“I felt pretty good. … I didn’t know what opportunities were going to present themselves,” he said. “I talked to some people in the industry and had a pretty good sense there would be some interest. I certainly wanted to get back into coaching.”
While Wade could still receive penalties from the NCAA, including a show-cause and/or suspension, Schroyer said his committee did its due diligence in the matter.
Full details of his contract, including financial terms, were not immediately available.
“I can’t really go into great detail, but we did an extreme amount of due diligence,” Schroyer told reporters. “I’m confident to where we are and I believe in coach … and I believe in the process.”
Which is why, Wade said, he was confident he would be back this season.
“When you look at the totality of some of the other (NCAA) rulings, (McNeese) did an unbelievable amount of due diligence,” Wade said, “an unbelievable amount in meeting with attorneys, lawyers, all sorts of folks.
“You never know what’s going to happen, and we can’t comment because it’s ongoing, but we’re excited about the future here.”
As far as the game is concerned, Wade, to no one’s surprise, said he missed it tremendously. Even though he did some scouting work for NBA teams, for the first time in two decades he wasn’t part of a team.
“I always say appreciation is the currency of success, I always try to stay unbelievably appreciative of everything,” he said. “Sometimes, you have to have something taken away from you to appreciate it at as high a level as you need to appreciate it.
“I think I have a much greater appreciation for the opportunity and the ability to coach college basketball.”
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