I may be mistaken, but doesn't a show cause cause any school that wants to hire the coach to go before the NCAA to plead a case or whatever? What about retaining a coach? If retaining a coach doesn't require that, then it makes sense for Kiffen to find a new job *before* he's given a show cause so that the new school doesn't have to make an appeal to hire him. Lane and FAU know what they are getting, and this avoids the red tape that would come after he's handed a show cause.