Kills 2 birds with one stone. Gets him off the field. He knows how to catch coaches who try to circumvent the rules. He understands compliance requirements (now).
She's media savvy, has an athletic background, would do wonders for our Olympic sports, and takes PC to a new level.....and somehow kind of fits in with our administration.
Two years ago I felt that Flood should have been promoted out of the way - thank him profusely for stepping into the HC position, praise him for adapting to the HC role - then reward him with a promotion to Senior Executive Assistant AD.... (and then talk him up in the AD community as an up & comer - help him get his own AD position at another school) .
.. ah , if only ....