TexasTerror
June 15th, 2010, 08:25 PM
How hard a decision was this to make? Seems to have dragged out a bit longer than it possibly should have.
He may have been able to get paid more in the NBA, but he walks on water in the eyes of those in East Lansing, Mich. He can stay there as long as he wants and he does a fairly good job at graduating his kids. Probably one of the hoops' coaches that I respect the most...
And come on, he's been there as long as I have been alive - tough to leave that kind of place.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Tom Izzo is staying at Michigan State, turning down a chance to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers and perhaps LeBron James.
In a statement released by the school on Tuesday, Izzo said, "I'm pleased to say I am here for life at Michigan State."
For the past nine days, Izzo had been trying to decide whether to leave the place that has been his home since 1983 and jump to the NBA to perhaps make $6 million -- doubling his salary -- and possibly coach one of the best basketball players in the world.
"Throughout the entire process, Dan Gilbert and the entire Cleveland organization has been nothing but class. His professionalism and caring nature for me, my family and Michigan State have been impressive. I wish him nothing but the best in his quest to win a world championship," Izzo said in a statement released by the school. "Just as I decided to stay home, I hope a 6-8, 270-pound forward in Cleveland decides to stay home."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5290541
He may have been able to get paid more in the NBA, but he walks on water in the eyes of those in East Lansing, Mich. He can stay there as long as he wants and he does a fairly good job at graduating his kids. Probably one of the hoops' coaches that I respect the most...
And come on, he's been there as long as I have been alive - tough to leave that kind of place.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Tom Izzo is staying at Michigan State, turning down a chance to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers and perhaps LeBron James.
In a statement released by the school on Tuesday, Izzo said, "I'm pleased to say I am here for life at Michigan State."
For the past nine days, Izzo had been trying to decide whether to leave the place that has been his home since 1983 and jump to the NBA to perhaps make $6 million -- doubling his salary -- and possibly coach one of the best basketball players in the world.
"Throughout the entire process, Dan Gilbert and the entire Cleveland organization has been nothing but class. His professionalism and caring nature for me, my family and Michigan State have been impressive. I wish him nothing but the best in his quest to win a world championship," Izzo said in a statement released by the school. "Just as I decided to stay home, I hope a 6-8, 270-pound forward in Cleveland decides to stay home."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5290541