Complex sentence: Controversy first broke out over Lindsay's firing the Director of Admissions, then hiring a candidate who had been rejected twice by the search committee, all of which was done, according to Professor Albert Fernandez, "without any internal consultation whatsoever".
Split into simpler sentences: Controversy first broke out when Lindsay abruptly fired the Director of Admissions, subsequently replacing him with a candidate who had been twice rejected by the search committee. According to Professor Albert Fernandez, Lindsay's actions were undertaken unilaterally, "without any internal consultation whatsoever".