A decade into his tenure, I’ve graded Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott’s performance on specific topics using a tweaked version of the baseball metric WAR (Wins Above Replacement).
WAR attempts to value an individual player by determining how many more wins he’s worth than a replacement-level option from the minor leagues or available free agent.
Scott was hired in the spring of 2009. As the president of the Women’s Tennis Association — and possessing no professional background in college sports — he was an outside-the-box choice by the presidents and chancellors.
An unconventional evaluation seems like the best means of providing context on his performance.