Whether true or not, a portion of the fan base sees Currie as Hamilton 2.0 controlled entirely by the athletic board, or committee, or what it is now called. A portion of the fan base (me included) believe that Chancellor Davenport was told that she could not hire Blackburn under any circumstance. So she had to establish some criteria that pretty much limited the pool and allowed her to select Currie because it pleased Big Money. True or not this is the impression and reality that some see.
Regardless of whether you personally like Currie or not, he is viewed as damaged goods to both sides now. His ability to operate as AD will continue to be hampered by his selection and not trying to defend it when the &%$# hit the fan. Currie may as well resign now because he cannot win now.
These are not bad points. However, note that the OP said "
IF this is the best he can do...". Surely it is not! So he has a chance at redemption, no?
And to paraphrase you, no matter what you think of him, the best thing for the program now is that he makes a good hire.
The great majority of our fan base now has little confidence that he will do so (90% per a very non-scientific poll on VN), but it's still in the long term interest of the program to make a good hire.
