Poor little old Joel. It's so tough being an AD at one of the biggest schools in the country. Great programs like Auburn and Oregon are always coming after your basketball coach and you're powerless to do anything about it. You try and counter with a contract extension, but those can take months or years to complete! It's so tough. It's certainly no fun. You have $3 million to hire a football coach, you dither and bumble the search and everyone gets upset and yells at you. It's no fun.
Good lord. Do everyone involved a favor and at least announce that you will retire when your contract is up. At least if we know there is an end in sight we can just move and hope you can go 18 months without screwing anything else up.