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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3151881, member: 1220"] I certainly can see why they might want to keep this low key. They are trying to avoid a media circus where the emphasis is directed away from the planned event back to the scandals that led to this hiring. This is certainly not an unreasonable decision. The media is not known for staying within the limits of the propriety of an event. The very fact that Voepel brought up the hiring of this coach as controversial is an example of that. What makes anyone think this would not have been made an issue at the press conference.? Voepel's article pretty much validates those fears. Now you personally might not have made the same decision and it is purely speculative as to which tact is correct. Still just because they chose to take the precautionary road does not imply that they are not going to support the basketball program. And neither is their choice of a coach, except in the minds of someone who wishes to rationalize a perspective. it is relatively easy to create a rationale to support any sort of scenario. Now I could just as[B] easily create[/B] a biased negative motivation for your post. To be clear I don't believe it so no one needs to take it seriously. It is just an exercise in rationalization. Let's see! You are a strong Duke supporter. We all know that Duke people do not like NC and also visa versa. So is your suggestion for them to create a big media event really meant to benefit them or rather to exacerbate their present PR problems? Now that desire might not even be a conscious one, but rather come from the depths of Dukies subliminal ill wishes for NC. Rationalizations make justifications for our actions or beliefs rather easy. There is nothing that given enough rope that we could not find some rationalization for. [/QUOTE]

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