You just never know about guys like EB until you get them in the door.
With any candidate you need them to present a comprehensive plan explaining what he wants to do, who he may hire, where he would recruit, what kind of support he needs from the university, what changes need to be made, etc. A prospective coach needs to have a comprehensive understanding of the current dynamics at CU as well as explaining what he can bring to the table. This would be the first hurdle for me if I were a member of the search committee.
If it was simply a Hawkins-type who is a hot coach, like he was, and that guy comes in and says I win everywhere, I will win here, then you kick the guy out the door. I don't care what that guy's credentials may be, that isn't enough to succeed here. And I am not suggesting that is what happened when Hawkins was interviewed the first time, I was just coming up with an example.
This is akin to a company restructuring and it needs to be treated as such.