[Mick]

The review of the AD would be done by Muir's immediate superior, Provost Jenny Martinez. She is responsible for a budget of something like $7B or $8B. Athletics is one of 30 departments and other entities reporting to her and represents less than 2% of her total mission. This is probably not at the top of her list. As far as I know, Stanford has never fired an AD. In fact, has Stanford in recent memory fired any campus leaders?

Right, but it's like a teacher with 30 students. You pay a LOT of attention to the 2-3 problem children, in fact Mrs. Mick who taught in PAUSD told me she used to spend 50% of her time on 4 of her 28 students. And right now, the AD in general and football/basketball are problem children. I suspect most of the other 30 are humming along.

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Doubt  Levin wants to deal with hiring an AD this early in his tenure.  Too much of a distraction from more urgent issues.  Something for year 2.

This makes sense to me. 

OTOH, while there are disparate opinions about the best course for football, the one thing that seems to unite us fans is antipathy for Muir.

What is the actual likelihood that Muir is gone in 2025? I'd say slim to none, but does anyone disagree with this assessment?

Slim and none, and Slim is heading out of town...

[Mick]

The review of the AD would be done by Muir's immediate superior, Provost Jenny Martinez. She is responsible for a budget of something like $7B or $8B. Athletics is one of 30 departments and other entities reporting to her and represents less than 2% of her total mission. This is probably not at the top of her list. As far as I know, Stanford has never fired an AD. In fact, has Stanford in recent memory fired any campus leaders?

Right, but it's like a teacher with 30 students. You pay a LOT of attention to the 2-3 problem children, in fact Mrs. Mick who taught in PAUSD told me she used to spend 50% of her time on 4 of her 28 students. And right now, the AD in general and football/basketball are problem children. I suspect most of the other 30 are humming along.

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Doubt  Levin wants to deal with hiring an AD this early in his tenure.  Too much of a distraction from more urgent issues.  Something for year 2.

This makes sense to me. 

OTOH, while there are disparate opinions about the best course for football, the one thing that seems to unite us fans is antipathy for Muir.

What is the actual likelihood that Muir is gone in 2025? I'd say slim to none, but does anyone disagree with this assessment?

Slim and none, and Slim is heading out of town...