my favorite part is the having no idea what the board of regents was designed to do or what it was put into place for. their oversight of athletics is minimal, at best. you can look at the meeting minutes and see how little coyle is there (I see twice all year, once for hiring Niko and once for the annual money stuff; you can also read the minutes and see the presentations from Coyle. He gave his annual here in July so you can watch his dynamism on display if you want to punish yourself). They're more a rubber stamp than anything. The President is going to have much more authority than the board (and regarding athletics, the President is directed to have oversight of Athletics and to carry it out per the prior bylaws from the Board, which are minimal). Jury still seems to be out on Cunningham given its year 1 (going into 2)
i would rather we leverage more of our high powered industry here, but all of these boards are just bs full of lawyers and politicians . it's the same over at michigan and osu.
we just have the added position of our group oversees the entire state/U system and so they try accommodate that and it's going to inherently lower your "power" when you're pulling people from.
If the U had 38 trustees, you could get away with a lot more of the self-appointing CEOs and stuff from industry a little more.