Agree, good points LBRob. the last 3 coaches were the wrong choice. Pretty sure at least one of them involved a committee.
You can't waste time with committees in this situation. If we took the Bill Shumard procedural method we'd look stupid, have some coach leftovers onboard by about August, and a bunch of nobody's left on the portal and the team a bunch of walkons.
Smart move to bypass all the b.s., go get your guy right now, put together a team quickly, move on.
I am sure our AD Smitheran had this planned all season. No search committee??