In reply to: Not necessarily. Negotiating skill is a lost art at ND. posted by hibernianangst
A quick Google search shows that Mainieri was hired Aug. 25, 1994, and Rosenthal was the AD into 1995.
Dick Rosenthal was the last somewhat competent AD at Notre Dame.
EDIT: Rosenthal was still not as good as his predecessor, Gene Corrigan. Roger Valdiserri should have been hired to replace Corrigan.