Within hours of each other. With the NBA dream he had been chasing in hand he took some time to evaluate his opportunities and decision. Family was supportive of the NBA, but frankly would welcome a non NBA coaching life change. Young reached out to some mentors in the NBA for thoughts.
He and Danny had a zoom call. Ryan smith was on the call. The nets job was for a lot of money. Just shy of 6 million a year.
After Danny filled him in on the amazing long term legacy opportunity at BYU the only thing really holding Kevin back was the large pay discrepancy. Thats when Ryan chimed in. He got down on one knee. He opened a little black box and there were 30 million reasons in there why the BYU opportunity was exactly what Kevin Was looking for. Kevin got emotional. He said Yes! Yes Yes Yes! You cant make this stuff up.