Rick Pitino knows what it's like to get cold feet after taking a new head coaching job. The coach readily admits he had second thoughts in the days after leaving the comfort of Kentucky for an ill-fated run with the Celtics a decade ago.

Still, Pitino said Wednesday that the outcry following former player and protege Billy Donovan's decision to renege on a contract with the Magic to return to two-time defending national champion Gators was "mind-boggling."