For those unfamiliar, Fish was the great promoter of the "star system" in academe. His strategy was to skimp on every other resource in order to lure a big name in the field.
This was one of those short-sighted get-rich-quick fads that allow an administrator to move in a few short years, having established a name for their wonder-working. The place usually starts to feel the effects about the time they're leaving. ML
