in over his head?

When you're a university athletic director and you hire a head-hunter this late in the game, to help you find a basketball coach, it suggests a few things: 1, your search isn't exactly going well; 2, you're not sure of yourself 3, you're not well connected...mike thomas says he needs a Dallas firm to conduct "background checks'' on prospective coaches, among other things... what is this, the CIA? Nope, at UC's level, the list of applicants should be fairly small... you shouldnt need any paid outside help... you should rely on your own contacts, your knowledge of your situation and whom you believe fits it best... if you need a stranger to help you w/any of that, something is wrong... even casual UC fans can give you 5 names... it's hard to know what thomas is thinking, given that he has chosen to limit his comments to canned statements released by the school... in the paper, i've given thomas and zim the benefit of the doubt throughout... thomas has the right to hire the new coach; zim had the right to part ways w/the old one... but what has occurred since is a big ol' HUH?... if they don't hire andy kennedy, or someone w/a proven track record as a d-1 head coach -- and give that someone a 7-year deal, minimum, given the situation -- they will have blown a great opportunity and proven the skeptics to be absolutely right... hiring a head-hunter is something you do early on, not now...