There's a new era in Oak Park boys basketball about to start. Earlier this week, the Knights hired Jamie Thomas to head the school's ship on the hardwood. Thomas is the definition of a high-energy, high-character tactician on the bench and the former WL Central girls coach and assistant for West Bloomfield's girls and boys cage program as well as for the LakeShow's football program. This is a super hire and just the kind of stability the Knights need on the court right now. In his athletic heyday Thomas was a force to be reckoned with in both basketball and football, earning varsity letters in college in each sport at Western Kentucky and Kentucky Wesleyan.