Former Hoosier Mike Woodson was prepared to pay heavily to bring back one of Indiana State’s prolific native sons, before being hired as his next basketball coach.
The Big Ten program was set for a seven-year contract worth $ 70 million to lure Brad Stevens away from Boston Stevens, but the former Butler coach did not entertain Indiana audiences, According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojrowski.
The news was made for some fun by-elections Saturday night between Wojnarowski and former NBA star Jalan Rose, who stood on the set of ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” and called their former Michigan teammate and current Wolverines coach Juvena Howard.
“Hey, Juwan, are you listening?” Juvan, are you listening? Rose said. “Forgive me. Father, I need to go back to college.… Really?”
Later in the segment, Rose said Stevens made the right decision.
“It’s better to be in the league,” Rose said. “He can get the same money in the league without recruiting and going to do all the stuff that comes with a college coach.”
Indiana reported former star guard under Bobby Knight, with Bobby Knight at IU and most recently an assistant coach with Tom Thibodo, on March 28 as a six-dollar deal worth approximately $ 3 million per year Tabbed an assistant coach under Tha.
Stevens, 44, told reporters earlier in March that he planned to live in Boston, where he has been a coach since 2013.
“I like to work every day. I love this area, “Stevens said. “People have been great for us. My family is very happy. And, at the same time, the house is home. And that’s why I wanted to make sure everyone understood that it meant a lot.
“But I am no longer a child. I am 44 years old. When I’m driving, I walk around the others, eat Dunkin ‘Donuts and root for the Patriots. I was, unfortunately, skewed in a lot of ways, I think. “
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