Buffalo taps Jim Whitesell to replace Nate Oats - Quick Thoughts

The process was needlessly painful

First lets get the obvious thing that most people here would agree with.

This was as Mark Alnutt’s first chance to shine at Buffalo and he really shanked it. Even if Whitesell takes Buffalo back to the top 25 next year the following question will remain.

Why did it take you so long a process to hire Whitesell? Were you not confident in him so you hired a search firm? did you come up empty on a national search so went safe?

I get that 10 days, while an eternity to fans, is a pretty standard span for hiring a head coach but the drama around this whole situation was painful to watch.

At the end of the day you didn’t need a national search, you didn’t need the…