Originally Posted by
TheSultan
Having worked with multiple, successful university presidents, I can say this. While all have been different in leadership style...some are detail oriented, some are more strategically oriented, some are natural introverts, some gregarious extroverts...but the two things that all of them have in common is that they are good with people and they are visible.
They go to events...sporting events, student events, arts events, fundraising events etc. And they have to relate well to people who attend these functions. This isn't a "different strokes for different folks" part of being a college president - it is a necessity of the job. And this seems to have been what SP's failure lies.
Perhaps Scranton, which its smaller size, D2 athletics, and east coast student base, fit his comfort zone more. Marquette is larger, midwestern, and likely has a lot more people concerned with how the basketball team does each year than how the University performs in the USN&WR rankings.
As I said on Scoop. Not a bad person. Just a bad fit.