Look, Barry can be a jerk, and that's putting it kindly. But what the BOT has done is far worse--for the university and for the alumni. If you can only vote for the "allowed" candidates and you are not allowed to dissent in any way, shape, or form from the majority (and that is all in the new rules), then it's not a free democratic board. It's something else. A rubber stamp comes to mind. And who controls the stamp and for what reasons?
Some people actually believe that if trustees are cordial towards each other in public settings, then they must be good representatives of Penn State and must be acting in the best interests Penn State.
Apparently, the world has never seen nice people who are incompetent.