This comes up every year and every year it’s the same conclusion - why do they allow this to happen during the playoffs. There should be absolutely no interviewing of any personnel during the off season. They need to make a rule that you cannot start interviewing coaches until after the teams are eliminated from the playoffs.
What if they win Sunday night? Then it would certainly become a distraction, no? Whether they admit it or not, preparing for, or even knowing that, the biggest job interview of your life is upcoming would certainly be a distraction.