Don’t understand why you would ever be inclined to give him a ton of slack, or why you think the reporting relationship would make him (or Apel) unaccountable. It’s not a terribly unusual reporting relationship.
Smitheran (some coaches call him Slytherin, after the Potter character), is making the bad decisions, Apel is allowing it (or even directing it), and Jane is oblivious or doesn’t care. They’re all responsible. 
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Was trying to give Smitherim a ton of slack
But this hire is a big red flag that he really does not know how to hire or interview. It s a tough skill to develop
Indicates classic familiarity bias, which is troubling
Hopefully works out
Again this insulation with Apel is horrendous, basically leaves Smitherin not responsible, Apel not responsible, and Jane washed her hands of anything when she set up the stupidity
And it s pretty clear the State has dragged out Jane's replacement meaning another year where no one gets held accountable.
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Beyond the obvious, I think there's two reasons.
1) Booby was not a high level associate A.D. at SDSU, so he probably didn't develop a lot of professional contacts outside of SDSU. Most of his contacts are at SDSU, so he keeps going back to what he's comfortable.
2) He's probably risk averse or just damn lazy. Doing a "national search" and contacting people for background checks is too much work for him. He'd rather simply rely on contacting the only people he knows in the industry.
Maybe over time, he'll develop more close relationships with other A.D.'s which will be instrumental in future hires.
That said, I hope he got lucky and hired a good coach.
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