in a position to tell him that he had to drop everything with the Suns immediately.

This is a bit of a career risk for him as well. If the reports are correct, he would have been an NBA head coach in the near term. He's taking a risk by going to the college ranks where he has much less experience. I'm sure he doesn't want to burn bridges in the NBA by leaving the Suns at a key playoff moment.

I'm sure BYU is doing whatever they can behind the scenes to try to keep the ball rolling and still permit Young to handle what he told them he needed to do.