One problem is that theymos needs people who can be broadly trusted because admins can potentially do a lot of damage that would be difficult to undue.
I'm well aware of that but if there's nobody else currently trusted then he needs to find someone. I told him years ago that he should offer BadBear a raise to entice him back out of hibernation and he said it could be a good idea but not sure whether he ever did or not. Currently admins don't really get any more pay than Globals and it's silly because being an admin is obviously much more work. I've suggested theymos also pay himself a reasonable wage to do admin duties full time but if he's doing the coding on the new forum then that's probably out of the question.