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Since my only familiarity with Donahoe was reading articles about the Nike problems, my knee-jerk reaction was also negative.  But I also think almost all current college ADs are not qualified for their existing jobs in the new environment, much less qualified for the Stanford job and its complexities.  Therefore since I don't really know what the successful AD template looks in the new environment, I'm more inclined to trust in Levin, Luck, and the search committee which had a number of high-quality knowledgeable people on it.  Donahoe has a lot of positive attributes that should translate well for Stanford, and for all I know he is the template for a modern big-time AD.  I choose to believe this represents a swing for the fences, and I can live with that.

[ATLcardinal]

Since my only familiarity with Donahoe was reading articles about the Nike problems, my knee-jerk reaction was also negative.  But I also think almost all current college ADs are not qualified for their existing jobs in the new environment, much less qualified for the Stanford job and its complexities.  Therefore since I don't really know what the successful AD template looks in the new environment, I'm more inclined to trust in Levin, Luck, and the search committee which had a number of high-quality knowledgeable people on it.  Donahoe has a lot of positive attributes that should translate well for Stanford, and for all I know he is the template for a modern big-time AD.  I choose to believe this represents a swing for the fences, and I can live with that.