I disagree.
The search wasn't bad. No one in the college basketball world is talking about the search. People are talking about the others in a negative way.
We were antsy and bought a line that the players were going to transfer out if we didn't have a knee jerk reaction to Oats leaving. We took the time to perform due diligence and we didn't lose the players. The players at UB are committed to UB. That is drastically different than Nevada or UMKC where they have one player on the roster after everyone is transferring out.
If you want to convince yourself that it is bad because you didn't get your way, that's fine. I can't make you think otherwise. That's like when my son says "I don't like this and I don't want to eat it. It is the worst." But he tries it and likes it and is too proud to admit it...