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[QUOTE="M2MPrinciples, post: 5014128, member: 928"]
I don't care that strongly about SU declining to play. I would've loved to see the guys get reps against decent competition, but it makes a lot of sense for them to sit out if the lineup Autry would've played wasn't going to look anything like it will in the fall. I don't buy the argument that playing in the NIT disadvantages the staff on the recruiting trail, at least not by any significant amount, so that's a nothing-burger to me.

I'm more concerned by how SU continues to biff PR 101. Don't say that anytime there's a chance to play in the postseason you have to take it if you aren't going to actually take it. Hell, don't say anything either way; It's very easy to give non-answers until Selection Sunday; "I'll get together with JW and we'll decide what we want to do, yadda yadda yadda."

Then, if you don't take the invite, have a statement ready to go on social media like what Pitt did. That allows you to control the conversation and convey to fans (and media) that you're attuned to their concerns so that everyone can move on instead of being in the dark.

Again, this is super easy stuff that the program has been bungling for years.
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