There is more to the story. Robe doesn't care about it right now. He wants to get the upgrade. The tell in this whole saga is that when the first posts came out stating "Houston, we have a problem" there was ample opportunity for a couple of people to clear things up then. They didn't... because they couldn't. If it were as simple as the "$250k donor..."... and "we're working on resolving cost increases"... that would have been simple to state.
Robe is doing the right thing by placing the project getting done ahead of settling all of the scores. Robe compartmentalizes and priortizes things really well. He would make a great AD... but we need him as the baseball coach.