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Orlando Magic Hire Adonal Foyle as Director of Player Development

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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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Glad to have him back with the team.

by Jwoey on Sep 7, 2010 4:35 PM EDT reply actions  

All right Adonal!

Your the perfect man for this job. Very smart move by the Magic.

by Gatorbuc15 on Sep 7, 2010 5:00 PM EDT reply actions  

aww yay! :3

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by TheGiantSquid on Sep 7, 2010 5:05 PM EDT reply actions  

Great news !

Adonal Foyle = class

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by 44792212 on Sep 7, 2010 5:23 PM EDT reply actions  

This is truly a happy ending...

To the old man’s career, as well as a happy beginning!

Go Magic/Bucs/Gators/Rays!

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by 4QB on Sep 7, 2010 6:38 PM EDT reply actions  

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by paching on Sep 7, 2010 6:50 PM EDT reply actions  

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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by JeffShann3 on Sep 7, 2010 7:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Great

I think this is one of our best offseason choices

by Chaos7 on Sep 7, 2010 9:28 PM EDT reply actions  

I was hoping something like this would happen.

Great move by the organization.

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by cgsimone on Sep 7, 2010 11:12 PM EDT reply actions  

Very political move, love when ball clubs and college athletic departments make hires like these.

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by magic fanatic on Sep 7, 2010 11:33 PM EDT reply actions  

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.

by Hoop Dreams on Sep 8, 2010 11:37 AM EDT reply actions  

"Aluminun Foyle"

At one time we also had Jerry “Reynolds Wrap” as an employee of the MAGIC also!!! Lol

by Micheal B on Sep 8, 2010 1:44 PM EDT reply actions  

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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