It's all about opportunity. Michigan State is arguably the fifth best college basketball program right now (behind Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, UNC) and without a doubt the best program in the B10 the last 20 years. Fife would be walking into an absolute dumpster fire at IU and with minimal head coaching experience (IPFW during their transition to D1) and there's no guarantee he turns the program around. No guarantee he's highly successful at MSU either, but at least there's a foundation of stability that's been established, and he's part of that culture.
This is an extremely silly thought process. Fife is not going to turn down 20-25 million dollars from IU, because he might get the head coaching job, at MSU, at some point this decade. He’s not an idiot. Quit painting him as one.
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