Serious question: If the whole point of tenure, historically, was to protect professors who express controversial views, why do so few tenured professors today express controversial views? What are some specific reasons? (I'm working on an article about this.)
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Why doesn't admin simply protect the very good older people, as they do in private companies?
Because what counts as 'very good' will be very influenced by the ideological biases of the decision makers, so they'll fire apostates, negating the whole point of tenure wrt academic freedom.
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