I've been told/heard pretty much what OP said except for a few differences.
1. Butch is far from not being considered.
2. Donna isn't all that involved.
I keep trying to tell the "Donna haters" ... She has no involvement. Didn't hire or fire Coker and Shannon ... Didn't hire Golden, and won't fire him, either. She merely signs off on what the AD and BoT recommend. It's completely their call. She'd love for the athletics program to succeed ... But SHE DOES NOT MAKE THE DECISIONS.
For perspective purposes ... The founder and president of Men's Warehouse was fired by the Board of Directors for the company because they disagreed on how the company should be run. He founded the company and was the leader of the company ... But he worked for the Board. They disagreed ... He was fired.
Donna WORKS FOR THE BOARD. They set the vision, identify a president consistent with their vision, and the president implements the vision they set.
Direct your venom appropriately ... But know, they DON'T CARE.
The point gets made when Sun Life has 60K every home game (50K after the renovations), as opposed to people griping on message boards about it "not being the Orange bowl". And then, when that support drops to 30K in the stands, because of the coach's performance ... It matters, and decisions get made. But when there are already only 35K in the stands, when it drops to 20K ... It's just not that big of a deal.