Here's what Donovan had to say about Finney-Smith's suspension postgame:
"He's suspended. I'm not playing him against LSU. I'm going to revisit it again on Monday."
Follow-up question: How disappointing is that?
"I think [long pause]. For me it's hard because, I think when that when these things happen it's very easy to pass judgment on a kid who's really a good kid. He's not, he's a great kid to coach and I'm not just saying that because he's here on our team and because I'm supposed to say that. He's a good kid, but I think it has been a microcosm of this season with our team in what I would say a lack of commitment and a lack of consistency of what really goes into winning. This may be something that I've been battling all year long. The one thing that I would say, I think as a coach in these situations you can learn as much as a coach as you can, the players can learn. I can learn a lot too. One of the biggest things is that I've always loved the game and I've always been committed to the game. It's easy. I think as a coach it's more easy to be committed than the players. One of the questions that has gone through my mind this year is, can you force somebody to be committed? And think about it, commitment is one of the most difficult things in life to commit your mind, heart, soul, body, everything into something. I think that really is very difficult to do and I believe that's the only way you can be really successful and Dorian's decisions represent a lack of commitment in my opinion."
"He's suspended. I'm not playing him against LSU. I'm going to revisit it again on Monday."
Follow-up question: How disappointing is that?
"I think [long pause]. For me it's hard because, I think when that when these things happen it's very easy to pass judgment on a kid who's really a good kid. He's not, he's a great kid to coach and I'm not just saying that because he's here on our team and because I'm supposed to say that. He's a good kid, but I think it has been a microcosm of this season with our team in what I would say a lack of commitment and a lack of consistency of what really goes into winning. This may be something that I've been battling all year long. The one thing that I would say, I think as a coach in these situations you can learn as much as a coach as you can, the players can learn. I can learn a lot too. One of the biggest things is that I've always loved the game and I've always been committed to the game. It's easy. I think as a coach it's more easy to be committed than the players. One of the questions that has gone through my mind this year is, can you force somebody to be committed? And think about it, commitment is one of the most difficult things in life to commit your mind, heart, soul, body, everything into something. I think that really is very difficult to do and I believe that's the only way you can be really successful and Dorian's decisions represent a lack of commitment in my opinion."
