Be in a position of leading a large group of people then come talk to me. The single most difficult but crucial part of leading is leading with integrity. Not everyone in your organization or in this case Gopherhole/Minnesota(which I am not lumping together BTW)has the same values. It's hard knowing if the values you have as a leader aren't poor at times without a good spouse, friend or in some cases a committee.
It's not chicken sh as you say in every instance, especially when as complicated as this mess has been. I'm guessing there are many sleepless nights for many of the leadership at the U. It's not because their chicken sh it's because they wanna get it as close to right as possible. These are real people with real families who's decisions impact real people.... Players, cheerleader, coaches, administrators alumni etc.