For Saddi Washington, the option again was there to go home again. But he continues to choose not to.
Washington, if he hasn't already, will sign an extension to remain an assistant basketball coach at Michigan after informing Western Michigan earlier this week that he is not going to accept its head-coaching position, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the university's search and Washington's thinking.
Washington, 46, a Lansing native and the Broncos' sixth-leading all-time scorer, was among the first candidates new WMU athletic director Dan Bartholomae reached out to at the start of the search.