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[House M.D.] Why was Foreman made the Dean of Medicine?

Surely one of the department heads would be more qualified, and I imagine the hospital would have been trying to disassociate with House as much as possible. With that in mind, why pick one of his long time team members?
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House's reputation was basically untouched by his stint in Prison/the psych ward. What were people going to do, think less of him? Everyone already knew he was an asshole, and most people were aware he was an addict. Princeton–Plainsboro (mostly Cuddy) had already decided to ignore this in favor of the results he could give them. He lost 15 patients during his career at the hospital (Doylist: 177 episodes, assuming 1 patient per episode is a 92% success rate, which is fucking absurd)

With that in mind, the board deciding to promote Dr. Foreman doesn't seem as bizarre. He had learned from the absolute best in the field, and had experience handling the worst. (coincidentally the same person) After Cuddy's departure the board probably decided they needed someone a bit rougher around the edges to get shit done.