from the attached article on Fr. Hesburgh (note: Fr. Jenkins is very much in this mold)...
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“I’d have to say hiring Ara was one of the smartest things we did,” Hesburgh said. “But Ned’s ideal of athletics’ place in the academic model and mine had never wavered. People might have just thought it did. We always believed athletics were subsidiary to academics.”
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I'm glad you're a fan of Notre Dame, but you need to accept all of what makes it 'special'...winning a "Natty" will never be #1 on any ND administration's priority list.
Link: https://www.ndinsider.com/story/sports/football/2015/02/27/reflecting-on-father-hesburghs-impact-on-the-nd-sports-scene/46594503/