[Goose]

I agree Goose, and I am not certain I have confidence in the person making the AD hire.  But I think as has been stated multiple times here, there is sufficient cause to fire Muir, including several scandals that have brought disrepute to the Stanford athletics department.  The varsity blues scandal occurred under his watch, and depending on who believe, with his encouragement. Stanford was slapped with major NCAA violations for the first time ever. Then there is the financial mismanagement, the decision to drop sports, the about face on that. Muir’s unwillingness to fire coaches is actually pretty low on my list of complaints, but, having lost my confidence as an athletic director, the last thing I want to do is have him saddle the next person with a bad hire.

BC

Totally agree there are reasons to replace Muir. He has failed as an administrator of his department, and this would be so even if Shaw was 12-0 and Men's Basketball in first place. The attempt to drop sports in the ham-handed way he did was by itself an adequate justification to replace him. I wouldn't necessarily fire the AD because of misconduct by his employees, but I certainly would if said AD couldn't demonstrate due diligence in oversight of these employees. The current AD was clearly AWOL in these matters, another reason he should go.
Unfortunately, since he is still here, it seems that the Powers that Be have either no interest in replacing him and/or have failed to find what they consider a good alternative. I can see slow-walking his dismissal until you have a good replacement, but so much time has elapsed it seems unlikely they are looking.

[Goose]

I agree Goose, and I am not certain I have confidence in the person making the AD hire.  But I think as has been stated multiple times here, there is sufficient cause to fire Muir, including several scandals that have brought disrepute to the Stanford athletics department.  The varsity blues scandal occurred under his watch, and depending on who believe, with his encouragement. Stanford was slapped with major NCAA violations for the first time ever. Then there is the financial mismanagement, the decision to drop sports, the about face on that. Muir’s unwillingness to fire coaches is actually pretty low on my list of complaints, but, having lost my confidence as an athletic director, the last thing I want to do is have him saddle the next person with a bad hire.

BC

Totally agree there are reasons to replace Muir. He has failed as an administrator of his department, and this would be so even if Shaw was 12-0 and Men's Basketball in first place. The attempt to drop sports in the ham-handed way he did was by itself an adequate justification to replace him. I wouldn't necessarily fire the AD because of misconduct by his employees, but I certainly would if said AD couldn't demonstrate due diligence in oversight of these employees. The current AD was clearly AWOL in these matters, another reason he should go.
Unfortunately, since he is still here, it seems that the Powers that Be have either no interest in replacing him and/or have failed to find what they consider a good alternative. I can see slow-walking his dismissal until you have a good replacement, but so much time has elapsed it seems unlikely they are looking.