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Since 2016-17, Stanford has been led by Marc Tessier-Levigne and Persis Drell who have little interest in athletics. It's a bad combination and I think they have allowed the decline of football by their inattention.

I agree.  I wouldn't say that Rice was beloved amongst students as provost, but she was a strong counterbalance to Gerhardt Casper, who, as a German, did not understand, let alone support intercollegiate athletics.  The two Johns were also great, and I think were receptive to evidence presented to them of admissions creep in the athletics team, and were helpful in replacing Robin Mamlet with Richard Shaw (which was at least as important as hiring Bowlsby).  I don't think intercollegiate athletics has an ally within building 10, and that means that coach Shaw and the football program might continue to twist in the wind for some time.

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Since 2016-17, Stanford has been led by Marc Tessier-Levigne and Persis Drell who have little interest in athletics. It's a bad combination and I think they have allowed the decline of football by their inattention.

I agree.  I wouldn't say that Rice was beloved amongst students as provost, but she was a strong counterbalance to Gerhardt Casper, who, as a German, did not understand, let alone support intercollegiate athletics.  The two Johns were also great, and I think were receptive to evidence presented to them of admissions creep in the athletics team, and were helpful in replacing Robin Mamlet with Richard Shaw (which was at least as important as hiring Bowlsby).  I don't think intercollegiate athletics has an ally within building 10, and that means that coach Shaw and the football program might continue to twist in the wind for some time.

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