[CardinalSagehen]

In this day of not taking responsibility Loh is my hero.    Do the right thing is how we should all live.

I agree, but I would consider him more of a hero if he had simply refused to keep Durkin in the first place. He was kind of "retiring under protest", but it would have been more of a statement if he had said "either he goes or I go, right now".  He really got cover for firing the coach from the players and student body, so it was easier to do. If that hadn't happened?

While I think it is correct to note that he didn't stand up and fire Durkin until after the public outcry on the decision gave him cover, maybe that's okay. Acting mostly heroically is still pretty good. And doing the right thing after stewing about it for awhile is also still pretty good.
It's also dangerous to expect our heroes to be perfect. Even the best suffer from being actual humans, with human frailty.

I agree. There also could be some major issues about leaving before the end of the year. We don't know what his contract says.

I believe I read somewhere that he didn’t want to create a mess for the university by leaving right away (which is what would’ve happened if he held his ground initially). I’m a Loh fan

I agree with you, CT.  The reporting that I saw indicated that Loh had expressed major misgivings about keeping Durkin to the Board of Regents. However, the Board still found and recommended that Durkin should be kept. Loh tried going along with the finding for a day - after all, the President or CEO of an organization reports to the Board, right?  He then unilaterally (at least as reported) went against the Board's recommendation and fired Durkin after the backlash.  

It takes a lot of courage to be in a public-facing role these days, with the press and social media users always ready to pounce. I think by all reasonable standards, Loh's response to the crisis was understandable and ethical. Let's also not forget that he was quick to accept "moral and ethical responsibility" on behalf of the University for the student-athlete's death before any reports or findings were completed. 

Loh should be considered hirable by other institutions. If you want to be critical, I think the Board and its questionable report deserve most of the criticism. But, the world being the way it is, Loh will probably never have the opportunity to be a University President again.

[CardinalSagehen]

In this day of not taking responsibility Loh is my hero.    Do the right thing is how we should all live.

I agree, but I would consider him more of a hero if he had simply refused to keep Durkin in the first place. He was kind of "retiring under protest", but it would have been more of a statement if he had said "either he goes or I go, right now".  He really got cover for firing the coach from the players and student body, so it was easier to do. If that hadn't happened?

While I think it is correct to note that he didn't stand up and fire Durkin until after the public outcry on the decision gave him cover, maybe that's okay. Acting mostly heroically is still pretty good. And doing the right thing after stewing about it for awhile is also still pretty good.
It's also dangerous to expect our heroes to be perfect. Even the best suffer from being actual humans, with human frailty.

I agree. There also could be some major issues about leaving before the end of the year. We don't know what his contract says.

I believe I read somewhere that he didn’t want to create a mess for the university by leaving right away (which is what would’ve happened if he held his ground initially). I’m a Loh fan

I agree with you, CT.  The reporting that I saw indicated that Loh had expressed major misgivings about keeping Durkin to the Board of Regents. However, the Board still found and recommended that Durkin should be kept. Loh tried going along with the finding for a day - after all, the President or CEO of an organization reports to the Board, right?  He then unilaterally (at least as reported) went against the Board's recommendation and fired Durkin after the backlash.  

It takes a lot of courage to be in a public-facing role these days, with the press and social media users always ready to pounce. I think by all reasonable standards, Loh's response to the crisis was understandable and ethical. Let's also not forget that he was quick to accept "moral and ethical responsibility" on behalf of the University for the student-athlete's death before any reports or findings were completed. 

Loh should be considered hirable by other institutions. If you want to be critical, I think the Board and its questionable report deserve most of the criticism. But, the world being the way it is, Loh will probably never have the opportunity to be a University President again.