I'm going to have to go ahead and disagree with you here. There is nothing going on with RU football at this particular time (see below) that merits the OC getting to work right away. OTOH, there is no reason the announcement could not have been made, allow the OC to continue to coach, but he could do some recruiting up until signing day.
I'll take weird over disappointing, but perhaps disappointing in that maybe the new hire has no buzz or juice for recruiting.
On the bright side, Boston College is not in bowl, so at least we have that going for us.