He just does whatever the BOT tells him to do. Chris Hill smartly goes quietly to the Pac-12, behind everyone's back (especially BYU's), and gets Utah in. BYU and the Big 12 have some drawn out drama and it was a disaster. If Holmoe was pleading to jump ship from Indy to the Big 12, he didn't do a good enough sales job. "It wasn't his choice! His hands are tied!" Well, he must not be too miffed about it seeing that he's still working for that same employer.