Former Houston Astros owner and Baylor alumnus Drayton McLane says he's disappointed the university "didn't learn from 2005 and '06," in the aftermath of a rape scandal that has rocked the Waco campus, and led to a president, athletic director, and head football coach no longer holding their previous jobs.

He was referencing the Baylor basketball scandal of 2003, in which basketball player Patrick Dennehy was murdered by teammate Carlton Dotson, and head coach Dave Bliss attempted to cover up improper payments to Dennehy by alleging he was a drug dealer. The school was later sanctioned by the NCAA in 2005-06.

McLane spoke after an event at The Star, where the Dallas Cowboys and Baylor Scott & White Health announced a health facility that will be housed at the Cowboys new practice space and entertainment complex in Frisco.

McLane, who is currently a regent emeritus on the Baylor board, was the chairman of the Board of Regents during the Dennehy scandal. He said he's "not able to make a comparison," between the two scandals, because he doesn't have all the details about the current situation plaguing the football program.

He did offer his opinion on what Baylor needs to do, going forward.

"Whatever they decide, they need to do something quickly, because it seems in limbo right now," McLane said.

He also went into greater detail about what Baylor needs in its next president. Interim President David Garland has been serving in that role since the removal of Ken Starr.

"They just need to get a very, very strong president, that knows all of the issues of higher education. You know, you've got to remember, it's not a sports team, it's a university of higher Christian education," McLane said. "So he needs to understand that. He needs to understand the complexities of sports, but all the other issues. And we need a very strong athletic director."

Monday night, Baylor's Board of Regents held a conference call to discuss "a variety of matters," but despite reports earlier in the day to the contrary, a Baylor spokeswoman said no vote was taken during the call regarding Art Briles' employment status.

Some boosters had expressed a desire for the suspended football coach to have a chance to defend himself, while others had reportedly offered their opinion that Briles should get his job back.

Monday night, just prior to the conference call, Baylor interim President David Garland spoke with WFAA regarding the tumult on his campus over the past few weeks, and the latest rumors regarding the possibility that Briles could return as head coach of the football program.

"I was really caught off guard by all this," Garland said.

The interim president said the conference call amongst the regents wasn't set up to be about Briles.

"The meeting was scheduled before, and for a quite different issue," he said.

Garland did acknowledge that some boosters and fans have expressed interest in bringing Briles back.

"A lot of fans love what the coach did on the football field, and you can understand that," he said. "But other factors have to be taken into consideration."

Briles was suspended by the university on May 26, with the intent to terminate. That termination has not taken place as of yet, in part because there are ongoing negotiations regarding precisely how Briles parts ways with the university.

Briles, former Baylor President Ken Starr, and former Athletic Director Ian McCaw are all no longer in their previous positions, in the aftermath of a rape scandal that pervaded the Baylor football program.

Garland is focusing most of his energy on moving forward, and preventing issues like this from happening again.

"I'm coming in, not worrying about the past, but how we fix things for the future," Garland said.

He called Pepper Hamilton's 105 recommendations that were released last week "mandates" for Baylor going forward.

"My goal is that we become a model for the rest of the country, of how to address these issues," he said. "This is not an institution of football. It is an institution of higher education, and we happen to play football. Our major mission is to educate students. That's what we want the focus to be on. And also to protect the safety of our students."

He again stressed not bringing more attention on the survivors -- to help in their healing process.

"Our task is not to blame those who were victimized. It's very hard to understand, and so easy to blame the victims, who now become survivors. And our job is to help them survive, and thrive after this," Garland said. "It's an experience that they will survive, but they have scars. And I'm deeply conscious of that."

He promised Baylor University would be "the safest place on the planet" because they are "so concerned about these kinds of issues."

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