Unless the athletics director is doing a poor job, the only reason for the president being involved with coaches would be misconduct or rules violations by the coaching staff.
The way to bolster the chances of getting better players from the portal is to donate to Dinkytown Athletics. Without NIL money your chances are slim to none.
Unfortunately, privacy rules prevent the school from making any statement regarding her situation. Unless you can find inside information or the athlete provides the information, we may never know her reasons for leaving the program.
I have no idea why she left the team. Regarding her sitting on the bench, in the Gophers first 12 games, she started in 6 of them and was not lifted in any of them.
One of three finalists:
https://view.ecommunications2.umn.edu/?qs=01970dee9583f577047d6aa312de26b5485898f7757e74feb44faa228636647ce46afd353b3123b6ea607075c047eb72effe466fbfd0558b63e26a08899d5cb4e8afdb3c06099653d806ecc93f5cdd0f
One of three finalists:
https://view.ecommunications2.umn.edu/?qs=01970dee9583f577047d6aa312de26b5485898f7757e74feb44faa228636647ce46afd353b3123b6ea607075c047eb72effe466fbfd0558b63e26a08899d5cb4e8afdb3c06099653d806ecc93f5cdd0f
She was one of three remaining candidates:
https://view.ecommunications2.umn.edu/?qs=01970dee9583f577047d6aa312de26b5485898f7757e74feb44faa228636647ce46afd353b3123b6ea607075c047eb72effe466fbfd0558b63e26a08899d5cb4e8afdb3c06099653d806ecc93f5cdd0f
Leading 6-0 going to the bottom of 6 only to lose 7-6. Texas Tech got 6 runs in the bottom of the 6th. From my unprofessional assessment, Piper should not let any pitcher stay in the game for more than 5 innings.