Ms. Sills didn t help matters by injecting herself into the operations of the center on a daily basis, occupying a position one person involved with the center described as de facto C.E.O. Wanted or not, several people said, her hanging around undermined Mr. Davis authority. He was the right person, another board member said. But the job was characterized in a manner or in a way that there was a miscommunication about what the job really was in the mind of the chairman. When you re the person in charge and there s another person in charge, it s kind of difficult. You have to be responsible for maintenance, restaurants, security nobody wants to do that.
Nobody wants to be the caretaker.
Mr. Davis himself. Some told stories of high-handed decision making and abrasive behavior toward employees. I ve left a couple meetings weepy. I know someone who left weepy, but it wasn t something I did, it was something someone else did. If the public wants blood, in any organization you re going to find people who re going to provide that.