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Jenni Carlson: Why Mike Boynton might do swimmingly at OSU even if his hiring isn't a splash

The reaction to Oklahoma State's hiring of Mike Boynton as its new men's basketball coach was nearly universal.

Who?

A splash hire, this isn't.

The Cowboys didn't get a big name. No Tom Crean or Rick Barnes. No Andy Enfield or Danny Manning. They didn't get a hot commodity like Tim Jankovich or Dan Muller either. They got a guy who's been in Stillwater for a year but isn't even all that well-known among others who draw paychecks from OSU athletics.

On a day that Cowboy fans everywhere wanted to feel better about the state of their basketball program, many were left frustrated.