Normally when news of a coaching hire leaks you see everything button up quickly. Thus, when Jeff Goodman broke the news that former Tar Heel Pat Sullivan was going to join the UNC staff, most folks expected to hear Carolina confirm this news pretty quickly.
Quickly turned out to be a month.
The hangup may have been Sullivan’s previous job. As an assistant on the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves, he may have had to make sure all of his commitments were complete with them prior to moving on, and then it’s about getting all of the documents signed as necessary.