Vishnu is usually spot on in his research, however, she won't "be long gone"
http://www.miami.edu/index.php/news/releases/president_shalala_to_step_down/
"She plans to return to the faculty as a professor of political science and health policy."
So her supposedly "hand-picked" successor will be her BOSS. She may not want to alienate her new BOSS by picking a new HC and possibly AD that they do not like. Does it suck giant monkey balls? YES, but that appears to be the way the cookie (and the Athletic Department) crumbles. Indeed, the BOT search committee may be promising incoming candidates they can pick their own AD and HC and is using it as an additional carrot.
Yes, Fattaweenie Alfredo, Second Mile Dorito, Slicked Black "Check with Me" Coley and the rest of the FUBAR staff need to go, but I believe this may be the reality of the situation.