I agree, although by necessity. Nichols is really a SF, but the lack of inside players makes it almost impossible to play his natural position.
Never really happened, just makes it convenient to support the "accustomed to losing" narrative. Unfortunately, this narrative breaks down when BU's own recruits, his entire hand picked class (Smith, Alstork, Vesel, Ebo) who were not accustomed to losing, did not exactly set up the world on fire, deciding to move on.
I agree that we will look for one, that is definitely the plan. However, it is already July, and going into end of July and August without one, makes it less "likely" that we will find a quality C in the fifth year market. But we will definitely "try" to find one.