I'm taking an educated guess.. New chancellor being hired wants to vet the university because he doesn't want to walk into some bad situation and wants to know up front if there are any issues. BOR says ok, do your study, we know of a firm... Obviously the BOR wants the University to pass the review, otherwise new Chancellor decides not to take the job. The actual AD department is going to jump through hoops, as they want to impress their new boss to be.. so for example, they are going to make sure to have sexual abuse victims speak to the football team among other tactics to make sure they look good. So to me, the outcome of the review was kind of decided ahead of time in minimizing any problems and maximizing the good stuff. At this review stage, both the BOR & Athletic Department want a positive outcome, (but for different reasons). I don't believe the new chancellor is being brought in to fire the AD, however any administrator worth his salt would know these undercurrents beforehand.