That's the difference between JW doing the hire on his own and MT engaging a search firm and leaks galore. MT had some fatal flaws in his style and approach to this process and we paid the price dearly .
I think MT's greatest flaw was putting unnecessary constraints on his own searches. Everyone knew that he only wanted coaches that were already head coaches, that had a few years under their belt at their current school, that were relatively young.... You can really box yourself into a corner if you don't hit with the obvious homeruns with those constraints.
I'm sure JW has his own set of criteria, but based on the 3 hires he's made, he doesn't mind thinking outside the box and considering all options as long as he finds the best coach available that will take the job. Even if Lovie or Underwood were open to Illinois under MT, I highly doubt he would even consider guys in their 50s, one out of college coaching for 20 years and 1 at another Power 5 program for only 1 year.