Every Athletic Director is hired to be a yes man for those up the chain from them, just like every department head is hired to be a yes man for the dean that they work for. This line of thought is riducurous, unless you are a big wrestling fan in my opinion.
Here's an example: My department head thought that adding a Bachelor Degree in Precision Ag was dumb and not needed, and some of his other department heads agreed and voiced that opinion. Then, the dean said "I think we need a bachelors degree in precision agriculture." Later that week, we were all trying to create a precision ag major, which we did.
What the fuck do you want or expect?