What's the Big deal?

Today Isiaha Thomas was named the head coach of FIU.  Big deal.  This school will take him out of the spotlight.  It is a smart move by the school giving a legend a coaching spot, but will it work out?  He has coached in the NBA with the Pacers and the Knicks but never on the college level.  

I guess what really irritates me is that ESPN is really covering this with a big article.  Like it really matters what FIU basketball does, I didn't even know they had a team until today.  I knew about their football program because they are always slotted in at the beginning of the season so people can walk all over them.  The only real time ESPN should cover a coaching change is when one of the big schools is looking or firing, FIU is not one of them.  They like to pick on Isiaha which from what he has done I can't blame them.  He has done a terrible job as a coach and a manager in the NBA, look what he did to the Knicks in general.  

FIU is crazy for getting this guy all he is going to do is recruit guards with attitude problems.  Then it will come back to bite them in the butt.  If he has three good seasons there in a row he is gone.  I dont really see much of an upside with Isiaha at the helm.