I don't see why everybody thinks Fred even wants to go back to the NBA...
-money isn't an issue for him from his playing days, and I doubt it motivates him
-in college, the coach is the king, in the pros, the coach is the whipping boy for the billionaire owner and millionaire egos in uniforms
-I would have to think Fred is a Cyclone fan just as much as any of us on here
-NBA coaches and managers have zero stability--people even complain about legends (Knicks fans are already starting to turn on Phil Jackson, maybe rightfully, but that didn't take long)
-his family and children are in the best place in the world for them, and he probably has a pretty decent and stable home life compared to a national, 82-game season
-Minnesota is not a premium job or destination for free agents, and they have a terrible habit of failing hardcore in the draft
-their best player is about to walk away, never to return, and there's not much left after that
-making high school kids into grown men and complete players has to be more satisfying than dealing with NBA-types
-college coaches become untouchable legends in their schools of choice, and everybody remembers how just cool college is compared to much of what comes before or afterwards
-he could easily be the next Izzo, Donovan, Coach K, a person who is the first thing anybody thinks about when they think about the university and the program
-hell, Hoiberg is already 90% to being the best sports story in America... home-town hero, 100% All-American everything, gifted student and athlete, leader, upstanding citizen, successful professional, comes back home to save his hometown team from falling apart to now a conference title (and, to do the last 10%, national title) contender
I'm not saying it is impossible. But that's a lot to walk away from up there.