Quick drawing media needs to hold their fire

During an idle day for the Big Sky Conference men’s basketball tournament March 10, and an off day for Eastern Washington, the Eagles still crept into the news.

Make that newsmaker Eastern head coach Jim Hayford, the fifth-year Eagles basketball boss.

In a San Francisco Chronicle story from Steve Kroner about the firing of University of San Francisco head basketball coach Rex Walters, Hayford was one of two names mentioned as Walters’ possible replacement because of his Bay Area roots.

Hayford was in some pretty good company, too, sharing billing with Steve Lavin, a current television analyst,...