Alexander: For Big West commissioner Dennis Farrell, no coasting to retirement

This was supposed to be Dennis Farrell’s victory lap.
After four decades of affiliation with what is now known as the Big West Conference, and the last 28 years as the conference’s commissioner, Farrell had announced his retirement in December. The idea was that the springtime would be a coast to the finish, his biggest task being to leave things in proper order for whoever his successor might be.
Uh, guess again.
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