This was from Donovan's Monday press conference:
Billy D on John Egbunu: "When you're in the situation we're in right now, it looks like Dwight Howard, LeBron [James] and Kobe [Bryant]. Guys are never as good as people want to make them out to be when they are sitting out. The expectation part gets way too high. Certainly, I think we all saw that with Chris Walker sitting out in terms of the expectation. John Egbunu is going to be a guy that's going to be able to help our team. ... I never ever believe guys are sitting out just because they're seen visually, but they don't play and the legend grows every day that goes by -- I don't believe in that. How much they can help, I don't know. I like coaching them, I like having them in our program, but I'm not prepared to put that kind of expectation or pressure on those guys since they haven't really done anything since they've been here."
Billy D on Brandon Francis: "I believe Brandone Francis has got a long way to go. I think hopefully he could help our team in some way."
Billy D on Schuyler Rimmer: "I do like Schuyler, I like him a lot. He's a big physical guy. I think the biggest thing for him right now is the way Stanford's academic calendar is set up, he had a long period off from playing basketball over the Christmas holidays and then coming back to school here. What we've been trying to do is help him to get in a little bit better shape. That's not to say he wasn't in shape when he was playing at Stanford, he just had so much time off from playing that he probably got himself out of shape. He works hard and he's a great kid. I'm happy he's here. Hopefully, again, he's another guy that can provide some help for our team."
Billy D on John Egbunu: "When you're in the situation we're in right now, it looks like Dwight Howard, LeBron [James] and Kobe [Bryant]. Guys are never as good as people want to make them out to be when they are sitting out. The expectation part gets way too high. Certainly, I think we all saw that with Chris Walker sitting out in terms of the expectation. John Egbunu is going to be a guy that's going to be able to help our team. ... I never ever believe guys are sitting out just because they're seen visually, but they don't play and the legend grows every day that goes by -- I don't believe in that. How much they can help, I don't know. I like coaching them, I like having them in our program, but I'm not prepared to put that kind of expectation or pressure on those guys since they haven't really done anything since they've been here."
Billy D on Brandon Francis: "I believe Brandone Francis has got a long way to go. I think hopefully he could help our team in some way."
Billy D on Schuyler Rimmer: "I do like Schuyler, I like him a lot. He's a big physical guy. I think the biggest thing for him right now is the way Stanford's academic calendar is set up, he had a long period off from playing basketball over the Christmas holidays and then coming back to school here. What we've been trying to do is help him to get in a little bit better shape. That's not to say he wasn't in shape when he was playing at Stanford, he just had so much time off from playing that he probably got himself out of shape. He works hard and he's a great kid. I'm happy he's here. Hopefully, again, he's another guy that can provide some help for our team."
