No one knows...you...me....Baldi.....no one knows. My "guess" is there have been "discussions" and "talks" if not negotiations for a very long time...off and on.
There haven't been discussions on and off for a very long time. That much I know with about as much certainty as you can know anything second-hand.
Could they have started today? Possible, I guess.
But whether I like Lavin or not, throw that aside for minute. There really haven't been negotiations or talks up until now. And in all likelihood the school hasnt even decided what they're going to do.
So the this Sporting News story is a rumor/leak from Lavin's agent. And I say that without any bias towards what I hope happens in our coaching situation, I just think that's the situation on the ground as they say.