so hopefully for him, this is a step in that direction.
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Wow, a picture of Adonal in action for the Magic
Anyway, I reckon he will make a huge influence on our young big, Daniel Orton
lol omg
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by TheGiantSquid on Sep 7, 2010 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Great
I think this is one of our best offseason choices
I was hoping something like this would happen.
Great move by the organization.
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Even though Foyle had his best seasons with the Warriors...
…nice to see the Magic hire him for this position.
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by Mike from Illinois on Sep 8, 2010 1:01 AM EDT reply actions
Excellent, Excellent Choice...
Congratulations to Adonal & the Magic. They’re building this organization the right way.
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At one time we also had Jerry “Reynolds Wrap” as an employee of the MAGIC also!!! Lol
So hes going to be the guidance counselor or something like that?
Sounds like a good job. Thats one thing you cant take away from DeVos/Vanderweide, they reward loyalty.
A classy and smart move
from a classy organization!
Glad he's in-house
Hopefully they’ll groom him for bigger and better things. I don’t know about his people skills as much, but in terms of intellect, Foyle was one of the smartest guys in the league for a long time.
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