Sean has never been a head coach. And, on the college level, neither was Roy Williams when Kansas called, or Tom Izzo when Michigan State called, or Dave Bliss when Oklahoma called, or Denny Crum when Louisville called, or Amaker when Seton Hall called, or Jim Boeheim when Syracuse called, and you get the picture. The Sean-Self debate figured to rage in Stillwater if Eddie retired with Self still at Tulsa. The OSU camp seemed divided, although frankly, the only scout who matters is Phillips. That's the way college athletics work these days.
Athletic directors are a one- man search committee.
No committees, no boosters, no regents, no campus administrators. As recently as 1995, when OU hired John Blake, candidates were run through a gauntlet. ADs spot their man and go after him. Phillips, of course, isn't talking. He's not going to talk when it happens, so he's sure not going to talk now.