Take it for what it's worth, but based on a conversation with one of Kalani's mentors, Kalani had full power to hire who he wanted to. It was suggested that he strongly consider Ty and so Kalani considered him. Kalani did his due diligence and HE decided to hire Ty.

I wrote up the conversation I had with the mentor last year after the Miss St game.
http://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=16742398